Brooklyn
Video: Council’s Lancman on Next Steps to Close Rikers
Jarrett Murphy |
Also: Marking the anniversary of Malcolm X’s death.
education
De Blasio Opens a New Front as First-Term Battles Grind On
Jarrett Murphy |
Bill de Blasio’s state of the city address didn’t drop any novel ideas on NYCHA, homelessness, education, jobs or other big-ticket items. The mayor instead focused new energy on making the city’s democracy stronger.
Multimedia
Max & Murphy: Mayor De Blasio’s Trip To Albany
Jarrett Murphy |
It’s an annual rite of mid-winter: The mayor of New York City travels to the state capitol to give his take on the governor’s proposed budget, and state legislators pelt the mayor with questions about whatever is on their minds. Bill de Blasio’s fifth trip to Albany involved some familiar themes and faces, but a slightly different feel.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
From Jails to Jamaica Bay: 18 New York City Stories to Watch in 2018
Jarrett Murphy |
The election? Well, duh! The 2020 Census? Wait, huh?
Multimedia
Max & Murphy: In Exit Interview, Crowley Discusses Rikers, Gender and Her Upset Defeat
Jarrett Murphy |
After a 2017 New York City election season devoid of suspense, Elizabeth Crowley was on the on the wrong side of the only real drama on election night.
Justice
Council Committee Grills Mayor’s Team on Plan to Close Rikers
Jarrett Murphy |
While there’s a lot of discussion about where new jails might go, the heavier lift might be figuring out how to release enough violent-felony defendants to allow the city to move detainees off the island.
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CityViews: The Need for Correction Reform Goes Beyond Simply ‘Closing Rikers’
Five Mualimm-ak |
A writer currently incarcerated on the island writes that re-establishing similarly flawed facilities elsewhere will displace the problems on Rikers, but won’t dispense with them.
Campaign 2017: The Policy Shop
Bill de Blasio’s Police Reform Agenda has Achieved Much and Disappointed Many
Jarrett Murphy |
Through human tragedy and political crisis, the mayor has delivered on specific reform promises and kept crime low. But he has fallen short of the sweeping change advocates hoped he would engineer.
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Video: Sal Albanese Outlines His Plan for Closing Rikers
Megumi Ozaki |
Albanese described a plan that revolved around thinning out the population on the island and then closing the facilities there that displayed the worst conditions.
Campaign 2017 Newswire
Help Wanted for City Jails … Are Lawmakers Abusing the Mail? Campaign Headlines for Aug. 30
Jarrett Murphy |
What makes less sense: the city paying to provide security at ritzy private schools, or lawmakers from six hours away having a say over the MTA?
