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‘We need a lot of reform when it comes to budget process in general that hopefully will lend itself to more transparency and hopefully a lot more uplifting of legislators’…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Feb 2019

Government Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Rookie Sen. Biaggi on Early Progress, Looming Tests for Albany Dems

Will a looming budget crunch slow down the Empire State’s progressive wave?

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Feb 2019

Opinion

CityViews: Albany’s Teacher Evaluation Reform Still Gives Too Much Power to Tainted Tests

‘Because the law required a test score for evaluations, state test scores were simply replaced by scores from locally-chosen tests. But it gets even more insane.’

ByJake Jacobs 0Comments

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Dec 2018

Government Video

Video: A New State Senator Sizes Up the Task in Albany

Jessica Ramos will be one of 15 rookie State Senators joining a 40-member Democratic majority in charge of the upper house of the state legislature for the first time in…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Nov 2018

Housing and Homelessness Video

On the 2019 Housing Agenda: Rent Regs, Rezonings … and Real Affordability?

A video conversation with a top tenant organizer and a leading affordable-housing advocate about what 2019 has in store for New York renters and neighborhoods.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Nov 2018

Opinion

CityViews: It is Time for Real Rent-Regulation Reform Across New York State

‘2019 will be a watershed year. Everyone who rents, and everyone who cares about affordable rental housing, should join the fight.’

ByMichael McKee 0Comments

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Nov 2018

Justice Opinion

CityViews: For Dems Promising Criminal-Justice Reform, Opposing Trump or the IDC Won’t Be Enough

‘Opening new jails is a down payment ensuring we stay stuck in our old ways. That’s not a price we should be willing to pay.’

ByJosmar Trujillo 0Comments

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Nov 2018

Government Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Soon-to-be Senate Leader Stewart-Cousins is Cautious on Agenda

The leader of Senate Democrats, who will enjoy a solid majority come January, says she has avoided getting into specifics about what the conference will accomplish in its first months…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Nov 2018

Video

Video: Brooklyn’s Role in the ’18 Vote & What the Results Mean for the Boro

Kings County was center stage on Election Night 2018, helping to flip the State Senate and the U.S. House blue. What drove the electoral shift behind those results, and what…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Nov 2018

Government

Democrats Seize Full Control of NYS, Thanks in Large Part to Donald Trump

Democrats will face high expectations to deliver, deprived of the excuse of Republican obstruction. The state GOP, meanwhile, faces a period of self-examination after an historic defeat.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

Max & Murphy: Rookie State Sen. Says Life in Albany Has Been a Lesson on How Power Works

Max & Murphy: Rookie Sen. Biaggi on Early Progress, Looming Tests for Albany Dems

CityViews: Albany’s Teacher Evaluation Reform Still Gives Too Much Power to Tainted Tests

Video: A New State Senator Sizes Up the Task in Albany

On the 2019 Housing Agenda: Rent Regs, Rezonings … and Real Affordability?

CityViews: It is Time for Real Rent-Regulation Reform Across New York State

CityViews: For Dems Promising Criminal-Justice Reform, Opposing Trump or the IDC Won’t Be Enough

Max & Murphy: Soon-to-be Senate Leader Stewart-Cousins is Cautious on Agenda

Video: Brooklyn’s Role in the ’18 Vote & What the Results Mean for the Boro

Democrats Seize Full Control of NYS, Thanks in Large Part to Donald Trump

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