CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
UrbaNerd: The Public Advocate’s Share of the City Budget
Jarrett Murphy |
It reached its high-water mark in 1994.
Homepage Featured
Fact Check: The Full Picture of Crime in the City
Jarrett Murphy |
Bill de Blasio celebrates crime falling. Nicole Malliotakis points to increases in specific types of crime. What’s the full story?
Affordable Housing
Bill de Blasio is Still in His First Term and We’re Already Debating His Housing Legacy
Jarrett Murphy |
The mayor has done a lot. But his critics in the housing world say he is still falling short of what the city’s affordability crisis demands.
Campaign 2017: The Policy Shop
Policy Brief: NYC’s Looming Task of Property Tax Reform
Jarrett Murphy |
Maybe it sounds boring. But it ain’t simple, that’s for sure.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Audio: City Limits Author Discusses NYCHA Crime Witnesses Investigation
Jarrett Murphy |
Freelance author Ese Olumhense appeared on Thursday’s Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC to discuss her story about the obstacles facing crime witness and victims who try to transfer to safer places within NYCHA. Give a listen:
Investigations
NYCHA Crime Witnesses Face Obstacles When They Seek Safety
Ese Olumhense |
NYCHA has taken steps to improve its emergency transfer program for crime witnesses and victims who want to move to new developments for their safety. But administrative delays and practical hurdles abound.
fact check
Debate Fact Check: Is Congestion Pricing Regressive?
Jarrett Murphy |
The mayor says it is, and that’s a reason why he wants to fund transit improvements with a millionaire’s tax instead.
Data Drop
A District at the Epicenter of Demographic Change
Jarrett Murphy |
The neighborhoods that make up most of Council District 9, where a former Councilman who returned via special election earlier this year is aiming for re-election, have seen a dramatic loss of Black people.
District Data: Dynastic District 42 Votes After Big Rezoning Next Door
Jarrett Murphy |
Inez Barron and her husband switched seats in the city and state legislatures ahead of the de Blasio administration’s push to engineer its first neighborhood-wide rezoning in East New York.
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NYC’s Planning Commission: Rubber Stamps or Checks and Balances?
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The mayor appoints a majority of members. The chair heads a mayoral agency. But the City Planning Commission is supposed to scrutinize each rezoning application on its own merit. Can it?
