CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: New York’s Renewable Projects Need Prevailing Wages
Maritza Silva-Farrell |
‘As we direct our state’s resources into renewable infrastructure, it’s critical that we invest in the workers who build it. ‘
Agenda 2019
Video: Breaking Down the 2020 NY State Budget
City Limits |
Bail reform, congestion pricing, education aid … the 2020 state budget had a lot. Including, according to a quiz City Limits’ editor took on air, hundreds of uses of the word ‘miscellaneous.’
Agenda 2019
Opinion: A Stronger New York Does Not Need a Weaker Mayor
Joseph P. Viteritti |
‘In reviewing the city charter, the Council’s leadership should focus less on expanding its institutional powers as a body, and more on strengthening the role that individual members can play.’
Agenda 2019
On Jails and Schools, De Blasio Admin Faces Questions About Closed Meetings
Jarrett Murphy |
Meetings of a school siting task force and Neighborhood Advisory Councils for each of the four proposed borough jails have been closed to the public.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Battle Over Rent Regulations Will Dominate Albany’s Spring
Jarrett Murphy |
The weather is warming. The budget is done. And rent regulations that affect millions of tenants and thousands of landlords are up for renewal.
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Opinion: Charter Debate is a Moment for NYC to Change—or Confirm—its Identity
Joseph P. Viteritti |
The 2019 charter revision could do more than tinker with the mechanisms of power in the city. It could reshape how neighborhood identity, borough loyalty and citywide vision shape our common future.
Agenda 2019
Opinion: In Budgeting for Lawyers’ Salaries, NYC Can Support Equal Justice
Janet Sabel |
‘Nonprofit organization such as ours deliver critical legal services. … This good work is increasingly in jeopardy as defenders continue to grapple with New York City’s exorbitant cost of living, as well as with their own crushing student loan debt.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Spirit of Cesar Chavez Lives On in Fight for Tipped Workers’ Wages
Anthony Advincula |
”Chavez once said, ‘The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It’s always about people.’ It’s time for Gov. Cuomo to pass One Fair Wage and treat tipped workers with respect and dignity.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Will NYS Defend Democracy by Adopting Public Financing?
Jess Wisneski |
‘We still haven’t gotten to the root cause of Albany’s long-standing problem. The facts are clear: big donors dominate New York’s elections.’
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Bronx Boro Prez Ruben Diaz Jr. on Jails, Power and Running for Mayor
Jarrett Murphy |
City Limits’ Jarrett Murphy and Ben Max from Gotham Gazette interview Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., about borough jails, affordable housing and the 2021 mayoral race.
