Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Would a Comprehensive Plan Map a Better Future for NYC?
Jarrett Murphy |
Gotham Gazette’s Ben Max and Jarrett Murphy from City Limits talk to Pratt Center’s Elena Conte about the possible adoption of comprehensive planning.
Age Justice
Report Sees Economic Hit from Cuts to Medicaid Program for Aides
Roshan Abraham |
The more than 600 fiscal intermediaries statewide allows elderly and disabled people to hire and manage personal assistants. Critics say the governor’s executive budget would cut that number by at least 90 percent by changing eligibility requirements.
Opinion: NY Can Reduce Redlining’s Residue by Backing Credit Unions
Yuh-Line Niou and Maureen Genna |
‘New York needs bold solutions like the NYS CDFI Fund to address deeply entrenched inequities in our financial system and economy at large. The governor and legislature must act now.’
Agenda 2019
Opinion: Will NY State Take a First Step Toward Ending Homelessness?
Tom Waters |
‘The governor and state legislature now have the opportunity to do something to help the people most at risk of homelessness.’
Agenda 2019
Opinion: Our Shared Faith and the Fight for Bail Reform
Stephanie Kolin and Winnie Varghese |
A priest and a rabbi write, ‘Our traditions teach that when a person is held captive and the value of their freedom is assigned a price tag that they cannot afford,’ the basic teachings of both their faiths are violated.
Agenda 2019
Delays, Denials, Documents That Disappear?: Survey Reveals Range of Concerns About FOIL in NYC
Jarrett Murphy |
While a vital tool, FOIL has also long been a source of frustration for reporters, advocates and others.
Age Justice
Opinion: It’s Time to Make NY a #FairCity4AllAges
Margaret Chin and Katelyn Hosey |
‘At less than one-half of 1 percent of the city’s overall budget, the Department for the Aging has long struggled to receive the financial support it requires to meet its mission of ensuring the ‘the dignity and quality of life of diverse older adults.”
Agenda 2019
Opinion: Decisions on Jails are about People, Not Zoning
Samantha Johnson, Sylvia Morse and M.J. Williams |
‘The ULURP decision-makers cannot avoid the real question at stake: Will the city recommit to incarceration for generations to come, or will New Yorkers chart a new course?’
Agenda 2019
Review Begins of City’s Plan to Build Four New Jails en Route to Closing Rikers
Jarrett Murphy |
The number of outstanding questions reflects the size of the population involved, the magnitude of the construction projects the effort entails and the unique nature of building temporary housing for people who live there involuntarily.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: It’s Time to Improve and Embrace the Plan to Close Rikers Island
Janos Marton |
‘Rikers Island has been a human rights atrocity since the 1930s, and we are closer than ever to closing it.’
