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Alcántara on the Inwood Rezoning, Fixing Rent Regulations, and the IDC
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
As her neighborhood faces rezoning and she faces a primary challenger, we sat down with State Senator Marisol Alcántara for a Q&A.
Budget
Cuomo’s Housing Budget Must Go Farther, Some Advocates Say
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The governor is in the third year of a $20 billion, five-year housing plan and is facing a state budget crunch—but critics say the homelessness crisis demands more action.
The Max & Murphy Show
Max & Murphy: Mayor Takes Oath, Speaker Takes Office, Gov Takes Stock
Jarrett Murphy |
The first week of 2018 offered government stories galore, from a chilly inauguration to a new speaker’s elevation to the governor’s state of the state address. Ben Max of Gotham Gazette and City Limits’ Jarrett Murphy break down the week’s stories at the intersection of policy and politics.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Update: Cuomo Signs Bill to Boost Minority Contracting
Jarrett Murphy |
The law will give the city the ability to aware higher-value contracts through the kind of discretionary process that gives minority- and woman-led firms a leg up.
Citywide
Upstate, Downstate Call on Cuomo for Housing Reforms
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
A new statewide coalition has formed with the intention to push Cuomo and the state legislature for rent reforms, funding for public housing and more.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Calling Out Cuomo for the Opioid Crisis
Jeremy Saunders |
“New York State should immediately increase funding for the state Department of Health, for education and training of healthcare providers to increase low-threshold buprenorphine access, and for harm reduction programs stretched extremely thin across the state.”
Bronx
Video: Update on Cuomo’s South Bronx Poverty Plan
Melissa Rose Cooper |
The plan soon to emerge from the Bronx segment of the governor’s Empire Poverty Reduction Initiative will set the stage for the most important question: Will the state apply adequate resources to addressing, rather than diagnosing, poverty?
Budget
Opposition Grows to Cuomo’s Plan to Cut Prison Visits
Roshan Abraham |
Research shows—and inmate families insist—that visitation is key to prisoners successfully rejoining society and to limiting the damage of incarceration to children.
Andrew Cuomo
De Blasio, Cuomo and Progressive New York in the Trump Era
Jarrett Murphy |
If the past two months are any indication, Bill de Blasio will run for re-election against Donald Trump–as well as on his own record of policy accomplishment and management successes.
Affordable Housing
Cuomo Moves Toward Firming Up $2 Billion Housing Plan
Jarrett Murphy |
After months of prodding by housing advocates, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday that he had ordered the signing of an agreement on how to spend a $2 billion downpayment on his housing plan.
