Security Guards
NY’s Security-Guard Industry Grows Amid Lax Oversight
Adam Wisnieski |
Laws and regulatory agencies have failed to keep up with the explosion in demand for security services, with consequences for guards and the public they serve.
Government
NYC’s Open Data Law Lacks Teeth, Lags Deadlines
Adam Wisnieski |
The de Blasio administration is behind schedule on making information from city agencies available on the city’s Open Data website. Advocates say the law requiring data releases broke new ground, but lacked any enforcement mechanism.
The Cost of Our Water
City Tracks Tummy Trouble to Identify Water Problems
Adam Wisnieski |
The departments of health and environmental protection log purchases of stomach medicine from major drug-store chains as part of an effort to spot water contamination.
The Cost of Our Water
Croton Plant Still Stirs Anger, Questions about Water Projects
Adam Wisnieski |
The federally mandated plant in the Bronx is finally operating, but neighbors still wonder why a site that was supposed to save money ended up costing $2 billion more than planned.
The Cost of Our Water
Climate Change and Cloudy Water Challenge City’s Water System
Adam Wisnieski |
You might not know what “turbidity” is but it’s a long-standing issue in the city’s Catskills watershed—one that climate change is likely to exacerbate.
The Cost of Our Water
Steps to Protect NYC Water Boost Eagles and Trout
Adam Wisnieski |
Historically known as black bear, bobcat and beaver country, the Catskills have become popular for trout fishing and bald eagle spotting, due in part because of how we get our drinking water.
The Cost of Our Water
Watershed Residents Offered Buyout of Flood-Damaged Homes
Adam Wisnieski |
FEMA deals didn’t work for many upstate residents affected by 2011’s Tropical Storm Irene. So New York’s DEP is offering to buy some homeowners out—a way to improve city-watershed relations and pick up small but important tracts of land.
The Cost of Our Water
City’s Watershed Protection Plan Seeks Difficult Balance Upstate
Adam Wisnieski |
Since 1997, New York City has spent $438 million to protect 135,149 acres of land in the Catskill/Delaware watershed, a land area greater than Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens combined. Decades-old resentment in watershed towns has eased, but there are still points of tension.
Government
City Boosts Transparency on Millions in Spending
Adam Wisnieski |
The hidden contracting world that’s existed underneath the day-to-day business of the City of New York is finally being uncovered.
Justice
Will State End the Confusing Ban on Parolee Voting?
Adam Wisnieski |
Advocates say banning people on parole from voting is unjust. A City Limits investigation finds it’s just plain confusing.
