Justice
Amid Controversy, Public NYPD Data Answers Few Questions
Adam Wisnieski |
Despite pledges of greater transparency, the de Blasio administration has yet to make accessible several key streams of data on crime and policing.
Government
Was There any Urban Policy in the Governor’s Race?
Adam Wisnieski |
With a wide gap in the poll numbers and little opportunity to debate, policy—and especially urban policy—didn’t receive much attention during the 2014 campaign. Will that change now that the focus shifts back to governing?
Bill de Blasio
Details Murky in Cuomo's Goal for Minority Contracts
Adam Wisnieski |
The governor has set an ambitious goal for directing state contracts to businesses owned by women and minorities. But why did it take so long? And who is really benefiting?
Housing and Homelessness
Housing Plan Targets Vacant Lots; Some Neighbors Leery
Adam Wisnieski |
The administration sees city-owned vacant lots as potential sites for affordable housing. Communities that use—or hope to use—those parcels for gardens see them as something else.
Government
How de Blasio Can Fix FOIL
Adam Wisnieski |
As public advocate, he saw shortcomings in the city’s compliance with the public information law. A City Limits test of transparency in his young administration finds room for improvement remains.
Economy
MWBE Programs Face Court Scrutiny
Adam Wisnieski |
Cities and states that want to diversify their contractor pool have to prove that genuine disparities exist. Part of our series on New York’s M/WBE initiative.
Economy
NYC's MWBE Push: Cracking Down, Looking Ahead
Adam Wisnieski |
As local law enforcement follows the feds’ lead in going after city contractors that fake working with minority- and women-owned firms, the future of the MWBE program is in a new mayor’s hands. Part III of our series.
Economy
Minority Contractors Face Hurdles, Flaws in Law
Adam Wisnieski |
In the city’s effort to diversify city contracting, the administration is limited by procurement rules, MWBE firms by their small size and the law itself by the fuzzy process behind the goals it’s set. Part II in our series.
Economy
Push to Diversify City Contracting Falls Short of Goals
Adam Wisnieski |
Eight years after the Bloomberg administration began an effort to get minority- and women-owned firms a bigger share of city contracts, targets have not been met. Part 1 of a three-part series.
