Video reports and media appearances by City Limits’ staff and contributors
In the complex politics around the East Harlem bid, where some community factions support a limited rezoning while many don’t want to see any rezoning at all, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer’s position could be very important, even if it is purely advisory.
School leadership, budget and parental engagement are among the areas where the system needs work or help, three experts say.
Not that foreclosure is the only thing city homeowners, or policymakers, have to worry about.
As expected, the two districts where incumbents must yield their seats thanks to term limit have drawn crowded fields of would-be replacements. But surprisingly, at least four incumbents appear to face real challenges.
City statistics indicate race, poverty, age, access to healthcare and even whether a patient really wanted to have a baby all have dramatic effects on the risks different women face. Neighborhoods also matter.
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?
El Diario and City Limits jointly present a video on what some East Harlemites know about the mayor’s proposed rezoning and how they feel about changes in their neighborhood .
The Brooklyn Democrat says it’s ‘too early to say’ that the 2016 rezoning has improved life for low- and moderate-income East New Yorkers but believes the city’s investments will make a difference.
We got a dozen East New York residents and advocates to talk about life before and after the rezoning. Concerns are clear but optimism remains.
The Brooklyn Democrat discusses displacement and development in Bushwick, the community process he helped launch to plan for the neighborhood’s future and the questions all New Yorkers should be asking of their councilmembers.
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