Video reports and media appearances by City Limits’ staff and contributors
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A city councilmember and civil-liberties lawyer discuss a move to increase oversight of the growing array of eavesdropping technologies employed by local law enforcement.
Can rezonings be used effectively, and democratically, to address city problems—or do they sometimes create more problems than they solve?
Missed our spirited panel debate with three experts on rezonings and the affordability crisis? You can now watch it from your McMansion or closet.
Health experts say kids shouldn’t carry loads weighing more than 15 percent of their body weight on their backs.
The media (including City Limits) often depicts the rezoning discussion in East Harlem as a debate between the city and backers of an alternative rezoning plan. Reality is more complicated.
Eight years after his last run for citywide office, there’s a different mayor and a different housing plan, but Avella’s critique is very much the same.
Since JFK, presidents have used television to speak directly to the public–to display their wit, transmit key messages or create enduring visuals. Despite being a reality TV star, Donald Trump is using different methods.
It’s just one parcel in a city undergoing dramatic development. But here is the view from the Lower East Side on what the departure of a neighborhood supermarket means.
Artists are hoping to produce work relevant to the issues facing neighborhoods and connect with people leading the fight for change.
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