Video reports and media appearances by City Limits’ staff and contributors
As many community boards around the city balk at proposed zoning changes, Commissioner Vicki Been cites research suggesting fears of displacement are overblown.
Johnny Hincapie, recently released on bail to await a possible new trial for his alleged role in the 1990 Brian Watkins murder, spoke about his experiences in prison and in the media spotlight.
America’s prison complex is so vast that, even with all the public interest in reforming our approach to crime and punishment, elements of the system would have escaped attention but for the work of these two journalists.
Is there a better way to run elections in New York State? Will more voters show up if we do it that way? Two political observers weigh in via a video interview.
Why would elected officials change the rules that helped them gain and keep office? If thousands of New Yorkers demand it, advocates say.
A City Councilman, a rebuilding leader and a neighborhood advocate weigh in on the 2012 storm’s legacy. Watch the video.
If the administration is truly open to community input on how to improve the Jerome Avenue corridor, the report released by the Bronx Coalition for a Community Vision gives planners much to chew on. Watch a video report.
Community organizations in the Bronx say residential and commercial tenants in areas around the Kinsgbridge Armory and the proposed Jerome Avenue rezoning are seeing higher rents and more harassment.
Watch the debate on BRIC-TV.
To answer that, one has to decide what it means to be a progressive mayor and how well the current one has matched that description in both intention and delivery. Watch a video of NYC reporters wrestling with those questions.
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