Affordable Housing
Watch it Here: Is Affordable Housing Really Fair Housing?
City Limits |
What does it mean to take into account “fair housing” concerns as the city implements Housing New York and as it pursues neighborhood rezonings?
displacement
Video: Displacement Around the World, Lessons for and from NYC
Jarrett Murphy |
An author from our recent ‘Global Squeeze’ series discusses the project and its findings.
Video
Video: Zoning 101
Jarrett Murphy |
City Limits contributor Abigail Savitch-Lew gives a quick primer on zoning policy and the rezoning debate.
Brooklyn
Video: Public Advocate Tish James Talks Pot, NYCHA, Nixon and 2021
Jarrett Murphy |
She says she’s not picked a candidate yet in the gubernatorial primary, but is effusive in her praise of the governor, She also says her ‘No. 1 focus’ is her current job, although she is raising money to run in three years for a different one.
Brooklyn
Video: WFP Members on Nixon Endorsement Reasons and Risks
Jarrett Murphy |
Why did the Working Families Party endorse Cynthia Nixon early? And what will their backing, and the governor’s anger over it, mean for Nixon, the campaign and the party itself?
Development
Video: Key Hearing on Proposed Inwood Rezoning
City Limits |
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer held a hearing April 10 on the de Blasio administration’s proposed rezoning in Inwood, a key step in the land-use approval process. Watch the video!
Justice
Video: Top Advocate Says Cuomo, De Blasio Both Can do More to Close Rikers
Jarrett Murphy |
In the wake of a state budget that whiffed on criminal justice reform, Gov. Cuomo has continued to chide Mayor de Blasio for sticking to a 10-year timeline for closing Rikers Island that the governor believes is too slow.
Video
Video: The State Senate, Cynthia Nixon and the IDC
Jarrett Murphy |
A former reporter talks about his run for state senate. A current journalist talks about the Independent Democratic Conference. And we sit and listen.
Brooklyn
Watch and Listen: Andrew Gounardes Takes a Second Shot at Unseating GOP Senator
Jarrett Murphy |
From high-school intern to novice candidate six years ago to this year’s run for the 22nd district, the Brooklyn attorney has been trying to get a Democrat into Martin Golden’s seat for a long time.
crime
Video Brief: Do ‘Violent Criminals’ Need to be a Bigger Part of Justice Reform?
Jarrett Murphy and Marc Bussanich |
The consensus that the criminal justice system needs some kind of reform is shared across much of the political spectrum. But the reform push usually focuses on ‘non-violent’ offenders. Does that make sense?
