campaign
Election 2017 District Data: Deep Red in the City’s South
Jarrett Murphy |
The Council district that covers the southern tip of Staten Island is a bastion of homeownership and GOP registration.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
A Councilman’s Convictions, a Mayor’s Money and More: Campaign Newswire for July 21
City Limits |
One Councilman got busted to protest proposed health-care cuts. Another got convicted of fleecing the public. It was all in a day’s news.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Democracy’s Timetable: NYC Politics and Government Events for July 21, 2017
City Limits |
What elected officials, candidates, advocates and others are up to within the five boroughs.
broken windows
CampaignViews: Let’s Talk More About the Mayor’s Cruel Take on Panhandling
Josmar Trujillo |
When Donald Trump villainizes immigrants as criminals, most of us recognize the President’s sweeping generalizations as not only racist, but dangerous. Will there be “resistance” protests against the mayor’s musings?
City Council
CampaignViews: Powerful Forces Stop NYC Leaders from Helping Mom & Pop Stores
Kirsten Theodos |
‘Even though the Small Business Jobs Survival Act has garnered the support of the majority of the Council, it is being denied a hearing and a vote. ‘
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
De Blasio Dishes Out Policy, Malliotakis Wants Travel Costs: Campaign Newswire for July 20
City Limits |
If policy reports are your thing, Wednesday was your day: The de Blasio administration released no fewer than three major policy documents over the course of the day. And in other news …
campaign
Democracy’s Timetable: NYC Politics and Government Events for July 20, 2017
City Limits |
The ‘prohibition of circus performances with wild or exotic animals’ is on the Council calendar. What elected officials, candidates, advocates and others are up to within the five boroughs.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Campaign 2017 Newswire for July 19, 2017
City Limits |
Politics and policy news from the five boroughs.
Election 2017
Democracy’s Timetable: NYC Politics and Government Events for July 19, 2017
Jarrett Murphy |
What elected officials, candidates, advocates and others are up to within the five boroughs.
Election 2017
Max & Murphy: What Candidates Should be Talking About When They Talk Transit
Jarrett Murphy |
Three months and change from a city election, the issue on most New Yorkers’ minds isn’t crime or housing or schools but transit—an essential part of local life that is largely outside the control of city officials.
Ask a Candidate!
City Limits |
Submit your question today. We’ll take the most popular and interesting ones to the candidates.
crime
GOP Candidate for City’s No. 2 Post Wants Registry of the Severely Mentally Ill
City Limits |
Public Advocate hopeful JC Polanco also believes relatives of the severely mentally ill should be legally obligated to report when those patients appear dangerous.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Election ’17 Shouldn’t Be Another Campaign That Doesn’t Talk About Ending Homelessness
Jeff Foreman |
Let’s ask the candidates a series of tough questions, ending with: ‘What is your plan to end the New York City homelessness crisis in years, not decades?’
campaign
Max & Murphy: Malliotakis Embodies the Dis on De Blasio
Jarrett Murphy |
The putative Republican nominee’s argument is based on the idea that de Blasio is a poor manager who has put the city’s safety and solvency at risk. But so far there aren’t detailed answers when it comes to policy specifics.
campaign 2017
Who’s Who in the Contested City Council Races
City Limits |
It’s a quiet election year so far—but not for the candidates involved in these races. A guide for voters and political junkies.
Election 2017
De Blasio and the Difficult Task of Closing Rikers Island
Jarrett Murphy |
The biggest reason for the doubts about de Blasio’s devotion to closing Rikers is that doing so will require tough decisions in a policy area where this mayor faces unusually high expectations and especially acute risks.
Election 2017
Max & Murphy: De Blasio Press Secretary Eric Phillips on the Media and His Boss
Jarrett Murphy |
‘If I could program him as a robot every morning at Gracie Mansion and wind him up and send him out on his day dealing with the press and he would be thoughtful and smart and polite and kind and funny and jovial and smooth and all of those things, of course I would. But he’s a human.’
Government
Election 2017: Who’s Who in the Race for Mayor?
Annalisa Ramnarain and Jarrett Murphy |
Everything you want to know about the 2017 race but were afraid to ask.
2017 campaign
Max & Murphy: Sal Albanese Says Third Mayoral Try Will be the Charm for his Reform Message
Jarrett Murphy |
The former Brooklyn City Councilmember, who has secured the Reform Party endorsement and is seeking the Democratic nomination, reflects on what has changed since his 1997 and 2013 candidacies, discusses his call for Democracy Vouchers and a toll plan, and suggests there is a lack of enthusiasm for incumbent Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Video: An Early Look at Brooklyn’s Contested Council Races
Jarrett Murphy |
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.
campaign 2017
Max & Murphy: Paul Massey, Republican for Mayor, Says City is Poorly Managed
Jarrett Murphy |
In this interview with City Limits and Gotham Gazette, the real-estate businessman had harsh words for Mayor d Blasio’s approach to the job and vowed a different approach on homelessness and transit.
Homepage Featured
Max & Murphy: Gangi, Democrat for Mayor, Challenges de Blasio’s Progressive Credentials
Jarrett Murphy |
The longtime criminal justice reform advocate running to the incumbent mayor’s left is candid about the hurdles his campaign faces but argues progressives have to expect more from their government.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
2017 Campaign Debate Schedule Set
Jarrett Murphy |
The city’s Campaign Finance Board has unveiled the full lineup of primary and general election debates for the three citywide offices.
Multimedia
Max & Murphy: Sizing Up Campaign 2017
Jarrett Murphy |
The races to watch, the mayoral hopefuls’ hopes and the key questions about hot dogs and superheroes are all on the table when Gotham Gazette’s Ben Max and Jarrett Murphy of City Limits get together and press ‘record.’
buses
Max & Murphy: Is a Healthy Discussion of NYC’s Transit Crisis Finally on Track?
Jarrett Murphy |
‘You knew it had become a full-blown issue when Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo began sniping at one another through the press over whose fault it all was.’
Multimedia
Max & Murphy: Very Unclassified Intelligence on the Mayor’s Homeless Plan and the Trump Effect
Jarrett Murphy |
Is the mayor’s homeless plan right on policy or politics, or both?
de Blasio
UrbaNerd: Are City Employees Breaking Ethics Rules More Under De Blasio?
Annalisa Ramnarain and Jarrett Murphy |
There’s no definitive proof one way or another, but one incomplete indicator is the Conflict of Interest Board’s annual tally of how may employees have been fined or suspended for breaking COIB rules.
Housing and Homelessness
Issues ’17: Is De Blasio’s Homeless Plan Worth the Political Risks?
Jarrett Murphy |
Announcing in an election year a plan to create 90 new homeless shelters takes a certain amount of courage. But that doesn’t mean it will solve the problem.
Multimedia
Max & Murphy: De Blasio’s Cabinet Under the Microscope, Rezonings Under Consideration
Jarrett Murphy |
The correction commissioner’s driving habits and the deputy mayor for development’s corporate past have them under scrutiny by city investigators and housing advocates, respectively.
Housing and Homelessness
Video: Tony Avella Talks Housing, Homelessness and His Bid for Mayor
Jarrett Murphy |
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.
