Bill de Blasio
Who’s the Mayor for Public Housing?
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Malliotakis made sure public housing was on her campaign trail. But will she be the better candidate for NYCHA’s residents?
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
De Blasio’s Ethics Record; A Look Back at ConCon ’67: Headlines for Oct. 23
Jarrett Murphy |
Plus, a new plan to fight congestion.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
City Hall in Brooklyn Begins: Official Schedules for Oct. 23
City Limits |
Comptroller Stringer talks about rent and credit scores as the Council investigates cost overruns in technology deals.
City Council
CityViews: Bill-Signing Marked the End of Tenants’ 4-Year Struggle
Jane Li |
‘Tenants were asked to do double duty. They not only had to fight their landlords who were using construction harassment to drive them from their homes, they also had to push legislation through the New York City Council.’
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Ambivalence on Amazon, Crackdown on E-Bikes: Headlines for Oct. 20
Jarrett Murphy |
Plus, concerns about standards at a top high school for Black students.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
De Blasio Rides the Bus, Then Talks About it: Schedules for Oct. 20
City Limits |
The city seems to be resting up for Game 6.
Data Drop
Data Drop: Some NYC Neighborhoods Have Less Representation at the Ballot Box
Jarrett Murphy |
Some Council districts have a much higher rate of voter enrollment than others.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Community Land Trusts are a Path to Affordable Homeownership
Donovan Richards |
‘CLTs achieve a delicate balance of providing families with the opportunities of homeownership, like building equity and providing stability, while also protecting public resources in perpetuity.’
Campaign 2017 Newswire
Big Endorsement in Council Race; Two Views of Police Shooting: Headlines for Oct. 19
Jarrett Murphy |
Plus, a debate on the constitutional convention.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Council Members Push DV Awareness … Al Smith Dinner Tonight: Schedules for Oct. 19
City Limits |
Plus, a Council hearing on the ferry system.
Campaign 2017 Fact Check
Fact Check: Did Mayor de Blasio ‘Refer to Our Cops as Bigots’?
Jarrett Murphy |
Such was the claim made by public advocate candidate JC Polanco at this week’s debate.
campaign
Max & Murphy: Analyzing the Comptroller & Public Advocate Debates
Jarrett Murphy |
It is possible that as few as one in every 275 city voters tuned in to this week’s televised debates for the offices of public advocate and comptroller. Those who did turn it on saw exactly what a debate is supposed to show.
How City Limits Tweeted the Comptroller Debate
Jarrett Murphy |
Our take as the debate between Michel Faulkner and Scott Stringer played out live.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
More Pressure on Vance and Comptroller Candidates Clash: Campaign Headlines for Oct. 18
Jarrett Murphy |
Plus: Has de Blasio’s CCRB been too soft on bad cops?
Ask a Candidate
Ask a Candidate: What’s Your Take on the Con Con?
Jarrett Murphy |
We asked the people running to be public advocate. Devin Balkind, the libertarian candidate, and Republican JC Polanco have answered.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
De Blasio Surrogates Hit the Streets as Malliotakis Targets El Barrio: Official Schedules for Oct. 18
City Limits |
Also, the mayor appears at yet another town hall, and City Limits webcasts a key land-use meeting.
Chinatown Working Group
District 1: The Race Not to Displace
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Councilmember Chin and Borough President Brewer announced a new measure to protect the Two Bridges neighborhood—the same day the Lower East Siders for Christopher Marte announced a march to oust Chin.
Data Drop: Misdemeanor Arrests in New York City, 2013-2017
Jarrett Murphy |
How have patterns in low-level busts changed since Bill de Blasio became mayor?
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Public Advocate Hopefuls Debate; Vance on the Defensive: Campaign Headlines for Oct. 17
Jarrett Murphy |
Plus, pushback on for-profit developers and debate over the con con.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
It’s Outta Comptrol! Comptroller Debate Tonight: Official Schedules for Oct. 17
City Limits |
Plus, Nicole Malliotakis gets the backing of the sergeants’ union.
Campaign 2017: The Policy Shop
Bill de Blasio’s Police Reform Agenda has Achieved Much and Disappointed Many
Jarrett Murphy |
Through human tragedy and political crisis, the mayor has delivered on specific reform promises and kept crime low. But he has fallen short of the sweeping change advocates hoped he would engineer.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Queens House of Detention Could Be Refuge for the Homeless
Howard Schneider |
‘At some point a mayoral administration that is in earnest about carrying out its agenda has to resolve that it won’t pander to any given neighborhood’s more sinister instincts.’
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
The Big Picture on DA Donations; Amazon Antagonists Emerge … Political Headlines for Oct. 16
Jarrett Murphy |
Plus a new anti-gun strategy.
Public Advocate Debate Tonight; 11 Council Committees Meet: Schedule for Oct. 16
Jarrett Murphy |
The Council meetings will cover everything from conflicts of interest to Sandy recovery.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
UrbaNerd: The Public Advocate’s Share of the City Budget
Jarrett Murphy |
It reached its high-water mark in 1994.
City Council
Running Against the Grain: Five Council Races on Non-Traditional Party Lines
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Can a socialist in Brooklyn, a fiscal conservative in Manhattan, a Dem in East Queens; a charter-school advocate in Harlem, and a Working Families Party candidate win the general?
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Data Drop: Which is the Bluest Borough?
Jarrett Murphy |
New York City is a Democratic town, but devotion to the donkeys—or to the two-party system—is far from uniform.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Vance & the Big Shots, De Blasio & Latinos and More Campaign Headlines for Oct. 13
Jarrett Murphy |
Plus, all eyes are on the lineup for the second mayoral debate.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
NYC Campaign Schedule for Friday, October 13
City Limits |
11:00 AM – Mayor de Blasio delivers remarks at the Battery Park Police Memorial Wall ceremony. Battery Park, 385 South End Ave., Manhattan, Approximately 2:20 PM – De Blasio appears live on “Keepin’ It Real with Reverend Al Sharpton,” SiriusXM Urban View Channel 126. The interview will be rebroadcast on 1190 AM WLIB between 7:00 […]
Housing and Homelessness
Lessons from Vancouver for NYC’s Debate Over Taxing Vacant Land to Ease Housing Crunch
John Schneider |
Pressure is mounting for the city to consider a tax on vacant land which would face political and legal challenges but follow the lead of other cities, including Canada’s third-largest city.
