Budget
Opinion: NYC’s Budget Does Not Make Policing Safer for those with Mental Illness
Peggy Herrera |
‘My family—and families like mine all over this city—deserve to be able to call for help and actually get it.’
The Max & Murphy Show
A Budget that Either Clobbers or Coddles the NYPD
Jarrett Murphy |
Two things can be said about the fiscal 2021 budget. One is that it made almost no one happy.
The other is that it did not meaningfully reduce the operational size of the nation’s largest police force.
Affordable Housing
Council Softens but Doesn’t Stop Hit to Housing Budget
Sadef Ali Kully |
The final fiscal 2021 spending plan staved off cuts to smaller housing programs, but retained a shift of roughly a billion dollars in capital spending on the mayor’s affordability plan.
Budget
Opinion: Mayor de Blasio, Protect Funding for Victims of Domestic Violence
Margarita Guzmán, Kavita Mehra and Niketa Sheth |
‘You needed us when COVID hit and we have been there. Stand with us and demand adequate funding for our essential workers.’
Budget
Cutting the Police Budget Means Revising the Role Cops Play in Today’s NYC
Holly DeMuth |
Not everyone agrees on what defunding would mean, or what it would look like.
Budget
Budget Axe and Pandemic Padlocks Have Put City’s Parks Under Pressure
Jarrett Murphy |
The mayor’s decision to open parks but ban swimming has prompted an outcry. Meanwhile, proposed budget cuts to the already underfunded Parks Department threaten to strain the system during a summer when New Yorkers will likely flood to those spaces.
Budget
Opinion: Treat Homecare Aides as the Essential Workers They Are
Scott Short |
‘We are not asking to be prioritized over doctors and nurses. We simply need to be given the same resources.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Now More Than Ever, NYC Needs Nature, and NYC’s Nature Needs Funding
Sarah Charlop-Powers and Emily Nobel Maxwell |
‘As we start to recover from this pandemic, it’s clear that New York City’s investments in natural areas need to be sustained for both their short-term benefits — like recreational space to socially distance and hundreds of green jobs — and long-term benefits — like climate change mitigation and adaptation.’
Housing and Homelessness
City’s Basement Apartment Program Buried by COVID-19 Budget Cuts
Sadef Ali Kully |
The program aimed to test ways to legalize basement apartments as a way to create new, sanctioned affordable housing units for tenants and help the moderate-income homeowners who might rent some of the spaces out.
Economy
It’s Worse Than You Think Out There. Maybe Bad Enough for NYC to Borrow to Pay the Bills.
Jarrett Murphy |
The COVID-19 fiscal crisis has changed much about life in the city. Might it also weaken the prohibition against IOUs?
