421-a
Five Big Questions About the 421-a Tax Break Deal
Jarrett Murphy |
Legislators largely from outside the city are about to spend our local tax dollars on a plan hatched by developers and unions. And that’s not the weirdest part.
Housing and Homelessness
Anger Over Mayor’s Reaction to Chinatown Rezoning Push
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The protestors called on the de Blasio administration to take on a broader rezoning of the area in order to control development. But the mayor isn’t the only politician who hasn’t rallied to that cause: While de Blasio has said “no.” other local pols have said nothing at all.
Housing and Homelessness
Cost and Legal Concerns Raised Amid Push for Local Hiring, Union Jobs in De Blasio Rezonings
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Community groups and trade unions want the construction work done in rezoning neighborhoods to go to local residents and pay union wages. And advocates aren’t convinced that the legal and financial counter-arguments hold water.
In Depth
This Man, Busted by the NYPD for Gun Trafficking, Says He’s no Smuggler
Josmar Trujillo |
In the days after the killing of a policeman last year, Keith Hughes was charged with being part of a gun-trafficking ring. But his claims, and the way courts handled them, suggest that, sometimes, the city’s anti-gun enforcement effort might sweep up people who aren’t smugglers.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: New York City Kids Need Free School Lunch for All
Liz Accles |
As a candidate for mayor, Bill de Blasio said: ‘I think we have to end any stigma around school lunches and universalize it.’ Now more than ever, the author writes, city students need him to take that step.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: How Safe is the City, Through Young Eyes?
Amaya Adler, Vincent Fong, Samantha Haase, Emily Healy, Taiz Luciano, Ezel Peterson, William Rybka and Healy Tureski |
A class of high-school students wrestles with the tension between facts and perceptions when it comes to how safe New York City really is.
de Blasio
Video: NYCHA Development Plans and Community Concerns
City Limits |
City Limits’ Jarrett Murphy joined Gary Pierre-Pierre on CUNY TV’s Independent Sources to discuss the NYCHA NextGen plan and some of the community concerns it has generated.
build it back
Rare Praise for City’s Build it Back Program
Jarrett Murphy |
For all its well-documented struggles with delays, the program can also claim milestone achievements for hiring and training local workers, says one community coalition.
Investigations
NYC Jails Fail to Identify Prisoners With Cognitive Problems
Ben Hattem |
There’s new attention to problems diagnosing inmates at Rikers with mental illness. But what about people on the autism spectrum, with a low IQ or dealing with a learning disability?
Affordable Housing
Suit Against City Affordable Housing Policy Survives
Jarrett Murphy |
A lawsuit challenging New York’s practice of setting aside affordable apartments for nearby residents is still alive after a judge rejected a bid by the de Blasio administration to have it dismissed.
