Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
Budget Watchdogs Pan Hochul Spending Plan, Brace for Adams Proposal
The $254 billion budget deal reached Monday between Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders appears to be a cautious one. It increases spending from the governor’s initial proposal by only $2 billion, small compared with previous budgets, and trimmed the governor’s proposed $3 billion tax rebate by a third. But fiscal experts — ranging from […]
The post Budget Watchdogs Pan Hochul Spending Plan, Brace for Adams Proposal appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
How to Throw a Party in a City Park, the Right Way
As many New Yorkers learned last week, anyone who wants to have a big event in a city park needs to get a permit — even Lorde. (That’s the pop star who told fans to meet her in Washington Square Park last week, only to cancel her plans for a lack of permit.) Get ready to […]
The post How to Throw a Party in a City Park, the Right Way appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
Affordable Housing Lottery Chops Paperwork Pile for Apartment Applications
Congratulations, you won the New York City housing lottery! But not so fast: Before you can move into an affordable apartment, you have to provide a mountain of paperwork to verify you’re eligible. But now, that mountain may look less like the Rockies and more like the Catskills, as the city Department of Housing Preservation […]
The post Affordable Housing Lottery Chops Paperwork Pile for Apartment Applications appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
Few Have Left Prison Under Hochul Early-Release Push
The head of the state prison system has released 151 people early under a new initiative announced to ease a staffing crisis in the aftermath of a wildcat strike by officers who had protested a law limiting their use of solitary confinement. That’s far smaller than the 766 possible candidates the Department of Corrections and […]
The post Few Have Left Prison Under Hochul Early-Release Push appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
LISTEN: A Different Path to Public Safety
With not even 60 days to the Democratic primary, the field is running out of time to catch up with Andrew Cuomo while the governor — as the mayoral candidate’s team still refers to him —tries to run out the clock while keeping the public and the press at arm’s length. But all the bad […]
The post LISTEN: A Different Path to Public Safety appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.