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Senate, Assembly Resist Cuomo Cuts To Services
Photo by: iessi The state capitol in Albany, where a budget deal is due April 1. While both legislative houses have agreed to restore some cuts that Gov. Cuomo proposed to human services, the fate of...
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Federal Funds Have City Planners Eyeing East New York, Bronx
Photo by: Crispy 1995, Marc Fader, Alex Guerrero, Jawny80 The planning consortium brings together cities like White Plains (top left) and Bridgeport (bottom left). In New York City, it'll mean...
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For Some Landlords, It's Not Easy Going Green
Photo by: NYC.gov A graph from Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC illustrates how crucial residential buildings are to any hopes for a greener city: Homes contribute twice as much carbon as cars and trucks in...
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Push for More Crime Data Stalls in Council
Photo by: Marc Fader The 52ns Precinct's headquarters on Webster Avenue in the Bronx neighborhood of Bedford Park. Precinct-level crime data covers large geographic areas comprising distinct...
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Warm-Water Fish Invade New York City's Waters
Photo by: Henry Gass Fisherman on the Island Current. The changing mix of fish species in Long Island Sound may force changing the quota systems that regulate fishing there. Fishers in Long Island...
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FreshDirect Job Vows: At Odds with Environmental Claims?
Opponents rally against the FreshDirect proposal. The grocery deliverer says it will create thousands of jobs in the South Bronx, but that expansion disappears when the firm analyzes its environmental...
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Public Finally to Have Access to Hyper-Local Crime Stats
Photo by: Marc Fader The 52nd Precinct in Norwood. Newly signed legislation will correct a blind-spot in the NYPD's crime-report transparency, one we reported on last year. By: Jordan Moss New Yorkers...
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Fracking Accusation Angers Bronx State Pols
Photo by: EPA A diagram created by the EPA illustrates the role of water in the hydraulic fracturing (or "fracking") process. A Common Cause report says donations imply support, but lawmakers insist...
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City’s New Crime Site May Need More Detail
Photo by: DoITT The crime map allows users to see locations associated with any index felony. A new tool lets New Yorkers see where the crime is, but supporters of the law that mandated the map want...
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Only Two Electric-Cab Drivers On the Road in NYC
Photo by: Oliver Morrison When Luis Castro first told his kids about his new car, they weren't impressed. "Oh, Papi, nobody has an electric car," he says they told him. "Why do you do that?" Five of...
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Crime Low, But Citizens Still Want to Fight It
Photo by: Adi Talwar Frank A. Kotnick, Jr. president of the Glendale Civilian Patrol, gets a radio call while making his rounds one night in April. The Glendale group is one of several citizen...
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Time for de Blasio to Reform 'Welfare Reform'
Photo by: Marc Fader The city's Waverly Job Center. To become a city of equal opportunity, New York City must reduce poverty and advance upward mobility by shoring up the social safety net and...
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Complex Changes in Low-Level Arrests Under De Blasio
Photo by: Mayor's Office Mayor de Blasio and Commissioner Bratton have implemented changes to the NYPD, but the number of low-level arrests so far is on par with what Mayor Bloomberg and...
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Some Police Agencies Revive Restraints Involving Neck
Photo by: USMC Troops in training demonstrate a lateral vascular neck restraint, or LVNR. Outrage over the death last week of Eric Garner while in police custody hasn’t been echoed on listservs and...
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Cloudy Views On Broken-Windows Policing
Photo by: Tomas Castelazo Everybody knows what Immaculate Conception is. They must because they reference it all the time. Except they often get it wrong. People will jokingly allude to Immaculate...
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Resisting Arrest: Is There a Trend?
Photo by: Michael Fleischhacker Police commissioner William Bratton told the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC yesterday that there's a trend of people resisting arrest. "What we’re seeing … over the last...
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The Death and Life of Stop-and-Frisk
Photo by: Fxp42 Back in 2007 or so when the uproar over stop-and-frisk was just picking up, the NYPD made a point of referring to it as the "stop, question and frisk" program—to emphasize that the...
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Striking Disparities in Neighborhood Violence
Photo by: Izaakb Last week Mayor de Blasio attended the NYPD's weekly crime statistics session, a response to the uptick in violence this summer. That uptick has to be seen in context—the number of...
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De Blasio Admin. Making City's Safety Net More Humane
Photo by: Ed Reed for the Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio Mayor Bill de Blasio announces the appointment of Steve Banks as commissioner of the Human Resources Administration on Friday, February 28,...
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In Wheelchairs, They Marched to Stop Climate Change
Photo by: Sarah Mortimer Some marched through Manhattan last week. Others rolled. Their message: As terrifying as climate-change induced superstorms are for everyone, they're that much more so when...
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