By Louise Dewast on May 17, 2014
de blasio, disabled, housing, mayor, medicaid, poverty, public
On the Edge, The Global City, Two New Yorks

A paralyzed young man longs for his own place
By Louise Dewast on April 15, 2014
city, de blasio, Employment, Featured, fraud, investigation, jobs, Justice, law, NYC, slider
Cops & Courts, What's New?

Three city officials dismissed after judge found they had inflated job placement stats
By Sandhya Subbarao on March 3, 2014
broadband, Communication Workers of America, de blasio, Fios, franchise, high-speed, Internet, Verizon
Politics & Policy, Two New Yorks

Digital vans visit less wired neighborhoods, but mayor wants more
By Steven Rosenbaum on February 21, 2014
de blasio, mayor, Traffic, Vision Zero
Cops & Courts, Multimedia, Politics & Policy
A local TV team filmed De Blasio’s limo speeding through stop signs—and the flap isn’t going away quietly.
By Louise Dewast on February 13, 2014
de blasio, deblasio, education, Featured, mayor, New York, Safety, Schools, slider, snow, transport, Transportation, Weather
Politics & Policy, What's New?

Schools stayed open—and a storm of criticism erupted
By Stav Ziv on February 13, 2014
affordable housing, Bill de Blasio, de blasio, Featured, Hurricane Sandy, income inequality, jobs, LaGuardia, laguardia community college, living wage, minimum wage, municiple id, New York, New York City, Paid Sick Leave, poverty, pre-k, Sandy, state of the city, tale of two cities, universal pre-k, Vision Zero, wealth
Politics & Policy, What's New?

In case you missed it: Six things to know (plus five fun facts) about Bill de Blasio’s big speech
By Joanna Plucinska on February 12, 2014
Bill de Blasio, budget, city government, de blasio, mayor
Politics & Policy, Two New Yorks

Surprise! Many of the mayor’s proposals depend on private action or federal dollars, not local spending
By Sandhya Subbarao on February 12, 2014
campaign, charter, co-locate, Cuomo, de blasio, Governor, mayor, Schools
Politics & Policy

Advocates see the question as a bellwether
By admin on February 12, 2014
campaign, charter, co-locate, Cuomo, de blasio, Governor, mayor, Schools
Politics & Policy

Advocates see the question as a bellwether
By Rishi Iyengar on February 9, 2014
Analisa Torres, Center for Constitutional Rights, de blasio, district court, New York, New York City, NYPD, police, Police Reform Organizing Project, reform, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Shira Schiendlin, stop and frisk, unions
Politics & Policy

Police Unions filed court papers contesting De Blasio’s offer to implement reforms to the controversial NYPD practice