Picturing Public Policy
Aug 01, 2012
Image from "I Got Arrested" courtesy of the artist, Danica Novgorodoff, and the Center for Urban Pedagogy. NEW YORK — He struggled to make sense of what the probation officer was
Let The Sun Shine In: A New Model for Screening and Distributing Discretionary Funds in New York City
Jul 06, 2012
At a time when every tax dollar is precious, New Yorkers should never have to question the integrity of how decisions are made to spend public funds on discretionary programs. They
After run for Congress, Crowley gets less for district
Jul 03, 2012
Photos by William Alatriste. NEW YORK – City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley ran for Congress -- and some say it just might have cost her district hundreds of thousands of dollars. A review
The 2012 Guide to City Pork
Jul 01, 2012
NEW YORK -- Every year, as the City Council goes about its business adopting a budget that it largely had no control over creating, it also repeats a widely observed
City Council overrides mayor on living wage veto
Jun 29, 2012
Quinn speaks to the Council about the budget at last night's stated meeting. Photograph by William Alatriste The City Council overrode the mayor's veto of the living wage bill and adopted
Analysis: Lawmakers await picture-perfect end to session
Jun 20, 2012
The governor's mansion in Albany. Photo from the governor's Flickr photostream. ALBANY, N.Y. – Most legislators know where they want to be tomorrow at 5:30 p.m., and surprisingly it isn’t back
As legislative session nears end, many city issues unresolved
Jun 18, 2012
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announce the early passage of the 2012-2013 state budget on March 30, 2012. At the top of Gov.
NY ethics commission to hold hearing on rules for lobbyists
Jun 06, 2012
A state ethics commission is requesting feedback on guidelines it is developing that would require lobbyists working in Albany to disclose their efforts to shape policy in New York. But
Senate Dems Look to Nat'l Issues for Help
May 15, 2012
Photo from flickr. On January 24, 2012, state Sen. Neil Breslin, the man tasked with reinvigorating the Democratic caucus, attended an open house for the future location of the only library
Council Politics Taint Discretionary Funding
May 07, 2012
Back in 2008 a federal investigation revealed that the City Council had been giving money from the Council’s budgeted discretionary funds to fictitious organizations going back to 2001. The revelation |