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How to Build the Movement for Progressive Power, the Urban Way

 Four local politicians share their ideas for humanizing the “gig economy,” reforming the police, protecting immigrant rights, and solving the municipal budget crisis.
10/27/2015
The Nation

 As the gears of federal government have ground to a halt, a new energy has been rocking the foundations of our urban centers. From Atlanta to Seattle and points in between, cities have begun seizing the initiative, transforming themselves into laboratories for progressive change. Cities Rising is The Nation’s chronicle of those urban experiments.

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De Blasio and the homeless

10/09/2015
Amsterdam News

He may not be responsible for the homeless issue, but it’s now New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s problem to handle.

De Blasio can no longer hang his hat on who started the homeless epidemic in the five boroughs, but he appears to be doing something about it. Will it be enough? The answer depends on who you ask.

James Blake Got An Apology From The NYPD, But Families Of Other Victims Are Still Waiting

"Black lives matter. Latino lives matter. Non-celebrity lives matter. It's high time the city acknowledged that."
09/23/2015
Huffington Post

NEW YORK -- The violent and wrongful arrest of tennis star James Blake in New York City earlier this month prompted swift apologies from Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton. Blake also got the chance to meet privately with the two officials to discuss policing reforms.

Police commissioners fight over policy

09/03/2015
Amsterdam News

Former New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly isn’t holding his tongue about how he feels about law enforcement in the city since he left the NYPD. Kelly believes the city would be safer if stop-and-frisk were to return.

In a recent New Yorker magazine article interview, Kelly said that Mayor Bill de Blasio and current Commissioner Bill Bratton are going about keeping the city safe all wrong. The former top cop contends that de Blasio was able to woo voters by attacking him.

Bratton assailed for embrace of 50-year-old Moynihan report

09/02/2015
Politico New York

Bill Bratton has always viewed his job as police commissioner as something far larger than simply being a top law enforcement official. In his 1998 book, "Turnaround," and in public comments throughout his four decades in policing, he has often explained the challenges of achieving public safety in sweeping terms more akin to a sociology professor rather than a police officer.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton announces safest summer in 25 years

09/01/2015
New York Daily News

The season began with a troubling spike in gun violence, but crime stats from the last three months show the city is enjoying the safest summer in a quarter century.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, when asked about the sharp rise in murders in some cities across the country, boasted on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” about the Big Apple’s recent drop in crime.

“Ironically, New York City this past summer, June to end of August ... this was the safest summer we’ve had in 25 years in terms of shootings and murders,” Bratton said Tuesday.

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