Staff and Leadership
NEWS ROOM
Jarrett Murphy
Editor-In-Chief
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Kelly Virella
Deputy Editor, Content Manager
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Neil deMause
Contributing Editor-Safety Net & Workforce Development
Eileen Markey
Contributing Editor-Housing & Homelessness
Jake Mooney
Contributing Editor-Immigration & Labor
Helen Zelon
Contributing Editor-Education & Child Welfare
Jay DeDapper
Contributor, City Limits Video
OPERATIONS AND PUBLISHING
Mark Anthony Thomas
Director
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Allison Tellis-Hinds
Advertising Director
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Nekoro Gomes
Marketing Assistant
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Creative Direction
Smyrski Creative
Cheryl Coley
Marketing Consulting
The Gray Zone
City Limits.org Technical Team
Singlebrook Technology
Todd Kuhlman
Magazine Proofreader
Danial Adkison
CITY LIMITS INTERNS
Joshua Burke
Rachel
Dodakian
Abigail
Kramer
Maria Muentes
Samia Shafi
Norman Williams
Board of Advisors
Mark Edmiston, Chair
Adam Blumenthal
Andy Breslau
Michael Conner
David Jones
Andy Reicher
Michele Webb
Staff Bios
Jarrett Murphy, Editor-In-Chief of Print Media, has been editor of City Limits Magazine since February 2007. Murphy grew up in New Britain, Connecticut, graduated from Fordham University in the Bronx, and later received a diploma in public financial policy from the London School of Economics and a masters in economics from the New School. Before coming to City Limits in February 2007, he worked at WFUV-FM, the Hartford Advocate, CBSNews.com and the Village Voice. He lives in the Norwood section of the Bronx with his wife and son.
Mark Anthony Thomas, Director of City Limits, previously served as the Deputy Director of City Futures, the parent company of the Center for an Urban Future and City Limits Magazine until 2009. He served as the Public Relations Officer for the Medical
School for International Health, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s collaboration with Columbia
University Medical Center. From 2001 - 2006, he served as a community affairs
representative for the Georgia-Pacific Corporation Foundation in Atlanta and managed the company's Partners for Education programs and developed the
communications efforts of the foundation’s philanthropy.
He served as the President of the Board
of Directors of Helping Teens Succeed, Inc., funded by the Lumina Foundation and the Federal Fund
for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE).
He received his Executive MPA from Columbia
University's School of International and Public Affairs in 2009 and graduated in 2001 from the
University of Georgia, studying Marketing and Mass Communications.
While a student, he spent four
years as a reporter and became the University’s first African American Editor-In-Chief for The Red & Black, the daily independent newspaper. A poet and an author of two books, he’s been prominently featured in
Time Magazine, honored by Essence Magazine, and was nominated for Georgia Author of the Year in 2005.
Nekoro
Gomes is the Marketing Assistant for City Limits. He is a native of Rochester, New York and graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois with a degree in journalism.
Before joining City Limits as an editorial intern in January 2009, he was a writer and intern at Editor & Publisher Magazine, the Greenpoint Gazette and Working Films, Inc., where he was a George C. Stoney Fellow in 2007.
He lives in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn with his family.
New York Communities Take on Foreclosures
A commentary from Nation Magazine editor Katrina vanden Heuvel highlights the foreclosure problem in New York City.
Agencies Almost Always Have The Last Word
Courts have little power to overturn decisions by agency hearing officers — as two evicted public housing tenants recently learned.
New York's Recovery Is Stronger Than Nation's, But Still Uneven
New York City has weathered the recession far better than was feared during the financial crisis, but outside of Manhattan the view is often bleaker.
One Simple Path To A Degree
This article examines a proposal by a California state legislator that would require community colleges to provide students with a clear path on how to acquire their degree.
New Bronx Resource Guide for Family Caregivers
The Office of Community Health at Montefiore Medical Center has just released "Caring for Yourself While Caregiving," a new resource guide for Bronx-based family caregivers. Available in English and Spanish, the guide provides 32 pages of helpful, low-cost resources in six unique categories for people caring for an aging parent, spouse, partner, elderly relative, child with an illness or disability, or another person close to them. To order a copy, call (718) 920-6576 or email PCareSupport@montefiore.org.
100,000 Homes for 100,000 Vulnerable Americans
Invisiblepeople.tv's Mark Horvath posts the following article on the launch of the "100,000 Homes Campaign", organized by Common Ground.
Will The Gowanus Ever Be Cleaned Up
For nearly a year, residents, politicians, businesspeople and others battled over the EPA’s consideration of the 1.8-mile waterway for a Superfund listing.
Bronx Economic Czar Marlene Cintron Hits the Pavement To Encourage Investing In The Bronx
Marlene Cintron, President of the BOEDC, Helps Promote Owner Occupied Communities in The Bronx by Participating in Grand Concourse/Mosholu Art-Deco Co-op Trolley Tour and Sees a Bright Future For the Borough
Court Upholds Columbia Campus Expansion
Columbia University's use of eminent domain to build an additional campus in West Harlem is upheld by The New York State Court of Appeals
New York Looks to Board High Speed Rail
This article from the Gotham Gazette takes a look at the possibility for federal funding of high-speed rail initiatives that could connect New York City to other cities throughout the state.
Crown Heights Community Mediation Center
The Mediation Center is a unique neighborhood institution that works to improve community problem-solving, collaboration, and inter-group relations in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Operating out of our storefront offices since 1998, the Mediation Center seeks innovative ways to promote community cohesion in our neighborhood, known for fragmentation. This includes providing residents with links to resources on issues like education, parenting, housing, and immigration; providing support to young people navigating the challenges of a community tainted by violence, drugs, and poverty; and galvanizing neighborhood, borough, and city stakeholders in order to improve the quality of life for all residents.
NY Convergence
NY Convergence, the only online news site exclusively covering digital media and tech industry developments throughout New York is now in beta. Content, updated throughout each day, is available via daily e-newsletter, Twitter, iPhone, Facebook, RSS and widget. Queries and feedback welcome:tips@nyconvergence.com.
The Bronx is Kickin'
A blog on soccer in New York City, and my time as a volunteer with South Bronx United.
nybefore6.com
A guide to daytime, weekday jazz and classical concerts and other cultural events in Manhattan.
Kenmore Hall Courier
A tenant blog for a Chelsea, NY S.R.O. This S.R.O. had a terrible reputation before new management took over; despite improvements, conditions are still far from ideal.
NYC You Are Here
Concert, Movie, and Book Reviews. Music and art Happenings around NYC.
Ditmas Park Blog
A blog about the neighborhood of Ditmas Park.
Hawthorne Street Blog
A blog about the neighborhood of Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Brooklynology
Brooklynology is one of the ways Brooklyn public Library's Brooklyn Collection shares the wealth of its collections with the public. It's a great place to announce new acquisitions and programs, follow up on an enthusiasm, or point out something we think is hilariously funny.
New York Herald
Arts, Culture, Dining, Neighborhood News centering around Williamsburg/Greenpoint.
