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City Spent $1M on Report, Used Questionable Data

A study that says a proposed city living wage law would kill 13,000 jobs based its analysis on a state subsidy program that wouldn't actually be covered by the city measure.

Living Wage Law The Next Council Battleground?

Following the defeat of paid sick leave, unions and business group prepare to face off over tying wages to city development subsidies.

Student Safety Act Passes City Council

Third time’s the charm for the bill, which requires detailed reporting on school crime, arrests, suspensions and expulsions.

City Council Endorses School Turnaround Zone

If adopted, the strategy would represent a significant departure from the DOE's current approach to struggling schools.

Council's Angry Over Housing,
But That Doesn't Pay The Rent

After receiving prized Section 8 vouchers, then losing them, about 1,000 ill-sheltered grantees are still without a housing plan.

Bronx Living Wage Battle
Moves To City Council

As the City Council takes up consideration of the Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment plan, the developer and local pols are locked in a dispute that could derail the project.

CITY LIMITS INVESTIGATES:
A Week At City Council

After the term limits vote and before the 2009 race heats up, the new issue of CLI takes a close look at the city's legislature.

Get Up, Stand Up: Council
Ranked On Human Rights

A new report looks well beyond potholes and street names to grade City Council members on their support for human rights.

Mayor, Council At Odds
Over Voucher Tenant Bill

The administration squares off against City Council on protecting Section 8 tenants.

Parents, Council Still
Angry About School Grades

Stakeholders vent, and the city's Chief Accountability Officer parries, at a hearing on the controversial new Progress Reports.

STILL IN DOUBT: ADVOCATES
GIVE CRITIQUE TO COUNCIL

But the city holds its ground that the new program to combat homelessness is better than what it's replacing.

INSPECTION PROTECTION: WILL NEW COUNCIL BILL SAFEGUARD WORKERS?

Advocates say new bill to prevent supermarket lock-ins is only as strong as its enforcement. Will the Fire Department step it up?

PRIMARY 2005: CITY COUNCIL RACES TO WATCH

Welcome to August in New York, a month of humidity, vacations--and political warfare. While many of the primary races are all sewn up, a few of them are just getting interesting. City Limits takes a look at the good, the bad and the ugly.

POLITICS AS UNUSUAL IN THIS FALL’S CITY COUNCIL RACES

In an otherwise sleepy election year, some City Council races are getting interesting as the September 9 primary draws near.

A PRIMARY PRIMER: CITY COUNCIL RACES TO WATCH ON SEPT. 9

A rundown of some political horse races in next week's Democratic primary.

ATTEMPT TO ROLL BACK LUXURY DECONTROL FAILS IN CITY COUNCIL

Tenant advocates hoped the City Council would eliminate a 1994 law ended rent protection for luxury apartments, but the measure died last week.


City Council
The city council’s responsibility is to address problems faced by communities throughout the city. Sometimes they enact changes to better the city, sometimes they have to fight to make those changes a reality, and other times they are unsuccessful in fulfilling their duties.

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NYC Needs Paid Sick Days, Not Lame Excuses

By Apurva Mehrotra

NYC Needs Paid Sick Days, Not Lame Excuses

Thousands of New Yorkers face an impossible choice when they get sick: Go to work and get yourself and others sicker, or stay home and risk losing pay or your post.

Business Owner: Paid Sick Leave Bill Not Bad Medicine

By Maria de los Santos

Business Owner: Paid Sick Leave Bill Not Bad Medicine

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn says she killed a bill requiring paid sick leave out of concern for small businesses. But at least one store owner says the idea would have been good for business.

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2011 NYC Council Human Rights Report Card

This annual report is the only report of its kind, and grades each member of the New York City Council on his or her record in promoting the human rights of New Yorkers. The analysis is based on votes and sponsorship of key legislation before the Council in the past twelve months.

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