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    Charter Revision: More on Council Member Term Limits

    Ross Sandler, Center for New York City Law Director

    Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Charter Revision Commission released its report on September 4, 2018 with three recommendations that will be on the ballot on November 6, 2018: downward adjustment of campaign contribution limits for City elected officials to reduce the influence of large contributors; a new commission to encourage greater civic engagement; and term limits and appointment procedures for community boards. All are worthy of concern, but none reach the level of major charter change. (read more…)

    Date:10/15/2018
    Category : CityLaw, Commentary
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    Charter Revision: Let’s Discuss Ending Term Limits For Council Members

    Ross Sandler

    Image credit: New York City Council.

    Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council, in creating competing charter revision commissions, avoided endorsing the central reason why the City could benefit from charter revision: ending term limits for council members. Term limits arguably may have had a healthy impact on the mayoralty, but not so with the council. Two four-year terms for council members resulted in instability of council membership and leadership and a lack of institutional discipline that has produced a council weaker than it should be. (read more…)

    Tags : charter, charter revision, City Council, mayor
    Date:07/02/2018
    Category : City Council, Commentary, Mayor
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    City Comptroller’s Response to Airbnb Guest Commentary

    Scott Stringer

    Image credit: NYC Office of the Comptroller.

    [The following guest commentary is a response to Airbnb’s commentary published here.]

    New Yorkers are facing a growing affordability crisis, and over the years my office has examined many factors that have proven to contribute to the burden of rising prices – including, most recently, a report on the impact of Airbnb on New York City rental prices. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, Airbnb, City Comptroller, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, housing
    Date:05/23/2018
    Category : Commentary
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    Guest Commentary: The Truth about Airbnb, Housing, and New York City

    Josh Meltzer

    Image credit: Airbnb

    NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer recently released a report on Airbnb in New York City that is wrong on the facts, wrong on the methodology and wrong in its conclusions. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, Airbnb, City Comptroller, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, home sharing, homesharing, housing
    Date:05/21/2018
    Category : Commentary
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    Designation Should Not Mean Demolition

    Jeffrey Kroessler

    Jeffrey A. Kroessler

    The Landmarks Preservation Commission has calendared the AT&T Building at 550 Madison Avenue for a public hearing. As well it should. Designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee, the skyscraper with a distinctive Chippendale top was the first post-modern addition to the skyline when completed in 1984. It is as emblematic of its time as the Woolworth Building (Cass Gilbert, 1913) and the Chrysler Building (William Van Allen, 1930). (read more…)

    Date:02/12/2018
    Category : Commentary
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