On March 5, 2025, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez and officials in Greenwich Village celebrated the redesign along the Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan at Sixth Avenue with a ribbon cutting. The project is one of several across Manhattan avenues designed to improve street safety by providing wider protected bike lanes to accommodate the record growth in cycling across the City. The City Department of Transportation has completed redesign projects … <Read More>
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NY Elections, Census and Redistricting Update 03/10/25
This week: Update on Congressional Reapportionment/Census Lawsuit; Suffolk County Seeks VRA Preclearance for Poll Sites; Register Now for April 1 Census Conference; Jan Vink on Modified Race Data from Census Bureau; Around the Nation
by Jeff Wice & Alexis Marking
A Mayor, A Governor and a Public Corruption Lawyer: Déjà vu All Over Again?
By Jim Caras
A New York City mayor described by the periodicals of the day as a “dapper” dresser with “swagger.” A mayor who spent nights out on the town and had a reserved table at his favorite club. A mayor accused of misusing his office for personal gain. Charges leveled against him by a respected government official after an investigation. The mayor claiming, in a presidential election year, that the allegations were politically motivated … <Read More>
NY Elections, Census and Redistricting Update 03/03/25
By Jeff Wice, Alexis Marking & Jarret Berg
This week: Hearing held in Mount Pleasant VRA Case, Election Law Bills Advance in Albany, Census 2030 Bill Introduced in Assembly, Register Now for April 1 N.Y.C. Census Conference, The Ups & Downs of N.Y.’s Lieutenant Governors
Early Voting in the Crosshairs, But Program Remains Popular with Voters
Election administrators and policymakers are weighing various changes to New York’s nine-day early voting program, some of which may curtail access if enacted.
By Jarret Berg
More than 2.98 million New Yorkers voted early in the 2024 General Election, excluding mail-in ballots. That’s an increase of 20% (or more than 477,000 voters), compared to the 2.51 million New Yorkers who turned out during the 2020 early voting period. In 2024, the vast majority … <Read More>
Comptroller’s Audit Reveals Big Delays in HPD’s Tenant Interim Lease Program Projects
On February 14, 2025, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander revealed deficiencies in the New York City Department of Housing Preservation Tenant Interim Lease (TIL) program in a new audit. The audit shows that City Department of Housing Preservation and Development has only converted 13 buildings in the Tenant Interim Lease (TIL) program to co-ops since 2012. All of these projects incurred delays, some ranged from 15 to 87 months, and some delays were as … <Read More>