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How come NYC's Health Department won't release Legionella concentration data?
Its substantive response to the crisis at hand was strong, but it has withheld some basic information from the public. Remapping Debate has been obliged to file a freedom of information request. An upcoming City Council oversight hearing will look into a host of issues.
Maximizing readiness and transparency for the next public health crisis
New York City's current Legionnaires' outbreak appears to be ending, but how ready will we be for the next outbreak? Key questions remain as City Council squares off against Mamdani administration.
Maybe all our neighborhoods belong to all of us (or should)
Dress it up however you like, the still dominant “it’s ours, not yours” mindset reflects and encourages a New York still mired in the dead ends of separation and exclusion.
Legionnaires' outbreak wanes but questions remain
Overall response by NYC’s Health Dept. has been swift and decisive, and outbreak appears to be waning. More fatalities still possible. Questions remain over adequacy of information provided to public. “Privacy” rationale for non-disclosure shaky.
How is NYC's Health Department handling the Legionnaires' outbreak?
In the face of a new outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene quickly pivoted to a strategy of aggressive remediation and significant transparency, with more information promised shortly. But what about describing to the public the common course of Legionnaires’ in more detail?
Our upgraded unemployment tools
These tools provide ways to look far more deeply into unemployment data -- current data and data over time. You have the ability to compare and contrast up to four demographic composites, each with a race/ethnicity, gender, age, and educational attainment element. Updated with latest (May) data on June 15th.
Declining school enrollment: it's not all doom and gloom
Widespread school enrollment declines undoubtedly come with challenges, but that’s not the whole story.
Will HPD resist the zombie calls to narrow the housing lottery door based on “preferences”?
Several proposed changes to the rules of New York City's housing lottery could make the system work more smoothly and efficiently for everyone, but a fetish to uncover what applicants "really" want is a fairness-defeating dead end.
Dissecting Mayor Mamdani’s veto message on legislation relating to protests at educational institutions
Both parts that ring true and parts that ring false raise issues of concern. At the same time, any claims on the Council side that the legislation would materially change police procedure are without basis. Did Speaker Menin have a more subtle, supplemental motive in pushing the legislation?
A regular assault
This is not a story of a “horrific murder.” It is not even the story of an “especially vicious” assault. It didn’t happen in the subway; there was no “gunplay” involved.
It’s just what I guess you would call a regular assault on a 75-year-old woman, apparently for having told two people to clean up after their (unleashed) dogs.
It’s just what I guess you would call a regular assault on a 75-year-old woman, apparently for having told two people to clean up after their (unleashed) dogs.
The budget fight that is not being had
Neither side of City Hall appears willing to engage in serious exploration of triage despite a federal administration unrelentingly hostile to cities (especially blue ones), let alone willing to take the politically difficult steps necessary to achieve excellence in delivery of city services.
NYC DOE: But our deal with the devil will be a good one
Jargon-ridden and light on genuine reflection, NYC Department of Education’s initial guidance on the use of artificial intelligence in the public schools augers a new frontier for strategic failure in a system long plagued by meager vision and reactive leadership.
Renewing the fight for accessibility in NYC: CCHR + DOB + HPD + DOT
Despite having the strongest law in the country, barriers to accessibility for people with mobility impairments have been allowed to persist in New York City for far too long. There's an easy toool that the Mamdani administration can use to help begin a real crackdown.