Good Cause Looks to Albany + City Struggles with Job Vacancies
No. 313 | Monday March 13, 2023
The NYC Thorn is a weekly roundup of local political news compiled by members of NYC-DSA.
Local News
With local Good Cause eviction laws being struck down by state courts, many across New York are looking to the state legislature to pass the measure statewide this year.
According to a report from Comptroller Brad Lander’s office, the exodus of city workers from the Adams administration and the failure of agencies to rehire their vacancies has resulted in a deterioration of city services.
Council Speaker Adrienne Adams’ State of the City address focused on filling city government vacancies and avoiding budget cuts, previewing potential conflict in this spring’s budget negotiations between City Hall and the Council. Adams also revived a plan to develop privately managed housing in parking lots and playgrounds on NYCHA property.
New York’s Chief Administrative Judge misled state lawmakers in last month’s budget hearing when pressed to defend why outgoing Court of Appeals Chief Judge Janet DiFiore received a private security detail.
The Adams administration has rolled back its proposed minimum wage for delivery drivers from $24/hr. to $19.96/hr. in apparent acquiescence to opposition from companies like Uber Eats and DoorDash.
An Upper West Side community board voted down plans to convert an empty newsstand into a charging station for delivery ebikes.
Frank Carone, who stepped down as the Mayor’s chief of staff after a year on the job, has returned to a life of lobbying high-profile corporate interests that do direct business with the City.
Supporters of the charter school industry, including Assembly Member Brian Cunningham (District 43, Flatbush), attended a rally outside City Hall to support Governor Hochul's plan to expand the number of charter schools in NYC. The plan is currently meeting resistance from Assembly and Senate Democrats.
A Black man from East Flatbush who spent the past 18 years in prison is set to be exonerated after it was revealed that NYPD detectives had deliberately framed him for a 2004 murder that they knew he did not commit.
An ex-cop arrested for a gun charge spent 38 minutes in jail before two NYPD chiefs intervened and he was set free, according to footage obtained by The City.
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