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Charter Revision Commission Undermines Community Board Review of 2010 Proposals
Matthew Goldstein The “issues forums” schedule just announced by the New York City Charter Revision Commission will limit public review of any proposed changes to ULURP, the city’s land use process....
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Charter Revision Alumni Weigh In
F. A. O. Schwarz, Jr. photo courtesy praxagora.com You wouldn’t expect that a panel discussion by former charter revision commission chairs would be enlightening or amusing, but it was both. Monday’s...
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Voter Participation Takes the Spotlight
John Banks and Matthew Goldstein This week’s charter revision commission forum on Voter Participation will take place at Lehman College in The Bronx at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, June 2. With live...
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Charter Revision: Speaking Truth to Power
Father Richard Gorman It took four hours until anyone — expert witnesses, charter commission members, or one of the evening’s 21 informal speakers — finally zeroed in on why voter participation has...
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Who is Brad Hoylman?
Brad Hoylman The strongest push to hobble NYC’s community boards by forcing them to hire dedicated planners and revert to a narrower “planning board” role (an idea we strongly oppose) came not from...
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Brad Hoylman Responds
Brad Hoylman Brad Hoylman took the time to phone us to explain his June 10 Charter Revision Commission invited testimony. He asked why we oppose his proposal — indistinguishable from that of Manhattan...
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Community Boards: A Vicious Circle
Ira B. Harkavy Ira Harkavy, Florence Nathanson, Esther Lopato and Helen Henkin were community board members back in the day when board membership meant more than echoing the mayor’s priorities or being...
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Charter Revision: Hints of What’s to Come
Matthew Goldstein Past practice suggests that charter revision chair Matthew Goldstein will use the commission’s June 24 forum on Land Use to signal what his panel will focus on as it moves into...
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Scissura: Practice What You Preach
2010 NYC Charter Revision Commission The 2010 NYC Charter Revision Commission spent much of its July 12 meeting agonizing over ways to restore the public’s faith in government and increase voter...
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A 311 Bone for Community Boards, or a Snow Job?
Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith said today that “we’re 30 days away” from giving community boards “real-time 311 data,” but that he would have to confirm this. He made his...
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