Have Americans Warmed to Calls to ‘Defund the Police’?
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Immigration Officers Face Furloughs as Visa Applications Plunge
WASHINGTON — Three years of restrictive and sometimes draconian immigration policies have left families separated, applicants for visas stranded and would-be immigrants looking for alternative...
Are Unemployed Americans About to Fall Off a Cliff?
ImageCredit…By Ella Koeze · Unemployment rates are seasonally adjusted. The government began collecting standardized unemployment statistics in 1948. · Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics To...
Buried in N.J.’s Budget Cuts: a Break for a Billionaire
New Jersey lawmakers passed a stopgap three-month budget this week that included $4 billion in cuts. The temporary spending plan was described in news releases...
Can the N.Y.P.D. Handle a $1 Billion Budget Cut? Yes
In a city staring down $9 billion in lost revenue, it is hardly revolutionary to ask the Police Department to share the pain. But this...
Why Do the Rich Have So Much Power?
America is, in principle, a democracy, in which every vote counts the same. It’s also a nation in which income inequality has soared, a development...
N.Y.C.’s Budget and a Cut to N.Y.P.D. Funding, Explained
ImageCredit…Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi for The New York Times New York City’s budget process isn’t usually this heated. As the city slowly reopens during the coronavirus...
$1 Billion Is Shifted From NYPD in a Budget That Pleases No One
New York City officials on Tuesday agreed to a grim coronavirus-era budget that will sharply curtail municipal services, impose a hiring freeze and, in a...
De Blasio and Council, Facing Fiscal Crisis Over Virus, Agree on Budget With Big Cuts
Bowing to political pressure and a bleak fiscal reality that evoked municipal crises of decades past, New York City officials on Monday agreed to an...
Mayor de Blasio, Bring Back Summer Jobs
As our country grapples with both a global pandemic and the devastating impacts of long-term systemic racism, political leaders are rightfully looking to enact policies...