Bronx BP Vanessa Gibson (photo: Kevin P. Coughlin/Governor's Office)

March 3, 2023 - Max Politics Podcast: Borough President Vanessa Gibson on the State of the Bronx

Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson joined the show to discuss her first State of the Borough address and her agenda for the Bronx, including economic and housing development, major infrastructure projects, and more.

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Members of th new City Council with Speaker Johnson (photo: William Alatriste/City Council)

The new class of the New York City Council took greater shape on Thursday with the appointment of chairs and members to the 40-plus committees and subcommittees that oversee the broad legislative, land use, and oversight roles of the 51-member body. Most returning Council members were reassigned to lead different committees while

The five District Attorneys at a March hearing (photo: William Alatriste)

The district attorneys of the five boroughs reasserted their need for increased funding in the 2017 fiscal year at a City Council executive budget hearing Monday at City Hall. Council members—opting to forego heavy questioning of the necessity of this funding—framed fulfilling the district attorney requests as a crucial step towards criminal justice reform.

The public safety committee hearing was the penultimate executive budget hearing, with

NYPD ceremony in Times Square (photo: @CommissBratton)

Monday morning the City Council will begin consideration of a series of bills, called the Criminal Justice Reform Act, which would limit the use of criminal penalties to manage a variety of low level “quality of life” offenses such as public drinking, park code violations, noise, and public urination.