Former Contributor
Meg O'Connor
Articles
- NYPD Pushes Back Against Calls to Reform Special Victims Division
- City Makes Slow Progress in Effort to Prevent Wrongful Convictions
- With Trump Presidency Looming, City Officials Reevaluate Financial Picture
- Campaign Finance Board Fines De Blasio, Others for 2013 Campaign Violations
- Does Higher Pay Attract Better Politicians?
- Increase in Rape Reports Given Little Attention Amid Celebration of Crime Drops
- Nearly Six Years After Landmark Street Harassment Hearing, No Measurable Progress
- With Controversy Brewing, State Pay Commission Moves Toward Recommendations
- Fixing City's 'Non-Functioning' Board of Elections Relies on State
- Use of Abstentions Varies Widely Among City Council Members
- City Council Skips Executive Budget Hearings for Several Committees
- De Blasio Administration Backs Council Push for Increased Tampon Access
- Push Continues for Budget Boost to City Contracted Nonprofits
- Council to Hear Bills on Providing Tampons at Shelters, Prisons & Schools
- Sponsor Says Deal Reached to Eliminate 'Tampon Tax'
- Comptroller Calls for State Budget Transparency, 'Fiscal Reform'
- Lobbying, in Albany, for Better Voting Laws
- Decision Opens New York to Widespread Online Voter Registration
- Rethinking ‘Women’s Issues’ in Public Policy
- There's a Long List of Voting Reforms New York Can Pass
- Council Passes Bill to Improve Diversity at Upper Levels of City-Contracted Businesses
- City Approach to Nonprofit Contracting Questioned
- Everyone Agrees Albany Needs Ethics Reform, Except the People Who Matter Most
- Questioning Importance, Council Members Spend Limited Time at Hearings
- Library Funding One Discrepancy in Quiet City Budget Season
- City Council ‘Deletes’ One Committee, But No Further Reforms Planned
- Underfunded Conflicts of Interest Board Struggles to Meet Mandates
- City Council Raises Provoke Questions About Staff Pay
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, Feb. 29-March 4
- City Council to Begin Public Examination of Mayor's Budget
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, Feb. 22-26
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, Feb. 15-19
- De Blasio to Sign Higher Raises for Council Than He Previously Approved
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, Feb. 8-12
- Mark-Viverito 'Doubles Down' on Criminal Justice Reform in State of the City
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, Feb. 1-5
- Questions Remain as City Council Moves Ahead with Pay Raises, Reforms
- As Council Begins Oversight, McCray Reports Progress in Mental Health Roadmap Implementation
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, Jan. 25-29
- City Council Members Move to Improve Tampon Access
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, Jan. 18-22
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, Jan. 11-15
- To Combat Increase in Reported Rapes, Experts Point to Prevention
- Concerns of ‘Voter Fatigue’ as New York Schedules Four 2016 Election Days
- To Meet Staten Island Needs, Borough President Focuses on Beating Bureaucracy
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, Jan. 4-8
- City to Open Gun Courts to Expedite Prosecutions
- Pay Commission Recommends Raises, Reforms for Elected Compensation
- New Transit Program Called ‘Win-Win’ for Many Commuters and Employers
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, Dec 14-18
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, Dec 7-11
- Little-Known Commission Expands Access to City Government
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, Nov 30-Dec 4
- Commission Considers Raises, Reforms for Elected Compensation
- Assessing City Library Expansion After Budget Boost
- Incoming DAs Plan to Join Thompson and Vance Warrant-Clearing Efforts
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, November 16-20
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, November 9-13
- Council Hearing Will Amplify Calls for More Supportive Housing
- Good Government Groups Point to New Evidence of Need for Major Ethics Reform
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, November 2-6
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, October 26-30
- Hearing Will Examine Pay for Workers Serving City’s Most Vulnerable
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, October 19-23
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, October 12-16
- Discussion of New York's 'Broken Bail System' Comes to Brooklyn
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, October 5-9
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, Sept. 28-Oct. 2
- Amid Federal Brinksmanship, New York City Officials Redouble Support for Planned Parenthood
- Do New York Elected Officials Deserve A Raise?
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, September 21-25
- Inmate Bill of Rights Among New Wave of Rikers Reforms
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, September 14-18
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, September 7-11
- Proposed Rikers Visitation Rules Stir Debate
- The Week That Was in New York Politics, August 31-September 4
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