YIMBY News for 11/15

[Eric Budd]

The Weekly Wrap: Bail Reform Is Making NYC Safer, Actually

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 28.17. homeowner, housing, real estate, rent, supply, urban, yimby

(Photo by Meriç Dağlı / Unsplash) *Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions that bring us closer to economic, environmental and social justice. * *If you enjoy this newsletter, share it with a friend or colleague and tell them to subscribe.* ------------------------------ NY Bail Reform Has Reduced Recidivism, Study Finds A recent study on New York’s 2019 bail reforms shows that eliminating cash bail for misdemeanors and most nonviolent felonies has driven recidivism rates down in New York Cit

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‘Build the Damn Trains’ Campaign Pushes Sound Transit Toward Creative Solutions

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 23.66. affordable, construction, downtown, parking, parking garage, project, rent, transportation, urban

Leaders from transit advocacy organizations across Central Puget Sound gathered in front of Sound Transit headquarters Thursday with one clear message: “Build the damn trains!” The phrase was initially a coinage of Seattle transit advocate Leonard Harrison Jerome, in response to a failed proposal earlier this year to add new permitting requirements to the city’s next light rail projects. But it has become a full-on campaign, as the Sound Transit board figures out how to grapple with a $30-$40 billion budget shortfall over the next two decades that could impact projects across the agency. On to

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