…has returned to U.S. city centers, and many municipalities have shown a renewed interest in incorporating green space and vegetation into the urban environment. In 2011 New York City opened…
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…then sorted just the cities over 1 million in population on their violent-crime rates. “New York: Big city, but violent crimes close to U.S. average.” The city’s rate is 2.929,…
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…seeing a boom in the development of convention centers. In city after city, massive public investment in convention facilities has been justified by feasibility and market studies that consistently portray…
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…that city policies could have a “major impact” on disparities, while nearly 45 percent of health commissioners did. 30 percent of mayors thought city policies could have little to no…
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…black man in New York City is far less likely to be shot than a white man in Oklahoma City, Albuquerque, Bakersfield, or Tulsa — much less a black man…
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…Onondaga County. Some have a city council with a city manager, in addition to the mayor. Many counties have a Board of Supervisors. There’s city government, county government, state government,…
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…and citizens in the city and across the globe. It has also become an event much studied by researchers, as it provided unique insight into how a 21st-century city might…
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…voter turnout in off-cycle city elections is 35 percentage points lower than turnout when city elections are held at the same time as presidential elections. Furthermore, election timing alone explains…
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…Family owned since the late-1800s, The Vindicator couldn’t find a buyer. A few weeks from now, there will be no daily newspaper to cover this city of 65,000. Vindicator reporters…
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…live in cities or suburbs. More telework could mean more urban sprawl, with people moving away from city cores and reducing density. In a simulated mid-sized city where every worker…
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