Stephon Johnson, Author at THE CITY

Police Reform

‘Broken Windows’ Art Exhibition Explores the Price of Policing

April 28, 2023, 5:57 p.m.April 28, 2023, 8:21 p.m.

The pop-up art show curated from a civil liberties perspective is about ‘29 million dreams deferred.’

Jails

City Hits Pause on Demolition of Manhattan Detention Center After Outcry From Locals

April 26, 2023, 8:42 p.m.April 27, 2023, 1:23 p.m.

Days after announcing it was moving forward right away on the razing downtown, the Adams istration decided to hold off for two weeks.

Chinatown residents rally outside Manhattan Civil Court in favor of protecting affordable rents, April 19, 2023.

Tenants

Chinatown Residents Rally for a Good Cause Eviction Law, and Against Ever Higher Rents

April 19, 2023, 7:36 p.m.April 20, 2023, 4:05 p.m.

Protesters said that small landlords upset with their tenants should be directing their anger at their banks instead.

Legal Aid

Overwhelmed With Cases, Free Housing Lawyers Ask for Four Times the Funding

April 14, 2023, 5:05 a.m.April 14, 2023, 9:05 a.m.

“We have nonprofits that are stretched too thin, and they are rejecting cases because they’re not getting the resources they need from the city,” said City Councilmember Shaun Abreu.

CUNY

City College Adjuncts Stage Grade-In to Protest Proposed Pay Cuts

April 5, 2023, 5:15 p.m.April 6, 2023, 5:42 p.m.

Harlem’s public university seeks to shrink English teacher pay to close a $10M budget gap — and that’s before looming City Hall spending reductions.

Tenants

East Village Tenants Say New Landlord Is Pushing Them Out

March 31, 2023, 11:38 a.m.March 31, 2023, 1:29 p.m.

Long-time residents say they’re being hit with huge rent increases that have unsettled their lives and forced some of them to leave the building.

Housing

Harlem Tenants Ask Judge to Penalize Landlord of Building Rife With Rats and Leaks

March 2, 2023, 5:03 a.m.March 2, 2023, 3:16 p.m.

The city’s housing agency is also suing, seeking to have heat and hot water restored to residents suffering multiple plagues.

Marijuana

The Mayor Says He’s Cracking Down on Unlicensed Weed Sales. His Task Force Says Otherwise.

Feb. 3, 2023, 8:17 p.m.Feb. 4, 2023, 6:27 a.m.

The task force revisited only two of the first 53 locations it raided. Both were selling pot again.

Marijuana

Gray Market Thrives Even as Licensed Weed Takes Root in Greenwich Village

Feb. 3, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Feb. 3, 2023, 11:38 a.m.

The new licensed operations have had lines out of the door — but the unlicensed ones have been making money for months. Not everyone is happy about that.

Climate Change

See Walls: Army Corps’ Citywide Coastal Storm Plan Takes Shape, Steals Views

Jan. 27, 2023, 5:01 a.m.Jan. 27, 2023, 8:40 a.m.

A series of renderings offer a glimpse at a proposal that could be what a resiliency expert called “the largest transformation of our waterfront since the Robert Moses era.”

Stephon Johnson

‘Broken Windows’ Art Exhibition Explores the Price of Policing

City Hits Pause on Demolition of Manhattan Detention Center After Outcry From Locals

Chinatown Residents Rally for a Good Cause Eviction Law, and Against Ever Higher Rents

Overwhelmed With Cases, Free Housing Lawyers Ask for Four Times the Funding

City College Adjuncts Stage Grade-In to Protest Proposed Pay Cuts

East Village Tenants Say New Landlord Is Pushing Them Out

Harlem Tenants Ask Judge to Penalize Landlord of Building Rife With Rats and Leaks

The Mayor Says He’s Cracking Down on Unlicensed Weed Sales. His Task Force Says Otherwise.

Gray Market Thrives Even as Licensed Weed Takes Root in Greenwich Village

See Walls: Army Corps’ Citywide Coastal Storm Plan Takes Shape, Steals Views

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