Corruption In Public Administration

Failed policies enacted by previous mayors such as Mr. Donald Schaefer resulted in various downtown development projects; part of an economic stimulus plan funded by federal grants and city bonds (Perazzo,2013). Schaefer's administration is singled out since this, according to Perazzo (2013) may have been the focal point of corruption in Baltimore city mayor’s office during the city’s economic decline. Henceforth,

He claims that the joblessness among inner-city blacks has reached catastrophic proportions and people not having jobs has nothing to do with the politics or political views that has America separated today. Not enough is being done for that working class and current levels of joblessness in some neighborhoods are unprecedented . The majority of adults had jobs in 1950. By 1990, only one in three worked in a typical work week. Many of today’s problems in the inner-city neighborhoods such as crime, family dissolution, welfare, are fundamentally a consequences of the disappearance of work. Changes in the district and the location of jobs are several factors that cause the disappearance of work. These problems make the people who live in these inner cities very unhappy claiming that the area was once a thriving. Crowds were dense at rush hour and people were arms length away from the train station, now has the appearance of an empty bombed-out war zone. Commercial strip have been reduced to a long tiunnel of charred, vacent lots littered with garbage. The only stores that seem to be thriving are bars and liquor stores. I guess to Everyone in the area seem to be going for a drink and putting the their drinking to release their pains of the past. The area is now a ghost

Our governor along with many other people in our state, recognize that our tax system is biased, unethical, and needs reform. Governor

Headed by William Marcy Tweed, commonly referred to as “boss tweed”. Tweed used all of the classic corrupt maneuvers to ensure he got what he wanted; gimmicks like bribery,embezzlement, rigged elections, and kickbacks or grafts to make him so powerful. At a first glance one would wonder how he had the ability to get elected. Well Tweed depended on the immigrant vote to keep him in power, he would find them housing or jobs to ensure he had the immigrant community vote on his side which was all he needed to stay in charge.This and Tweeds notoriously known for a population having more votes than the population allowed for. Once he had the top spot he would be in charge of choosing who helps with construction or upkeep of the city, he did not choose the best companies he chose the ones that would pay the most to his pockets directly. Companies and agencies under his control would overbill the city for their work, which Tweed was happy to pay because his group received a portion of the overbilling known as a kickback. As if this was not enough his companies would do inadequate work that would need repair soon after “completion”, which would be done by another Tweed controlled operation and receive more kickbacks as a result. For each one of these projects the city was losing extreme amounts of money which would directly go into the Tweed ring.

The Council member Ruben Wills shows how he is helping the neighborhood by giving the people opportunities. However, what good are the opportunities, if there is a bigger problem blocking the chances for betterment. I have grown up in many different neighborhoods, schools, and with people from all kinds of backgrounds. Therefore, my environments have created much of who I am today. Through all of the changes in my life, or maybe because of them, I have learned an exclusive personality and values. When I came to New York, I lived in the Bronx for four years. Then my family and I moved to the Queens where I am currently living. While growing up in my neighborhood I notice one major problem that has been occurring for many years. Society has not noticed the problem to put a stop

The parties: The State of New Jersey and T.L.O. (a 14 year-old high school student)

A wealthy person that wants to help and to take along with others that belong to the working class they do it without thinking it twice, and most importantly they don’t say it publicly. with the only thing I totally agree with him is in reconstructing L.A and I wouldn’t say reconstructing the city , I would refer to it as reconstructing the Angelenos mentality , of accepting the reality that Southern California has many cultures living here. My final word about gentrification and the article in general is Hypocrisy because Long time ago , people fled because of the lack of good urban conditions concerning safety, urban services etc.. So, now they come back because it's all revitalized and different. It is basically pushing the actual habitants to leave because they can't afford their apartment or house anymore and it is now suitable for the qualified people to live there now. I also need to add that after listening to the radio podcasts yesterday in class, it made me feel, like even though gentrifications goal is money, profit, structuring a city and rebuilding it is simply not a benefit for all, even though that might not be the target, but it is what it is. It's not because of "race", but reality speaks from its broken

Friedman directly addresses Trump on his response that his comments were “just words”, employing the use of loaded language such as “bragging” to describe his demeanor during the video. Moreover, a sarcastic tone is used in likening Trump’s repeated use of the phrase “locker room talk” to having “magic powers”. In using such language the author undermines his response, alluding to the audience that his response was a blatant attempt to persuade the public of how he is right, rather than addressing their criticisms. Informally addressing him as “Donald”, Friedman purposefully attacks Trump, knowing that he hates “being addressed by his first name”. The

Before Trump took the oath of office, de Blasio has repeatedly bashed the President-elect regarding his views he ran during the presidential campaign regarding illegal immigration. The Mayor has even used this hotly topic to raise campaign funds for his upcoming re-election bid to “stop Donald

As a New Yorker, the author bases his article in the big apple and starts it off by notifying the audience that New York residents are familiar with gentrifying all too well. Davidson continues on to state that “Gentrification doesn’t need to be something that one group inflicts on another…” (349), rather, he suggests that everyone be on the same page when it comes to developing their communities. Later on in the article Davidson brings up a vital point that Jonathan Rose, a “private do-gooder” developer presents, “…the key is to make sure that residents and shop-keepers in low-income neighborhoods have equity and a political voice, before a real estate surge” (352). The point the

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio gave a directive order to NYPD top brass, instructing officers to keep FBI and Ice agents from entering into a NYC public schools unless one has a “validity of a warrant” to take a specific action.

Mayor Ed Lee plays a role in this crisis by pushing policies that provided tax breaks to companies who set up along the once neglected mid-market area, such as twitter. The city I fell in love with that was once filled with artists and embraced inclusivity is now a magnet for white-collar techies and luxury apartments, leaving the working class behind and the poor even

De Blasio has motioned to spend much of the city budget on legal services for immigrants who have little to no criminal record and made guidelines for school staff to ensure the Immigration and Customs Enforcement don’t enter schools or obtain information about students without proper legal backing keeping schools safe for children of immigrants or immigrant students. In addition to this, he has made universal free pre-k which allows near school age children to become acquainted with school life and differentiate it

You said you are a mayor for the working class and their families and sought to protect our most vulnerable people from mistreatment. But the gap of wealth is getting larger and gentrification isn’t helping the people of New York City, it destroying us. Taking Greenpoint for instance, it becoming a more desirable place for hipster and people who are starting a new family while catching the

New York faces a various number of infrastructure issues, regardless of the neighborhood status quo. Many city roads, subways, bridges, water mains, sewer systems, school buildings, and other public buildings are over 50 years old. More than 200 of New York City’s public