Dear Subscriber,
This unprecedented year has taught us the importance of local news. You have felt an urgency to consume high-quality reporting during this crisis. Our newsroom feels the exact urgency to bring you the news every single day and year. Our work doesn't stop once major historical events like the pandemic and the elections are over. In fact, there will always be critical issues to report on that will have a direct impact on you once life goes back to normal.
For instance, City Limits' local reporting has pivoted major changes throughout the city, and has positively impacted individuals for the past 44 years.
- Our 2007 investigation on the bail system led to a Human Rights Watch report that prompted reforms at the state level.
- In 2008, we raised alarms about a strategy document produced by the NYPD's intelligence unit that justified broad surveillance of vast numbers of Muslim New Yorkers.
- Our 2010 investigation on the case of Johnny Hincapie, imprisoned on questionable evidence for an infamous 1990 murder, triggered a series of events that led to his conviction being vacated.
- We revealed a disturbing pattern of sharply increased arrest rates for the lowest-level marijuana offenses - a trend that disproportionally affects young men of color. This work was echoed by WNYC Radio, which forced former NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly to issue new guidelines for drug arrests.
- We broke news about the New York City Housing Authority's secretive, multimillion dollar deal with a consultant that once employed the authority's chairman. This story was later picked up by the city's tabloids and turned into a major controversy, eventually forcing dramatic changes in the way the nation's public housing system is governed.
- Our Spring 2019 CLARIFY cohort revealed that the majority of summonses issued under the city's 'failure to yield' law end up dismissed after hearings. The story was later picked up by Gothamist.
High-quality, investigative news like ours is needed like never before, and will continue to be needed once we return to normalcy. Our work is a public service in need of public support. We need people like you to stand up for us.
We have an amazing opportunity to double your investment through NewsMatch. Every new monthly donation will be matched 12x and one-time gifts will be doubled up to $5,000. Just think how many investigations we can continue doing with this support.
We have been here for you for the past 44 years.
Will you still be there for us once life goes back to normal?
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With gratitude,
Jeanmarie Evelly
Managing Editor & Youth Program Manager
City Limits
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