Craig council emphasizes community-first code enforcement, advances sports complex and rail plans

Craig council emphasizes community-first code enforcement, advances sports complex and rail plans

The Craig City Council focused on a community-based approach to code enforcement while also advancing planning work for a sports complex and a potential passenger rail station during the July 14 meeting. The longest discussion of the evening came during Public Works Director Danny Paul’s report on the city’s transition of municipal code enforcement from the police department to community development. The change placed much of the work with code …

Proven Elsewhere, Possible Here: Lessons from Other Cities to Improve New York's Approach to Code Enforcement

About the Report Too many New York City tenants are forced to live in hazardous housing conditions. Despite reform efforts going back decades, New York City’s housing maintenance code enforcement system struggles to prevent violations and to deal with repeat offenders. In the first year of Mayor Mamdani’s administration, the tenant movement has succeeded in […]