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After Lindy’s collapse, Councilor Baca pushes $5,000 vacancy fines, maintenance rules for Downtown buildings

By Jesse Jones, The Paper. โ€” Residents and visitors canโ€™t help but notice the empty buildings Downtown; the sudden structural failure of the Lindyโ€™s building made those eyesores into a public hazard. Now, a councilor who pushed for stronger regulations on vacant and unkept properties Downtown other councilors removed from a prior bill. Sponsored by […]

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Councilor eyes higher fees for nonresidents dumping trash in ABQ city convenience centers

Staff report, City Desk in The Paper. โ€” Just days after the City Council stripped similar fee hikes from the citywide budget, one city councilor is proposing a targeted $12 trash surcharge for nonresidents aimed at funding taxpayer-funded convenience centers while keeping local disposal costs at $5. Sponsored by Klarissa J. Peรฑa by request, O-26-35 […]

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Council said no to more safe outdoor spaces but Mayor Keller started one anyway. Now the funding and future may be in jeopardy.

By Jesse Jones, The Paper. โ€” Almost a year ago, Mayor Tim Keller told reporters the city needs 100 more Safe Outdoor Spaces for its homeless population but the city council has never gotten on board with authorizing zoning and ordinance changes to get anywhere close. Even now, the city has only one privately run […]

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Why Burqueรฑos might feel safer on buses

By Jesse Jones, The Paper. โ€” Burqueรฑos riding public transit may be feeling safer lately as new ABQ Ride data shows security calls across the transit system are dropping even while ridership continues to grow. Data reviewed by City Desk from ABQ Rideโ€™s third-quarter report shows safety calls dropped 21% from last year, averaging 1,871 […]

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Councilors will push $15 min. wage, increased tipped wage to meet affordability crisis

By Jesse Jones, The Paper. โ€” Burqueรฑos struggling to keep up with rising rent costs may soon see relief as a bloc of city councilors pushes to raise Albuquerqueโ€™s minimum wage amid an expanding affordability crisis. The ordinance would address Burqueโ€™s widening affordability gap, where average earnings per job are about 20% below the national […]

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Council says it found $11 million budget error by mayor. He says they don’t understand the budget.

By Jesse Jones โ€” City Desk in The Paper. — Division has split Albuquerque City Hall as a clash is erupting between the City Council and Mayor Tim Kellerโ€™s administration over an $11.8 million discrepancy council staff uncovered in the cityโ€™s financial projections while reviewing the mayorโ€™s proposed $1.4 billion fiscal year 2027 budget. It […]

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In next battle between council and mayor, Councilor wants voters to remove key directors from mayor’s supervision

By Jesse Jones, The Paper. โ€” An Albuquerque city councilor wants to keep the cityโ€™s top legal officer and chief record-keeper independent of the political winds that shift with each municipal election. Council Vice-President Dan Champine is sponsoring a pair of measures at Monday nightโ€™s City Council meeting that would let voters decide in the […]

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City Council considers stricter repair timelines for โ€˜Bad Actorโ€™ landlords

By Jesse Jones, The Paper. โ€” City councilors and landlords all agree that a handful of โ€œbad actorsโ€ are giving landlords citywide a bad image, but a proposal before the city council to increase fines and require faster repairs by the worst offenders faced challenges in it’s first hearing. The city received more than 2,111 […]

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