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Mamdani Delivers Rent Freeze, More Seats for DSA
Mayor Mamdani had a very good June: the Knicks won, his endorsed candidates won the June primaries, and the Rent Guidelines Board this week approved a…
Jun 26
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Liena Zagare
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The Foreign-Policy Problem with New York’s Socialist Rise
I watched the results of Tuesday’s primary elections from the country I grew up in, Latvia, where NATO aircraft occasionally fly over my mother’s house.
Jun 25
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Liena Zagare
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Mamdani’s Machine Will Be Tested Tuesday
Red Rabbits, Workers Deserve More and The Race for 2028.
Jun 19
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Liena Zagare
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Gifted Education Is Special Education. It’s Time to Start Treating It That Way
Public education already recognizes that some students need something meaningfully different from the standard curriculum.
Jun 17
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Jennifer Weber
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New York City Has an Opportunity Crisis
Recent data on the city's job market shows a deep mismatch between the jobs the city is creating and the jobs its residents need.
Jun 12
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Liena Zagare
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Why New York Public Schools Spend So Much to Achieve So Little
The city is wasting a massive amount of money because it prioritizes politics over the needs of students and families.
Jun 11
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Danyela Souza Egorov
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The Cost of Political Pandering in New York City
Why top-down childcare fails working families, the massive leverage public-sector unions hold over New York politicians, and new MI research on fixing…
Jun 5
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Liena Zagare
16
Pension Sweeteners: The Gift That Taxpayers Can’t Stop Giving
Thanks to decisions made in recent weeks, New Yorkers will have to pay tens of billions of dollars more toward public pensions—and they’ll have nothing…
Jun 4
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Ken Girardin
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NYC Charter School Students Spend Hundreds More Hours in Class. It Shows.
Charter schools serving many of the same students as the DOE are producing dramatically different academic outcomes — while spending far less per pupil.
Jun 1
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Jennifer Weber
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May 2026
How to Understand Mamdani's "Municipal Socialism"
It has been just under five months since Zohran Mamdani took office, and the outlines of his governing philosophy are starting to come into focus.
May 29
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Liena Zagare
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Mamdani’s Housing Plan Runs Into the Limits of Its Own Politics
Block by Block, the housing plan released this week by the Mamdani Administration may produce significant new construction and some useful reforms, but…
May 28
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Eric Kober
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Municipal Socialism: An Early Assessment
Almost six months into the Mamdani era, details have begun to emerge about how exactly “socialism” is translated into the municipal context.
May 27
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Stephen Eide
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