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Mamdani Sets Ambitious Housing Goal
The path to get there is strewn with many obstacles.
19 hrs ago
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Eric Kober
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Why Small Classes Won’t Save NYC Schools
On the latest episode of The Bigger Apple, we talked with education policy expert and MI fellow Jennifer Weber about the history of school choice, the…
Aug 19
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Nicole Gelinas
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Liena Zagare
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Can New York Stay a City for Families?
On walkable neighborhoods, sky-high rents, e-bike chaos, and why free childcare won’t stop the exit without better schools.
Aug 14
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Liena Zagare
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Where Are American Children Supposed to Learn How to Become Adults?
If we want to raise capable participants in democratic life, part of the policy question should be how to increase more children’s access to walkable…
Aug 13
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Carolyn D. Gorman
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August Reading: Best of MI, from Basements to Schools
I’m on vacation this week, so I wanted to leave you with some of our stories and recent reports you may have missed: From socialists to education to…
Aug 7
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Liena Zagare
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July 2026
MI in the Times, Mamdani’s Groceries, and New Polling
Welcome to our new subscribers! Inside, our latest work on housing, welfare, and AI in schools.
Jul 31
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Liena Zagare
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Penn Station, AI, and the $1.5 Billion Special Education Problem
Inside the Feds’ new blueprint for the city's worst transit bottleneck, who are NYC's 300,000 chronically absent students, and why more spending won’t…
Jul 24
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Liena Zagare
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Who Are NYC’s 300,000 Chronically Absent Students?
While the conversation focuses on elite high school admissions, a staggering 300,000 kids are chronically absent from school.
Jul 23
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Liena Zagare
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How NYC’s Special Education Pipeline Is Driving a Budget Crisis
New York City spent $1.3 billion on due-process claims in fiscal year 2025.
Jul 22
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Jennifer Weber
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Federal Report Offers Promising Penn Station Plan
New York City’s Penn Station is the ultimate transportation planner’s nightmare, dysfunctional on multiple levels and seemingly impossible to fix.
Jul 20
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Eric Kober
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Ideas For Fixing New York City's Schools
More money won't solve the structural issues that need addressing.
Jul 17
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Liena Zagare
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The SHSAT Crisis Starts in Kindergarten
Each year, when the NYC Department of Education releases admissions data for specialized high schools, the press and elected officials highlight the low…
Jul 15
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Danyela Souza Egorov
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