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Friday Newsletter: American Cities Are Losing Their Families
While cities cannot remove every difficulty of urban life, there is plenty they can do to keep them.
Apr 3
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Liena Zagare
17
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Is NYC’s Cost-Cutting Strategy Enough to Close Its Budget Gap?
New York City needs to balance its books, and Mayor Mamdani is looking for efficiencies.
Apr 1
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Tal Roded
20
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March 2026
New York Has Thousands of Basement Apartments. Here's Why Few Will Be Legalized.
A 1929 law written for tenements is blocking thousands of NYC basement apartments from ever becoming legal.
Mar 31
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John Ketcham
17
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Friday Newsletter: Pragmatic Mamdani?
Balancing books is hard. Plus, how both the left and right have failed America’s urban gig and service workers.
Mar 27
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Liena Zagare
14
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A Shrinking New York Can’t Afford Big Government
Census data confirms New York’s demographic stall.
Mar 26
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E.J. McMahon
17
2
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High Electric Bills, Expensive Pensions and Uncertain Property Taxes — What's Next for New York's Taxpayer
In this episode, we talk with Ken Girardin, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute who covers New York tax, pension, energy, and labor policy, about two…
Mar 25
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Nicole Gelinas
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Liena Zagare
2
Friday Newsletter: It's Getting Expensive Here
$30 wages ... $5,000 rents ... $100 billion ...
Mar 20
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Liena Zagare
2
1
2
From ‘Broken Windows’ to ‘It’s Just Snow’
Visible disorder and its implications
Mar 19
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Nicole Gelinas
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Liena Zagare
2
How Would You Like to Retire at 55 — for Free? More of New York's Public Workers Soon May.
The bill will go to you, the taxpayer—but not before it wrecks Mayor Mamdani’s budget.
Mar 18
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Ken Girardin
15
2
Housing Isn't Cheaper Than Shelter
Lessons from New York's CityFHEPS program
Mar 17
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Stephen Eide
14
1
2
Friday Newsletter: Is Radical Listening Enough?
Mayor's listening, graduation rates, what we make (Uber driver to plastic surgeon), Paris and more
Mar 13
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Liena Zagare
13
1
1
Educational Redlining in New York
New York’s school maps remain a major obstacle to equal educational opportunity
Mar 10
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Danyela Souza Egorov
19
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