Thanks for quantifying something that I’ve felt for a while but haven’t had data to back up. The mismatch of incentives for legislators is particularly interesting, especially given that misaligned incentives between legislation and administration is what caused the “city manager” form of government to emerge. I’ve often wondered even beyond the council handing over a funded mandate, what would it look like for the legislators and administers to approach governance collaboratively with the mutual goal of positive citywide outcomes? How might this overlap with our current parochial council system that incentives reelection?
Real per capita municipal revenue has more than doubled since the fiscal crisis. And the top 1% of taxpayers pay over 50% of the taxes. The city has the money. It got the money from "the rich" already. It just already SPENT the money.
Thanks for quantifying something that I’ve felt for a while but haven’t had data to back up. The mismatch of incentives for legislators is particularly interesting, especially given that misaligned incentives between legislation and administration is what caused the “city manager” form of government to emerge. I’ve often wondered even beyond the council handing over a funded mandate, what would it look like for the legislators and administers to approach governance collaboratively with the mutual goal of positive citywide outcomes? How might this overlap with our current parochial council system that incentives reelection?
Replacing the Board of Estimate was a fateful choice for NYC.
Real per capita municipal revenue has more than doubled since the fiscal crisis. And the top 1% of taxpayers pay over 50% of the taxes. The city has the money. It got the money from "the rich" already. It just already SPENT the money.