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November 9, 2023

What Dems — And NYC — Can Learn From The GOP’s Bronx City Council Win

…are all mixed, they are black, Spanish, Indian,” she said. “I feel sad because why they doing this, I don’t understand.” That’s how a Republican can win in a district…

August 5, 2023

Rent Control ‘Shabbifying’ NY’s Housing As Owners Feel the Squeeze

…disappeared. The difference between median regulated rents ($1,400) and unregulated rents ($1,825) is not nearly as great as protestors would have folks think. And the rising vacancy rate suggests market…

July 30, 2023

26 Miles of Scaffolding Blights NYC’s Public Housing, Some Up for 10 Years

No New York pedestrian would disagree with Eric Adam’s characterization of the city’s ubiquitous sidewalk sheds at stalled construction sites as “ugly little green boxes.”  But his targeting of private…

July 25, 2023

Not Just Tulsa

…as the setting for playwright August Wilson’s greatest plays, such as Fences and Jitney and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. (Wilson’s home is preserved today, but the neighborhood is gone). As Brian Robick wrote in…

June 24, 2023

City Can No Longer Afford Life-Long Subsidies for Lucky NYCHA Tenants

…not just for those of lowest-income. This mixed-income approach overlooks an essential truth about housing markets: New construction of any kind increases overall supply and brings down median prices. Releasing…