LPE NYC
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Law & Political Economy NYC ("LPE NYC") aims to build a citywide network of students, professors, lawyers, organizers, & people fighting for a better future.
Why does it suddenly feel like flash flood warnings are constant? Rain is falling much *faster* in NYC than it used to Urban climate expert Eric Klinenberg explains these "cloudburst events" & the "sponge city interventions" NYC needs to adapt to them nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/how-to-han...
How to Handle a Rain Bomb
Eric Klinenberg and Daniel Aldana Cohen discuss flash flooding and sponge infrastructure in New York City
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I mean, read everything Gabe writes, but especially the things he writes for the LPE blog 👀 This piece does an excellent job laying out why we can't just sub in any identity category to Stuart Hall's famous formulation & the stakes of what it means to say something is a mediator of class
LPE Blog@lpeblog.bsky.social · last wk.Today, @gabrielwinant.bsky.social explains why a clear picture of how age mediates class would reveal not gerontocracy, but capitalism and the fractionated class system it produces.
Today on the substack, @lookheron.bsky.social interviews Michael Sant'Ambrogio and Glen Staszewski, two of the leading experts on participatory rulemaking, about what NYC can & can't learn from what's been tried at the federal level nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/democracy-...
Democracy Between Elections
A conversation with Michael Sant’Ambrogio and Glen Staszewski about how to increase public participation in government rulemaking.
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For @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social, I interviewed Michael Sant'Ambrogio and Glen Staszewski, two of the leading experts on participatory administration, on what lessons the Mamadni admin can learn from federal experiments. open.substack.com/pub/nycpolic...
Democracy Between Elections
A conversation with Michael Sant’Ambrogio and Glen Staszewski about how to increase public participation in government rulemaking.
open.substack.com
Another round of intense rainfall threatens to overwhelm New York City's outdated infrastructure and put lives at risk. In a new @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social interview with CCI Strategic Co-Director @aldasky.bsky.social, @ericklinenberg.bsky.social reflects on cloudburst management in the metropolis:
How to Handle a Rain Bomb
Eric Klinenberg and Daniel Aldana Cohen discuss flash flooding and sponge infrastructure in New York City
nycpolicyforum.substack.com
With NYC's 2nd flash flood warning in 4 days, today would be a good day to read Daniel Aldana Cohen interviewing NYU Eric Klinenberg on the rise of cloudburst events & the "sponge city interventions" that could mitigate harm while improving infrastructure nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/how-to-han...
How to Handle a Rain Bomb
Eric Klinenberg and Daniel Aldana Cohen discuss flash flooding and sponge infrastructure in New York City
nycpolicyforum.substack.com
🚨 LOCATION CHANGE: now at Diamond Dogs (34-04 31st Ave, Astoria, NY 11106). Come hang out!!
LPE NYC@lpenyc.bsky.social · 4w agoOur second LPE NYC Summer Happy Hour is MONDAY 7/13 at Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden in Astoria! Come through to hang with like-minded people and discuss ideas for improving the lives of New Yorkers! No need to have attended an LPE event before or have a background in law!
ICYMI for the weekend crowd
Luke Herrine@lookheron.bsky.social · 4w agoI've got a piece out in @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social sketching out a progressive vision for municipal financial empowerment. It builds on Lauren Willis's foundational critiques of financial literacy as well @debtcollective.bsky.social's experiments nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/beyond-fin...
Our second LPE NYC Summer Happy Hour is MONDAY 7/13 at Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden in Astoria! Come through to hang with like-minded people and discuss ideas for improving the lives of New Yorkers! No need to have attended an LPE event before or have a background in law!
Today, Andrew Perry (@nyfiscalpolicy.bsky.social) examines the "Swiss Army Knife of NYC government": the Economic Development Corporation (EDC)--its powers, how they've been used in the past, & how they could be used to tackle the city's housing crisis nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/nycedc-soc...
Stop Subsidizing Office Buildings and Stadiums, Start Building Social Housing
The EDC’s tax giveaways don't get the best deal for the City. Mayor Mamdani has a mandate to build 200,000 homes and a powerful tool to help him do it.
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Today on our substack, in anticipation of tomorrow's Rent Guidelines Board vote, @nyfiscalpolicy.bsky.social economist Emily Eisner & Elizabeth Cooper discuss the purpose of rent regulation and the importance of getting the underlying economics right. nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/the-econom...
The Economic Function of Rent Stabilization
How rent regulation corrects the housing market's structural failures
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Joel Dodge & Dana Brown make the case for using public power to expand pharmacy access in NYC through city-owned pharmacies, mobile delivery services, & stronger support for independent pharmacies. co-published with Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/why-new-yo...
Why New York City Needs Public-Powered Pharmacies
Strengthening citywide pharmacy access through public options and industrial policy
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Come hang out TONIGHT!! (I promise to talk slightly more about LPE and slightly less about the Knicks than I have on the internet as of late)
LPE NYC@lpenyc.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are having our first LPE NYC Summer Happy Hour on Wednesday before the Knicks game at DSK in Brooklyn, 5-8pm! You don't need to have been to an LPE event before or have a background in law, just an interest in talking about ideas & fighting for a better future for our city!
Don't forget to join us for the first Law & Political Economy Happy Hour of the summer TONIGHT 5-8pm at DSK!
LPE NYC@lpenyc.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are having our first LPE NYC Summer Happy Hour on Wednesday before the Knicks game at DSK in Brooklyn, 5-8pm! You don't need to have been to an LPE event before or have a background in law, just an interest in talking about ideas & fighting for a better future for our city!
Up on the NYC Policy Forum substack, Suzi Ragheb and Katherine Jin on how a nineteenth-century underground cable network could unlock internet access and affordability across NYC! nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/the-130-ye...
The 130-Year-Old Entity That Can Fix NYC’s Broadband Crisis
Affordable internet is under our feet
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We are having our first LPE NYC Summer Happy Hour on Wednesday before the Knicks game at DSK in Brooklyn, 5-8pm! You don't need to have been to an LPE event before or have a background in law, just an interest in talking about ideas & fighting for a better future for our city!
Mamdani's proposed city-backed insurance represents a critically important step to make affordable housing sustainable, but today's must-read post argues we ultimately need a state-wide public disaster insurance program that spreads the risk across NY nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/making-mam...
Making Mamdani’s Insurance Plan Work
As climate hazards drive up housing costs, a state-run disaster insurance program is needed to keep coverage affordable.
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Some are calling it the greatest collab since Despacito.
LPE Blog@lpeblog.bsky.social · 3mo agoToday, Greg Baltz explains why New York City’s annual Rent Guidelines Board hearings are critical for tenant organizing, and why such organizing is essential to prepare for the real estate industry’s inevitable backlash. Co-published with @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social!
“It may be that the first step in truly reining in the court is to remember that the republic — and the Constitution that brought it to life — is meant for us. It is ours to interpret and ours to transform.”
Opinion | John Roberts Believes in an America That Doesn’t Exist
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Today my worlds come together with Greg Baltz's post on the NYC Rent Guidelines Board hearings & their importance as tenant organizing infrastructure, jointly published by @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social & @lpeblog.bsky.social nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/how-tenant...
How Tenants Use Public Testimony to Build Power
Annual Rent Guidelines Board hearings are training grounds for a movement
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This is such a profoundly important initiative by @hellgatenyc.com We may not be able to do much about SCOTUS or the federal courts right now (though that time will come!), but it's high time we address the corruption in the NY courts!! hellgatenyc.com/welcome-to-t...
Welcome to the Courts of Contempt
Hell Gate and Type Investigations's brand-new deep dive into who actually picks New York's judges, and why it matters.
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There's something being left out of then conversations around Local Law 97: the impact on rent-stabilized tenants! Arielle Swernoff digs into how compliance works for rent-stabilized buildings & the meaningful improvements it could mean for tenants! nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/what-local...
What Local Law 97 Can Deliver for Tenants
Improving compliance in rent-stabilized buildings can reduce emissions while making homes more comfortable
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Today, Michael Galant on how countering the remittance racket (the predatory skimming off of money immigrants send to family overseas) can define a pro-immigrant alternative agenda to Trumpism & put money back in the pockets of working-class NYers! nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/the-remitt...
The Remittance Racket
Five ways New York can confront Trump’s anti-immigrant tax
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Great piece with some really creative policy ideas. Someone get Zohran on the phone!
NYC Policy Forum@nycpolicyforum.bsky.social · 4mo agoToday, Michael Galant on how countering the remittance racket (the predatory skimming off of money immigrants send to family overseas) can define a pro-immigrant alternative agenda to Trumpism & put money back in the pockets of working-class NYers! nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/the-remitt...
I think absolutely everyone should read this. It offers simple and well thought out ways that the Mamdani Administration can counter the targeting of working class immigrants in NYC by both predatory financial services and the federal government
NYC Policy Forum@nycpolicyforum.bsky.social · 4mo agoToday, Michael Galant on how countering the remittance racket (the predatory skimming off of money immigrants send to family overseas) can define a pro-immigrant alternative agenda to Trumpism & put money back in the pockets of working-class NYers! nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/the-remitt...
Over at @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social, you can find a full transcript of Ana María Archila, Zohran Mamdani, Joseph Stiglitz, and Gabriel Zucman discussing wealth inequality, tax debates in New York City, and multilateral tax negotiations being pursued around the world.
Tax the Rich | NYC Policy Forum
A Tax Day discussion with Mayor Zohran Mamdani and economists Joseph Stiglitz and Gabriel Zucman
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“New York can afford to lose a couple of billionaires, but it cannot afford to lose its working class.” The Tax Day discussion between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and economists Joseph Stiglitz and Gabriel Zucman now up on our substack!! substack.com/home/post/p-...
Tax the Rich | NYC Policy Forum
A Tax Day discussion with Mayor Zohran Mamdani and economists Joseph Stiglitz and Gabriel Zucman
substack.com
New York City’s Avenue of the Americas reflects a New Deal gesture toward hemispheric cooperation. April 14, Día de las Américas, offers a chance to revive that spirit by affirming Pan-American solidarity, self-determination, and social equality.
The Spirit of the Americas Against the Donroe Doctrine
New York City’s Avenue of the Americas reflects a New Deal gesture toward hemispheric cooperation. April 14, Día de las Américas, offers a chance to revive that spirit by affirming Pan-American solidarity, self-determination, and social equality.
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If you missed our event on "Enforcing the Affordability Agenda" w/ Bhairavi Desai (Taxi Workers Alliance), Rich Maroko (Hotel Gaming & Trades), Izzy Melendez (SEIU), Sam Levine (DCWP), & Stephanie Luce (CUNY SLU), the video & excerpts are now on our substack! open.substack.com/pub/nycpolic...
The Power to Pass a Law. The Power to Enforce It.
NYC just passed just cause for drivers, a Safe Hotels Act, and security guard wage protections. Now the real fight begins. Excerpts from Bhairavi Desai, Izzy Melendez, Commissioner Sam Levine, & more
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CUNY SLU is hosting an excellent event *tomorrow* (April 13 6pm) on working conditions in the restaurant industry in NYC. Speakers include Julia Moskin (NYT), Saru Jayaraman (One Fair Wage), Russel Jackson (restaurant owner), & Namrata Hegde (Noma employee), moderated by Stephanie Luce Details 👇
Noma Wasn't The Exception: Working Conditions in the Restaurant Industry · One Fair Wage
Julia Moskin's explosive *New York Times* investigation into René Redzepi and Noma shattered the myth that abuse in restaurants is the price of greatness. Dozens of former employees described years of...
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