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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Great piece with some really creative policy ideas. Someone get Zohran on the phone!

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...

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.

“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-...

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.

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...

This event is TONIGHT, don't forget to register!

From fine dining to fast casual, restaurant workers face wage theft, harassment, & poverty pay rooted in a subminimum wage that hasn't moved from $2.13 in 30+ years. Join CUNY School of Labor & Urban Studies & a 🔥 panel to discuss the state of restaurant work in NYC! TOMORROW night at 6pm at SLU

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 👇

Great post from two true experts

A good lesson here for all public programs.

Today, @grocerynerd.bsky.social & @rajpatel.org discuss how private operators, procurement, and budget-neutrality could threaten a public grocery store pilot before it has a chance to prove itself and how the Mamdani Admin can avoid these pitfalls! nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/three-thin...

This is v good and thoughtful from @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social, especially the proposal to bundle public grocery store procurement under a broader wholesale purchasing umbrella w all the other food procurement the city does for schools, hospitals, corrections, etc substack.com/app-link/pos...

Today's post is on why NYC (the largest municipal consumer in the Western hemisphere) pursuing an ambitious procurement strategy advances sustainability goals, saves taxpayers $$, makes city services more resilient to disruptions, & influences industry nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/the-greate...

Even good laws don't work on their own! So excited for @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social to cohost (w/ CUNY SLU) "Enforcing the Affordability Agenda" w/ Bhairavi Desai (Taxi Workers Alliance), Rich Maroko (Hotel Gaming & Trades), Izzy Melendez (SEIU), & Sam Levine (DCWP), moderated by Stephanie Luce

Join us March 25th at 6:30pm at CUNY Law for "Organizing for Power: Social Movements & Municipal Governance" to discuss how mass political action translates into policy implementation w/ organizers from Our Time, Make the Road NY & City Council Public Affairs Committee lpeproject.org/events/socia...

Today on the @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social substack, Lucia Gomez considers how the Mamdani administration might address three hurdles to increasing union density in NYC! nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/its-a-unio...

In the @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social, Jack Gross interviews Pablo Bustinduy about the impressive policy achievements of Spain’s progressive governing coalition—from parental leave and child allowances to consumer protections and rent freezes.

"The new Mamdani administration can right this legal wrong in innovative and effective ways... Imposing 'just cause' standards on employers in New York City would flip the at-will employment script." @sharblock.bsky.social in @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/just-cause...

Excellent piece. As a de Blasio alum, I can only wish we’d had an accessible, public-facing forum like @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social that unpacks the inner workings of city governance.

Have loved reading the NYC Policy Forum since it launched because we don't often get deep insights from past and present public sector workers and friends of the same on how to make local governments work. Highly recommend if you're into that kind of thing.

If you haven't read this fantastic piece by @jwmason.bsky.social on the complexities & the path forward for making housing affordable in NYC co-published by @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social & @phenomenalworld.bsky.social @phenomenalworld, really you should!! nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/the-real-c...

Renters in NYC deal with intense heat issues every winter - from overheated apartments to no heat at all. Arielle Swernoff details simple ways the city can help improve tenants lives right now... nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/turning-up...

JW Mason reframes the debate over the Mamdani administration's proposed rent freeze... nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/the-real-c...

The NYC Policy Forum is a very exciting new project which I am thrilled to be part of.

Just in time for the great grocery debate of 2026, Errol Schweizer is on the substack today arguing why public grocery stores are but one piece of a larger set of policies necessary to make the right to good and affordable food in NYC a reality. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Don't miss @ngusdorf.bsky.social in conversation with Josh Wallack, who helped deliver Pre-K for All to New York--covering the de Blasio Pre-K experience, voucherization, universal provision, private providers, & the Hochul-Mamdani childcare announcement. nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/how-to-get...

Good News!! The Progressive Talent Pipeline: NYC edition is still accepting applications for PTP endorsement to help you stand out among the 70,000 others who want to work for the one bright spot in the political landscape. Deadline is February 1!!

Yes, this imo is the right frame for thinking about this. What’s at stake in the conflict between Trump and the Fed is not the value of central bank independence, but the value of independent agencies in general.

I’m on a great dissertation committee and the student is looking for early childhood educators to validate an instrument for a study on play-based pedagogy—fill it out if that’s you!

In our newest post, Professor Ava Ayers revisits Governor Eliot Spitzer’s failed push to allow undocumented New Yorkers to get driver’s licenses, illustrating the perils of turning a quiet administrative fix into a political spectacle. nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/when-not-t...

this is smart, thorough, and excellent

It's a strange day to have published this EXCELLENT piece by Ava Ayers on how administrative fixes are sometimes more effective than political spectacle in protecting undocumented NYers. That said, it's no less urgent/relevant in light of today's tragedy nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/when-not-t...

The @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social, a hot new research and publishing network dedicated to governance in New York City, has launched a newsletter that aims to take policy conversations out of white papers and into the public sphere. Give'em a follow!

NYC Policy Forum has a publishing platform/newsletter designed to take policy conversations out of white papers & into the public sphere. It will provide a range of viewpoints & insights on the difficult tasks of governing as we work together to build an affordable NYC. nycpolicyforum.substack.com

NYC Policy Forum has a publishing platform/newsletter designed to take policy conversations out of white papers & into the public sphere. It will provide a range of viewpoints & insights on the difficult tasks of governing as we work together to build an affordable NYC. nycpolicyforum.substack.com

The NYC Policy Forum is new initiative that seeks to build—through convenings, research, and publications—a network of committed experts with the vision & policy know-how necessary to deliver on the widespread demand for a more affordable NYC! Details 👇 nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/introducin...

Big tech shouldn’t be able to weaponize your personal data to jack up consumer prices and low-ball worker pay for people who don’t have other options.

NELP's @danocampo.bsky.social, @sallydf57.bsky.social, & @paulsonn.bsky.social team up Pat Garofalo to urge #NYC to ban surveillance prices and wages in @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social: nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/banning-su...

Do you want to work in the Mamdani Administration but worried about standing out among 70k applications??? Good news!! The Progressive Talent Pipeline isn't just for the federal government anymore! Learn more & submit your application for PTP endorsement 👇👇 t.co/vZCHY6rNlO

The NYC Policy Forum is new initiative that seeks to build—through convenings, research, and publications—a network of committed experts with the vision & policy know-how necessary to deliver on the widespread demand for a more affordable NYC! Details 👇 nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/introducin...