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...

Some are calling it the greatest collab since Despacito.

“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.”

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 👇

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

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...

Please come out to CUNY Law tomorrow night for the last session of the LPE NYC night school this year! We have an incredible line-up of speakers who are actively working to think through how social movements influence and support the agenda of the Mamdani Admin!! lpeproject.org/events/socia...

If you’re in New York tomorrow, do come to this remarkable event, the next in our ongoing @lpenyc.bsky.social night school series: how can social movements shape municipal governance, chaired by @cuny.edu law’s own Prof. Marbré Stahly-Butts. RSVP below!

If you're not already thinking about the impact and possibilities of procurement practices at the scale of NYC, you should be, and you can start with the @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social substack post today!!

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

“Once we face these facts, the path ahead becomes as clear as it is daunting. At the federal level, LPE must contend with two entrenched sites of hierarchical power: juristocracy and the modern managerial presidency” A must-read by @beaubaumann.bsky.social !! lpeproject.org/blog/what-wo...

The next in what has already been a fantastic series at CUNY Law: the LPENYC Night School takes on how social movements affect city government. It’s a rockstar panel of activists and policy-makers, moderated by the peerless Prof. Marbré Stahly-Butts. RSVP below!

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...

"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...

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...

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

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...

There is only one real "guardrail" against DHS horrors: taking away headcount, money, guns, tech, powers. DHS is openly defying oversight (I wrote up one example here lpeproject.org/blog/immigra...). This is a common evolution in policing as agencies comes into their own as a political force.

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!!

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...

A must-read post by @azohra.bsky.social & Madiha Tahir on how the "double tap" bombing of the boat in the Caribbean is at once horrifying & unexceptional as a US tactic, & how preventing it in the future must start from the recognition that the US's imperial project lpeproject.org/blog/beginni...

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

Today, @rohangrey.bsky.social kicks off a series on the law and political economy of cryptocurrency, by considering the Left's missed opportunities and explaining how it can reclaim control over the future of money.

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...

There is no need to wait for federal legislation, learn how NYC can stop the spread of data-driven coercion at the checkout counter and in our paychecks NOW!! nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/banning-su...

My moderating skills were a little rusty, but this event still turned out SO GREAT thanks to @sandynurse.bsky.social & @ngusdorf.bsky.social!! If you want to learn about how NYC government works (we get deep into the city budget) you absolutely can't miss this event!! youtu.be/kTZb8XlVJs0

Join us tomorrow for a very timely conversation on municipal power in NYC! The event starts at 6:30pm at CUNY Law.

It’s a rainy morning in California, but our future is bright! ☀️ We are reveling in this incredible win for academic freedom and higher education. www.latimes.com/california/s...

For New Yorkers newly excited about municipal power, this coming Wednesday, @lpenyc.bsky.social invites you to a conversation featuring NYC Councilmember Sandy Nurse, Fiscal Policy Institute Executive Director Nathan Gusdorf, and our departed captain, @corinneblalock.bsky.social.

✅ transformative vision for the city ✅ elect a democratic-socialist mayor 🔲 learn more abt the levers of municipal power If you're a NYer missing that last piece, join us Nov 19 at CUNY Law for an event with @sandynurse.bsky.social & @ngusdorf.bsky.social lpeproject.org/events/local...

Does suddenly having a real progressive mayor make you wish you knew a little more about how city gov actually works?? You're in luck! Join us Nov 19th as we talk to @sandynurse.bsky.social & @ngusdorf.bsky.social abt the levers of local power!!! lpeproject.org/events/local...

If you're looking for a super smart primer on how housing in NYC got so fucked in the first place, Phenomenal World has got you covered!! An absolute must-read by Cea Weaver! www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...

Last week @lpenyc.bsky.social did an event on the political economy of NYC, "How NYC Became So Unequal" with @llchristyll.bsky.social, @masonbwilliams.bsky.social, & Gregory Louis & it was everything you hope an event will be--informative, entertaining, energizing! WATCH IT!! youtu.be/B8beobsDZfU