Bryant J. Moy

I had a great time giving a talk at @lsegovernment.bsky.social yesterday. Thanks to everyone who came out and engaged with my work!

This is what ChatGPT thinks I do 🤣
"Create a caricature of me and my job based on everything you know about me." It’s fair.

So if you see conflicting numbers in coverage today—now you know why. 350 years of mayors, misnumbered because of a 17th-century Dutch invasion. Welcome to urban political history!

Even at today's inauguration, Adams' seat card reads "110th Mayor"—the old count. The correction hasn't fully trickled down yet. x.com/C_Sommerfeld...

Adding to the confusion: here's the NYC Green Book from the Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services—still listing Adams as 110th. This document has perpetuated the miscount since 1921. Interested to see when/how this page is updated. www.nyc.gov/site/dcas/ab...

On Mayors and the Counting Thereof — NYC Department of Records & Information Services Recent news reports have suggested that New York City has been misnumbering its Mayors since the 1600s. Not that they were numbering them at that time, but ever since the City started giving official...

NYC Department of Records archivist Michael Lorenzini confirmed the miscount last month: "One thing for certain is he is not Mayor 111." www.archives.nyc/blog/2025/12...

Miscount of NYC mayors spans centuries, archive search confirms An official document from 1674 confirms that Zohran Mamdani should be sworn in as the 112th mayor, not the 111th.

That second term got left out of official records. The error was baked in when NYC started publishing numbered mayor lists in the Green Book in 1921. Historians actually caught this as early as 1989, but nobody corrected it. gothamist.com/news/miscoun...

Here's why Mamdani will be NYC’s 112th mayor, not the 111th The discrepancy stems from a centuries-old record-keeping error involving a 17th-century mayor whose second, nonconsecutive term was overlooked.

The confusion traces to Matthias Nicolls (mayor 1671-72). In 1673, the Dutch retook NYC and replaced mayors with "burgomasters." When England regained control in 1674, Nicolls was reappointed—making him both the 6th AND 8th mayor. www.fox5ny.com/news/mamdani...

I watched @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social inauguration as New York City's next mayor. But is he the 111th or 112th? Here's the backstory 🧵

Had a wonderful time presenting my and Luca’s work at @ox.ac.uk @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social on ethnic enclaves and local political leaders. Grateful for the thoughtful feedback and discussion! Thank you!

We encourage researchers that use regression discontinuity designs to start providing descriptive statistics on their sample and explain how it differs from their nominal sample or the target population.

Link to the poster here: bryantjmoy.com/s/asianpolme...

If you're at the Joint Quantitative Political Science Conference for Asia and Australasia this week, don't miss the poster session! Jeremy Siow is presenting our work "Who's at the Cutoff? Characterizing the Analytical Sample of RDDs"

2️⃣ "Can Knowledge of Racially Restrictive Covenants Increase Support for Reparations?" w/ Geneva Cole
📍Reparations in America
⏰ Saturday 11AM
We present a pilot study exploring how historical knowledge & visual cues may shape support for reparations

1️⃣ "Political Ideology in the Local Context: Does self-placement ideology map onto local issues?"
📍 Conflict & Cooperation in Local Politics
⏰ Friday 5PM
Examines whether we should still use self-placement ideology in local politics research despite growing criticism

Excited to be in Puerto Rico for SPSA! I’m presenting two papers 🧵

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I had a wonderful time presenting my work on discriminatory ordinances at UC Berkeley yesterday. The discussion was engaging and insightful. Thank you for the valuable feedback!

Asian & MENA PolMeth in Abu Dhabi was amazing! Check out my poster here: bryantjmoy.com/s/asianpolmeth