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A new research & publishing network dedicated to governance in NYC. Subscribe to our substack https://nycpolicyforum.substack.com/

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Policy for the Many Minister Pablo Bustinduy on pursuing the affordability agenda in Spain

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.

27.02.2026 15:18 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Just Cause | Sharon Block Flipping the script on at-will employment in New York City

"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...

23.02.2026 20:11 👍 13 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

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.

19.02.2026 17:21 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

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.

19.02.2026 16:16 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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The Real Cost of Affordable Housing | JW Mason Understanding the debate over distressed buildings, multifamily rental incomes, and the rent freeze

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...

19.02.2026 16:03 👍 16 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 2
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Turning Up the Heat on Negligent Landlords | Arielle Swernoff Some ways to improve tenants’ lives when it’s cold in NYC

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...

17.02.2026 19:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Real Cost of Affordable Housing | JW Mason Understanding the debate over distressed buildings, multifamily rental incomes, and the rent freeze

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

13.02.2026 15:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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

12.02.2026 20:02 👍 34 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
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How to Buy Groceries in New York City Grocery expert Errol Schweizer on the policy path to affordable food

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.

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03.02.2026 19:35 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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How to Get to Universal Childcare A conversation with Josh Wallack on Universal Pre-K, the Mamdani-Hochul childcare announcement, and early childhood policy in NYC

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...

31.01.2026 15:46 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

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!!

16.01.2026 17:42 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

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.

13.01.2026 14:10 👍 55 🔁 16 💬 0 📌 1
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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!

12.01.2026 20:28 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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When Not to Be a Steamroller Lessons from Eliot Spitzer’s failed push to get driver’s licenses for undocumented New Yorkers

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...

12.01.2026 14:49 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Enforcement Regime | Michael Macher Trump's immigration crackdown marks a dramatic change in the domestic security apparatus, yet its origins lie in a longstanding bipartisan consensus.

this is smart, thorough, and excellent

10.01.2026 15:25 👍 50 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
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When Not to Be a Steamroller Lessons from Eliot Spitzer’s failed push to get driver’s licenses for undocumented New Yorkers

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...

07.01.2026 23:50 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Introducing the New York City Policy Forum A new project dedicated to governance in New York City

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!

20.12.2025 14:46 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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NYC Policy Forum | Substack A non-partisan research and education network committed to studying contemporary social policy issues related to New York City. Click to read NYC Policy Forum, a Substack publication.

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

16.12.2025 19:04 👍 8 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
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Banning Surveillance Pay and Pricing in NYC Innovations in bilking and what the next mayor of New York City can do to stop them. By Sally Dworak-Fisher, Pat Garofalo, Dan Ocampo, and Paul Sonn.

Next up is a post about surveillance pricing and surveillance pay, and how NYC can ban the spread data-driven coercion at the checkout counter and in our paycheck rather than waiting for likely watered-down federal & state legislation.

nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/banning-su...

16.12.2025 19:08 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What’s in a Transition? Three views on preparing to lead City Hall

In our first post (and the first of a two-part series of mini-roundtables on transitions), we asked three veterans of previous NYC mayoral administrations to give us their takes on the immediate tasks and potential pitfalls of the transition to governing.

nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/whats-in-a...

16.12.2025 19:05 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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NYC Policy Forum | Substack A non-partisan research and education network committed to studying contemporary social policy issues related to New York City. Click to read NYC Policy Forum, a Substack publication.

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

16.12.2025 19:04 👍 8 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
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Introducing the New York City Policy Forum A new project dedicated to governance in New York City

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...

16.12.2025 00:19 👍 5 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0

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.

16.12.2025 15:31 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
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Banning Surveillance Pay and Pricing in NYC Innovations in bilking and what the next mayor of New York City can do to stop them. By Sally Dworak-Fisher, Pat Garofalo, Dan Ocampo, and Paul Sonn.

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...

16.12.2025 15:36 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
https://progressivetalentpipeline.applytojob.com/apply/1P8f1XgifA/Progressive-Talent-Pipeline-NYC-Edition

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 👇👇

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16.12.2025 16:16 👍 16 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1
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Introducing the New York City Policy Forum A new project dedicated to governance in New York City

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...

16.12.2025 00:19 👍 5 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0