Economic Growth is the Best
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"Thus begins the grand democratic task of evaluating our city’s executive as his administration unfolds."
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New post on NYC's eviction rates (evictions vs total number of renter households). It's been less than 1% for a while.
New post on NYC's eviction rates (evictions vs total number of renter households). It's been less than 1% for a while.
What I've done for government with Maximum New York, I will also do for the liberal arts via The Algernon Project.
New fall class: Foundations of the Liberal Arts
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I wrote about the on-the-ground reality of NYC’s two largest housing booms: 1903-1916, and the 1920s.
Vacancy rates hovering 5-8%!
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I wrote about the on-the-ground reality of NYC’s two largest housing booms: 1903-1916, and the 1920s.
Vacancy rates hovering 5-8%!
www.maximumnewyork.com/p/the-joys-o...
Should be “*the* NYC historian”
Do you have expertise in NYC history, gov, law, or policy? Do you want to teach others? Do you want to join a small cohort of teachers this fall who will be teaching rigorous courses to inclined adult students in the city? Co-teach this one, or let's talk about your own.
DM me.
Kenneth Jackson is the NYC historian. This fall, I will be teaching a Maximum New York version of his classic course at Columbia: "History of the City of New York".
Syllabus (which I'm reworking for my version): www.columbia.edu/itc/history/...
Desired: a co-teacher!
More info to come
Next week some evening I will teach an intro seminar on NYC’s rent regulation system. Very casual. No prep work. Just show up. There will be snacks. Probably in Williamsburg. We can also talk about gov more broadly at the end.
Comment/DM if you want the invite when it’s ready.
Hello—are you a community board member in NYC? Would you like to invite like 10-20 people to come and watch one of your committee meetings? I will happily bring a group of kind, interested, informed individuals.
ANDOR TIME NO MORE NEWS
"It has been estimated that only about 10% of EPA's analysis of scientific data is necessary to reach a decision; the other 90% is required to build the record for court review."
--"Risk Versus Precaution: Environmental Law and Public Health Protection" (Charnley, Elliott, 2002)
Building codes are “a whole body of laws that have just traditionally flown totally under the radar, and as a result, [the field] developed some bad habits. I think those are sort of coming to light now.” - @stephenjacobsmith.com
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Our new NEC HSR report is out. The headline is HSR for under ~$20 billion. The substance is we can manage what we have more intelligently if we move away from our brute force approach to infrastructure. @alonlevy.bsky.social & Devin Wilkins did the heavy lifting: transitcosts.com/north-east-c...
Member deference is the
@council.nyc.gov tradition of always doing what the local council member wants during land-use decisions. If they want to reject housing, that means the Council will do so.
The result? A feudal system where each CM has control over their district’s land-use.
Great thread—I’ve had this sitting on my desk for weeks. I’ve been on a Theodore Roosevelt kick, and so I’ve encountered a lot of Riis through that
The 1904 book detailing and celebrating the construction of the IRT
A little bookstore discovery
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When Theodore Roosevelt was the president of the NYC police board, he introduced bicycle squads!
