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• Lessons from the History of Poverty
  Posted on June 13, 2013
• Adoption Subsidies: Family or Fraud?
  Posted on June 07, 2013
• Fair Share and Supportive Housing
  Posted on May 28, 2013
• Developing Public Housing Land
  Posted on May 09, 2013
• High-Conflict Custody Battles
  Posted on May 04, 2013
• Career and Technical Education in NYC
  Posted on May 01, 2013
• The Homelessness Crisis
  Posted on April 26, 2013
• Should NYC Citizens Be Lawmakers?
  Posted on April 25, 2013
• Violence and Safety at School
  Posted on April 12, 2013
• Homeless Policy After Bloomberg
  Posted on April 10, 2013
• Fixing Housing Court
  Posted on March 28, 2013
• Voting Rights in NYC
  Posted on February 26, 2013
• Does the NYPD Criminalize Communities?
  Posted on February 19, 2013
• Broken Adoptions
  Posted on February 13, 2013
• What Kind of Campaign-Finance Reform Does NY Need?
  Posted on January 29, 2013
• New York's Libraries: Help Wanted
  Posted on January 09, 2013
• Credit Fairness
  Posted on December 23, 2012
• Taxi Technology
  Posted on December 12, 2012
• College Readiness
  Posted on November 27, 2012
• Broken Elections
  Posted on November 09, 2012
• Is a Better Politics Possible?
  Posted on October 24, 2012
• Saving Public Housing
  Posted on October 15, 2012
• Dealing with Debt
  Posted on October 01, 2012
• Islam, Free Speech and the MTA
  Posted on September 26, 2012
• Time to Close Attica?
  Posted on September 24, 2012
• Special Education Reform
  Posted on September 13, 2012
• The Soda Ban
  Posted on September 10, 2012
• Juvenile Justice Reform: Unfinished Business?
  Posted on July 31, 2012
• Doing Something for NYC's Teen Dads ... and Their Kids
  Posted on June 13, 2012
• Testing Before the Test: How to Prep Next Year's Questions
  Posted on June 01, 2012
• Improving Policing and Care for the Disabled
  Posted on May 11, 2012
• Are Bad Rules Making Bad Cities?
  Posted on April 30, 2012
• The Risks of Lien Sales
  Posted on April 27, 2012
• Myths of the Minimum Wage
  Posted on April 25, 2012
• Immigration and NYC's Resurgence
  Posted on April 09, 2012
• Time for Mandatory Paid Sick Leave in New York City?
  Posted on April 03, 2012
• School Testing Drama: Are Students Center-Stage or a Sideshow?
  Posted on March 29, 2012
• The GED: Private Property, Public Good
  Posted on March 19, 2012
• Toward a Greener Brooklyn: Has Gov't Helped?
  Posted on March 16, 2012
• Toward a Greener Brooklyn: Go Green, Fight Poverty
  Posted on March 16, 2012
• Toward a Greener Brooklyn: What Role for Community Groups?
  Posted on March 15, 2012
• Toward a Greener Brooklyn: Is Federal Funding Flexible?
  Posted on March 15, 2012
• Toward a Greener Brooklyn: Smarter Process = Warmer Homes
  Posted on March 15, 2012
• New Tools for Tenants
  Posted on March 13, 2012
• Is Bad Landlording a Crime?
  Posted on March 13, 2012
• Homeless: The Role of Race
  Posted on March 05, 2012
• Brooklyn Beyond the Numbers
  Posted on February 16, 2012
• What makes a safe-sex message work?
  Posted on January 23, 2012
• Fears of a Long-Term Job Shortage
  Posted on January 17, 2012
• Landmarking: Burden for Owners, Boon for the City?
  Posted on January 08, 2012
• Doing Good in Brooklyn
  Posted on January 06, 2012
• Farm Subsidies and NYC's Hungry
  Posted on December 13, 2011
• Hiring the Disabled
  Posted on November 29, 2011
• Jailing the Mentally Ill
  Posted on October 25, 2011
• An independent monitor for Atlantic Yards?
  Posted on October 24, 2011
• Trouble at Alianza Dominicana
  Posted on October 04, 2011
• School Reform
  Posted on September 28, 2011
• FDNY Safety
  Posted on September 06, 2011
• The New York City Young Men's Initiative
  Posted on August 16, 2011
• Do We Really Need More Job Training?
  Posted on July 15, 2011
• Who's Accountable for School Tests?
  Posted on May 31, 2011
• Saving Small Businesses
  Posted on May 25, 2011
• Stopping Sex Abuse In Prison
  Posted on May 16, 2011
• The Appointment Of Chancellor Walcott
  Posted on April 22, 2011
• Entitlement Reform
  Posted on April 20, 2011
• Who Plans New York?
  Posted on April 15, 2011
• The Harbor
  Posted on April 14, 2011
• Greening New York: The Nuts And Bolts
  Posted on April 13, 2011
• The Budget Fast
  Posted on April 08, 2011
• Mayor Bloomberg's Approach To Governing
  Posted on March 25, 2011
• School Security
  Posted on March 11, 2011
• Selective Success In Brooklyn's Boom
  Posted on March 07, 2011
• Brooklyn's Brownstoners
  Posted on March 04, 2011
• The New Brooklyn
  Posted on March 03, 2011
• Breastfeeding & Welfare
  Posted on February 25, 2011
• Juvenile Justice: Bloomberg's Bid For Local Control
  Posted on January 31, 2011
• Obama, Year 3: Which Way To Lead?
  Posted on January 20, 2011
• Gun Control: Does The Arizona Tragedy Demand Action?
  Posted on January 16, 2011
• Industrial Policy In New York
  Posted on January 03, 2011
• Planning The New New York
  Posted on December 27, 2010
• Bloomberg's Budget Cuts
  Posted on December 20, 2010
• The New New York: Transit
  Posted on December 16, 2010
• Making Urban High Schools Work
  Posted on November 22, 2010
• The Case For Cathy Black
  Posted on November 18, 2010
• Cathy Black: The Qualifications Question
  Posted on November 18, 2010
• Do We Still Need Libraries?
  Posted on November 17, 2010
• Better Government Or Power Grab: How Will You Vote On Question 2?
  Posted on October 29, 2010
• Charter Change Choice: 'Yes' Or 'No' On 1 And 2?
  Posted on October 29, 2010
• Mom and Popeyes: The Death and Life of NYC's Neighborhood Stores
  Posted on October 25, 2010
• Do Food Stamps and Fanta Mix?
  Posted on October 19, 2010
• Paid Sick Leave: Bad Medicine For Business?
  Posted on October 14, 2010
• A Risky Play
  Posted on August 26, 2010
• Mosque Debate: Religious Intolerance
  Posted on August 18, 2010
• Mosque Near Ground Zero
  Posted on August 17, 2010
• Rethinking Restrictions on the Formerly Incarcerated
  Posted on August 02, 2010
• President Obama and Youth
  Posted on July 28, 2010
• School Testing
  Posted on July 27, 2010
• Youth and Juvenile Crimes
  Posted on July 08, 2010
• Hip Hop's Influence on New York's Youth
  Posted on July 02, 2010
• A Blueprint for Reform
  Posted on July 01, 2010
• Measuring Performance of Teachers
  Posted on March 24, 2008
• Counting the Homeless
  Posted on March 10, 2008
• Robert Moses Reconsidered
  Posted on February 02, 2007
• 421-A and Affordable Housing
  Posted on December 18, 2006

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