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COGE Is Just the Opening Act
What Mayor Mamdani's efficiency commission put on the November ballot, and the civil service, technology, and reporting reforms it left for Albany, the…
Sep 15
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The G Train Has Lost 15 of 34 Weekends This Year. Here’s Why the Fix Takes Until 2029.
The Crosstown signal upgrade is worth every closure, but a finish date that slipped from 2027 to 2029, shuttle buses stuck at 7 mph, and a schedule that…
Sep 8
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August 2026
New York Needs Better Tools for Public Engagement
The city runs 59 community boards, a 311 line, and hearings on everything from liquor licenses to land use. On September 30, come spend an evening…
Aug 26
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The Demand for Cutting Agency Burden Is Real
Two weeks after the launch of the obligations tracker: a City Reporter feature, my four fixes at Searchlight, and a new view showing the required…
Aug 19
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A Century of New York, Above and Below West 4th Street
How a station built for trains that didn’t exist yet became the gateway to one of New York’s densest cultural pockets.
Aug 12
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NYC Agencies Answer to Over 5,000 Standing Council Mandates
The NYC Council’s recurring demands have grown 45-fold since 2014. I built a tracker so agencies, Council members, and the public can interact with the…
Aug 6
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July 2026
Fourteen Ways to Make NYC Community Boards Work Better
From a parliamentarian on every board to one tech platform instead of 59. Recommendations for the CEC's public meetings study from a member of Manhattan…
Jul 30
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Manhattan Community Board 3 Jul 2026 Report
A change in board leadership, a two-phase Canal Street redesign, ConEd grid work on the Lower East Side, and a new name for a Tompkins Square Park field
Jul 29
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State Capacity Has a New Toolkit
Emerging AI capabilities can deliver benefits, cut red tape, and evaluate laws better than the systems government uses now
Jul 21
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Clinton Street Has a Traffic Problem. A Low Traffic Neighborhood redesign would fix it.
The Williamsburg Bridge funnels 16,000 vehicles a day onto a single one-lane residential block, resulting in endless traffic and frequent pedestrian…
Jul 8
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June 2026
The Hard Part of Fixing Government Is No Longer Building the Fix
The talent and tools to fix government already exist. A fragmented ecosystem and a broken adoption pipeline keep them from reaching the agencies, and…
Jun 30
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Manhattan Community Board 3 Jun 2026 Report
World Cup events, a plethora of State legislation, and new supportive housing and transportation options in the neighborhood
Jun 25
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