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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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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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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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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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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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State Capacity Ecosystem: Launching The Hub
Moving from a list of organizations to an organized home for driving action
Jun 3
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I Tracked Every NYC Council Fiscal Impact Statement Since 2014. Here's What I Found.
The Council passes many mandates, but without providing funding and resources for implementation, nothing actually gets fixed.
May 7
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How AI Has Transformed My Civic Tech Work
Pair-programming with Claude Code has changed how I research NYC policy, build civic tech tools, and write Substack posts.
Apr 30
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We Built an AI-Powered NYC Community Board Knowledge Base
Announcing the launch of Block Party’s Resolutions Archive, now available for Manhattan Community Board 3; meeting transcripts for most other CBs
Apr 1
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NYC’s Job Growth Has a Quality Problem
Only a third of NYC residents work in what the NYC Comptroller’s office has called a “good job.” Here’s why that matters for the City’s budget, its…
Mar 5
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NYC’s Civil Service System Is Broken. Here’s What Mayor-Elect Mamdani Can Do To Fix It.
From exam bottlenecks to outdated job titles, the civil service system is holding New York back. Mamdani's administration will have more tools to reform…
Dec 1, 2025
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Agency Spotlight: NYC Office of Technology & Innovation
The home of NYC's Chief Technology Officer and the driver of technology innovation across City agencies
May 2, 2025
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