State Capacity

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 • Tal Roded

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 • Tal Roded

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 • Tal Roded

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 • Tal Roded

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 • Tal Roded

State Capacity Ecosystem: Launching The Hub

Moving from a list of organizations to an organized home for driving action

Jun 3 • Tal Roded and State Capacity Ecosystem Team

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 • Tal Roded

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From exam bottlenecks to outdated job titles, the civil service system is holding New York back.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 • Tal Roded

Tulsa Deputy Mayor Krystal Reyes on City Resilience

Lessons on city governance, launching new local initiatives, and the challenges facing a small-city Deputy Mayor

Oct 2, 2025 • Tal Roded

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 • Tal Roded

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