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CUNY Institute for State & Local Governance
Our policy team recently wrote about how cities, including Baltimore, are addressing the housing crisis through different vacant property tax and development policies: islg.cuny.edu/blog/vacant-...
Are wages keeping up with inflation? @pewresearch echoes our analysis w/ @BUMPnewyork: working class Americans are continuing to be crunched by costs of living that is rising much faster than wages. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
May is graduation season, and we had a few celebrations ourselves. We graduated the latest cohort of the Kriegel Fellowship for state and local political office leaders, and welcomed our new Public Policy Pathways Interns. Read about them, and the other work we got up to last month.
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In response to Baltimore’s vacant housing crisis, the city teamed with @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social to replace plywood with polycarbonate panels that are stronger and fire-resistant.
Read more about why this matters from @thebaltimorebanner.com
www.thebanner.com/community/ho...
The Kriegel Fellowship for Public Service Leaders gives staff in state, local & borough political offices access to professional development, policy expertise & a network of peers across City & State gov't.
Applications for the 2026 cohort are open. buff.ly/yYHLVc1
Read our report from last year detailing the need to invest in New York’s human services sector to provide living wages and ensure an effective public sector: islg.cuny.edu/critical-ser...
Attn: Survivor-led orgs that support survivors or domestic and intimate partner violence in Manhattan. ISLG & @manhattanda.bsky.social are seeking proposals to create, enhance, and expand services that help survivors remain safe.
Applications are due 7/22. Learn more: buff.ly/ntr2biy
Summer break is upon us, and that means we're welcoming a new cohort of Public Policy Pathways interns! ☀️👋
Our 10 interns will get hands-on research, policy, data science, legal, and municipal operations experience working with partners in the public sector. Meet them on our blog. buff.ly/jrJb8QD
