Today, Michael Galant on how countering the remittance racket (the predatory skimming off of money immigrants send to family overseas) can define a pro-immigrant alternative agenda to Trumpism & put money back in the pockets of working-class NYers!
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Great piece with some really creative policy ideas. Someone get Zohran on the phone!
“New York can afford to lose a couple of billionaires, but it cannot afford to lose its working class.”
The Tax Day discussion between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and economists Joseph Stiglitz and Gabriel Zucman now up on our substack!!
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Mamdani's proposed city-backed insurance represents a critically important step to make affordable housing sustainable, but today's must-read post argues we ultimately need a state-wide public disaster insurance program that spreads the risk across NY
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Over at @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social, you can find a full transcript of Ana María Archila, Zohran Mamdani, Joseph Stiglitz, and Gabriel Zucman discussing wealth inequality, tax debates in New York City, and multilateral tax negotiations being pursued around the world.
Up on the NYC Policy Forum substack, Suzi Ragheb and Katherine Jin on how a nineteenth-century underground cable network could unlock internet access and affordability across NYC!
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There's something being left out of then conversations around Local Law 97: the impact on rent-stabilized tenants!
Arielle Swernoff digs into how compliance works for rent-stabilized buildings & the meaningful improvements it could mean for tenants!
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I think absolutely everyone should read this. It offers simple and well thought out ways that the Mamdani Administration can counter the targeting of working class immigrants in NYC by both predatory financial services and the federal government
This is such a profoundly important initiative by @hellgatenyc.com
We may not be able to do much about SCOTUS or the federal courts right now (though that time will come!), but it's high time we address the corruption in the NY courts!!
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Today my worlds come together with Greg Baltz's post on the NYC Rent Guidelines Board hearings & their importance as tenant organizing infrastructure, jointly published by @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social & @lpeblog.bsky.social
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As climate hazards drive up housing costs, a state-run disaster insurance program is needed to keep coverage affordable.
Today, Michael Galant on how countering the remittance racket (the predatory skimming off of money immigrants send to family overseas) can define a pro-immigrant alternative agenda to Trumpism & put money back in the pockets of working-class NYers!
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/the-remitt...
Five ways New York can confront Trump’s anti-immigrant tax
Today, Michael Galant on how countering the remittance racket (the predatory skimming off of money immigrants send to family overseas) can define a pro-immigrant alternative agenda to Trumpism & put money back in the pockets of working-class NYers!
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/the-remitt...
Five ways New York can confront Trump’s anti-immigrant tax
