Alex Armlovich
Manhattan Institute
New York, NY, United States
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Placard Abuse vs. Police Reform: How Parking Impunity Spurs Other Bad Behavior
People around the country, including New Yorkers, are calling for major policing reforms in response to perceived abuse, most vividly illustrated by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Some activists are demanding that police departments be abolished entirely, others insist on radical... → Read More
Banning Broker Fees Won't Make New York Housing Cheaper
At the end of January, New York’s Department of State issued guidance that, pending likely litigation, will force landlords to pay rental broker fees. Many New Yorkers have at least one “sketchy broker” story, prompting celebration on social media of the symbolic strike against what seems widely viewed as a uniquely New York exploitative institution. But moving the payment to the landlord’s side… → Read More
Driverless alternatives: New urban microtransit, or new era of sprawl?
Autonomous tech is shiny and new but its future will be dictated by the old politics of road pricing and land-use regulation. → Read More
More Housing For Better Public Transit
A housing–public transit “grand bargain” would allow larger residential buildings near public transit hubs across New York City in exchange for more money for the MTA. → Read More
New York City Needs Bill de Blasio to Be a Bus Mayor
All summer, New Yorkers have borne grumbling witness to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s crumbling MTA subway system. Meanwhile, Mayor Bill de Blasio has taken every opportunity to remind us all that Cuomo’s deferred maintenance issues are outside direct mayoral control. Sure, that’s true of the... → Read More
New York City needs Bill de Blasio to be a bus mayor
New York Slant, a website dedicated to opinion and analysis on New York City and state politics and government. → Read More
Poverty and Progress in New York XII: Income Inequality Under Mayor de Blasio, 2014-16
As the de Blasio administration nears the end of its four-year term, income inequality in 2016 stood at the same level it was when former mayor Michael Bloomberg left office. → Read More
De Blasio's New York City: Still Sharply Unequal
When Mayor de Blasio assumed office January 2014, he promised to “take dead aim” at what he repeatedly referred to as a “tale of two cities,” a rich and a poor New York City. Income inequality is not a measure a mayor of any city can do much about... Share on Facebook ... → Read More
The Trouble With New York's Permanent Revolution in Testing
Standards keep shifting, and some changes may make exams easier to game → Read More
Poverty and Progress in New York: English and Math Proficiency in NYC Schools, 2015–2016
This paper examines progress during 2015–16 in English language arts (ELA) and in math on the Common Core–aligned New York State Assessment Program, which covers nearly half a million students in grades 3–8 in the city’s traditional public schools (i.e., non-charter schools). → Read More
Vision Zero's a Huge Success — and Here's How to Make It Work Better Still
The Grand Concourse in the Bronx has long been an intimidating pedestrian and bicycle environment. Following several years of "Vision Zero" street safety improvements, however, this June will mark more than two years without any street deaths — down from an all-time high of 15 deaths in 1992.... → Read More
Poverty and Progress in NYC XI: Vision Zero and Traffic Safety
The evidence is clear that New York City's Vision Zero has improved street safety. → Read More
New York, Pave the Way for Uberized Bus Companies Like Chariot
This week marked the launch of the new city-run ferry system — and while ferries are fun, the MTA bus system is the real transit backbone on which the city’s Department of Transportation has influence through its control of the streets. Alas, falling bus speeds and surging Uber ridership... → Read More
Measure S Would Make It Harder to Build in Los Angeles
On Tuesday, Los Angeles voters will decide about Measure S, a ballot initiative that would ban zoning changes for two years and make it harder to build more housing afterwards. It’s continuing a familiar story: Developers are prevented from building enough housing for people seeking “new... → Read More