How to Buy Groceries in New York City
Grocery expert Errol Schweizer on the policy path to affordable food
Just in time for the great grocery debate of 2026, Errol Schweizer is on the substack today arguing why public grocery stores are but one piece of a larger set of policies necessary to make the right to good and affordable food in NYC a reality.
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03.02.2026 19:35 β π 4 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
How to Get to Universal Childcare
A conversation with Josh Wallack on Universal Pre-K, the Mamdani-Hochul childcare announcement, and early childhood policy in NYC
Don't miss @ngusdorf.bsky.social in conversation with Josh Wallack, who helped deliver Pre-K for All to New York--covering the de Blasio Pre-K experience, voucherization, universal provision, private providers, & the Hochul-Mamdani childcare announcement.
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31.01.2026 15:46 β π 5 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
Good News!! The Progressive Talent Pipeline: NYC edition is still accepting applications for PTP endorsement to help you stand out among the 70,000 others who want to work for the one bright spot in the political landscape.
Deadline is February 1!!
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Yes, this imo is the right frame for thinking about this. Whatβs at stake in the conflict between Trump and the Fed is not the value of central bank independence, but the value of independent agencies in general.
13.01.2026 14:10 β π 55 π 17 π¬ 0 π 1
Iβm on a great dissertation committee and the student is looking for early childhood educators to validate an instrument for a study on play-based pedagogyβfill it out if thatβs you!
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When Not to Be a Steamroller
Lessons from Eliot Spitzerβs failed push to get driverβs licenses for undocumented New Yorkers
In our newest post, Professor Ava Ayers revisits Governor Eliot Spitzerβs failed push to allow undocumented New Yorkers to get driverβs licenses, illustrating the perils of turning a quiet administrative fix into a political spectacle.
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When Not to Be a Steamroller
Lessons from Eliot Spitzerβs failed push to get driverβs licenses for undocumented New Yorkers
It's a strange day to have published this EXCELLENT piece by Ava Ayers on how administrative fixes are sometimes more effective than political spectacle in protecting undocumented NYers. That said, it's no less urgent/relevant in light of today's tragedy
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Introducing the New York City Policy Forum
A new project dedicated to governance in New York City
The @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social, a hot new research and publishing network dedicated to governance in New York City, has launched a newsletter that aims to take policy conversations out of white papers and into the public sphere. Give'em a follow!
20.12.2025 14:46 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
NYC Policy Forum | Substack
A non-partisan research and education network committed to studying contemporary social policy issues related to New York City. Click to read NYC Policy Forum, a Substack publication.
NYC Policy Forum has a publishing platform/newsletter designed to take policy conversations out of white papers & into the public sphere. It will provide a range of viewpoints & insights on the difficult tasks of governing as we work together to build an affordable NYC.
nycpolicyforum.substack.com
16.12.2025 19:04 β π 8 π 7 π¬ 1 π 0
Banning Surveillance Pay and Pricing in NYC
Innovations in bilking and what the next mayor of New York City can do to stop them. By Sally Dworak-Fisher, Pat Garofalo, Dan Ocampo, and Paul Sonn.
Next up is a post about surveillance pricing and surveillance pay, and how NYC can ban the spread data-driven coercion at the checkout counter and in our paycheck rather than waiting for likely watered-down federal & state legislation.
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16.12.2025 19:08 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Whatβs in a Transition?
Three views on preparing to lead City Hall
In our first post (and the first of a two-part series of mini-roundtables on transitions), we asked three veterans of previous NYC mayoral administrations to give us their takes on the immediate tasks and potential pitfalls of the transition to governing.
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/whats-in-a...
16.12.2025 19:05 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
NYC Policy Forum | Substack
A non-partisan research and education network committed to studying contemporary social policy issues related to New York City. Click to read NYC Policy Forum, a Substack publication.
NYC Policy Forum has a publishing platform/newsletter designed to take policy conversations out of white papers & into the public sphere. It will provide a range of viewpoints & insights on the difficult tasks of governing as we work together to build an affordable NYC.
nycpolicyforum.substack.com
16.12.2025 19:04 β π 8 π 7 π¬ 1 π 0
Introducing the New York City Policy Forum
A new project dedicated to governance in New York City
The NYC Policy Forum is new initiative that seeks to buildβthrough convenings, research, and publicationsβa network of committed experts with the vision & policy know-how necessary to deliver on the widespread demand for a more affordable NYC!
Details π
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/introducin...
16.12.2025 00:19 β π 5 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0
Big tech shouldnβt be able to weaponize your personal data to jack up consumer prices and low-ball worker pay for people who donβt have other options.
16.12.2025 15:31 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 1 π 1
https://progressivetalentpipeline.applytojob.com/apply/1P8f1XgifA/Progressive-Talent-Pipeline-NYC-Edition
Do you want to work in the Mamdani Administration but worried about standing out among 70k applications???
Good news!! The Progressive Talent Pipeline isn't just for the federal government anymore! Learn more & submit your application for PTP endorsement ππ
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16.12.2025 16:16 β π 16 π 8 π¬ 1 π 1
Introducing the New York City Policy Forum
A new project dedicated to governance in New York City
The NYC Policy Forum is new initiative that seeks to buildβthrough convenings, research, and publicationsβa network of committed experts with the vision & policy know-how necessary to deliver on the widespread demand for a more affordable NYC!
Details π
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/introducin...
16.12.2025 00:19 β π 5 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0
politics, economics, history, and all that
work in sovereign credit, formerly senate
phd candidate in the Joint Program in Urban Systems @ Rutgers-Newark + NJIT // part-time faculty @ The New School // former managing editor @ Urban Omnibus
@BrennanCenter.org, focus on courts + state constitutions. Co-founding editor @StateCourtReport.org. Dad.
Every worker deserves a good job, one that pays a living wage and includes robust benefits. NELP is leading the fight to make a good-jobs economy a reality.
Legal scholars, students, & practitioners working to expose & transform law's role in the perpetuation of economic, racial, & gender inequality. & check out our Blog: @lpeblog.bsky.social
Law & Political Economy NYC ("LPE NYC") aims to build a citywide network of students, professors, lawyers, organizers, & people fighting for a better future.
Moral high ground?!? That's the most expensive real estate on the face of the earth! - Larry Ellison (who otherwise sucks but this is a good quote)
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Historian (the Cold War, Latin America, and Brazil)
Former Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) and University of Nevada, Reno (UNR).
Lawyer, former public defender. Progressive politics, racial justice, urban gardening. Letβs go Knicks/GoBlue.
speculative fiction (Teixcalaan series, ROSE/HOUSE), climate & energy policy (New Mexico, all statements my own), Byzantinist (nonpracticing but never not true).
unfortunately, I care about power lines now
she/her. halfway between Santa Fe and NYC.
PhD in planning and public policy. #economicdemocracy. Bronx forever. Maryland for a few years.
associate prof of education policy. former high school teacher. education, ideology, policy, finance, climate, socialism. he/him. https://linktr.ee/davidibacker
phding @ mcgill | formerly pitchfork, spin | writer, editor, webdev, etc. | robarcand.info
Building the Digital Benefits Network at the Beeck Center at Georgetown University
Ask me about service design, public benefits, product, digital identity, Rules as Code, and civic tech / gov tech.
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Law, Politics, Science, Economics. #Bernie2020. Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
Associate professor of economics, John Jay College-CUNY, senior fellow at the Groundwork Collaborative. Blog and other writing: jwmason.org. Study economics with me: https://johnjayeconomics.org. Anti-war Keynesian, liberal socialist, Brooklyn dad.
Director of the Fiscal Policy Institute
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currently a fellow at HLS | previously ED of @lpeproject.bsky.socialβ¬ | still doing @lpenyc.bsky.socialβ¬β¬ & @lpeblog.bsky.socialβ¬ | critical theory & high-fructose corn syrup | opinions are mine alone
Labor director at @cplusc.bsky.social
Steering committee @socialists.nyc