Will a ‘Cumulative Impacts’ Law Lead to Environmental Justice? The Devil Is in the Details.

Three years after its passage, exactly how New York State’s “cumulative impacts” law will work is still taking shape

Bruce CoryApril 1, 2026Sept2025-onwards

Freeze the Rent? Well, No. Subsidize the Rent? Better Idea.

A rent freeze won’t improve housing affordability and could worsen living conditions.

Bruce CoryMarch 25, 2026Sept2025-onwards

Q: For Older Americans, What Does OBBBA Spell? A: Weaker Retirement Security.

Federal budget decisions put lower-income seniors – and the Social Security system itself – on shakier ground.

Bruce CoryMarch 18, 2026Sept2025-onwards

New York’s New Social Services Boss And the Thicket of Problems She Confronts

Managing homelessness and welfare policy during the second Trump presidency.

Bruce CoryMarch 11, 2026Sept2025-onwards

The World Cup Needs to Respect And Protect Local Communities

It’s a global sports event that also needs to think, and act, locally.

Bruce CoryMarch 4, 2026Sept2025-onwards

Can an Identity Transplant Save A Beloved Brooklyn Hospital?

Short-term, making Maimonides Medical Center a public hospital is a lifesaver. Long-term, the prognosis is cloudier.

Bruce CoryFebruary 25, 2026Sept2025-onwards

‘Take a Leap of Faith And Build Your Wings On the Way Down’: What I Owe Stanley Richards

A steadfast advocate for inmates at Rikers Island is becoming New York City’s correction commissioner.

Bruce CoryFebruary 18, 2026Sept2025-onwards

In Fixing Our Housing Crisis, One Size Just Won’t Fit All.

Solving housing affordability requires both federal ambition and local policy precision.

Bruce CoryFebruary 11, 2026Sept2025-onwards

What Makes Manhattan’s Koreatown A New Type of Ethnic Enclave?

Chinatown; Little Italy; Russian Brighton Beach: New York has long had ethnic neighborhoods. But Koreatown is different. Why?

Bruce CoryFebruary 4, 2026Sept2025-onwards

Universal Child Care Is on Course. But Is Fair Pay for Child Care Workers?

The existing child care system rests on a rickety financial foundation that penalizes its workers. That needs to change, right away.

Bruce CoryJanuary 28, 2026Sept2025-onwards

Back to the Future: Why Reviving A Nixon-Era Program Would Be Good Medicine for Distressed Cities.

Cities in both red and blue states face hard times. There’s a time-tested, bi-partisan way for Washington to help them.

Bruce CoryJanuary 21, 2026Sept2025-onwards

Mamdani Calls the Property Tax System ‘Broken.’ He’s Right. Here’s How It Might Be Repaired.

The new mayor has promised to govern “audaciously.” Here’s an issue that sure fits the bill.

Bruce CoryJanuary 14, 2026Sept2025-onwards

City Workers Have a New Health Plan. Mayor Mamdani: Good Luck With That.

Just how will this new plan shave a promised $1 billion a year off current costs? As usual, the
devil may be lurking in the details.

Bruce CoryJanuary 7, 2026Sept2025-onwards

Creating Hope In a Troubling Time

A year-end message from the executive director of the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School.

Bruce CoryDecember 17, 2025Sept2025-onwards

How Mamdani Can Take A First Step Toward Universal Child Care

The new mayor can get the ball rolling by clearing a waitlist of families eligible for child care.

Bruce CoryDecember 10, 2025Sept2025-onwards

They’re Just Our Type: New Books From the New School Community

Featuring the latest wide-ranging writings of New School faculty, staff, and alums.

Bruce CoryDecember 3, 2025sept2024-onwards

Tax the Rich? Okay. But ‘Pre-Distribution’ Is a Better Long-Term Bet.

Often, a new history argues, the costs to New Yorkers of corporate welfare have far exceeded any benefits.

Bruce CoryNovember 25, 2025Sept2025-onwards

Time for a Public Option: Social Housing Is the Right Fit For the Mamdani Administration

While crucial, new privately built housing is not nearly enough. We also need publicly funded, democratically controlled “social housing.”

Bruce CoryNovember 19, 2025Sept2025-onwards

National Security or Neighborhood Silencing? How Speaking Up Could Become ‘Domestic Terrorism.’

Federal monitoring of community organizations and political protest? We’ve seen this movie before, and it doesn’t end well.

Bruce CoryNovember 12, 2025Sept2025-onwards

Nearly Two-Thirds of New Yorkers Can’t Make Ends Meet. Here’s a Gameplan for Turning that Around.

A true measurement of the costs of living shows just how far millions of New Yorkers are from achieving economic security.

Bruce CoryNovember 5, 2025Sept2025-onwards