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

‘We Have to Be the Change We Are Hoping to See’

A key New York child welfare leader says minor tweaks won’t fix systemic flaws.

Bruce CoryOctober 29, 2025Sept2025-onwards

What’s Stayed Safe – And What’s Uncertain – In College Student Aid

What the continuing hollowing out of the US Department of Education and the fine print in the Big Beautiful Bill Act mean for current and future college students.

Bruce CoryOctober 22, 2025Sept2025-onwards

Has New York Solved Its Home Health Care Mess – Or Made It Worse?

Recriminations and uncertainty continue to plague a reform plan that promised to save money and promote efficiency.

Bruce CoryOctober 15, 2025Sept2025-onwards

NYC Housing Development Is on the Ballot This Fall

Is limiting the City Council’s role in housing policymaking a good idea?

Bruce CoryOctober 8, 2025Sept2025-onwards

Mike Wallace And the Triumph Of the Gotham Trilogy

An appreciation of a panoramic history of New York City and its incomparable author.

Bruce CoryOctober 1, 2025Sept2025-onwards

Turning 10, Urban Matters Looks Back – and Ahead

A decade’s worth of Urban Matters maps where we’ve been and suggests the way forward.

Bruce CorySeptember 24, 2025Sept2025-onwards

Restoring Public Housing: Does A Bronx Success Story Have Legs?

How innovative financing has enabled dramatic improvements to the once-deteriorating Baychester Houses development.

Bruce CorySeptember 17, 2025Sept2025-onwards

Pandemic Lockdown Traumas Were Temporary. Child Welfare Traumas Have Lasting Effects.

The isolation and alienation so many faced during Covid-19 are all too familiar to families entangled in the child protective system.

Bruce CorySeptember 10, 2025Sept2025-onwards

In NYC Schools, What Integration Can -- and Can't -- Accomplish

Closing opportunity gaps for students matters far more than vague language about inclusion.

Bruce CorySeptember 3, 2025Sept2025-onwards

But Wait: There’s More!

Bruce CoryJuly 2, 2025jan2025-onwards

As Federal Funding Withers, NYC Must Support Community Violence Intervention

Federal officials are abandoning a proven strategy of reducing gun violence. Local leaders need to close the breach.

Bruce CoryJune 25, 2025jan2025-onwards

Revealing Family Separation’s Deep, Long-lasting Costs:

Presenting a “360-degree view” of the anxiety and trauma that accompanies families’ being torn apart.

Bruce CoryJune 18, 2025jan2025-onwards

A Federal Housing Disaster Is Brewing. State and City Leaders Need to Act.

More evictions. Greater homelessness. Sidelined affordable housing projects and public housing improvements. That’s what to expect from the Congressional budget now approaching approval.

Bruce CoryJune 11, 2025jan2025-onwards