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    Political scientist interested in public opinion, electoral systems, local politics, and teaching.

  • Nicole Gelinas

    author, Movement: New York's Long War to Take Back its Streets from the Car

  • Stephen Eide

    Stephen Eide is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and the author of Homelessness in America.

  • Danyela Souza Egorov

    Founder of Families for NY, Fellow at Manhattan Institute, Vice-President of CEC District2

  • Liena Zagare

    Fascinated by cities and curious about the policies shaping New York's future. Editor at @thebiggerapple.manhattan.institute

  • Tal Roded

    Author of the NYCuriosity Substack. Exploring NYC policy developments through insights into NYC open data and my own background in economic research and data science. Member of Manhattan Community Board 3.

  • Jennifer Weber

    Ph.D. | Fellow, Manhattan Institute| Writing on education, behavior, and culture.

  • John Ketcham

    Senior Fellow & Director of Cities at the Manhattan Institute

  • Eric Kober

    Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute

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