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Manhattan Institute, Nicole Gelinas, Charles Fain Lehman, Robert VerBruggen, Adam Louis Sebastian Lehodey, Sean Speer, C. Jarrett Dieterle, Shawn Regan, John KetchamCity Journal is the nation’s premier urban-policy magazine. Produced by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc.
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Why Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Won’t Go Away
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This piece first appeared on our main website, city-journal.org.
The Trump administration has discovered the crisis of Medicare and Medicaid fraud. In the words of Centers for Medicare and...
This Summer, New York City Will be "No Vacancy" by Design
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New York City is bracing for summer tourism season. In the weeks ahead, the city will host the NBA Finals, eight FIFA World Cup matches, and the usual flood of summer travelers. But where, exactly, is ever...
D.C.'s Police Force Shrank. How Did It Get Safer?
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Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has a staffing problem. Since 2020, the department has lost 17 percent of its sworn force. The current staffing level—3,149 sworn officers—is the lowest...
L.A. Can’t Fix Its Mansion Tax Mistake
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Los Angeles’s “mansion tax” has a problem, and city officials know it.
Measure ULA, approved by voters in 2022, imposed a new transfer tax on high-value real estate transactions. The resultant revenue was m...
A Weak Justification for Dropping ShotSpotter
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“The data proves we’re doing what works: investing in communities, improving response times, and giving police officers tools that are effective,” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced on X last week. “N...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
The Manhattan Institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in America and its great cities.
author, Movement: New York's Long War to Take Back its Streets from the Car
Charles Fain Lehman is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and Senior Editor of City Journal. Opinions here are my own.
Dad of 3, Manhattan Institute Fellow, Institute for Family Studies Research Fellow, NRO Contributing Editor, CenterClip Contributor. Guitar player and metalhead. Opinions my own.
Adam Lehodey is an investigative reporter covering New York politics, economics and cultural issues. Beyond those topics, he publishes diverse essays on philosophy, urbanism and travel on his site: adamlehodey.com
Writer at the Manhattan Institute.
C. Jarrett Dieterle is a legal policy fellow for the Manhattan Institute.
Shawn Regan is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where he writes on economic, energy, and environmental issues.
Senior Fellow & Director of Cities at the Manhattan Institute
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