Steven Malanga [214 titles]

1. Egg on Their Faces
   Government dietary advice often proves disastrous.
   Summer 2010
2. The Muni-Bond Debt Bomb
   . . . and how to dismantle it
   Summer 2010
3. Pessimism-Proof
   Matt Ridley’s provocative, if flawed, new book offers a sunny view of human progress.
   9 July 2010
4. Block Grants Forever
   A deathless program and its long record of failure
   Spring 2010
5. The Beholden State
   How public-sector unions broke California
   Spring 2010
6. Our Vanishing Ultimate Resource
   Plummeting birthrates threaten prosperity worldwide. Can America buck the trend?
   Winter 2010
7. As Goes New Jersey . . .
   New governor Chris Christie could have national influence.
   Winter 2010
8. Killing Field
   Environmental groups' view of the animal world sometimes resembles Disney's Bambi, with owls and rabbits mingling peacefully and Man lurking as the only predator, aided by his evil servant the hunting dog.
   Autumn 2009
9. Feral Detroit
   Nature is reclaiming the Motor City.
   Autumn 2009
10. Small Businesses to NYC: Get Off Our Backs!
    The city’s crushing burden on job-creating entrepreneurs is getting even heavier.
    Autumn 2009
11. Whatever Happened to the Work Ethic?
    The financial bust reminds us that free markets require a constellation of moral virtues.
    Summer 2009
12. The City’s Finances, Part 1: Life in Taxopolis
    After the financial meltdown, Mayor Bloomberg’s “luxury product” has become unaffordable.
    10 July 2009
13. The City’s Finances, Part 2: Budget-Cutting Made Simple
    Balancing the books doesn’t take genius, just political courage.
    6 July 2009
14. Obsessive Housing Disorder
    Nearly a century of Washington’s efforts to promote homeownership has produced one calamity after another. Time to stop.
    Spring 2009
15. The Least Free State
    Unless reform comes to Albany, restrictive New York will continue to suffer.
    Spring 2009
16. The Latino Voting Trickle
    Hispanics didn’t elect Barack Obama.
    Winter 2009
17. Welfare Reform, Phase Two
    States are putting a new generation of recipients back to work. Will Obama get in the way?
    Winter 2009
18. Not Kosher
    The Jewish Conservative movement embraces labor and “social justice.”
    Autumn 2008
19. We Don’t Need Another War on Poverty
    As the urbanism of the nineties showed, cities can forge their own futures.
    Autumn 2008
20. The Acorn File
    Background reading from City Journal’s writers
    14 October 2008
21. Term Limits and the Public Interest
    Those seeking to change New York’s law seem to have self-interest in mind.
    10 October 2008
22. Wall Street Explodes
    Background reading from City Journal’s writers
    1 October 2008
23. Why Economists Object to the Bailout Plan
    A group of distinguished economists urges Washington to slow down.
    26 September 2008
24. The Professional Panhandling Plague
    A new generation of shakedown artists hampers America’s urban revival.
    Summer 2008
25. New Jersey’s Ruin
    The state’s leaders seem determined to drive it off a cliff.
    19 August 2008
26. Organizer in Chief
    Barack Obama could become our first community-activist president.
    Summer 2008
27. Ed Koch’s Quixotic Quest
    The former mayor proposes a third party in New York.
    7 July 2008
28. The Death and Life of Bushwick
    A Brooklyn neighborhood finally recovers from decades of misguided urban policies.
    Spring 2008
29. Illegal in More Ways than One
    Identity theft in America goes hand and hand with illegal immigration.
    Spring 2008
30. Change That Kids Could Believe In
    Barack Obama should address the crippling trend of out-of-wedlock births.
    8 May 2008
31. Doing Well Off Do-Gooders
    New York politicians continue to use nonprofits for their own purposes.
    22 April 2008
32. Who’s Your Economist?
    Richard Florida and his “creative class” are at it again.
    28 March 2008
33. Getting Poverty Wrong
    On the presidential campaign trail, it’s almost as if the 1960s never happened.
    21 March 2008
34. Empire Burlesque
    Spitzer’s downfall leaves Albany still seeking a reformer.
    11 March 2008
35. New Jersey’s Bad Government Blues
    The state’s residents have little to show for their crushing tax burden.
    5 March 2008
36. Hillary Clinton’s Irrational Exuberance
    The senator’s job-creating promises ring hollow.
    29 February 2008
37. Dark Underbelly
    Chris Burgard’s new documentary is a harrowing picture of illegal immigration in America.
    20 February 2008
38. Construction Corruption
    It will take more than one dramatic bust to clean up New York’s mob-plagued building industry.
    14 February 2008
39. The Rainbow Coalition Evaporates
    Black anger grows as illegal immigrants transform urban neighborhoods.
    Winter 2008
40. The Blue-Collar Bard in Winter
    Richard Russo’s new novel explores familiar terrain, but with a more wistful tone.
    21 December 2007
41. Health-Care Reform, New York Style
    Empty hospital beds, resistance to downsizing, and ever-rising costs
    20 December 2007
42. No Capital Punishment, Says Jersey
    Condemning the state to death is another matter.
    11 December 2007
43. What the Driver’s License Debate Ignored
    Governor Spitzer’s plan was another incentive for illegal behavior.
    19 November 2007
44. Hispanic Voting Myths
    The GOP has less to fear from a Latino backlash than some claim.
    Autumn 2007
45. The Religious Left, Reborn
    A new generation of activist clergy promotes labor’s economic agenda.
    Autumn 2007
46. Life Lessons at Meerkat Manor
    The Animal Planet series has something to say to humans, too.
    14 September 2007
47. The Road Out of Poverty
    Welfare reform has lowered New York’s poverty rate, but rising illegitimacy threatens these gains.
    12 September 2007
48. He Held Good Taste to Be Self-Evident
    Thomas Jefferson was America’s first great wine expert.
    31 August 2007
49. New Jersey’s Costly Immigrant Burden
    Governor Corzine’s plan to hook more immigrants up to public benefits makes no sense.
    29 August 2007
50. Do Immigrants Still Nourish Cities?
    Not today’s—and they drive away low-wage American workers.
    Summer 2007
51. A Funding Solution for New York’s Roads and Bridges
    Let the private sector step in.
    9 August 2007
52. City Without Fathers
    Behind Newark’s epidemic violence are its thousands of fatherless children.
    9 August 2007
53. The New Privatization
    States and cities are selling their roads, bridges, and airports for eye-popping sums.
    Summer 2007
54. Our Broken Immigration Record
    A history of violated promises has shattered the public’s trust.
    5 July 2007
55. Skilled Immigrants at Last?
    Flaws and all, the proposed bill could change immigration for the better.
    18 May 2007
56. A Mormon in the White House?
    Hugh Hewitt says that Mitt Romney’s the man for the job.
    11 May 2007
57. Unglamorous Mobsters
    As a 1988 HBO documentary reveals, the real Sopranos were brutal—and banal.
    4 April 2007
58. Cory Booker’s Battle for Newark
    A bold reformer takes on entrenched crime and corruption.
    Spring 2007
59. The Most Reckless State
    New Jersey has been on an unsustainable hiring spree.
    Spring 2007
60. The Priciest City
    Under Mayor Bloomberg, New York’s tax gap widens.
    27 March 2007
61. Taking on Albany’s Gorillas
    Spitzer fights back on health-care reform.
    5 March 2007
62. Steamrolled
    Unlike his predecessor, Governor Spitzer loses his first Albany battle.
    14 February 2007
63. Parenting vs. Poverty
    It wasn’t government programs that saved NFL-bound Michael Oher.
    10 February 2007
64. Jersey Is Cratering
    And Governor Corzine fiddles.
    12 January 2007
65. Yes, Rudy Giuliani Is a Conservative
    And an electable one, at that.
    Winter 2007
66. The Truth About Poverty
    Bad choices, not a bad economy, are to blame.
    Winter 2007
67. The Garden State Wilts
    And Governor Corzine fiddles.
    Winter 2007
68. Empire State Dreamin’
    Here’s why a Democratic congress won’t help New York.
    10 November 2006
69. Killing Gotham’s Golden Goose
    Why won’t New York’s congressional delegation help Wall Street?
    3 November 2006
70. The Right Immigration Policy
    Not amnesty or guest workers, but newcomers who would strengthen us
    Autumn 2006
71. Silicon Alley 2.0
    Gotham’s digital economy didn’t die after 9/11, and now it’s roaring back.
    Autumn 2006
72. More Money to Shrink Health Care?
    This plan already failed once before in New York State.
    Autumn 2006
73. Relocation Blues
    New York City’s shortage of office space hampers its economic future.
    17 October 2006
74. Immigration Confusions
    A response to the New York Sun.
    27 September 2006
75. Getting Real About Gotham’s Economy
    The NY Fed is wrong to call it strong.
    14 July 2006
76. How Unskilled Immigrants Hurt Our Economy
    A handful of industries get low-cost labor, and the taxpayers foot the bill.
    Summer 2006
77. The Last Full Measure
    Gotham may not know how to honor the 9/11 dead, but the suburbs do.
    Summer 2006
78. Crime Capital
    Can new mayor Booker stem Newark’s violence?
    Summer 2006
79. Fixing the CDBG
    President Bush moves to reform a bad domestic welfare program.
    Summer 2006
80. Hope for Newark
    Cory Booker faces a big task in trying to turn around a completely dysfunctional city.
    11 May 2006
81. The Mob That Whacked Jersey
    How rapacious government withered the Garden State
    Spring 2006
82. How to Stop Medicaid Fraud
    For starters, states should try.
    Spring 2006
83. How Not to Fix Health Care
    Mandating private-sector health-care coverage is a bad idea.
    Spring 2006
84. False Claim
    Trial lawyers aren’t the answer to Medicaid fraud.
    29 March 2006
85. What Bloomberg Could Still Accomplish
    The mayor needn’t waste four more years.
    Winter 2006
86. Ronald Reagan’s Unlikely Heir
    Ohio’s Republican gubernatorial front-runner Ken Blackwell is “Jesse Jackson’s worst nightmare.”
    Winter 2006
87. Transit Strike Lessons
    The public-employee shakedown of taxpayers can’t go on.
    Winter 2006
88. Gotham’s Congressmen vs. Gotham
    Federal investment tax cuts help New York and should be renewed.
    Winter 2006
89. Curbing Eminent Domain
    The Supremes said that states can still do it, but it’s easier said than done.
    Winter 2006
90. Bloomberg’s Pessimism
    The mayor’s plan for Ground Zero assumes little future job growth.
    26 October 2005
91. Katrina and Pork
    How congressional waste harmed New Orleans.
    17 October 2005
92. The Conspiracy Against the Taxpayers
    Why public servants live better than the public
    Autumn 2005
93. Reformer Bloomberg?
    The businessman mayor at last shows some spine in resisting the unions.
    Autumn 2005
94. Nonprofiteers
    Recent Gotham scandals show how nonprofits often fleece taxpayers.
    Autumn 2005
95. New Orleans vs. New York?
    Even with costly hurricane cleanup, renewing Bush’s tax cuts will help Gotham’s economy—and the nation’s.
    15 September 2005
96. Where Freakonomics Errs
    The recent bestseller’s theories on the fall in crime are dubious.
    11 July 2005
97. Public Benefit?
    The Supreme Court’s Kelo decision is a lose-lose proposition.
    1 July 2005
98. Gotham Stalls Out
    9/11 killed the Giuliani boom. High-tax pols are burying it.
    Summer 2005
99. Zero at Ground Zero
    How New York pols let the nation down
    Summer 2005
100. Take Me Out to the Ballpark
     Today's new baseball stadiums offer a lesson in smart urbanism.
     Summer 2005
101. How Not to Develop the Far West Side
     Pols should get out of the free market’s way.
     Spring 2005
102. Florida Daze
     The trendy economist extends his creative-class humbug to the world economy.
     Spring 2005
103. America’s Worst Urban Program
     The Bush administration is right to put the community-development block grant out of its misery.
     Spring 2005
104. Antiglobal Terroirism
     Two new films use Michael Moore–style mendacity to decry the evils of capitalism.
     23 March 2005
105. NYC Pols Save Us from Prosperity
     It almost looked like we’d have to take more jobs and revenue from (gasp!) . . . Wal-Mart!
     25 February 2005
106. Upstate Taxpayers Say, Enough!
     Will pols heed their revolt?
     17 February 2005
107. No Choice But Raising Taxes?
     In New York and New Jersey, that’s a lie.
     16 February 2005
108. Jersey’s Urban Meltdown
     The problem isn’t sprawl; it’s collapsing cities.
     19 January 2005
109. Businessman-Mayor Turns Pol
     Bloomberg’s first campaign volley isn’t what his constituency wants to hear.
     11 January 2005
110. Tyrannous Taxation
     New York State’s business climate is the nation’s worst.
     Winter 2005
111. Fulfilling Israel’s Promise
     The nation needs free-market reforms.
     Winter 2005
112. Health-Care Ills
     Instead of fixing New York’s bloated health-care system, Governor Pataki has made it worse.
     Winter 2005
113. The Real Engine of Blue America
     There are no Blue states—only Blue cities, where tax eaters rule.
     Winter 2005
114. The Empire State’s Quickest Route to Reform
     It’s time for someone to wield the power of New York’s governorship for the public interest.
     Winter 2005
115. The Myth of the Working Poor
     Two Americas? The scaremongering bestsellers that say so are economically illiterate.
     Autumn 2004
116. Give Us the Money!
     President Bush's education reforms are driving the public school establishment crazy.
     Autumn 2004
117. What's the Matter with Thomas Frank?
     The liberal author's got Kansas all wrong.
     Autumn 2004
118. Let Them Eat Minimum Wage
     How a group of Gotham business leaders plans to help the poor.
     16 July 2004
119. Budget Spin
     A liberal study finds left-wing bias in Gotham’s papers.
     Summer 2004
120. Consultant Humbug
     Beware “studies” promising payback from tax-funded development on the Far West Side.
     Summer 2004
121. The Tort Plague Hits Wal-Mart
     A federal judge dignifies a flimsy claim.
     Summer 2004
122. Why Queens Matters
     This untrendy middle-class haven, throbbing with ambition again, is an economic and political boon to New York City.
     Summer 2004
123. The Tort Plague Hits Wal-Mart
     A federal judge dignifies a flimsy claim.
     24 June 2004
124. Albany’s Medical Monkey Business
     State solons are making New York’s already expensive health-care system pricier still.
     19 May 2004
125. What Does the War on Wal-Mart Mean?
     Reactionary unions and their allies seek to deny consumers the bounty of America’s dazzling productivity revolution.
     Spring 2004
126. The Convention Center Shell Game
     The national competition for bigger and flashier facilities will yield no economic boon to cities.
     Spring 2004
127. The Private Bus Fuss
     The real solution to Gotham’s poor bus service: competition.
     Spring 2004
128. A Really Radical First Lady?
     Mrs. Kerry could make Mrs. Clinton look almost Republican.
     Spring 2004
129. Deadly Medicine
     A new health-insurance plan threatens New York’s small business.
     14 January 2004
130. The Curse of the Creative Class
     Richard Florida’s theories are all the rage worldwide. Trouble is, they’re plain wrong.
     Winter 2004
131. Stagflation Grips Gotham
     New York’s economy has not yet turned the corner.
     Winter 2004
132. A New Jersey Tax Revolt?
     A new movement seeks to rouse the state’s burdened taxpayers.
     Winter 2004
133. Shocked—Shocked—by High Taxes
     Will the CBC’s new report get Empire State lawmakers to act?
     21 November 2003
134. After the Nonpartisan Debacle
     Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Pataki should wake up and be Republican.
     7 November 2003
135. Why CBS Should Air The Reagans
     It can only harm left-wing ideologues.
     6 November 2003
136. “Scholarship” as Advocacy
     Governor Schwarzenegger should terminate the University of California?s ?labor centers.?
     Autumn 2003
137. I’m Outta Here
     Residents continue fleeing Gotham—and New York State.
     Autumn 2003
138. Medicaid Madness
     Empire State lawmakers keep showering money on health-care workers.
     Autumn 2003
139. Who Runs New York?
     No, Mayor Mike, it’s not political bosses. It’s unions and nonprofits.
     Autumn 2003
140. What Gotham Needs from Washington
     The mayor and the New York City Partnership can’t figure it out.
     24 October 2003
141. Two Years Later . . .
     New life is stirring at Ground Zero.
     11 September 2003
142. Summer of Sanity
     How Gotham has changed since the blackout of 1977.
     19 August 2003
143. Smoke and Mirrors
     The health department’s stats on jobs and the smoking ban don’t add up.
     28 July 2003
144. “No More Taxes,” Say New York’s Minorities
     A recent poll contains some big surprises.
     Summer 2003
145. The City of Angels Heads Left
     Los Angeles’s struggling businesses face crushing new taxes and regulations.
     Summer 2003
146. Council Cutups
     New York’s City Council is planning a flood of new laws that make no sense. Here are ten of the silliest.
     Summer 2003
147. Union U.
     Labor studies programs on campus aren’t scholarship but propaganda.
     Summer 2003
148. A Fine Mess
     Bloomberg’s plan to boost revenue by increasing fines is a wrong-headed shakedown.
     2 June 2003
149. Forty-Third Street’s Fiscal Fantasies
     When it comes to Gotham’s budget, the New York Times can’t count.
     15 May 2003
150. Downtown Rebuilding Gets Serious
     Governor Pataki, taking charge at last, offers a plan and a timetable that make sense.
     25 April 2003
151. Needed: Business Leadership in Gotham
     With friends like the Partnership for New York City, Gotham business doesn’t need enemies.
     11 April 2003
152. Lobbying Takes to the Airwaves
     Why groups that depend on the taxpayers are running scare ads.
     1 April 2003
153. The Council’s Confederacy of Dunces
     New York’s city council has become a part of the problem--a big part.
     Spring 2003
154. The Real Reason for New York’s Budget Wreck
     Bloomberg refuses to rein in Gotham’s out-of-control spending.
     Spring 2003
155. Health-Care Demagoguery
     New York’s health-care lobby is up to its old tricks.
     Spring 2003
156. Broadway Blues
     The musicians’ union’s no-show work rules are a long-running scandal.
     12 March 2003
157. Let Estrada Turn the Tables on Schumer
     If this talented Republican doesn’t win confirmation, let him run against his tormentor for the Senate.
     28 February 2003
158. Bloomberg Doesn’t Put His Money Where His Mouth Is
     The businessman mayor’s firm is part of the exodus from Gotham.
     22 January 2003
159. Pataki Comes to His Senses
     The governor returns to his original tax-cutting conservatism.
     10 January 2003
160. The Left’s New Urban Agenda
     Frustrated in Washington, leftist advocacy groups are using cities to push their program. Their latest target: the War on Terror.
     9 January 2003
161. Bloomberg to City: Drop Dead
     The businessman mayor’s archaic tax-and-spend liberalism will cost a fragile New York many thousands of jobs and make its recovery uncertain.
     Winter 2003
162. How the “Living Wage” Sneaks Socialism into Cities
     The living-wage campaign is not just a modest effort to help low-wage workers but a major push to impose a left-wing economic agenda on cities. And it is succeeding.
     Winter 2003
163. The Old Deal
     No one better recognizes orthodox liberalism than Upper West Side Congressman Jerrold Nadler.
     Winter 2003
164. The Left’s New Urban Agenda
     Frustrated in Washington, leftist advocacy groups are using cities to push their program. Their latest target: the War on Terror.
     Winter 2003
165. Postmodern Monstrosities for Downtown
     The newest proposals for Ground Zero understand nothing about New York.
     Winter 2003
166. Postmodern Monstrosities for Downtown
     The newest proposals for Ground Zero understand nothing about New York.
     30 December 2002
167. Time to Privatize the Buses
     Injecting competition into Gotham’s public transit system would save money and protect the city from union blackmail.
     17 December 2002
168. Eleven Myths About Gotham's Budget
     The belief that you need tax hikes to solve New York’s fiscal woes rests on confusion over why the city’s budget is so out of whack.
     11 November 2002
169. The Downtown Redevelopment Flop
     The heroism Gotham showed after 9/11 is giving way to sentimentality and defeatism that threaten the city’s future.
     Autumn 2002
170. Tort Turns Toxic
     Liability lawsuits, once a mere nuisance, have become a serious threat to the nation’s well-being.
     Autumn 2002
171. Dinkins Redux?
     Mayor Bloomberg says New York might need new taxes to solve its budget crisis. He’s wrong.
     Autumn 2002
172. A Foolish Capitulation on Gardens
     The Bloomberg administration’s conciliatory style may not be such a good thing.
     Autumn 2002
173. Dinkins Redux?
     Mayor Bloomberg says New York might need new taxes to solve its budget crisis. He’s wrong.
     21 October 2002
174. A Foolish Capitulation on Gardens
     The Bloomberg administration’s conciliatory style may not be such a good thing.
     20 September 2002
175. How Not to Solve New York’s Housing Woes
     Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Carl McCall’s housing development plan is hopeless.
     26 August 2002
176. Heroic Gotham Surrenders to Defeatism
     The debate about the World Trade Center site is all about emphasizing loss and victimization, rather than reaffirming New York’s strengths.
     14 August 2002
177. Pataki’s WTC Monumental Folly
     An eight-acre memorial to the 9/11 victims is too big.
     3 July 2002
178. Gotham’s Unrepresentative Representatives
     You can count on New York’s congressmen to vote against the city’s economic interest.
     Summer 2002
179. Opportunity NY
     Census data show a vast expansion of Gotham’s middle class during the 1990s.
     Summer 2002
180. Lead Paint Malarkey
     Though advocates cry wolf, Gotham has all but wiped out lead poisoning.
     Summer 2002
181. Nonprofitable
     A new study implausibly suggests that Gotham’s nonprofits are an economic boon to the city.
     Summer 2002
182. Lead Paint Malarkey
     Though advocates still cry wolf, New York City has all but eliminated the lead poisoning scourge.
     19 June 2002
183. New York, Still the Opportunity City
     Though you wouldn’t know it from reading the New York Times, new census data show a vast expansion of Gotham’s middle class during the 1990s.
     7 June 2002
184. Stagflation Hits New York
     Housing and health-care regulation hamper recession-gripped Gotham’s recovery.
     18 May 2002
185. Tax Servitude
     It’s taking more workdays than ever for New Yorkers to earn enough to pay their taxes.
     19 April 2002
186. Recession-Proof Nonprofits
     New York’s ever-expanding nonprofits are sucking the vitality out of the private-sector economy.
     11 April 2002
187. Minority Business Triumphs in Gotham
     Savvy minority entrepreneurs helped create New York’s 1990s boom and now account for one out of every nine city jobs. Government should foster, not harass, them.
     Spring 2002
188. How to Fix Gotham’s Taxi Mess
     New York’s taxi industry needs a revolution, not a fare increase. Here’s what to do.. Here’s what to do.
     Spring 2002
189. Gotham Bounces Back
     Seven months after September 11, New York is on the road to recovery.
     Spring 2002
190. Develop the Far West Side, Now
     Mayor Bloomberg should make transforming this somnolent area his signature project.
     Spring 2002
191. Gotham’s quicker-than-expected recovery
     . . . six months after September 11.
     11 March 2002
192. Venture Capitalists Still Like Gotham
     . . . and are putting their money in its high-tech firms.
     3 March 2002
193. What Happened to the Businessman Mayor?
     Bloomberg’s 2002 budget wimps out.
     19 February 2002
194. Gotham Needs a GOP
     Michael Bloomberg’s victory highlights New York City’s need for two parties, not one or none.
     Winter 2002
195. Pataki Blows It Again
     The governor’s post–September 11 performance has left national Republicans groaning.
     Winter 2002
196. Greedy Hospitals
     In the wake of September 11, the Empire State’s hospitals are up to old tricks.
     Winter 2002
197. How to Rebuild New York
     Here is City Journal’s plan for repairing the economic and physical fabric of the city.
     Autumn 2001
198. Taxpayers, Wake Up and Vote!
     Our exclusive exit poll of the Democratic primary confutes the conventional wisdom about why Gotham's voters vote as they do.
     Autumn 2001
199. How Political Malpractice Crippled New York’s Health Care
     A cabal of hospitals, unions, and pols made the Empire State system’s costs soar and its quality plunge.
     Summer 2001
200. Why Merit Pay Will Improve Teaching
     Private industry shows the power of giving employees credit where credit is due.
     Summer 2001
201. Nailing Scammers
     It’s a weekday morning, and Mike Russell is out cruising the crowded streets of Brooklyn.
     Summer 2001
202. Primal Fear
     Republican bigwigs wish he’d go away, but Herman Badillo is doing the party a favor by running for mayor.
     Summer 2001
203. A Chamber of Commerce
     Under its new boss, New York City’s top business group is at last promoting business interests.
     Summer 2001
204. Building the Opportunity City
     Gotham now has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to expand its economy with hundreds of thousands of permanent new jobs. It's up to the next mayor to seize it—or fumble it.
     Spring 2001
205. Tort Trauma
     With premiums skyrocketing, the pressure grows for real tort reform.
     Spring 2001
206. New York’s Republican Crack-Up
     In 1994, Empire State Republicans were on top of the world. Then—through cowardice, lack of principle, and disunity—they blew it.
     Spring 2001
207. Skyscraping Realty Taxes
     Gotham’s rates—the highest in the nation—drive businesses out of town.
     Spring 2001
208. Liberating the Airports
     The mayor’s bid to wrest control of JFK and LaGuardia makes sense.
     Spring 2001
209. Silicon Alley: Still Flourishing
     New York's tech district is far broader than slumping e-tailers
     Winter 2001
210. Tort City
     Personal injury suits are hurting Gotham, and there’s nothing the city can do about them.
     Winter 2001
211. John V. Lindsay
     The 107th mayor’s legacy to New York
     Winter 2001
212. Don’t Junk Homework
     The new anti-homework crusade deserves an F.
     Winter 2001
213. How To Run the Mob Out of Gotham
     For 100 years, organized crime, working through corrupt unions, has levied a huge tax on New York’s economy. Now prosecutors and pols are learning how to fight back.
     Winter 2001
214. The Triumph of Silicon Alley
     No one predicted it; few perceived it: but in just four years, the New Media industry has emerged as New York’s most powerful job engine.
     Summer 2000

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