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Covers:  Economics, real-estate, land-use, transportation, taxation, governance, and culture.
Doesn't Cover: Foreign policy.
Investigative reporter at the @ManhattanInst, focused on economics and governance in New York; opinions my own 🗽 dm for Signal

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Adam Lehodey’s Biography

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Adam Louis Sebastian Lehodey is an investigative reporter at the Manhattan Institute. He focuses on questions of economics and governance in New York, particularly real-estate, education, labor, tax, and welfare policy.

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Don't Bet on Unions. Competition is a Better Cure

Don't Bet on Unions. Competition is a Better Cure

Zohran Mamdani's attempt to unionize workers and tenants in misguided.

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New York's Destructive War on Developers

New York's Destructive War on Developers

Pending litigation could determine whether private owners will be willing to invest in rehabilitating buildin…

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How Four Bronx Charter Schools Are Achieving Educational Excellence

How Four Bronx Charter Schools Are Achieving Educational Excellence

The classical academies have high standards and a laser-like focus on student outcomes.

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The hidden agenda behind clout-chasing DSA comrades' Cuba push

The hidden agenda behind clout-chasing DSA comrades' Cuba push

The Democratic Socialists of America is weaponizing the headlines about Cuba's collapse, using shady tactics …

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The Case for Auctioning New York City's Parking Spaces

The Case for Auctioning New York City's Parking Spaces

New York could allocate parking more efficiently-and raise billions-by letting the market decide how curb spa…

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New York's Medicaid Problem: Fraud, Waste-and Political Largesse

New York's Medicaid Problem: Fraud, Waste-and Political Largesse

How the government health insurance program came to engulf the state's budget-and how it can be reformed

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Los Angeles, New York, and the Ordinary Work of Governing

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By Charles Lehman Verified, Adam Lehodey Verified, Bloomberg Television
| Manhattan Institute
Good morning: The purpose of city government is to competently deliver a set of basic services and amenities, such as housing and transit, and manage the downsides of dense urban living. As John Ketcham wrote for the Winter 2026 issue of City Journal, “managing density inevitably relies on coercive power—whether to break up disruptive behavior, arrest suspected criminals, or require inpatient treatment for the severely mentally ill—and such power properly rests with government.
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This Mamdani-Backed Bill Would Kill Jobs, Boost Unions, and Make Deliveries More Expensive Original

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By C. Jarrett Dieterle, Adam Lehodey Verified
| Reason Verified
Regulation The misleadingly named "Delivery Protection Act" would require companies like Amazon and FedEx to directly hire employees for last-mile delivery, rather than contracting this service out to subcontractors. | (IMAGO/ZUMA Press/Newscom) As if New York City weren't already an expensive enough place to live, legislation introduced to the City Council could soon make delivering packages in the five boroughs far costlier.
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New York Can’t Take Growth for Granted

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By Adam Lehodey Verified
| City Journal Verified
Adam Lehodey New York Can’t Take Growth for Granted Edward Glaeser on growth, upward mobility, rent control, and the policies that threaten the city’s economic dynamism. Donate City Journal is a publication of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (MI), a leading free-market think tank. Are you interested in supporting the magazine? As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, donations in support of MI and City Journal are fully tax-deductible as provided by law (EIN #13-2912529).
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