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Adam Lehodey

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Covers:  Economics, real-estate, land-use, transportation, taxation, governance, and culture.
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Investigative reporter at the @ManhattanInst, focused on economics and governance in New York; opinions my own 🗽 dm for Signal

Adam Lehodey’s Journalist Portfolio

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

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

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

New York's Destructive War on Developers

New York's Destructive War on Developers

City Journal — Pending litigation could determine whether private owners will be willing to invest in rehabilitating buildings in the city.

How Four Bronx Charter Schools Are Achieving Educational Excellence

How Four Bronx Charter Schools Are Achieving Educational Excellence

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

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

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

New York Post — The Democratic Socialists of America is weaponizing the headlines about Cuba's collapse, using shady tactics to expand its network - and raise gobs of cash.

The Case for Auctioning New York City's Parking Spaces

The Case for Auctioning New York City's Parking Spaces

Substack — New York could allocate parking more efficiently-and raise billions-by letting the market decide how curb space is used.

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

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

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

Higher Taxes Are the Last Thing New York City Needs

Higher Taxes Are the Last Thing New York City Needs

Substack — The city doesn't have a revenue problem. It has a spending problem.

Mamdani Doesn't Understand New York's Housing Market

Mamdani Doesn't Understand New York's Housing Market

City Journal — His intervention in the Pinnacle bankruptcy shows everything wrong with the new mayor's approach.

The wrong way to decriminalize sex work

The wrong way to decriminalize sex work

New York Post — Democratic frontrunner Zohran Mamdani has dodged the question of whether he continues to back full decriminalization of prostitution. Simply turning a blind eye to the practice without consideration of spill-over effects on local communities and the abuse that exists within the industry won't help New York. The city must learn from jurisdictions that move the practice off the streets, provide regular health screenings, and target human trafficking.

Here's How New York Voters Are Feeling About the Mayoral Race

Here's How New York Voters Are Feeling About the Mayoral Race

City Journal — Public safety and the cost of living are some of their top concerns.

Here's What Rent Control Looks Like in New York City

Here's What Rent Control Looks Like in New York City

City Journal — The policy degrades the housing stock, distorts the market, and inhibits new development.

This Decarceration Agenda Would Spell Disaster for New York City

This Decarceration Agenda Would Spell Disaster for New York City

City Journal — A plan that Zohran Mamdani once backed raises questions about public safety.

Government-Run Grocery Stores? These New Yorkers Are Skeptical

Government-Run Grocery Stores? These New Yorkers Are Skeptical

City Journal — Zohran Mamdani claims his city-run supermarket proposal would lower prices, but small-business owners and their customers see it as a dubious and costly proposition.

New York City Landlords Are Trapped in Housing Court Hell

New York City Landlords Are Trapped in Housing Court Hell

City Journal — A dysfunctional system has created a nightmare for small property owners, with cases dragging on for years and costs piling up.

Eric Adams's Misguided Tax Relief Plan

Eric Adams's Misguided Tax Relief Plan

City Journal — His proposal to eliminate city income taxes for those of modest means will increase the burden on higher-income residents already fleeing New York State.

Lessons from Cities and the Wealth of Nations: a manual for urban policymakers

Lessons from Cities and the Wealth of Nations: a manual for urban policymakers

marketurbanism.com — Continuing this series of book reviews on Jane Jacobs' works, I now turn to Cities and the Wealth of Nations. But there is already a fantastic piece on the Market Urbanism website, by Matthew Robare, who reviews this book and outlines what Jacobs overlooks in her analysis.

Morte e Vida de Grandes Cidades, revisitado | Caos Planejado

Morte e Vida de Grandes Cidades, revisitado | Caos Planejado

caosplanejado.com — Leia o artigo de Adam Lehodey para o Market Urbanism

From Wealth to Well-being | Notes and analysis of Amartya Sen's Development as Freedom

From Wealth to Well-being | Notes and analysis of Amartya Sen's Development as Freedom

Medium — From Wealth to Well-being | Notes and analysis of Amartya Sen's Development as Freedom The following critical essay was originally written for a SciencesPo class entitled 'Modern Capitalism and ...