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YIMBYism is an American legal tradition we should embrace
This essay and the longer paper it is based on, “How the gentry won: Property law’s embrace of stasis,” were written for the Law of Abundance project at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Economy and Society. When “YIMBYs” first appeared on the scene, it appeared to many as though they had come out of the blue.
What Just Happened: Purges at the DOJ and FBI — How Do and Don’t the Civil Service Laws Apply
The Trump Administration has been on a firing spree inside the Department of Justice. On January 20th, immediately after President Donald Trump took office, the administration fired four career officials in the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EIOR), including the Chief Immigration Judge and the EOIR’s acting Director.
50 Decisionmakers, Explained
Judge Sutton’s Who Decides? is a gracefully written, good-natured, and open-minded book about the acceptance of pluralism in governmental processes. The book covers a broad swathe of questions concerning institutional design — legislative districts, agency powers, plural executives, selection of judges, local governments’ autonomy, among other topics.
Let Gowanus Grow
New York State judge Katherine Levine will hear arguments on Thursday about lifting a temporary restraining order barring hearings on the Gowanus rezoning proposal in Brooklyn. At stake are thousands of units of affordable housing. If Judge Levine mulls the matter over long enough before reversing the restraining order, the delay could kill some vitally needed housing.
The New Levelers
A state judge has revoked, retroactively, a building permit at 200 Amsterdam on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. If the decision holds, the developer might have to lop off almost half of the 668-foot tower. The Municipal Art Society and other opponents of “super-tall” buildings are elated. But Judge W. Franc Perry’s ruling is likely not only wrongheaded but also a threat to basic fairness and legal predictability.
New York Judge Reinterprets an Old Law to Force a Building Demolition.
A state judge has revoked, retroactively, a building permit at 200 Amsterdam on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. If the decision holds, the developer might have to lop off almost half of the 668-foot tower. The Municipal Art Society and other opponents of “super-tall” buildings are elated. But Judge W. Franc Perry’s ruling is likely not only wrongheaded but also a threat to basic fairness and legal predictability.
Perspective | Why rent-control, alone, can’t solve the expensive-housing crisis
New York Democrats are prematurely trumpeting a new era of ‘equity.’ Tenants and members of the Upstate Downstate Housing Alliance demand New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and state lawmakers pass "universal" rent control legislation, June 4. (Hans Pennink/AP) By Roderick M. Hills Jr. Roderick M. Hills Jr. is the William T. Comfort, III professor of law at New York University June 17 at 1:37 PM New York’s law expanding rent-control protections — signed into law Friday by Gov. Andrew M.
Perspective | Why do so many affordable-housing advocates reject the law of supply and demand?
New market-rate housing needs to be part of the solution in our most expensive cities According to a recent survey by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, renters in San Francisco need an income of $60 per hour to afford a two-bedroom apartment in the city. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) By Roderick M. Hills Jr. Roderick M. Hills Jr. is the William T.
Trump’s Order on Administrative Law Judges: Perhaps Insidious, Probably Harmless
A career civil service insulated from partisan retaliation has been a fixture of American government since the enactment of the Pendleton Act 135 years ago. Such a bureaucracy can be a substantial impediment to a president seeking to re-make government in his or her image.
Commentary: Here’s Who Will Benefit Most From NYC's Congestion Fees
Help is in sight for New York City’s beleaguered commuters. A state task force, “Fix NYC,” last week proposed a menu of options to fulfill Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s promise to implement “congestion fees”—tolls on autos and trucks entering New York City’s central business district, with surcharges on yellow cabs and Ubers that circulate in and near midtown.
Balancing the 'Zoning Budget'
63 Pages Posted: 23 Apr 2011 Date Written: April 20, 2011 Abstract The politics of urban land use frustrate even the best intentions. A number of cities have made strong political commitments to increasing their local housing supply in the face of a crisis of affordability and availability in urban housing.
With traffic and transit in crisis, city must take charge | Crain's New York Business
With New York City’s roads and rails sliding into transportation purgatory, you would think political leaders would be exploring every possible avenue for easing traffic and generating funds for repairs and investment. Why, then, is the city dismissing one such option out of hand: a new congestion-charging plan under which the city would, on its own legal authority, charge drivers the $2.75 price of a subway swipe to drive to and from the Manhattan central business district?
Do Public Protests Matter in a Democracy? The “outside strategy” as a signal of support to judges and bureaucrats
DOES THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL HELP OR HARM US INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST?
A Not-So-Quiet Revolution in Land-Use Law? Scaling Up the Zoning Process
Home About Introduction Discussions by David Schleicher, Roderick M. Hills | March 2019 Although disagreements over housing and zoning tend to be vituperative, there is one fact about which everyone seems to agree: We have a full-blown crisis of housing affordability that has harmful effects on the economic and social welfare of the country as a whole and particularly on poorer citizens.
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