Liena Zagare

Editor of The Bigger Apple at Manhattan Institute. NYC politics, policy, and urban life. Opinions my own.

[Liena Zagare @lienazagare]

@DrJenniferWeber outlines the reasons for the $1.3 billion special education bill, how bringing services in house is the right move by the @NYCSchools, and why it won't be enough. https://t.co/iSggCfzZWb

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@ManhattanInst is "a think tank with a roster of New York City obsessives, the intellectual engine of the resistance," @nytimes writes.
I agree --@reihan, @nicolegelinas, @eric_kober, @danielgolliher, @dany_egorov, @PolicyEngineer, @JKetcham91, @DrJenniferWeber, @stephendeide, and I, among others, are obsessed with the city and making it better. 🧵https://t.co/iucp2xd9bL

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@dany_egorov rings alarm on the absenteeism crisis in @NYCSchools: https://t.co/sro9XG63kB

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Schools can't solve poverty, but leadership can set clear accountability goals for schools and launch a massive, citywide public campaign on attendance. https://t.co/CGW3sBkF2J

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NYC likes fighting over specialized high school admissions. Meanwhile, a third of all students are chronically absent from school, missing more than three weeks of classes. That’s 300,000 kids. 🧵👇

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This doesn't happen in a vacuum: A post-pandemic cultural shift has made school feel "optional" to many families.

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A thoughtful look at what the internet era can teach us about AI's future—and why New York may be better positioned than many assume.
https://t.co/aMbhHEAlS6

[Nicole @nicolegelinas]

Please sign up to join us @ABetterNY 7/23 live to talk Mamdani's first 200-ish days, etc. etc.
https://t.co/3I6mDGZiFf

[Ted Alcorn @TedAlcorn]

NYC has graded its performance every year since 1977 in its Mayor's Management Report—but each year is a frozen snapshot. I opted to make this underused dataset explorable by stitching together decades of data so you can see the long arc. Meet NYC Pulse 👇 https://t.co/ttfukkX10G

[Vital City @VitalCityNYC]

A review of 21 studies spanning more than five decades finds that improved street lighting reduces crime by an average of 14%.

So how do cities actually do it? We've turned that research into a practical playbook for cities that want to act on it.

Read or download the implementation roadmap ⬇️

https://t.co/ZxLwN6yfzj

[Nicole @nicolegelinas]

Directly publicly subsidized unions shouldn’t be able to hold us hostage with unreasonable demands. The governor is brave and should continue to be brave. https://t.co/CdRfi51Pna

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Some thoughts. https://t.co/9qNUAn09SZ

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@nicolegelinas on housing development in Manhattan:

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Former NYC government planner Eric Kober on what’s right and wrong with nyc housing. Yes, you hafta watch the whole thing … no one-minute videos on offer for you today! :)
https://t.co/5IUxTTE3Mn