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Enough is enough

| By Kevin Necessary
The rollout of "TrumpRx" has been marked, characteristically, by wildly overstated rhetoric. Identifying key elements of "TrumpDx," on the other hand, is a lot more straightforward.

AI comes to DOJ

| By Kevin Necessary
DOJ used to be heavy on process and documentation. Decisions required detailed memos to be reviewed and cleared at multiple levels. A cumbersome process. No more!

Remember when Rikers needed a Receiver? What will Mamdani do?

Commentary | By Craig Gurian
First-week actions included two relating to Rikers, but neither weighed in on the broader issue of the need for a true Receiver to enforce the Rikers Consent Decree, not the current prospect of a weak tea “Remediation Manager,” the measure that the judge presiding over the case intends to pursue.
“Simply put, when, after 10 years of judicial oversight, conditions remain as terrible as they are, that oversight can only be described as a dismal failure. ”

Hochul's "Pro-Housing Community" program so far falling flat

Original Reporting | By Craig Gurian
A large percentage of municipalities in Westchester and Nassau Counties — two of the beating hearts of exclusionary zoning in the New York City metropolitan area — are saying in effect, “No, thank you, we like our exclusion just the way we have it.” The lack of progress is especially apparent in municipalities with the lowest percentages of non-Hispanic Black residents.
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How white is Medicaid in Trump country?

Data Visualizations | By Mike Alberti
Medicaid cuts, which could result in millions of Americans across the country losing health coverage, may appear politically palatable to those who subscribe to deeply-held stereotypes about Medicaid recipients (and all recipients of state-administered “welfare” programs): they are mostly Black and generally live largely in urban centers. But look at what the data say.
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