Craig Gurian

Craig Gurian is the editor of Remapping Debate and the executive director of the Anti-Discrimination Center. Outside Remapping, his writing has been published in the Guardian (U.S.), Bloomberg CityLab, the Daily Beast, the New York Daily News, Vital City, and Gotham Gazette. Craig's published legal writing includes Let Them Rent Cake: George Pataki, Market Ideology, and the Attempt to Dismantle Rent Regulation in New York and A Return to Eyes on The Prize: Litigating Under the Restored New York City Human Rights Law. Craig's undergraduate degree, law degree, and master's degree in U.S. history are all from Columbia.

cg@remappingdebate.org

Three housing pilots Mamdani should jump on (and be judged by)

Commentary | By Craig Gurian

Let's put together a wider range of tools and prove that they can work.

Affordable housing

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.

Jails NYC

Renewing the fight for accessibility in NYC: CCHR + DOB + HPD + DOT

Commentary | By Craig Gurian

Despite having the strongest law in the country, barriers to accessibility for people with mobility impairments have been allowed to persist in New York City for far too long. There's an easy toool that the Mamdani administration can use to help begin a real crackdown.

Peter Moskos on "Back From the Brink" and today's issues of public safety

History for the Future | By Craig Gurian

The profound changes in policing in New York City starting in the mid-1990's that Moskos wrote about in his book, and the dramatic drop in crime that ensued, along with Moskos's views of current public-safety issues in the city.

Senior investigative and policy reporter wanted

| By Craig Gurian

Reporters wanted

The ludicrous "it's not part of the platform" dodge

Leads | By Craig Gurian

"Non-platform" issues come to the Mayor's attention every single day. "What will the candidate do once in office about X, Y, or Z?" is not an unreasonable inquiry. We tried to get answers to 13 questions; the Mamdani campaign didn't respond.

Homicide in DC: 1990-2024

Data Visualizations | By Craig Gurian

Crime Race Limits on executive branch power

Cuomo fails to answer questions about his new promises

Original Reporting | By Craig Gurian

Three basic inquiries arising out of a campaign-reboot walk-and-talk with Errol Louis on Inside City Hall go unanswered.

Walden really is a true believer in "free markets" -- with a lot of government assistance

Original Reporting | By Craig Gurian

Extended audio interview focuses on housing plans; education, civil rights, and Walden's consolidation-of-the-field scheme also discussed.

A win is a win is a win, right? Yes and no.

Commentary | By Craig Gurian

New poll shows that things are not a lock for Zohran Mamdani, but that he is clearly in the best position. But, if he does win, how big or small that victory is will be quite consequential.

NYC mayoral election

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