Jeffrey Grabelsky, co-director of the National Labor Leadership Institute at Cornell University, is an expert on building and construction trades unions. He weighs in on the current hold-up involving affordable housing initiatives in the NYS budget.

New York State

New York City

Industrial and Labor Relations

Labor Relations & Human Resources

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Jacob Anbinder, a Klarman postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University, researches how America’s most progressive cities become unaffordable for a significant portion of the population and the housing politics of prosperous metro areas. He says New York has a fundamental housing need: new homes now.

New York State

New York City

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Rick Geddes, professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell University and founding director of the Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy, says that the Gateway Project is one of the country’s most important infrastructure projects today.

Law, Government & Public Policy

New York City

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Russell Weaver says the redistricting serves as an opportunity to create fair and sensible plans for the collective interests of neighborhoods and communities – instead of politics and incumbency protection.

New York City

Law, Government & Public Policy

New York State

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Nina Bassuk, emeritus professor and director of the Urban Horticulture Institute, and Alexander Kobald, associate director of the Design Across Scales Lab, comment on the growing global movement to plant more trees in cities.

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Charley Willison says homelessness will not be solved until we address permanent, accessible, affordable housing.

Law, Government & Public Policy

New York City

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Allison Koenecke, assistant professor of information science at Cornell University, says AI systems do not perform equally for all English speakers, which could negatively impact the hiring process.

Computing & Information Sciences

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Risa Lieberwitz, professor of labor and employment law at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, comments on Mayor de Blasio's announcement of a vaccine mandate for private sector workers in New York City. 

Law and Policy

New York City

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Brian Rahm, director of the New York State Water Resources Institute, comments on the devastating floods in the Northeast caused by Hurricane Ida.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

New York City

New York State

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Todd Walter says it may be more effective to adopt a “flood risk mitigation” strategy instead of a “flood control” strategy.

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