Manhattan Institute

New Community Policing Initiative Targets Home Break-Ins

Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Detroit Crime, Detroit Break Ins, Broken Windows Theory, Detroit Police Department, Detroit Home Invasions, Commuity Policing, Ralph Godbee, Manhattan Institute, Grandmont-Rosedale, Detroit Police, Video, Detroit News

The Detroit Police Department is piloting a new program that may help discourage home invasions through increased police interaction with the communit...

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Manhattan Institute Flunks Energy Policy 101

Lewis Milford | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Renewable Energy, Renewable Portfolio Standard, Clean Energy, Manhattan Institute, Manhattan Institute Renewable Electricity Report, Manhattan Institute Renewable Energy Report, Green News

The Manhattan Institute's report, which ignores the facts and is more propaganda than sound public policy analysis, does not justify suspending policies that are improving the environment and diversifying our nation's electricity supply.

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Are the Koch Brothers Funding Rush Limbaugh?

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.01.2012

Are the Koch brothers funding Limbaugh? I'm not sure Rush has ever sent them an invoice. But he doesn't have to. And that's what's so insidious about what the Kochs do.

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The End of a Segregated Century?

Angela Caputo | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Chicago Segregation, Chicago Race Issues, Chicago Public Schools, Public Housing, Racial Segregation, The Chicago Reporter, Chicago Public Housing, Manhattan Institute, Chicago News

Last week, the Manhattan Institute released a report that suggests Chicago is less segregated than it was a decade ago. When I drive through the Near North Side, it sure appears to be true.

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Report on Low Racial Desegration Depicts Less White Flight

Deborah Plummer | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: White Flight, Racial Desegregation, Manhattan Institute, Spatial Racism, Segregation, Black Voices News

A recent report concluded that racial segregation in U.S. cities is at its lowest in a century. Though great news, I do not believe that the demographics have shifted because of an intentional desire for racial integration. Given the current economy, it is just harder for spatial racism to exist.

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4.4 Million Middle-Class New Yorkers To See Taxes Cut

Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: New York State Senate, Ny News, Occupy Albany, Sheldon Silver, Dean Skelos, New York News, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Manhattan Institute, New York News

By MICHAEL VIRTANEN, AP Most New York taxpayers will see their overall income tax rates trimmed slightly next year following overwhelming legislati...

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Big GOP Donors Funding Fight For NY Marriage Equality

AP | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Clifford-Asness, New-York-Marriage-Equality, New Yorkers United for Marriage, Ny News, GOP New York, New York Republicans, Gay Marriage New York, New York News, Paul Singer, Manhattan Institute, New York News

NEW YORK -- A gay rights coalition hoping to legalize same-sex marriage in New York has been getting an infusion of cash from a surprising source: Rep...

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For Those Who Love to Hate the New York Times

Geri Spieler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Journalists, Sulzberger, William McGowan, Punch Sulzberger, 9/11, New York Times, Encounter Books, New York, Journalism, Manhattan Institute, Pulitzer Prize, Books News

It is difficult to sort out how much of Gray Lady Down is personal or an objective assessment of the New York Times by William McGowan.

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What Helps Us Hurts Us? The Tortured Logic on Denying Aid to New York

Amy Traub | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Employees, New York Post, Teachers Unions, New York City Budget Cuts, Nicole Gelinas, Paul Krugman, Teachers, Unions, Stimulus, Job Creation, New York, New York City, Manhattan Institute, Local Jobs for America Act, New York News

Who needs jobs and public services when you could be shuttering libraries and cutting pay at the Parks Department?

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Huff and Puff

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Center for Justice & Democracy, Think Tanks, Manhattan Institute, Harry Reid, Lawyers, Corporate Accountability, Lobbyists, Politics News

I think all these neo-con "think tank" guys deserve our sympathy. Let's help them return from Bizarro World. In case you doubt my sincerity, I have a history of trying to "give to those who take."

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The Corporatists - Running the Nut House from Bizarro World

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 02.17.2010

Read More: Evan Bayh, Al Franken Senate, American Association for Justice, Bill Maher, Lilly Ledbetter, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Patients-Bill-of-Rights, Center for Responsive Politics, Citizens United, Securities Fraud, Manhattan Institute, Medical Device Safety Act, Senator Arlen Specter, Politics News

With virtually infinite resources, corporate America has had a grip on the executive and legislative branches of government for some time.

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An Illegitimate Response to Chicago's Youth Violence

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Youth Violence, Cognitive Therapy, Derrion Albert, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Juvenile Justice, Stop and Frisk, Chicago Police Department, Heather-Mac-Donald, Manhattan Institute, Chicago News

A Manhattan Institute writer argues that any money spent on social services will be wasted until poor, black Chicagoans stop the prevalence of "unwed pregnancy" and the "culture of illegitimacy."

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Putting Carter to Rest

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Philadelphia, Office of Urban Affairs, Economist, Great Chicago Fire, Urban Policy, Fred Siegel, Jimmy Carter, Cities, Denver, Barack Obama, Manhattan Institute, Politics News

President Obama seems committed to shifting federal urban policymaking from a reactive, "Marshall Plan"-type strategy to a proactive, cooperative approach.

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Heads Still in the Sand on Global Warming

Charles Alexander | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, House, James Manzi, Climate Change, Congress, Harvard Club, Global Warming, Manhattan Institute, Senate, Climate Bill, Green News

The current energy system is choking our quality of life and mortgaging our future; indignant conservatives want to conserve everything but the planet.

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Getting Steamy About the Administration's Unrequited Love

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conference of Mayors, White House, Tom Coburn, Mayors, Richard Flanagan, Fred Siegel, Urban Policy, Politico, White House Office of Urban Affairs, Stimulus, Cities, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Manhattan Institute, Barack Obama, Politics News

America's mayors, as Politico puts its, are "steamed" about the White House's decision to pull hundreds of administration officials out of last weeken...

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Manhattan Institute: Wrong Again on Fair Lending

Mark Winston Griffith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cra, Government Bailout, Bailout, Predatory Lending, Community Reinvestment Act, Economy, Fair Lending, Housing Advocates, Manhattan Institute, Business News

This entry is cross-posted on the DMI blog. n yesterday's New York Times, Howard Husock at the Manhattan Institute repeated the tired old argument th...

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New Orleans Is Not a Libertarian Experiment

John McQuaid | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Global Warming, City Journal, Manhattan Institute, Politics News

New Orleans must be seen as a whole, part of a larger environment. If that's going to happen, it desperately needs more competent government and better urban planning -- not less.

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Judith Miller Takes Job At Manhattan Institute

New York | Daily Intelligencer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Judith Miller, Manhattan Institute, Media News

Judith Miller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times correspondent that pushed all the Bush administration spin about the (so-far non-existent) ex...

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