Commentary

Original essays, new research and data analysis on many of the biggest questions facing cities

Vital City 1.5: Ideas to Action

Police Reform

Vital City 1.5: Ideas to Action

Elizabeth Glazer, Greg Berman Sep. 07 2023

We Need More Four-Generation Cities, and Neighborhoods

Community

We Need More Four-Generation Cities, and Neighborhoods

Josh Greenman Aug. 16 2023

From Pessimism to Optimism and Back Again: A Half Century of Criminal Justice Reform

History

From Pessimism to Optimism and Back Again: A Half Century of Criminal Justice Reform

Greg Berman Aug. 09 2023

Are NYC's Jails Ungovernable?

Jails

Are NYC's Jails Ungovernable?

Vital City Aug. 07 2023

The Possibilities and Limitations of Receivership for New York City Jails

Jails

The Possibilities and Limitations of Receivership for New York City Jails

Hernandez Stroud Aug. 03 2023

Incarceration

Are NYC’s Jails Ungovernable?

Elizabeth Glazer, Jan Ransom, Michael Jacobson, Sara Norman, Hernandez Stroud, Errol Louis, Christy Lopez, Martha King, Graham Rayman, Sarena Townsend Aug. 02 2023

Six Steps for a City that Works Better

Budget

Six Steps for a City that Works Better

Carol Kellermann Jul. 27 2023

Eating Out: A Photo Essay

Sights and Sounds

Eating Out: A Photo Essay

Camilo José Vergara Jun. 28 2023

Where Trash Belongs

Building Blocks

Where Trash Belongs

Clare Miflin, Benjamin Miller Jun. 28 2023

What Else Streets Can Be

Building Blocks

What Else Streets Can Be

A Survey Jun. 28 2023

Burned in My Memory: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dwight Gooden and others reminisce

Looking Back

Burned in My Memory: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dwight Gooden and others reminisce

A Survey Jun. 28 2023

Editors' Note

Setting the Stage

Editors' Note

Greg Berman, Elizabeth Glazer Jun. 28 2023