Urban Studies
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The World Cup: Panem et Circenses et Transit (Killjoy Alert!)
Kafui Attoh is an Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at the Murphy Institute. The World Cup is upon us! All praise be to FIFA! In less than a week, millions of people worldwide will tune into what promises to be the largest global bread and circus event of the year. Indeed, an estimated half a million…
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The Significance of the TWU and UFT Labor Contracts
Written by James Parrott, the Chief Economist at the Fiscal Policy Institute For the first time in nearly five years, major labor agreements were recently reached covering public sector workers in New York City. On April 17, Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 concluded a new 5-year contract dating from January 2012 covering 34,000 workers…
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Progressive Urban Policy Meets Albany: 2014
Eve Baron is the Academic Program Manager of Urban Studies at The Murphy Institute New York City Mayor de Blasio came into office on a platform to rewrite the city’s “Tale of Two Cities,” a reference to the stark and growing differences between the life chances of the city’s rich and poor. One of his…
