American City & Country

AUGUST 12, 2024

compared with the first half of 2022 to total 76,756, according to a 2024 State Trends Report by Quorum , a public affairs software. Quorum measured the first half of 2024 against the first half of 2022 because the second year of a legislative session tends to see fewer bills compared with the first, according to Quorum.

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Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 17, 2023

Land banks in Michigan are a flexible tool with unique powers granted to them in state law to return vacant properties to productive use as new homes, businesses, or greenspace through demolition, rehabilitation, and maintenance. Why are there so many land banks in Michigan?

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

16 hosted at the NYU School of Law. Kathy Hochul is also expected to try to pass housing legislation again in 2024 after her Housing Compact did not make headway in Albany last year. Housing supply-oriented legislation has been difficult to pass in New York’s current political environment. New York Democratic Gov.

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GovLoop

APRIL 21, 2023

Government Regulation The federal government has some laws related to sector-specific data privacy. Congress has considered, but not enacted, broader privacy legislation. At the state level, California enacted the first state privacy law in 2018 and, via ballot initiative, established a more comprehensive version in 2022.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018). Community Land Trusts and State Legislation: A Model Act to Enable This Affordable Housing Tool.”

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Barrett & Greene

JANUARY 11, 2023

Take Virginia’s December 2022 report about the behavioral health services delivered by its Community Service Boards (CSBs). Virginia’s community service boards prioritize individuals with serious mental illness and those numbers were 20% higher in fiscal 2022 than a decade before. Another example.

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The Whistle Post

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

February 28, 2022. The manifesto is broken down into several different sections, which span from introduction to the legislation to frequently asked questions related to entrepreneurs, workforce and criminal record expungement. By Maureen Meehan. The Cannabis Manifesto. The Cannabis Manifesto can be found at [link].

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 17, 2022

Only the General Assembly is authorized to create property tax exemptions, and when that legislative body creates exemptions they must apply uniformly across the state. That question is one of policy, not law, and the School of Government is neutral on issues of policy. Under the circuit breaker, Tina’s 2022 tax bill would be $1,200.

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The Whistle Post

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

February 25, 2022. ConnCORP Board Chair Carlton Highsmith said Connecticut’s law aims to ensure Black and brown communities aren’t left out of the legal cannabis industry, something ACE hopes to emphasize and support. Hartford Business Journal. By Skyler Frazer. The manifesto can be found online.

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Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 30, 2022

On August 5 th , 2022, Community Progress and forty-three supporting organizations across the country submitted a public comment calling for the modernized Community Reinvestment Act to center racial equity and embed land banking strategies. You can read our comment here.

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The Whistle Post

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Social Equity Council and the legislation are attempting to ensure the opportunity to prosper for marginalized groups that have been disproportionately harmed by the War on Drugs,” said Fred McKinney, Ph.D., FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 24.

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Partnership for Public Service

AUGUST 19, 2024

Heyman Service to America Medals ® program demonstrated innovative strategies for implementing large-scale federal legislation. Mike Schmidt and the CHIPS Program Team: Promising practices for efficiency Passed in 2022, the CHIPS and Science Ac t designated $39 billion to increase semiconductor manufacturing in the United States.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

DECEMBER 16, 2024

These 421-a-eligible projects capitalized on a 2024 amendment to New York State law, which extended the construction completion deadline to help them stay on schedule and remain financially feasible. In April 2024, the New York State Legislature amended the law to extend the construction completion date by five years, to June 15, 2031.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 11, 2024

In response to that growing criticism plus how much has changed in markets, legislation, and regulation during the 90-plus years of the FHLBanks’ existence, its regulator – the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) – announced in 2022 that it would undertake a review of the entire System.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 20, 2023

History suggests that any proposed changes to single-family zoning, whether related to MH or not, will be hard-fought, both at the local level and also at the state level when legislation is proposed to override local zoning. percent in Q4/2022.) I also note the recent failure of legislation overriding local zoning in New York State.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 10, 2025

In recent years, New York State enacted the Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act (UPHPA) and the transfer-on-death deed (TODD) law, expanding protections for heir owners and creating an important tool to streamline estate planning and prevent tangled title issues (more detail on both laws follows).

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

” 4 Starting nearly half a century ago, antitrust law in the U.S. 23 There has even been legislation proposed in Congress to legally require the tri-merge report, 24 overriding the FHFA’s proposed reform. 4 See Fred Ashton, October 2022, America Action Forum. See [link]. 10 See [link]. See [link]. See [link].

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 11, 2023

So a local preservation law is needed, to be able to counter such threats. Strengthening the city around buildings with meaning and architectural character is the way to go (" Urbanism obituaries, 2022 | Death clusters of people, buildings and organizations as an indicator of institutional failure ").

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Policy Chats

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In this episode, the Director of Legislation and Community Affairs for Planned Parenthood Action Fund of the Pacific Southwest, Karen Borja, talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about reproductive rights in 2022. We are with you. Learn more about the series and other episodes via [link]. We are with you.

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Policy Chats

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In this episode, the Director of Legislation and Community Affairs for Planned Parenthood Action Fund of the Pacific Southwest, Karen Borja, talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about reproductive rights in 2022. Karen Borja's statement on abortion care in California. “It We are with you. We are with you.

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Policy Chats

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In this episode, the Director of Legislation and Community Affairs for Planned Parenthood Action Fund of the Pacific Southwest, Karen Borja, talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about reproductive rights in 2022. We are with you. Learn more about the series and other episodes via [link]. We are with you.

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zencity

MARCH 20, 2023

The Future of Democracy The forum began by referencing the 2022 Global State of Democracy Report. This is due to the erosion of civil liberties, freedom of the press, and the rule of law, in more than half of democratic countries worldwide. They have municipal elections, voting on bonds, laws, and referendums.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 15, 2022

There are currently three laws staying, or temporarily halting, evictions for tenants in New York City: the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act (“CEEFPA”), the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program (“CERAP”), and the Tenant Safe Harbor Act.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 3, 2023

The borrower of a conventional mortgage benefits tremendously from the evolution of the TBA market, which was not centrally planned or created by legislation but evolved over several decades as a collaboration between government mortgage agencies and the bond trading and investing community. ” from 55Places.com, October 2022, page 9.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2023

I write that for the most part, DC's legislators have it pretty good. But the fact is that Congress does have the final authority on approving local legislation, even though the DC Home Rule Act of 1973 pretty much created local control of local governance. This letter to the editor (" The D.C. I proudly wear my “51” hat.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 5, 2024

Legislators haven’t seriously considered measures to discourage drinking, and voters expanded access to alcohol in grocery stores. Experts say raising state alcohol taxes also would make more money available for programs aimed at preventing unhealthy drinking and to enforce the state’s liquor laws. That’s no coincidence, experts say.

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GovCast

AUGUST 12, 2022

DAV's 2022 National Convention in Orlando featured an all-star lineup of speakers from the Department of Veterans Affairs, including all three undersecretaries from the agency's benefits, memorial and health arms, as well as Secretary Denis McDonough. The event also happened just days before President Joe Biden signed the PACT Act into law.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Counter the so-called “deep state” by eliminating GSE programs which were approved by government officials without clear authorization from congressional legislation. 11] While one can see a lot of support for this pricing policy in the industry and among working families, this was done without any specific legislative authority.

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