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Congestion pricing: If it can’t make it in New York, can it make it anywhere?

GCN

By trying to quell controversy over the downtown toll plan, the New York governor sparked new questions about transit funding, environmental goals and political consequences. Other cities are considering it, but all eyes were on the city that never sleeps.

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Is the public safety department model the future of municipal emergency service?

American City & Country

Additionally, the decision also carries with it significant political consequences if the public safety department cannot meet emergency service demands. Completely altering the structural delivery of a municipality’s emergency services is a laborious process that takes years of planning, research, analysis and evaluation.

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The Heavy Lift to Implement GSE Reform-Recap-Release Part 1: The Necessary Background

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

How we got to GSE reform by administrative means The concept of GSE reform through administrative means only emerged around 2016, a full eight years after F&F were placed in conservatorship.