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While Gone from the Headlines, New York Still Needs to Address Discovery Reform

Amid mixed results to date, policymakers can insist on better implementation of New York’s discovery reform, provide prosecutors with whatever tools they need, and steadfastly avoid sacrificing the due process rights of people facing charges. This joint piece is a collaboration between two of CUNY’s preeminent research organizations to get us there.

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How Cities and States can use Vacant Property Taxes to Spur Housing Development

Affordable housing is a priority issue for state and local governments across the country. One unique method these policymakers have to incentivize the creation of more housing is strategic property tax policies that target vacant or underutilized properties, including taxes on pieds-à-terre and other forms of vacant or blighted housing.

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