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Urban Studies and Planning

Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

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New york

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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Using Youtube To Explain Housing, Michael Lewyn Jan 2023

Using Youtube To Explain Housing, Michael Lewyn

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In 2021, the author ran for Borough President of Manhattan, New York. The author tried to his scholarship into his campaign by producing over twenty Youtube videos, most of which addressed land use and housing policy. The article describes the videos, and evaluates their usefulness.


Socialists And Housing, Michael Lewyn Jan 2020

Socialists And Housing, Michael Lewyn

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My review of Capital City by Samuel Stein


Subways And Covid-19: A Literature Review, Michael Lewyn Jan 2020

Subways And Covid-19: A Literature Review, Michael Lewyn

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Discusses a variety of articles and blog posts which address the impact (or lack thereof) of the New York subway system upon the COVID-19 pandemic.


Are Wide Streets Negligent?, Michael Lewyn Jan 2019

Are Wide Streets Negligent?, Michael Lewyn

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American commercial streets are typically designed to encourage rapid automobile traffic, thus making streets unsafe for pedestrians. In the 2016 case of Turturro v. City of New York, the New York Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict against a city for failing to slow down such traffic. This article describes Turturro, but shows how limited its holding was: the Turturro court emphasized a city's failure to study traffic calming, so if a city studies its options adequately it can avoid liability even if its policies are unsuccessful.