Full Bio
Michael Lewyn is a professor at Touro University, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, in Long Island. His scholarship can be found at http://works.bepress.com/lewyn.
The Theory Behind NIMBYism
Why should people have veto power over anything built in their neighborhood?
And the Feel-Good Oscar Goes To...
Discussing some of the most pro-urban movies ever made.
Urbanists Left and Right
Conservatives are becoming more visible within the smart growth movement; they differ in some ways both from liberal smart growth activists and from conventional conservatives.
One Failure of Suburbia
Are suburbanites less fearful of crime than city-dwellers? Maybe not.
Legalize Jaywalking
Anti-jaywalking laws are based upon questionable assumptions.