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 Roots of Snowmageddon
Last week, many Atlantans were stuck in traffic overnight because of fewer than three inches of snow. What went wrong?
Learning from Chicago's Schools
As the north side of Chicago has gentrified, many Chicago schools' test scores have improved- evidence that if a city neighborhood attracts enough affluent families, its schools will become more attractive as well.
Affordable Housing Is Two Separate Issues
The policies that create affordable housing for the middle class might not be those necessary to prevent homelessness for the destitute.
An Urbanist Tu'b'Shevat Seder
How to bring an urbanist slant to the Jewish holiday of Tu'b'Shevat next week
The Creation of a "Drive to Qualify" World
The cost of intown housing makes suburbia fiscally tempting- but this is in part the result of deliberate policy choices by government.