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DMI on GRIT-TV DMI's Mark Winston Griffith discusses the book From Disaster to Diversity on GRIT-TV and outlines policies that can foster real economic recovery for New York's working class. He joins the book's co-editor, Jonathan Hicks, and Jobs for Justice New York campaign director Matt Ryan. More> |
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| Visit the DMI Archive Click ''Archive'' on the top navigation bar and search through DMI’s virtual archive by subject area, author, or type of media (report, op-ed, press release, or mention of DMI's work in the news.) More» |
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| Shaping NYC’s Post-Recession Economic Agenda From Disaster to Diversity: What’s Next for New York City’s Economy?, reveals how to retain a vibrant financial sector and diversify the economy in ways that will drive job creation, spur growth, generate revenue, expand opportunity, and strengthen vulnerable communities. To order your copy, email dmi@drummajorinstitute.org. More» |
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| More Bad News for Transit Funding By Noah Kazis | Streetsblog | February 3, 2010. In yesterday's Huffington Post, John Petro of the Drum Major Institute laid out the stakes, arguing that congestion pricing 'is the only option left to Albany and City Hall.' Without it, Petro writes, 'the cycle of short-term fix followed by financial crisis will continue, and there won't be much mass transit system to save anymore.' More» |
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| Middle class finding it's harder to make ends meet By Ann Belser | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | January 31, 2010. Harry Moroz, a research associate at the Drum Major Institute, a New York public policy group, defines middle class by income as well as access to services and items that did not necessarily define it even 60 years ago. He also expands the middle class upward, because even the people in upper percentiles are feeling the pinch of the economic downturn. More» |
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| The Government That Governs Best By Harry Moroz | Huffington Post | January 29, 2010. Governor Bob McDonnell revived a classic GOP sentiment that has been absent from the Republican lexicon in recent years as the party now relies on the federal government to undermine stricter state consumer and financial regulations: As our Founders clearly stated, and we Governors understand, government closest to the people governs best. More» |
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| DMI Reacts to State of the Union In his State of the Union address, President Obama failed to explain how his latest plans for economic growth, job creation, and the middle class can truly succeed—not by freezing spending, but by aggressively reinvesting in the places where most Americans live and work, the places that provide the vast majority of economic opportunities and services people need: cities. More» |
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| Just What We Need: Another BRIDGE to Nowhere By Afton Branche | Huffington Post | January 27, 2010. In his State of the Union address, President Obama is expected to touch on immigration and say that he'll turn to Congress for new leadership on this issue. But several members of Congress recently renewed their support for the immigration status quo and don't plan to embrace anything resembling reform. More» |
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| An Illegitimate Response to Chicago's Youth Violence By John Petro | Huffington Post | January 27, 2010. What, then, is the appropriate response to Chicago's youth violence problem? For the Manhattan Institute's Heather Mac Donald, we as a society should not even attempt to muster a collective response to Chicago's woes. Mac Donald argues that any money spent on social service responses will be wasted until poor African American Chicagoans learn personal responsibility, and most importantly stop the prevalence of 'unwed pregnancy' and the 'culture of illegitimacy.' More» |
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| New York City Moves the Money By Amy Traub | Huffington Post | January 21, 2010. Is New York City government climbing on board with the Move Your Money movement? In his State of the City Address on Wednesday, Mayor Bloomberg announced that New York would seek to deposit $25 million of its municipal tax dollars in neighborhood credit unions. More» |
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| Mayor Bloomberg sets ambitious agenda By Erik Engquist | Crain's New York | January 20, 2010. “The mayor's speech was full of good ideas that are worth supporting,” said John Petro, an urban policy analyst at the Drum Major Institute, a think tank. He cited the initiatives to improve residents' job skills and to reform juvenile justice, calling them “much needed and past due.” More» |
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| The Living Wage After Kingsbridge By Courtney Gross | Gotham Gazette | January 15, 2010. Given all this taxpayer money, opponents of the development argued the community and its workforce deserved some benefits. And they convinced the City Council. More» |
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