Policy
Issue 14
Housing, Housing, Housing
How New York City can produce and preserve many more homes
Recent Highlights
New York’s Housing Crisis: Self-Inflicted and Solvable
Annemarie Gray
The fate of New York is riding on whether the city can increase the supply of housing.
The Promise of Floating Zoning
Kaley Pillinger
An idea to boost New York City’s efforts to house more people in more places
Why It Costs So Much To Build in New York City
Sean Campion
Untangling the many forces that inflate the price of producing new apartments
The Form Density Takes
Claire Weisz and Jacob Dugopolski
Revisiting mid-rise housing for a walkable city
Four Ballot Items to Unlock More New York City Housing
Jessica Katz
The City’s former chief housing officer explains why proposed changes to the City Charter are necessary.
A Housing Agenda for the Next Mayor
Jamie Rubin
Five ways the next administration can help provide an affordable place to live for every New Yorker
Journal Issues
Issue 3
The Power of Place
The indelible mark of neighborhoods
Issue 4
Summertime!
How life changes when things get hot
Issue 5
Nuts and Bolts: Solving Gun Cases
What it takes to reduce firearm violence
Issue 6
On Drugs
How substance use shapes the city
Special Online Issue
Crime: What Happened in 2023, and What 2024 May Bring
Breaking down New York City’s — and America’s — trends in violence and victimization
Special Online Issue
How Many People Should New York City’s Jails Hold?
Everything about Rikers Island and what replaces it depends on the answer
Issue 7
Does Evidence Matter?
Research meets the real world
Special Online Issue
Congestion Pricing*
*The long-anticipated change to Manhattan’s streets now at the mercy of politics
Issue 8
Is the Urban Doom Loop for Real?
The death and life of great American cities (again)
Issue 9
The Subway
Building better transit
SPECIAL ONLINE ISSUE
Inside Rikers
Jails can be safer and more humane
SPECIAL ONLINE ISSUE
The Case Against Eric Adams & Co.
Considering the fix the mayor (and the city) are in, from many angles
SPECIAL ONLINE ISSUE
Crime: Looking Back at 2024, and Ahead to 2025
Breaking down New York City’s, and the nation’s, trends in violence and disorder
Issue 10
Big-City Corruption
Why does it persist? And does anyone know how to solve it?
Issue 11
Nonprofits and the City
Do nonprofits have too much power — or not enough?
Issue 12
What Makes Cities Tick
Vital City at Three
SPECIAL ONLINE ISSUE
Trump: 100 Days and Beyond
What impact is the administration having on cities and the people who live in them?
SPECIAL ONLINE ISSUE
Zohran and Andrew and Eric, Oh My!
The race for City Hall heats up.
Issue 13
400 Million Guns (or More)
The supply side of America's gun problem
Issue 14
Housing, Housing, Housing
How New York City can produce and preserve many more homes
More to Explore
What To Do (and Not To Do) About Subway Safety
Vital City policy recommendations to fix an urgent set of problems
The State of Crime in New York City at Midyear 2025
Progress in reducing some offenses, but a long way to go
Reality Check: Does the NYPD Need To Hire More Cops?
This is the first in an occasional Vital City series putting public policy debates in context.