LPE NYC
@lpenyc.bsky.social
Law & Political Economy NYC ("LPE NYC") aims to build a citywide network of students, professors, lawyers, organizers, & people fighting for a better future.
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How can NYC protect New Yorkers as AI reshapes the economy?
Reserve your seat for our talk with @hellodcwp.bsky.social, Commissioner @saalevine.bsky.social, and writer @edwardongwesojr.com Sept. 30 3:30–5 PM
Co-sponsored by the CUNY Law Burns Program, @cplusc.bsky.social, @rooseveltinstitute.org
Reserve your seat for our talk with @hellodcwp.bsky.social, Commissioner @saalevine.bsky.social, and writer @edwardongwesojr.com Sept. 30 3:30–5 PM
Co-sponsored by the CUNY Law Burns Program, @cplusc.bsky.social, @rooseveltinstitute.org
Governing AI for Workers and Consumers: NYC's Public Approach
Dive into what NYC can do to advance affordability for working families during the rise of AI and corporate consolidation.
governing-ai-for-NYC-workers-and-consumers.eventbrite.com
September 18, 2026 at 3:41 PM
How can NYC protect New Yorkers as AI reshapes the economy?
Reserve your seat for our talk with @hellodcwp.bsky.social, Commissioner @saalevine.bsky.social, and writer @edwardongwesojr.com Sept. 30 3:30–5 PM
Co-sponsored by the CUNY Law Burns Program, @cplusc.bsky.social, @rooseveltinstitute.org
Reserve your seat for our talk with @hellodcwp.bsky.social, Commissioner @saalevine.bsky.social, and writer @edwardongwesojr.com Sept. 30 3:30–5 PM
Co-sponsored by the CUNY Law Burns Program, @cplusc.bsky.social, @rooseveltinstitute.org
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NYC has some good legal & policy tools to expand toilet availability & accessibility. Will the Mamdani admin. succeed where others have not?
Thanks to @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social @corinneblalock.bsky.social & @jamesbrandt.bsky.social for the opportunity to write this!
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Thanks to @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social @corinneblalock.bsky.social & @jamesbrandt.bsky.social for the opportunity to write this!
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Today on the New York City Policy Forum substack, @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social argues that the city should partner with local businesses to make their toilets available free of charge, while also installing more automated pay toilets.
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/give-new-y...
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/give-new-y...
Give New Yorkers a Place to Go
New York City has long failed to provide enough public toilets. The Mamdani administration has the tools to change that.
nycpolicyforum.substack.com
September 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM
NYC has some good legal & policy tools to expand toilet availability & accessibility. Will the Mamdani admin. succeed where others have not?
Thanks to @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social @corinneblalock.bsky.social & @jamesbrandt.bsky.social for the opportunity to write this!
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Thanks to @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social @corinneblalock.bsky.social & @jamesbrandt.bsky.social for the opportunity to write this!
[end of self promotion]
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Seventeen new public bathrooms is amazing, but let's be honest, it's not enough. Don't miss @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social's excellent piece at @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social about what it would really take to meet the bathroom needs of New York City!
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/give-new-y...
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/give-new-y...
Give New Yorkers a Place to Go
New York City has long failed to provide enough public toilets. The Mamdani administration has the tools to change that.
nycpolicyforum.substack.com
September 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Seventeen new public bathrooms is amazing, but let's be honest, it's not enough. Don't miss @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social's excellent piece at @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social about what it would really take to meet the bathroom needs of New York City!
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/give-new-y...
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/give-new-y...
For LPE folks interested in labor, tech, and corporate power, this event on AI in NYC is not to be missed!
Join us and the @cuny.edu School of Law Burns Program for a talk on 9/30 with @hellodcwp.bsky.social Commissioner Sam Levine and writer @edwardongwesojr.com exploring city government tools to protect New Yorkers through the rise of AI and corporate consolidation: buff.ly/kcsU0fL
September 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
For LPE folks interested in labor, tech, and corporate power, this event on AI in NYC is not to be missed!
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Join us and the @cuny.edu School of Law Burns Program for a talk on 9/30 with @hellodcwp.bsky.social Commissioner Sam Levine and writer @edwardongwesojr.com exploring city government tools to protect New Yorkers through the rise of AI and corporate consolidation: buff.ly/kcsU0fL
September 15, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Join us and the @cuny.edu School of Law Burns Program for a talk on 9/30 with @hellodcwp.bsky.social Commissioner Sam Levine and writer @edwardongwesojr.com exploring city government tools to protect New Yorkers through the rise of AI and corporate consolidation: buff.ly/kcsU0fL
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Anybody thinking of doing a LPE & History panel proposal for this, y'all let me know. @corinneblalock.bsky.social @kmtani.bsky.social @gauthamrao.bsky.social
Spread the news: the Association of Law and Political Economy (@a-lpe.bsky.social) invites proposals for its second annual meeting, to be held on June 9-10, 2027, in Boston, MA.
CFP: Second Annual Association of Law and Political Economy Conference
The Association of Law and Political Economy invites proposals for its second annual meeting, to be held on June 9-10, 2027, in Boston, MA.
lpeproject.org
September 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Anybody thinking of doing a LPE & History panel proposal for this, y'all let me know. @corinneblalock.bsky.social @kmtani.bsky.social @gauthamrao.bsky.social
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On the NYC Policy Forum substack today, historian Teal Arcadi proposes panels of citizens and city planners sharing expertise to give the public a real voice in infrastructure planning—instead of waiting for litigation or grassroots organizing.
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/lessons-fr...
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/lessons-fr...
Lessons from the Bike Bump
The Case for Building Participation into Infrastructure
nycpolicyforum.substack.com
September 11, 2026 at 2:53 PM
On the NYC Policy Forum substack today, historian Teal Arcadi proposes panels of citizens and city planners sharing expertise to give the public a real voice in infrastructure planning—instead of waiting for litigation or grassroots organizing.
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/lessons-fr...
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/lessons-fr...
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Friends! We are thrilled to announce the Call for Proposals for our next annual meeting in Boston, MA, June 9-10, 2027. Please consider submitting a panel, roundtable, or individual paper proposal! lawandpoliticaleconomy.org?page_id=63
Conference - Association of Law & Political Economy
2027 Annual ALPE Meeting June 9-10, 2027, Boston, MA We are thrilled to announce the Call for Proposals for the Association of Law and Political Economy’s 2027 annual meeting. We will meet in Boston, ...
lawandpoliticaleconomy.org
September 9, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Friends! We are thrilled to announce the Call for Proposals for our next annual meeting in Boston, MA, June 9-10, 2027. Please consider submitting a panel, roundtable, or individual paper proposal! lawandpoliticaleconomy.org?page_id=63
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Fantastic review by a fantastic scholar of a fantastic book by a fantastic journalist and writer 🚀 (with a little shout-out to yours truly)
Today, @lookheron.bsky.social reviews Bridget Read's "Little Bosses Everywhere," a history of multilevel marketing.
As the GOP coalition has increasingly become a vehicle for grifting, he argues, any post-MAGA reconstruction has to go after commercial fraud and deception.
As the GOP coalition has increasingly become a vehicle for grifting, he argues, any post-MAGA reconstruction has to go after commercial fraud and deception.
Big Little Lies
What the history of multilevel marketing can teach us about our political moment — and potential ways out of it.
lpeproject.org
September 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Fantastic review by a fantastic scholar of a fantastic book by a fantastic journalist and writer 🚀 (with a little shout-out to yours truly)
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still one of my favorite things we’ve ever put on the blog!!
Are you a law student experiencing the dizzying process of moral decontextualization, as questions of power and justice seem oddly absent from the curriculum?
If so, the Law and Political Economy movement might be for you. Check out this classic post on what LPE has to offer to new law students.
If so, the Law and Political Economy movement might be for you. Check out this classic post on what LPE has to offer to new law students.
Law and Political Economy: A (Very) Brief Field Guide for 1Ls
Two 3L LPE fans (and Blog editors) reflect on what LPE has to offer to new law students.
lpeproject.org
September 1, 2026 at 3:21 PM
still one of my favorite things we’ve ever put on the blog!!
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Are you a law student experiencing the dizzying process of moral decontextualization, as questions of power and justice seem oddly absent from the curriculum?
If so, the Law and Political Economy movement might be for you. Check out this classic post on what LPE has to offer to new law students.
If so, the Law and Political Economy movement might be for you. Check out this classic post on what LPE has to offer to new law students.
Law and Political Economy: A (Very) Brief Field Guide for 1Ls
Two 3L LPE fans (and Blog editors) reflect on what LPE has to offer to new law students.
lpeproject.org
September 1, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Are you a law student experiencing the dizzying process of moral decontextualization, as questions of power and justice seem oddly absent from the curriculum?
If so, the Law and Political Economy movement might be for you. Check out this classic post on what LPE has to offer to new law students.
If so, the Law and Political Economy movement might be for you. Check out this classic post on what LPE has to offer to new law students.
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ICYMI, now comes “Highly Recommended”!
Dhaliwal on The Legal Realism of W.E.B. Du Bois
Sandeep Dhaliwal (St. John’s University - School of Law) has posted The Legal Realism of W.E.B. Du Bois…...
Sandeep Dhaliwal (St. John’s University - School of Law) has posted The Legal Realism of W.E.B. Du Bois…...
Dhaliwal on The Legal Realism of W.E.B. Du Bois
Sandeep Dhaliwal (St. John’s University - School of Law) has posted The Legal Realism of W.E.B. Du Bois on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The great writer, activist, and scholar W.E.B. Du Bois saw his career unfold alongside the development of Legal Realism, an intellectual movement whose rapid rise to prominence in American legal thought was concentrated in the 1920s and 1930s.
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August 27, 2026 at 7:49 PM
ICYMI, now comes “Highly Recommended”!
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New draft paper from me up on ssrn:
‘THE LEGAL REALISM OF W.E.B. DU BOIS’ - tracing Du Bois’s underexamined legal thought, from his 1896 dissertation on the slave trade through to his and the NAACP’s 1947 Appeal to the World
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
‘THE LEGAL REALISM OF W.E.B. DU BOIS’ - tracing Du Bois’s underexamined legal thought, from his 1896 dissertation on the slave trade through to his and the NAACP’s 1947 Appeal to the World
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Legal Realism of W.E.B. Du Bois
The great writer, activist, and scholar W.E.B. Du Bois saw his career unfold alongside the development of Legal Realism, an intellectual movement whose rapid ri
papers.ssrn.com
August 20, 2026 at 11:50 AM
New draft paper from me up on ssrn:
‘THE LEGAL REALISM OF W.E.B. DU BOIS’ - tracing Du Bois’s underexamined legal thought, from his 1896 dissertation on the slave trade through to his and the NAACP’s 1947 Appeal to the World
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
‘THE LEGAL REALISM OF W.E.B. DU BOIS’ - tracing Du Bois’s underexamined legal thought, from his 1896 dissertation on the slave trade through to his and the NAACP’s 1947 Appeal to the World
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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TOMORROW is @lpenyc.bsky.social's last Happy Hour of the Summer! Come meet other students, professors, grad students, organizers, and journalists interested in law and political economy at The Half Pint near the W4th stop.
I would love to see you there!
I would love to see you there!
![LPE NYC logo, Summer Happy hour, Aug 19 5:30-7:30pm, The Half Pint (76 W 3rd St, Manhattan) [image of cartoon cheersing beer mugs]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b2hlivl4a7sq53q7tahszmbf/bafkreiejm25u36qcwqg2mbru3z6paqx3ydck7bwsfxpi3bofgd3hyv4jyy)
August 18, 2026 at 5:41 PM
TOMORROW is @lpenyc.bsky.social's last Happy Hour of the Summer! Come meet other students, professors, grad students, organizers, and journalists interested in law and political economy at The Half Pint near the W4th stop.
I would love to see you there!
I would love to see you there!
Our last LPE NYC Summer Happy Hour is Wednesday 8/19 at The Half Pint (near West 4th) from 5:30 to 7:30!
Come through to hang with like-minded people and discuss ideas for improving the lives of New Yorkers! No need to have attended an LPE event before or have a background in law!
Come through to hang with like-minded people and discuss ideas for improving the lives of New Yorkers! No need to have attended an LPE event before or have a background in law!
August 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Our last LPE NYC Summer Happy Hour is Wednesday 8/19 at The Half Pint (near West 4th) from 5:30 to 7:30!
Come through to hang with like-minded people and discuss ideas for improving the lives of New Yorkers! No need to have attended an LPE event before or have a background in law!
Come through to hang with like-minded people and discuss ideas for improving the lives of New Yorkers! No need to have attended an LPE event before or have a background in law!
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Join us for the last @lpenyc.bsky.social happy hour of the summer, next week at Half Pint!
Wednesday, August 19, from 530pm-730pm at The Half Pint - 76 W 3rd St, New York, NY.
Wednesday, August 19, from 530pm-730pm at The Half Pint - 76 W 3rd St, New York, NY.
August 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Join us for the last @lpenyc.bsky.social happy hour of the summer, next week at Half Pint!
Wednesday, August 19, from 530pm-730pm at The Half Pint - 76 W 3rd St, New York, NY.
Wednesday, August 19, from 530pm-730pm at The Half Pint - 76 W 3rd St, New York, NY.
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Why does it suddenly feel like flash flood warnings are constant? Rain is falling much *faster* in NYC than it used to
Urban climate expert Eric Klinenberg explains these "cloudburst events" & the "sponge city interventions" NYC needs to adapt to them
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/how-to-han...
Urban climate expert Eric Klinenberg explains these "cloudburst events" & the "sponge city interventions" NYC needs to adapt to them
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/how-to-han...
How to Handle a Rain Bomb
Eric Klinenberg and Daniel Aldana Cohen discuss flash flooding and sponge infrastructure in New York City
nycpolicyforum.substack.com
July 28, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Why does it suddenly feel like flash flood warnings are constant? Rain is falling much *faster* in NYC than it used to
Urban climate expert Eric Klinenberg explains these "cloudburst events" & the "sponge city interventions" NYC needs to adapt to them
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/how-to-han...
Urban climate expert Eric Klinenberg explains these "cloudburst events" & the "sponge city interventions" NYC needs to adapt to them
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/how-to-han...
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I mean, read everything Gabe writes, but especially the things he writes for the LPE blog 👀
This piece does an excellent job laying out why we can't just sub in any identity category to Stuart Hall's famous formulation & the stakes of what it means to say something is a mediator of class
This piece does an excellent job laying out why we can't just sub in any identity category to Stuart Hall's famous formulation & the stakes of what it means to say something is a mediator of class
Today, @gabrielwinant.bsky.social explains why a clear picture of how age mediates class would reveal not gerontocracy, but capitalism and the fractionated class system it produces.
Cradle to the Grave
As Sam Moyn has recently argued, "class reductionism" fails to explain differentiation along the generational gradient — a pattern clearly visible in economics, politics, and ideology.
lpeproject.org
July 27, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I mean, read everything Gabe writes, but especially the things he writes for the LPE blog 👀
This piece does an excellent job laying out why we can't just sub in any identity category to Stuart Hall's famous formulation & the stakes of what it means to say something is a mediator of class
This piece does an excellent job laying out why we can't just sub in any identity category to Stuart Hall's famous formulation & the stakes of what it means to say something is a mediator of class
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Today on the substack, @lookheron.bsky.social interviews Michael Sant'Ambrogio and Glen Staszewski, two of the leading experts on participatory rulemaking, about what NYC can & can't learn from what's been tried at the federal level
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/democracy-...
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/democracy-...
Democracy Between Elections
A conversation with Michael Sant’Ambrogio and Glen Staszewski about how to increase public participation in government rulemaking.
nycpolicyforum.substack.com
July 24, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Today on the substack, @lookheron.bsky.social interviews Michael Sant'Ambrogio and Glen Staszewski, two of the leading experts on participatory rulemaking, about what NYC can & can't learn from what's been tried at the federal level
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/democracy-...
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/democracy-...
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For @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social, I interviewed Michael Sant'Ambrogio and Glen Staszewski, two of the leading experts on participatory administration, on what lessons the Mamadni admin can learn from federal experiments.
open.substack.com/pub/nycpolic...
open.substack.com/pub/nycpolic...
Democracy Between Elections
A conversation with Michael Sant’Ambrogio and Glen Staszewski about how to increase public participation in government rulemaking.
open.substack.com
July 24, 2026 at 1:08 PM
For @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social, I interviewed Michael Sant'Ambrogio and Glen Staszewski, two of the leading experts on participatory administration, on what lessons the Mamadni admin can learn from federal experiments.
open.substack.com/pub/nycpolic...
open.substack.com/pub/nycpolic...
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Another round of intense rainfall threatens to overwhelm New York City's outdated infrastructure and put lives at risk. In a new @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social interview with CCI Strategic Co-Director @aldasky.bsky.social, @ericklinenberg.bsky.social reflects on cloudburst management in the metropolis:
How to Handle a Rain Bomb
Eric Klinenberg and Daniel Aldana Cohen discuss flash flooding and sponge infrastructure in New York City
nycpolicyforum.substack.com
July 21, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Another round of intense rainfall threatens to overwhelm New York City's outdated infrastructure and put lives at risk. In a new @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social interview with CCI Strategic Co-Director @aldasky.bsky.social, @ericklinenberg.bsky.social reflects on cloudburst management in the metropolis:
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With NYC's 2nd flash flood warning in 4 days, today would be a good day to read Daniel Aldana Cohen interviewing NYU Eric Klinenberg on the rise of cloudburst events & the "sponge city interventions" that could mitigate harm while improving infrastructure
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/how-to-han...
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/how-to-han...
How to Handle a Rain Bomb
Eric Klinenberg and Daniel Aldana Cohen discuss flash flooding and sponge infrastructure in New York City
nycpolicyforum.substack.com
July 21, 2026 at 2:39 PM
With NYC's 2nd flash flood warning in 4 days, today would be a good day to read Daniel Aldana Cohen interviewing NYU Eric Klinenberg on the rise of cloudburst events & the "sponge city interventions" that could mitigate harm while improving infrastructure
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/how-to-han...
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/how-to-han...
🚨 LOCATION CHANGE: now at Diamond Dogs (34-04 31st Ave, Astoria, NY 11106).
Come hang out!!
Come hang out!!
Our second LPE NYC Summer Happy Hour is MONDAY 7/13 at Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden in Astoria!
Come through to hang with like-minded people and discuss ideas for improving the lives of New Yorkers! No need to have attended an LPE event before or have a background in law!
Come through to hang with like-minded people and discuss ideas for improving the lives of New Yorkers! No need to have attended an LPE event before or have a background in law!
July 13, 2026 at 10:36 PM
🚨 LOCATION CHANGE: now at Diamond Dogs (34-04 31st Ave, Astoria, NY 11106).
Come hang out!!
Come hang out!!
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ICYMI for the weekend crowd
I've got a piece out in @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social sketching out a progressive vision for municipal financial empowerment. It builds on Lauren Willis's foundational critiques of financial literacy as well @debtcollective.bsky.social's experiments
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/beyond-fin...
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/beyond-fin...
Beyond Financial Literacy
Turning a Bloomberg-era program into a tool for collective power
nycpolicyforum.substack.com
July 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
ICYMI for the weekend crowd
Our second LPE NYC Summer Happy Hour is MONDAY 7/13 at Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden in Astoria!
Come through to hang with like-minded people and discuss ideas for improving the lives of New Yorkers! No need to have attended an LPE event before or have a background in law!
Come through to hang with like-minded people and discuss ideas for improving the lives of New Yorkers! No need to have attended an LPE event before or have a background in law!
July 10, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Our second LPE NYC Summer Happy Hour is MONDAY 7/13 at Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden in Astoria!
Come through to hang with like-minded people and discuss ideas for improving the lives of New Yorkers! No need to have attended an LPE event before or have a background in law!
Come through to hang with like-minded people and discuss ideas for improving the lives of New Yorkers! No need to have attended an LPE event before or have a background in law!