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Patricia Strach
@patriciastrach.bsky.social
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Professor of political science and public administration and policy. Loves state and local politics.
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Patricia Strach @patriciastrach.bsky.social · Aug 15
@kathlsullivan.bsky.social observed that corruption is often so petty. The 19th c machine boss in Pittsburgh wanted train tickets, shoelaces. Nothing's too big or too small.
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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · Aug 15
One thing about local corruption in the United States - it's always going to be incredibly *stupid*

Mayor Cantrell is indicted on corruption charges 👀👀

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September 2024, the feds indicted former city inspector Randy Farrell, who allegedly bribed Cantrell with Saints tickets and a steak dinner in exchange for the removal of city employees interfering with his permitting schemes. He is also accused of forging inspection documents and defrauding the city.
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Mona Shah @mona-shah.bsky.social · Aug 15
Thanks for the insights @askellyphd.bsky.social, @patriciastrach.bsky.social, Nátalia de Paula Moreira, Sarah Gollust, Didi Kuo, Holly Jarman, Kathleen Sullivan, and Charley Willison.

Listen for more:
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The Local Politics of Public Health — Urban Affairs Review
A podcast miniseries featuring the authors of the UAR symposium on the relationship between local politics and public health.
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Patricia Strach @patriciastrach.bsky.social · Aug 15
Excerpt from a 2023 interview and the NYT story on Adams's plan for PWUD.

PWUD: Because a lot of people just look at it like you're a junkie...I'm still a human being.
Me: Do you think people don't see you as a human being?
PWUD: Not like – in active addiction, no.
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Patricia Strach @patriciastrach.bsky.social · Jun 25
Racism, COVID, garbage, mosquitoes? Politics is all around us in the biggest and smallest things. Check it out!
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Urban Affairs Review @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social · Jun 25
🎧🎧🎧 UAR Remixed is BACK! Tune in to hear Part 1 of our miniseries with the authors of the new symposium on the Local Politics of Public Health, streaming on all major platforms!
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The Local Politics of Public Health — Urban Affairs Review
A podcast miniseries featuring the authors of the UAR symposium on the relationship between local politics and public health.
www.urbanaffairsreview.com
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Patricia Strach @patriciastrach.bsky.social · May 13
This is such a neat paper to teach. The smallest things have the biggest impact on our lives, and it’s political.
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Urban Affairs Review @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social · May 13
"Draining the Swamp: The Local Governance of Mosquito Borne Diseases in Florida" by @hjarman.bsky.social Phillip Singer, Iris Holmes, Jessica Hsu, Chloe Harper, Naquia Unwala, and @charleywillison.bsky.social
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Charley E. Willison @charleywillison.bsky.social · May 13
@kathlsullivan.bsky.social & @patriciastrach.bsky.social examine the political development of sanitation workers seeking power in public health agencies in the late nineteenth century, and the implications for public health and inequality. doi.org/10.1177/1078...
Ideas, Municipal Sanitation, and the Transformation of Public Health - Kathleen S. Sullivan, Patricia Strach, 2025
The transition from private, individual garbage disposal practices to public responsibility for sanitation marked a durable shift in governing authority, which ...
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Patricia Strach @patriciastrach.bsky.social · May 1
Some great presentations by our undergraduates—Carter and Avi pictured here—for Showcase 2025!
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Patricia Strach @patriciastrach.bsky.social · Mar 7
Good news is always welcome! Thanks, Rock Inst!
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Rockefeller Institute of Government @rockefellerinst.bsky.social · Mar 7
Never too late to post good news. Congrats to @patriciastrach.bsky.social & ‪‪@kathlsullivan.bsky.social‬ for winning the Dennis Judd Best Book Award last fall for their book The Politics of Trash!

Check out their interview with Policy Outsider: rockinst.org/issue-area/ep-79-the-politics-of-trash/
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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · Feb 20
This was YEARS in the making but my first solo authored publication is out. I do more than rant on social media. I also study situational trust! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cooperating through distrust: seeking remedies to state and community violence
This article focuses on a crucial issue in Black politics: the spectrum of trust. Building on Monica Bell’s theory of situational trust, I explain how community members in three South Side Chicago ...
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · Feb 14
It's now 5 p.m., four days after the department's leadership ordered prosecutors to drop the Eric Adams case. Nobody has filed the motion to dismiss, or filed a notice of appearance on the docket.
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Robin Rudowitz @robinr.bsky.social · Jan 13
House GOP Eyeing Cuts of Nearly One-Third in Projected #Medicaid Spending - see quick explainer putting $2.3 trillion in context. www.kff.org/quick-take/h...
House GOP Eyeing Cuts of Nearly One-Third in Projected Medicaid Spending
House Republicans are considering deficit reductions of $5.5 trillion, which includes $2.3 trillion cuts in Medicaid… Cuts of this magnitude would put states at financial risk, forcing them to raise n...
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Patricia Strach @patriciastrach.bsky.social · Dec 5
What will they do with studies that are not replicable? Or, are those not welcome?
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Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · Dec 5
I have seen dozens of replications accompanied by thousands of comments on social media berating the authors, discrediting them, etc.

What APSR intends their replication process to be may not be what it is used by other parties outside of the journal model. Fair warning: humans are usually horrible
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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · Nov 21
Big win for Team Oxford Comma
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Patricia Strach @patriciastrach.bsky.social · Nov 19
New article out on political learning by policy implementors with @lisiperezchiques.bsky.social & Katie Zuber.
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<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library
Although the literature on political learning has examined the effect of policy on clients and some proximate individuals (family, friends, and community members), it has not examined the effect on p....
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Patricia Strach @patriciastrach.bsky.social · Nov 19
Important work on corruption coming out of CIDE by @lisiperezchiques.bsky.social and Oliver Meza and a really great panel event!
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Patricia Strach @patriciastrach.bsky.social · May 1
UAlbany undergrads presenting their research on NYC bike lanes (Emmett) and green energy initiatives (Rachel) at today’s showcase.
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Patricia Strach @patriciastrach.bsky.social · Mar 28
Most foul-smelling city on earth? Now that's a quote worth finding. So many cities could lay to being the dirtiest and smelliest at this time, though I find the description of New Orleans as the filthiest hole in the land to be particularly unforgettable.
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Patricia Strach @patriciastrach.bsky.social · Mar 6
Our new podcast with Relevant or Irrelevant is out! Of course, because it's on trash, it's got be relevant. So much good dirt in this one.

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Dr. Patricia Strach - The Politics Of Trash - ROI 549 - Full Program
Dr. Patricia Strach, professor and undergraduate director in the Department Of Political Science at the University Of Albany, joins the "ROI" panelists to talk about, "The Politics Of Trash: How Gove
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Patricia Strach @patriciastrach.bsky.social · Jan 29
Four UAlbany students accepted to the CLPS fellowship!
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David C.W. Parker @phddcwp.bsky.social · Jan 25
We are hiring a one-year Visiting American Politics Professor at Montana State. 3-3 load, some advising. Apply here: jobs.montana.edu/postings/39746 . Reviewing applications in two weeks--job open until filled. polisky
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Patricia Strach @patriciastrach.bsky.social · Jan 18
It's always a good time talking about trash with @kathlsullivan.bsky.social and @gorenlj.bsky.social.

Have a listen!
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Podcast | Patricia Strach and Kathleen S. Sullivan, "The Politics of…
Subscribe for free. Patricia Strach and Kathleen S. Sullivan, "The Politics of Trash: How Governments Used Corruption to Clean Cities, 1890–1929" (Cornell UP, 2023)
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Lilly J. Goren @gorenlj.bsky.social · Jan 5
Had a great conversation with @patriciastrach.bsky.social and Kathleen S. Sullivan about the politics of trash. This is a fascinating book! Stay tuned 🎙️for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast on the Political Science channel.
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