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David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social · 9d

Really excited to deliver this lecture on political and structural explanations for the (lack of) quality of big city government services and regulations. Open to the Yale community. On October 27th, register now! law.yale.edu/yls-today/ne...

Professor David Schleicher to Present Inaugural Walter E. Meyer Lecture on Oct. 27

Professor David N. Schleicher will present the inaugural lecture of his appointment as Walter E. Meyer Professor of Property and Urban Law, titled “Broken Machines: Law and the Challenge of Making Big...

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David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social · 13d

Worst take in this column was the prediction he’d be successful in Albany.

David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social · 13d

With proper link - i wrote this www.slowboring.com/p/eric-adams

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 13d

Slow Boring forecast that Eric Adams might accomplish good things or housing or might devolve into an orgy of corruption.

Turns out it was both.

www.slowboring.com/p/the-path-f...

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Short Circuit @shortcircuitij.bsky.social · 15d

Our Latest Podcast: Won't You Take Me To YIMBYTown?

Recorded before a live audience at @yimbytown.bsky.social 2025! With @profschleich.bsky.social @andrewdfine.bsky.social & Ari Bargil of @ij.org!

ij.org/podcasts/sho...

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David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social · 22d

🚨New Pod!!🚨Sam Moyn and I kick off a new season of Digging a Hole by talking with the great Bob Bauer about the law and politics of executive power podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

Bob Bauer

Podcast Episode · Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast · 09/19/2025 · 1h 6m

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Vital City @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social · 24d

Who isn't at those community board meetings where people line up to oppose developments? @profschleich.bsky.social explains why NIMBYism is so successful: it's about who attends versus who is actually impacted. This is democracy meets housing policy.

www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/loc...

Vital City | Local Democracy is Land-Use Policy

NIMBYism is an outgrowth of the shape of civic participation in our cities — and producing more housing means changing the dynamics.

www.vitalcitynyc.org

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William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · 25d

Out today: The Fall of Affirmative Action, by Justin Driver www.amazon.com/Fall-Affirma...

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David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social · 25d

Justin Driver's new book is out today -- as smart and spicy a set of arguments as you'll find anywhere. One of our most essential public intellectuals. A must, must, must read. www.amazon.com/Fall-Affirma...

The Fall of Affirmative Action: Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education

The Fall of Affirmative Action: Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education [Driver, Justin] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Fall of Affirmative Action: Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education

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Open New York @opennewyork.org · Sep 8

"This brazen gambit should fail — for two reasons. First, the ballot language is plenty clear. Second, the BOE has no power to reject proposed charter revisions."

Vital City | Let New York Vote for More Housing

Stop the underhanded campaign against charter revision ballot proposals.

www.vitalcitynyc.org

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Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · Sep 5

I think the commonwealth desperately needs procedural simplification to help upzoning stick in addition to the legal perseverance @profschleich.bsky.social recommends: www.theargumentmag.com/p/yimbys-bea...

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David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social · Sep 4

I'm not there, but this one seems to be "debate your critics" on whether abundance is just neoliberalism (of which Cass is not a fan!)

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David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Kawhi case provides an almost full justification for why David Fontana and I called for the creation of "The Basketball Court," modeled on Meta's @oversightboard.bsky.social
to interpret league rules papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Private Supreme Courts

Public law scholars often consider how to separate power among and within governmental entities in order to encourage that power to be used effectively. However

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David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social · Sep 4

The complex interpretations of the NBA Constitution, evidentiary issues, and concerns about bias make the case for taking interpretative responsibility out of the hands of the Commissioner and putting it in the hands of a private-Court like institution papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social · Sep 3

I have a new column out in @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social about the forces and people who will make or break a Mamdani administration www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/mam...

Vital City | Mamdani’s Facilitators, Frenemies or Foes

What the Democratic nominee promises may be less important than what these groups do.

www.vitalcitynyc.org

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David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social · Sep 3

I have a new column out in @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social about the forces and people who will make or break a Mamdani administration www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/mam...

Vital City | Mamdani’s Facilitators, Frenemies or Foes

What the Democratic nominee promises may be less important than what these groups do.

www.vitalcitynyc.org

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David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social · Sep 2

Gross. It is far, far, far easier to understand what these ballot measures will do than it is to know anything relevant about city council candidates!

Gothamist @gothamist.com · Sep 2

NYC Council urges Board of Elections to block Mayor Adams’ housing ballot proposals https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-council-urges-board-of-elections-to-block-mayor-adams-housing-ballot-proposals

NYC Council urges Board of Elections to block Mayor Adams’ housing ballot proposals

Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is leading a bipartisan coalition to block the mayor's ballot proposals. Council leadership says the proposal language, which would fast-track certain development projects, is misleading. [ more › ]

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Payton Chung @westnorth.com · Sep 1

Also, two more examples for @profschleich.bsky.social
www.bisnow.com/washington-d...
citybuildernc.org/p/raleighs-m...

'Broken Process': Why 4,000 Units Of D.C. Housing Are Stuck In Federal Court

With 4,000 units of D.C. housing awaiting the decision of federally appointed judges, developers and planners say the process is stifling the District's growth

www.bisnow.com

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Jerusalem Demsas @jerusalem.bsky.social · Sep 1

This morning, OG YIMBY @profschleich.bsky.social argues that the pro-housing movement needs to focus more on the problem of state trial court judges.

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David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social · Sep 1

I have a new essay @theargument.bsky.social on the increasingly challenging problem of NIMBY state trial court judges.

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · Aug 30

Filtering happening in real time in Jersey City

3underscores.bsky.social @3underscores.bsky.social · Aug 30

New Wang Wang Restaurant is now Old Wang Wang Restaurant.

Bergen Ave, McGinley Sq, JC

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David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social · Aug 26

Someone just asked about this piece of mine about how land use regulations will limit and shape the benefits of self-driving cars and other transportation technologies. It's nearly 10 years old, but I think it holds up!! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

How Land Use Law Impedes Transportation Innovation

A certain breed of economists and techno-futurists regularly point to the potential for innovation in the transportation sector to spur economic growth. Such p

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · Aug 21

Local government has been on HTC’s side so hard that one mayors ago NYC banned basically all new hotels at their request, the current mayor with a pretty different ideological disposition hasn’t tried to end the ban, and now we’re getting a third who probably won’t either!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 21

Meet Shakira. Ten years ago, she was living in a shelter with her three kids, working at a non-union hotel.

Now she's a member of HTC.

Unions are how working people can build a dignified life. But in a city as expensive as ours, they need local government on their side.

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Miriam Seifter @miriamseifter.bsky.social · Aug 21

My latest scholarship roundup up for @statecourtreport.org covers interesting new work on state constitutions, state courts, federalism, and more. (Sorry to report that it’s the back-to-school edition!)

statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...

Back-to-School Scholarship Roundup: State Courts, Constitutional Law, and Federalism

Recent books and law review articles discuss voter disenfranchisement, separation of church and state, and much more.

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David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social · Aug 8

Really interesting @alonlevy.bsky.social essay trying to explain not only the explanations for high infrastructure costs, but the underlying reasons for them...

Alon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social · Aug 8

Pedestrian Observations: Reasons and Explanations pedestrianobservations.com/2025/08/07/r... cc @profschleich.bsky.social

Reasons and Explanations

David Schleicher has a proposal for how Congress can speed up infrastructure construction and reduce costs for megaprojects. Writing about what further research needs to be done, he distinguishes r…

pedestrianobservations.com

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