8/23/07 Blog on Huffington Post, Nanny NYC Kicks Butts. Starting in his first year as mayor, 2002, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has sought to discourage smoking by New Yorkers. His efforts were opposed by many smokers, bars and cigarette vendors, and the city was derided by Human Events as "Nanny NYC." But the mayor's efforts have paid off well....
8/17/07 Cited in Firms Hit Wall on Tech Worker Hiring in New York City, by Amanda Fung, Workforce Management (Irvine,Calif.) Employers can move jobs out," says John Tepper Marlin, former chief economist with the city comptroller's office and now a principal at consulting firm CityEconomist ...
8/15/07 Blog, A Good Idea: Proposed Reverse 911 (City Alerts Us) - support for the idea of having a system for the City to alert citizens about critical developments such as weather, explosions or other accidents - cell phones, email?
8/14/07 Blog, Federal $ for Congestion Pricing Is Good Value, support for DOT grant to NYC to suppose mass transit and install a system for collecting fees to discourage congestion in Manhattan.
8/8/07 Blog, Cities and Innovation, comment on recent UK paper contrasting the ways that hub cities and link cities foster innovation.
8/23/07 Blog on Huffington Post, Nanny NYC Kicks Butts. Starting in his first year as mayor, 2002, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has sought to discourage smoking by New Yorkers. His efforts were opposed by many smokers, bars and cigarette vendors, and the city was derided by Human Events as "Nanny NYC." But the mayor's efforts have paid off well....
8/17/07 Cited in Firms Hit Wall on Tech Worker Hiring in New York City, by Amanda Fung, Workforce Management (Irvine,Calif.) Employers can move jobs out," says John Tepper Marlin, former chief economist with the city comptroller's office and now a principal at consulting firm CityEconomist ...
8/16/07 Blog, President Bush Wasn't Reading Out on 9/11, correcting a blog making the common error that the President was reading out "The Pet Goat." He was being read to.
8/15/07 Blog, A Good Idea: Proposed Reverse 911 (City Alerts Us) - support for the idea of having a system for the City to alert citizens about critical developments such as weather, explosions or other accidents - cell phones, email?
8/14/07 Blog, Federal $ for Congestion Pricing Is Good Value, support for DOT grant to NYC to suppose mass transit and install a system for collecting fees to discourage congestion in Manhattan.
8/8/07 Blog, Cities and Innovation, comment on recent UK paper contrasting the ways that hub cities and link cities foster innovation.