On May 29, 2026, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Deputy Mayor for Housing and Planning Leila Bozorg released a 112-page housing plan, titled Block by Block. The plan offers a wide-ranging strategy for housing policy, including zoning and administrative process changes to expand the siting opportunities for affordable housing, tenant protection, preservation of affordable housing, major renovation projects at New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), and homelessness red

Dental Therapy: a Workforce Strategy for Expanding Access to Care

The One Big Beautiful Big Act (HR 1), enacted in July 2025, changed eligibility criteria related to both immigration status and “community engagement” for various federal benefits programs and established the most significant national eligibility-related reporting requirements to date. “Community engagement requirements” are often called “work requirements.” This paper uses these terms interchangeably.