Iโm an economist at the New Schoolโs Schwartz Center and Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy: author of Unequal Cities, Columbia University Press, https://cup.columbia.edu/book/unequal-cities/9780231173346. I have extensive public sector experience studying cities and states. Iโve served as Executive Director of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Policy, Deputy Commissioner for Policy and Research at New York Stateโs Department of Economic Development, and New York City Deputy Comptroller for Policy and Management. I also worked as Director of Impact Assessment at the Ford Foundation.
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