Who holds the strings to the public purse that pays for crucial services and ultimately determines a city’s financial survival? From grassroots land grabs and infrastructure collapse, to Community Development Block Grant programs, we’ll pinpoint the state and federal policies and land-use loopholes that have major implications for municipal money. With an eye toward the post-industrial electoral convention host cities—Cleveland and Philadelphia—and sites of fiscal failures such as Flint, Michigan and San Juan, Puerto Rico, we’ll fill in the blank between ballots and budgeting, asking: Which cities are the winners and losers in the election process?
Participants: Michael Cohen, professor of international affairs, Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy, The New School; Anthony Flint, fellow & director of public affairs, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (moderator); and Paul T. Williams Jr., counsel, Arent Fox LLP, former CEO of DASNY.