Jarrett Murphy
John Mollenkopf is a distinguished professor of political science and sociology and the director of the Urban Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center.
CUNY Professor John Mollenkopf, a student of New York City mayors since John Lindsay, says the mayor’s state of the city was on target in diagnosing serious shortcomings in local democracy.
Bill de Blasio’s state of the city address didn’t drop any novel ideas on NYCHA, homelessness, education, jobs or other big-ticket items. The mayor instead focused new energy on making the city’s democracy stronger.
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