Jan 30: AIR BNB AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING #1
Reading:
- Katie Benner, Airbnb Ends Fight With New York City Over Fines, New York Times, Dec. 3, 2016
- New York State Senate Bill S6340A, (read the entire piece of legislation but not the comments)
Feb. 1: AIR BNB AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING #2
Reading:
- DBR Airbnb Survey Summary, David Binder Research, July 2016
- BJH Advisors LLC, Short Changing New York City The impact of Airbnb on New York City’s housing market, June 2016 (read pp. 1-13, 21-29, 46-47)
Feb. 6: AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND DISCRIMINATION #1
Reading:
- Jarrett Murphy, Advocates Wary of Lawsuit Over City’s Affordable Housing Preferences, Citylimits.org, April 27, 2016
- Winfield v. City of New York (2016) (pp. 1-6, 11-18)
Feb. 8: AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND DISCRIMINATION #2
Reading:
- David Leonhardt, Amanda Cox & Claire Cain Miller, An Atlas of Upward Mobility Shows Paths Out of Poverty, New York Times, May 4, 2016, (check out the interactive feature)
- Bill Chappell, In Fair Housing Act Case, Supreme Court Backs ‘Disparate Impact’ Claims, National Public Radio, June 25, 2015, Also read Texas Department of Housing Case embedded in this article, pp. 1-24.
Feb. 13: No Baruch Classes
Feb. 15: 9 AM Visit to the Museum of the City of New York
- ARRIVE AT 8:45 for GUIDED TOUR OF EXHIBIT: Mastering the Metropolis
- 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street (Subway: 6 train at 103rd st)
Feb. 20: No Baruch Classes
Feb. 22: FACEBOOK AND THE FAIR HOUSING ACT #1
Reading:
- Gillian B. White, How Facebook’s Ad Tool Fails to Protect Civil Rights, The Atlantic, Oct. 28, 2016.
- Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
- Fair Housing Act (1968)
Feb. 27: FACEBOOK AND THE FAIR HOUSING ACT #2
Reading:
- Mobley vs. Facebook (2016)
- Seth Fiegerman, Facebook cracks down on discriminatory ads, CNN, Nov. 11, 2016
- Erin Egan, Improving Enforcement and Promoting Diversity: Updates to Ethnic Affinity Marketing, Facebook, Nov. 11, 2016
March 1: FREE COLLEGE TUITION IN NYS #1
Reading:
- Matthew M. Chingos, There Is Actually Nothing for Low-Income Students in Cuomo’s Free-College Plan, Washington Post, Jan. 4, 2017
- Donald E. Heller, Why Gov. Cuomo’s free tuition plan won’t help New York’s state of mind, The Hechinger Report, Jan. 4, 2017
March 6: FREE COLLEGE TUITION IN NYS #2
Reading:
- Reading: Dr. Brian C. Mitchell, Hidden Costs to Cuomo’s Free Tuition Plan Should be Explored, The Huffington Post, Jan. 10, 2017
- Jon Marcus, Germany proves tuition-free college is not a silver bullet for America’s education woes, Obsessions, Oct. 18, 2016
March 8: IMMIGRATION AND YOUTH
Reading:
- Understanding the Legal Challenges to Executive Action, American Immigration Council, Jun. 28, 2016
- Alan Feuer, Brooklyn Lawsuit Could Affect the Fate of Millions of Immigrants Nationwide, New York Times, Oct. 9, 2016
- Michael D. Shear & Julia Preston, Dealt Setback, Obama Puts Off Immigrant Plan, New York Times, Feb. 17, 2015
- Vidal vs. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (2016)
March 13: IMMIGRATION AND SANCTUARY CITIES #1
Reading:
- Jasmine C. Lee, Rudy Omri & Julia Preston, What Are Sanctuary Cities?, New York Times, Sep. 3, 2016
- Sheryl Estrada, ‘Legal Roadmap’ for New York Sanctuary Cities to Protect Immigrants Announced, DiversityInc, January 20, 2017
- Eric T. Schneiderman, Guidance Concerning Local Authority Participation In Immigration Enforcement And Model Sanctuary Provisions, New York State Attorney General, Jan. 2017
March 15: IMMIGRATION AND SANCTUARY CITIES #2
Reading:
- Zarceno v. San Francisco (2017)
- Moreno v. Napolitano (2016)
March 20: HEALTH CARE AND REPEAL OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT #1
Reading:
- Congressional Budget Office, How Repealing Portions of the Affordable Care Act Would Affect Health Insurance Coverage and Premiums, Jan. 2017
- Kelsey Snell, 18 million would lose insurance in first year of Obamacare repeal without replacement, CBO report says, The Washington Post, Jan. 17, 2017
- Ashley Kirzinger, Bryan Wu, & Mollyann Brodie, Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Health Care Priorities for 2017, KFF.org
March 22: HEALTH CARE AND REPEAL OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT #2
Reading:
- Robert Pear, Senators Propose Giving States Option to Keep Affordable Care Act, The New York Times, Jan. 23, 2017
- Julie Rovner, How A President Trump Could Derail Obamacare By Dropping Legal Appeal, National Public Radio, Nov. 9, 2016
March 27: ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT AND THE EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE
Reading:
- Emoluments Clause, U.S Constitution, Article I, Section 9, Clause 8
- Eric Lipton & Adam Liptak, Foreign Payments to Trump Firms Violate Constitution, Suit Will Claim, The New York Times, Jan. 22, 2017
- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. Trump (2017)
March 29: TAX POLICY
Reading:
- John Ydstie, Who Benefits From Donald Trump’s Tax Plan?, National Public Radio, Nov. 13, 2016
- James R. Nunns, Leonard E. Burman, Jeffrey Rohaly, & Joseph Rosenberg, Analysis of Donald Trump’s Tax Plan, Tax Policy Center, Dec. 22, 2016
April 3: LABOR AND THE GIG ECONOMY #1
Reading:
- New York Taxi Workers Alliance, Uber Drivers Win Employee Status, Legal Services NYC, Oct. 13, 2016
- New York Taxi Workers Alliance vs. New York State (2016)
- Fact Sheet 13: Am I an Employee?: Employment Relationship Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), U.S. Department of Labor, May 2014
April 5: LABOR AND THE GIG ECONOMY #2
Reading:
- James Surowiecki, Gigs With Benefits, Jul., 2015
- Dara Kerr, UK court rules Uber drivers are employees, not contractors, Oct. 28, 2016
- Employment Tribunals between Y. Aslam, J Farrar & Others and Uber, Oct. 28, 2016, (pp. 1-32 only)
SPRING BREAK
April 10: No Baruch Classes
April 12: No Baruch Classes
April 17: No Baruch Classes
April 19: Voting Rights
Reading:
- Justice Department Seeks to Intervene in Lawsuit Against New York City Board of Elections, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Jan. 12, 2017
- Vivian Yee, Justice Dept. Seeks to Join Suit Over 117,000 Purged Brooklyn Voters, The New York Times, Jan. 12, 2017
- Common Cause New York and United States of America vs. Board of Elections of the City of New York (2017)
April 20: In-class project
April 24: In-class project
April 26: In-class project
May 1: Class Presentations – 3 groups
May 3: Class Presentations – 2 groups
May 8: Discuss conference, fill out peer review forms
May 10: THE MINIMUM WAGE
Reading:
- Minimum wage to rise in 21 states, including NY, in 2017, PIX 11
- Should the Federal Minimum Wage Be Increased?, ProCon.org
- Jordan Weissmann, Should We Raise the Minimum Wage? 11 Questions and Answers, Dec. 16, 2013
May 15: CIVIL RIGHTS AND SURVEILLANCE
Reading:
- Landmark Settlement Protects American Muslims From Discriminatory NYPD Surveillance, New York Civil Liberties Union, Jan. 7, 2016
- Hamid Hassan Raza et al vs. City of New York (2013)
May 17: GUN CONTROL
Reading:
