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Books
Jumpstart: Torts: Reading and Understanding Tort Cases (Wolters Kluwer, 2012)
Democracy by Decree: What Happens When Courts Run Government, co-authored with D. Schoenbrod (Yale University Press, 2003)
Book Chapters
Mass Transit, Chapter 14 in Setting Municipal Priorities, pgs. 443466 (New York University Press, 1985)
Articles
Politics, Process, and Mayoral Power: The Story of Ed Koch and the Appointment of Frank Macchiarola as Chancellor of the New York City Schools, 58 佪圖APP Law Review 1923 (201314)
Commentary, Court of Appeals in CFE Case Invokes Deference: Avoids Confrontation, 13 CityLaw 2 (2007)
Appellate Div. Sends Message to Court of Appeals in CFE Case, co-authored with D. Schoenbrod, 12 CityLaw 4952 (2006)
Commentary, Con Edison to Build 17 New Substations Over the Next Ten Years, 3 CityLand 166 (2006)
Commentary, Former West Side Stables and Proposed East Side Tower Spawn Controversy, 3 CityLand 150 (2006)
DeGrasses New Clothes, co-authored with D. Schoenbrod, New York Post, pg. 28 (2005)
After the Courts Ruling: The CFE Case and Money, 11 CityLaw 26 (2005)
OMB and Agency Budgets: The Song of Innocence or the Rules of the Locker Room, 11 CityLaw 25, 2728 (2005)
, co-authored with D. Schoenbrod, 49 佪圖APP Law Review 915942 (200405)
The Gates by Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Story of the Permit, CityLaw (2004)
Newtown Creek Upgrade and IT Contracts on Top 100 List, 10 CityLaw 121127 (2004)
In Memoriam, W. Bernard Richland (19092003), 48 佪圖APP Law Review 385400 (200304)
Governance by Lawyers, co-authored with D. Schoenbrod, National Law Journal A12 (2003)
N.Y. Unbound, co-authored with D. Schoenbrod, New York Post (2003)
New York in Handcuffs, co-authored with D. Schoenbrod, New York Post (2003)
Schools in Handcuffs: How Courts (Mis)rule N.Y.C., co-authored with D. Schoenbrod, New York Post (2003)
Social Service Contracts Lead Top 100 Contracts for FY 2003, 9 CityLaw 121126 (2003)
Council Raises Small Purchases Limits, Reduces Hearings, co-authored with M. Stoller, 8 CityLaw 73, 7577 (2002)
After the Courts Ruling Whats Next for Schools, co-authored with D. Schoenbrod, 7 CityLaw 1, 24 (2001)
After the September 11th Attack on the World Trade Center, 7 CityLaw 98 (2001)
Ethics Rules Trip High Officials: Gifts, Politics, and Consulting, 7 CityLaw 2528 (2001)
Top 100 Contracts: A Courthouse, Children and the Environment, 7 CityLaw 113115 (2001)
Innovative Agreement Ends Marisol Litigation, co-authored with D. Schoenbrod, 5 CityLaw 1, 35 (1999)
Foreword: The One-Hundredth Anniversary of the Charter of the City of New York, 42 佪圖APP Law Review 689692 (1998)
By What Right Do Judges Run Prisons? co-authored with D. Schoenbrod, Wall Street Journal (Rule of Law), pg. A19 (1998)
In New York City, The Jails Still Belong to the Judges,co-authored with D. Schoenbrod, Wall Street Journal (Rule of Law), pg. A23 (1997)
City Parking Gods Smile on Clergy, Daily News, pg. 39 (1997)
The City Seeks to Regain Control Over Its Jails, and Receives Help from the Federal Court and Congress, 2 CityLaw 49, 5154 (1996)
How To Put Lawmakers, Not Courts, Back in Charge, co-authored with D. Schoenbrod, 6 City Journal 6167 (1996)
On the Road to Ruin, New York Times, pg. A27 (1996)
Soundings: Prison Break, co-authored with D. Schoenbrod, 6 City Journal 13 (1996)
Term Limits: Seven Ways to Leave Your Lover, 1 CityLaw 49, 5152 (1995)
Are You a Lobbyist? co-authored with S.P. Murphy, 1 CityLaw 15 (1995)
Introduction, Symposium: Police Corruption, Municipal Corruption: Cures at What Cost? 40 佪圖APP Law Review 13 (1995)
Why City Law? 1 CityLaw 2 (1995)
Getting the Mayor Back in Touch, 4 City Journal 7884 (1994)
Government by Decree, co-authored with D. Schoenbrod, 4 City Journal 5462 (1994)
Quick, Before It Crumbles. New York Newsday, pg. 56 (1993)
So You Want to Work for Rudy? New York Newsday, pg. 50 (1993)
Where the Jobs Are, 10(6) Environmental Law Forum 1216 (1993)
Courting Public Opinion, 9 Environmental Forum 10 (1992)
Air Quality, New York City, The Livable City, pg. 2 (199192)
N.Y.C. Needs Tolls to Pay for Bridge Repairs, Crains New York Business, pg. 10 (1991)
Pave the Way For Pedestrians New York Newsday, pg. 52 (1991)
The Politics of Global Warming, The Amicus Journal (1990)
Spanning the 21st Century: Reconstructing New York Citys Bridges co-authored with S.I. Schwartz and M. Reuter, 20 City Almanac 3 (1988)
Columnist, Environmental Law Column, Environment Magazine, (19771984)
No Parking, No Standing, Empire State Report, pg. 11 (1984)
Richard Ravitch, Transit Financing and Politics, 8(2) New York Affairs 35 (1984)
Subway Scofflaws: A Proposal to Improve Enforcement, co-authored with S. Reiss and D. Schoenbrod, 8(3) New York Affairs 61 (1984)
Take Subway Scofflaws Out of the Criminal Courts, co-authored with S. Reiss and D. Schoenbrod, Empire State Report, pg. 45 (1984)
Kiley: The Light at the End of the Tunnel? Empire State Report, pg. 6 (1983)
To Meet Transit Needs Here, New York Times, pg. 23 (1983)
More Sub Than Way, co-authored with S.M. Jurow, New York Times, pg. 31 (1982)
Private Development/Public Transit: Using Transits Zoning Tool, 7(3) New York Affairs 114 (1982)
Should We Scuttle the Shuttle? co-authored with S.M. Jurow, 7(3) New York Affairs 43 (1982)
Serving Queens: Where We Are Now, co-authored with S.M. Jurow, 7(3) New York Affairs 65 (1982)
Settlement on the Hudson, The Amicus Journal (1981)
Transit: Keeping the Customer Satisfied, co-authored with S.M. Jurow, 6(4) New York Affairs 57 (1981)
For the Subways, A Vision of Survival and Service, Daily News, pg. 20 (1980)
Westway, As Transit Crumbles, New York Times, pg. A23 (1980)
Report on a New Direction in Transit, Empire State Report, pg. 26 (1979)
Subways: Cash and Carey, co-authored with D. Schoenbrod, New York Times, pg. 15 (1979)
Tunnel Vision Too, co-authored with D. Schoenbrod, New York Times, pg. 18 (1978)
Categorization of Chemicals Under the Toxic Substance Control Act, 7 Ecology Law Quarterly 359396 (1978)
State Environmental Quality Review Act, 49 New York State Bar Journal 110, 112117 (1977)
Introduction: Environmental Law Section, Second Circuit Review, 197475 Term, 42 Brooklyn Law Review 10331040 (1976)
New York as a Cough-In, co-authored with D. Schoenbrod, New York Times, at 33 (1975)
The Refuse Act of 1899: Key to Clean Water, 58 American Bar Association Journal 468471 (1972)
Editing
Editor, CityLand (Center for New York City Law at 佪圖APP, 2004present)
Editor, CityLaw (Center for New York City Law at 佪圖APP, 1995present)
Structural Balance and The New York City Financial Plan: An Intellectual History. (Symposium: New York Citys Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 1995) co-edited with C. OCl矇ireac獺in, 佪圖APP and The Center for New York City Law (1994)
Other Writing
The Dinkins Autobiography: Filling in a Missing Chapter, Book Review of A Mayors Life: Governing New Yorks Gorgeous Mosaic by David Dinkins with Peter Knowles, 19 CITYLAW 9394, 106107 (2013)
Book Review of Environmental Law and Regulation in New York by William R. Ginsberg and Philip Weinberg, 216 New York Law Journal 2 (1996)
Book Review of Whose Backyard, Whose Risk by Michael B. Gerrard, 213 New York Law Journal 2 (1995)
Book Review of Environmental Law Practice Guide: State and Federal Law by Michael B. Gerrard, 210 New York Law Journal 2 (1993)
Traffic Rules and Regulations, New York City Department of Transportation (1988)
49/50th Street Bus and Taxiway: Final Report, New York City Department of Transportation (1987)
An Approach to Reducing Vehicle Congestion in New York City: A Report to Mayor Edward I. Koch, New York City Department of Transportation (1986)
Recent Trends in Traffic Volumes and Transit Ridership, co-authored with S.I. Schwartz and D. Gurin, New York City Department of Transportation (1986)
Subway Scofflaws: A Proposal to Improve Enforcement Against Farebeating and Other Minor Offenses, co-authored with D. Schoenbrod, Natural Resources Defense Council (1983)
Reference Material on Public Transit, co-authored with S. Jurow, New York City Department of Transportation (1982)
The Hudson River Power Plant Settlement: Materials Prepared for a Conference Sponsored by New York University School of Law and the Natural Resources Defense Council, co-edited with D. Schoenbrod, New York University School of Law (1981)
A New Direction in Transit: A Report to Mayor Edward I. Koch from Robert F. Wagner, Jr., Chairman, City Planning Commission, co-authored with R.A. Chudd and D. Schoenbrod, City of New York (1978)
Reducing Crime in the New York City Subway System: Nine Recommendations, co-authored with D. Schoenbrod, E.A. Goldstein, S.M. Jurow, and F. Harris) Natural Resources Defense Council (1977)
Book Review of A National Policy for the Environment: NEPA and Its Aftermath by Richard A. Liroff, 2 Earth Law Review 301 (1976)