Into the Weeds by Micah Lasher

First Draft: A Trump-Proofing Blueprint for State Legislators

A catalogue of New York bills that fight back

Aug 28 • 

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July 2025

A View from the Assembly Chamber

A report on my first legislative session

Jul 20 • 

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April 2025

Lessons from "Drop Dead City"

What a glorious documentary about New York City's past has to tell us about our future.

Apr 28 • 

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February 2025

"Abuela"

What a 2nd grade holiday performance showed me about New York

Feb 14 • 

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Three More Weeks of the Tisch Effect

Crime Stats Should Remind Us that NYPD Efficacy Matters

Feb 9 • 

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January 2025

Is There a "Tisch Effect"?

What it might mean if the new Police Commissioner has already taken a bite out of crime.

Jan 19 • 

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December 2024

On Breaking Things as a Policy

TL;DR — It's a bad idea, and Democrats should have none of it.

Dec 18, 2024 • 

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Theater the size of New York

In praise of Sunset Boulevard, and spectacle

Dec 6, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Saving the New York Project from Donald Trump

What it will really take in the long term.

Nov 21, 2024 • 

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Two things can be true at the same time

Dispatches from the West Side, and from Albany.

Nov 20, 2024 • 

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