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Alyssa Katz

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Business & Investing, Politics, Social Sciences

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Alyssa Katz is a member of the editorial board of the New York Daily News. She is the author of Our Lot: How Real Estate Came to Own Us (Bloomsbury, 2009), about the making of the mortgage crisis.

Alyssa was previously editor of The New York World, an investigative newsroom embedded at Columbia Journalism School, and of City Limits, an award-winning magazine investigating the institutions and policies at work in New York City’s neighborhoods.

Before covering urban policy, politics and housing, Alyssa was a cultural critic for The Village Voice, The Nation, and Spin. She received her BA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and was a Revson Fellow at Columbia University.

She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughter.

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Meanwhile

While everyone was atwitter about the House video ban and attempted ethics oversight evasion, Ryan and McConnell both are sharpening their knives to slay Obama environmental and labor regulations, and can do it under existing laws.

Yes, rules advanced legally, under existing statutory authority granted by Congress. Just cuz.

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	Our Lot: How Real Estate Came to Own Us 3.88 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Influence Machine 3.94 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Influence Machine: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Corporate Capture of American Life 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Central power.(Editorial)(Editorial): An article from: City Limits 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under siege.(effects of George W. Bush tax policy )(Editorial): An article from: City Limits 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ronnie's real deal: former City Councilmember Ronnie Eldridge discusses her straight-talking public affairs TV show with City Limits editor Alyssa ... An article from: City Limits 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dog days: the city makes millions renting out park space to businesses--and turns its back on labor abuses.(Inside Track): An article from: City Limits by Alyssa Katz (Goodreads Author), Abu Taher 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Alyssa wants to read The House at Ujazdowskie 16: Jewish Families in Warsaw after the Holocaust (The Modern Jewish Experience) by Karen Auerbach	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“There’s no way to know if that money came from a member with a dog in the climate fight or, if so, which it was. But the contribution, and a parade of other multimillion-dollar donations that year, was a sure sign of how successfully Donohue had positioned the Chamber as a front group for hire for companies that did not want to publicly be seen as supporting politically unpopular positions.”
― Alyssa Katz, The Influence Machine

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