Jason M. Barr is a professor at Rutgers University, Newark, and the author of Building the Skyline: The Birth and Growth of Manhattan’s Skyscrapers and writes the Skynomics Blog, which deals with cities and economics.

Seth Barron is managing editor of The American Mind. His book The Last Days of New York will be published in May 2021.

Danny Crichton is managing editor at TechCrunch.

Daniel DiSalvo is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and professor of political science at the City College of New York–CUNY.

Ray Domanico is the director of education policy at the Manhattan Institute.

Stephen Eide is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal.

Nicole Gelinas is a City Journal contributing editor, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and the author of After the Fall: Saving Capitalism from Wall Street—and Washington.

Nolan Gray is a city planner and a fellow with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

Arpit Gupta is an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute and assistant professor of finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Sahil Handa studies philosophy, social studies, and English at Harvard.

Howard Husock, a City Journal contributing editor, is an adjunct fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of the forthcoming book The Poor Side of Town: And Why We Need It.

Kay S. Hymowitz is a City Journal contributing editor, the William E. Simon Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and the author of The New Brooklyn: What It Takes to Bring a City Back.

Eric Kober is a former New York City planner and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

Heather Mac Donald is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and the author of the bestsellers The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe and The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture.

Steven Malanga is the senior editor of City Journal, the George M. Yeager Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and the author of Shakedown: The Continuing Conspiracy Against the American Taxpayer.

Rafael A. Mangual is a senior fellow and deputy director of legal policy at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal.

James B. Meigs is cohost of the How Do We Fix It? podcast and the former editor of Popular Mechanics.

Judith Miller is a City Journal contributing editor and the author of The Story: A Reporter’s Journey.

Mark P. Mills, a Manhattan Institute senior fellow and the author of Digital Cathedrals: The Information Infrastructure Era, is a strategic partner in an energy-tech venture fund.

Naomi Schaefer Riley is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a senior fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum.

Edward Short is the author, most recently, of Newman and History and Adventures in the Book Pages.

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Alberto Mena is a graphic designer in New York. Tracy Walker is an award-winning Canadian illustrator, designer, and artist whose work has appeared in the New York Times and on food packaging, wine labels, and other products.

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