ARTICLE | Value capture schemes sound simple in theory – future revenues pay debt issued to cover upfront costs. But in practice, these financing mechanisms are highly complex and, as a result, can have unintended consequences on municipal finances.

WORKING PAPER | New York City's Hudson Yards project includes heavily discounted property taxes for Hudson Yards developers.

PRESENTATION | In a presentation to the Pajara Valley Saves Lives Coalition, SCEPA Director Teresa Ghilarducci describes how Covid-19 is accelerating gaps in race, income and gender inequality and has created new ones in employment, education, and life expectancy.

WORKING PAPER | TIF’s self-financing rhetoric can be used to shift risk onto taxpayers.

WORKING PAPER | The framing of the redevelopment of Manhattan's Hudson Yards as a self-financed project hides the public trade-offs.