David Schleicher
profschleich.bsky.social
David Schleicher
@profschleich.bsky.social
Professor, Yale Law School.
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Lol, @profschleich.bsky.social was so real for pointing out a lot of housing in New York is ancient (and often kind of shitty): NYC actually does a GREAT job preserving (old as hell) housing!
October 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Worst take in this column was the prediction he’d be successful in Albany.
September 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Who isn't at those community board meetings where people line up to oppose developments? @profschleich.bsky.social explains why NIMBYism is so successful: it's about who attends versus who is actually impacted. This is democracy meets housing policy.

www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/loc...
Vital City | Local Democracy is Land-Use Policy
NIMBYism is an outgrowth of the shape of civic participation in our cities — and producing more housing means changing the dynamics.
www.vitalcitynyc.org
September 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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I think the commonwealth desperately needs procedural simplification to help upzoning stick in addition to the legal perseverance @profschleich.bsky.social recommends: www.theargumentmag.com/p/yimbys-bea...
September 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I'm not there, but this one seems to be "debate your critics" on whether abundance is just neoliberalism (of which Cass is not a fan!)
September 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The Kawhi case provides an almost full justification for why David Fontana and I called for the creation of "The Basketball Court," modeled on Meta's @oversightboard.bsky.social
to interpret league rules papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Private Supreme Courts
Public law scholars often consider how to separate power among and within governmental entities in order to encourage that power to be used effectively. However
papers.ssrn.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM