Over the past term, the Policy Insight Lab (PILab) has pushed beyond conventional research workflows to build a new class of policy analysis tools.

This research investigates policy and procedural recommendations (PPRs) in New York City governance using PCA cluster analysis and natural language processing (NLP). It aims to show the typological differences between accepted and rejected PPRs by identifying sentiments and key topics through topic modeling within the recommendations.

This paper analyzes NYC’s IDNYC-MOIA partnership through a principal-agent lens, revealing inefficiencies and proposing reforms—like increased communication and agency consolidation—to better serve immigrant communities.

In an era where cities shoulder an increasing responsibility for immigrant service provision, local agency funding and monitoring reveals as much about democratic accountability as congressional oversight patterns.

This legislative summary and analysis of the Laken Riley Act (S.5) from the 119th Congress provides a general overview and quick dive into the language and implications of this new immigration-focused Senate bill.

This page tracks and documents the ongoing executive orders (EOs) from the Trump Administraiton that impact immigration, migration, and human rights. This page will be updated regularly with new EOs at the bottom (chronologically) and older EOs at the top.