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Daniel Koslovsky

@dtkoslovsky.bsky.social
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Staff writer at Chicago Policy Review MPP Candidate at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Household and Consumer Finance | Housing Policy | Urban Policy

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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Only in 2026: “We’re going to take away your healthcare through work requirements but you can have it back if you do enough gambling.” www.aei.org/commentary/t...
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Many are saying it’s time for Chicago to do the same
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Let’s fix the plumbing code
Lead and oakum joints belong in museums
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My next article in the @acitythatworks.bsky.social building code series is up, doing a deep dive on the plumbing code. Come to learn about the one weird trick the city could use to shave 5% off construction costs, stay to learn about the 19th century joint coupling method the city still mandates!
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Let’s fix the plumbing code
Lead and oakum joints belong in museums
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Black and white photo of Roland Barthes with a speech bubble of him saying the quoted post.
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A City That Works @acitythatworks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If you care about Chicago and are interested in learning about some of the issues we’re facing (and and diving in to potential solutions to them), give us a follow and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter: substack.com/@conordurkin...
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
it's Cincinnati Open week so I have created a map of all the locations of all the biggest tournaments on the annual tennis calendar
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A have a piece up today in A City That Works, introducing a series on where the Chicago building code is ripe for reform with an eye towards improving housing affordability.
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A plan to cut construction costs
Four changes to boost construction across Chicago
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate
Charge of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Counterpoint:
Two sweet tabby’s cuddling in their cozy bed
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Daniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The real answer--as adopted by progressive advocates around the country, and electeds from Pritzker to Johnson to Mamdani--is that getting rid of regulations that require million-dollar mansions and investing in affordable housing are complementary policies, not at odds with each other.
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Chicago not showing up until #18 🙃
Pete Campbell “Not Great Bob” meme
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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
More like Loser Orbán
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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Social movement scholar here to comment on No King again. a 🧵: These protests are important b/c: 1.) as sustained image events, protests offer evidence of continued disapproval of the direction the country is going and disavowal of the country's leadership.
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Many people are saying… www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/onli...
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Opinion: Online sports betting is too risky for Illinois families and communities
Illinois shouldn’t balance its budget through an industry exploiting its citizens’ love for its pastimes.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
remember when the IRS put out a a free online tax filing system where you could just do your taxes through the IRS and it was actually well made and was pretty well recieved and then the tax filing industry and Republicans killed it and now you have to use TurboTax again
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
✅
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Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
It’s called an elevated train because it’s users are morally superior to drivers
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Russ The Tedious Ghost @russ41.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Here's your chance to do something about the people being starved and beaten in Broadview ICE custody. Share this post, and I'll donate $1 to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund (www.mibfc.org). And if you make a donation to them, let me know how much and I'll match it 1:1.
Lynda Lopez
‪@lyndab08.bsky.social‬

He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Everyday in which the invasion of Chicago by a paramilitary organization hunting and abducting people for the color of their skin is not the lead story for national media is an abhorrent dereliction of their duty
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
My latest article is up at the @chicagopolicy.bsky.social. Congestion pricing — going well in NYC! Would also go well in CHI! But hey, it’s not like there are any local governments that could use an extra $1 billion/year in revenue around here 🤷‍♂️ @andrefor40th.bsky.social
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The Second City: Why Chicago Should Implement America’s Next Congestion Pricing | Chicago Policy Review
After a lengthy, contentious, and still ongoing political process, New York City became the first American city to implement congestion pricing in January of this year. Despite fierce opposition, the ...
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Thomas Bamonte @thomasbamonte.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
"If Chicago wants to keep pace as one of America’s leading cities, it’s time for it to follow suit [NYC] and implement congestion pricing of its own." - @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social @chicagopolicy.bsky.social chicagopolicyreview.org/2025/10/22/t...
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The Second City: Why Chicago Should Implement America’s Next Congestion Pricing | Chicago Policy Review
After a lengthy, contentious, and still ongoing political process, New York City became the first American city to implement congestion pricing in January of this year. Despite fierce opposition, the ...
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
🚨🏡🏗️ I’m in A City That Works looking at a new housing study and its implications for Chicago. Minneapolis enacted major zoning reform in 2020 to combat rising housing costs. It worked, but not in the way most housing advocates would expect. It’s time for Chicago to follow Minneapolis’ lead.
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Housing lessons from Minneapolis
Midwestern cities can control housing costs too
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I like this post because it recognizes that there's a push and a pull with new housing. There's a supply effect of new units pulling prices down, but also new amenities that make a place more desirable and push prices up. This is hard to disentangle IRL because new housing isn't randomly allocated.
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
More and more people are saying
ICE Agents: Chicago despises youAbolish ICE. Kidnappers. Sad cowards. Fascist clowns.
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Not bad for a hellhole
The smoldering remains of Winnemac park
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Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org · 27/08/2025
Guest contributor Daniel Koslovsky put on his policy analyst hat to write a quick cost-benefit analysis of saving Chicagoland transit from the $771M fiscal cliff, and investing $1.5B to improve service. @stevevance.net @betterstreetschicago.org @ctaction.org @chicagocta.bsky.social
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A quick-and-dirty cost-benefit analysis of averting the Chicagoland transit fiscal cliff by fully funding our public transportation system - Streetsblog Chicago
By Daniel Koslovsky As the $771 million total northeast Illinois transit fiscal cliff looms, public transportation agencies and advocates are calling for $1.5 billion in additional yearly state fundin...
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I put together a quick-and-dirty cost-benefit analysis for fully funding the RTA over at @chi.streetsblog.org. Even under the most conservative plausible assumptions the benefits of funding transit still easily outweighed the costs. Check it out! chi.streetsblog.org/2025/08/26/a...
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A quick-and-dirty cost-benefit analysis of averting the Chicagoland transit fiscal cliff by fully funding our public transportation system - Streetsblog Chicago
By Daniel Koslovsky As the $771 million total northeast Illinois transit fiscal cliff looms, public transportation agencies and advocates are calling for $1.5 billion in additional yearly state fundin...
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Next City @nextcity.org · 21/08/2025
Op-ed: It won’t undo the discrimination rampant in our financial systems. But a new study suggests that rent reporting is an easy, evidence-based step in the right direction. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
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Rent Reporting Is a No-Brainer For Addressing Financial Inclusion
Op-ed: It won’t undo the discrimination rampant in our financial systems. But a new study suggests that rent reporting is an easy, evidence-based step in the right direction.
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
🚨My latest @nextcity.org: New research from @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows that it’s time to enact rent reporting on a larger scale to promote financial inclusion for communities marginalized by the credit system. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
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Rent Reporting Is a No-Brainer For Addressing Financial Inclusion
Op-ed: It won’t undo the discrimination rampant in our financial systems. But a new study suggests that rent reporting is an easy, evidence-based step in the right direction.
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Me and the boys liking every protest photo we see
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Municipal Corporation @nikhunder.com · 12/06/2025
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STATE SENATON-DISTRICT 7
Join State Senator Mike Simmons for a...
Transportation and Budget Town Hall
Direct updates from Senator Simmons on the status of transit reform, funding, and the overall state budget.
Questions? Email
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 6:00-7:00pm
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5110 N Damen Ave, Chicas RSVP at bit.ly/simmensch
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Capitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
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Is online sports betting lowering credit limits for all Illinoisans?
* InGame… Flutter is not flitting about when it comes to the Illinois legislature adding its proposed 25-cent or 50-cent tax on each individual sports bet, announcing early Tuesday morning that, effective Sept. 1, FanDuel will be passing the charge along to its customers, instituting a $0.50 transaction fee on all wagers placed in Illinois. While FanDuel [...]
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
🚨New from me and my colleague Prabhdeen Kaur, @crainschicago.bsky.social: The evidence of harms from online sports betting is overwhelming and policymakers won’t be able to tax them away. www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/onli...
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Opinion: Online sports betting is too risky for Illinois families and communities
Illinois shouldn’t balance its budget through an industry exploiting its citizens’ love for its pastimes.
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Drowning my RTA fiscal cliff sorrows in Sugar Moon
From bottom left clockwise: Leek, sesame, chile oil focaccia; strawberry, ginger, rhubarb scone; strawberry croissant; lentil, eggplant, pepper curry handpie
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
The thesis of this article, that BJ has failed because he’s too progressive, is extremely underpowered. It lists a bunch of management failures, tries to chalk them up to ideology, and then says “therefore progressives shouldn’t try to implement their agenda”
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to too.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Wow Chicago! #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne (🎥 Marco Foster)
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
We are so close to making Elon cry on tv
Big protest at the Gold Coast Tesla dealership
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
What people in every part of higher education need to understand is that Republicans now want to do to universities what they’ve tried to do to labor unions: erase them from the institutional landscape. The question is how much you want to collaborate in your own destruction.
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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 11/03/2025
Please call your senators' DC office and demand they vote 'no' on the GOP funding bill this week If you are in Illinois Durbin 202.224.2152 Duckworth 202.224.2854
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Yes! I am ready to follow *checks notes*… @michaelsteele.bsky.social ?!? through the gates of hell
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
It fucking rules living in a neighborhood with two train lines going through it
Ravenswood metra station looking north from the platform
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Abundant Housing Illinois @abundanthousingil.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
After *three years* of negotiations, Alderman Brian Hopkins has killed the 500 home development proposed at North and LaSalle in Old Town. The project would have included 💯 affordable homes in one of Chicago’s most expensive neighborhoods. Wondering why we have a housing crisis? Look no further.
Letter on Fern Hill
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
All houses should be like the houses on Harper Ave
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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
There will always be a way in which you can make the world a better place. Doesn't have to be big, just find something that you can do to make today better than yesterday was, and something to make tomorrow better than today. Focus on whatever that thing is, and pour your heart into it.
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Daniel Koslovsky @dtkoslovsky.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
That’s right
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
again going to my bench of favorite complaints: it is weird how openly predatory US culture is and it would be good to have a government that feels some semblance of responsibility for people's wellbeing
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Abundant Housing Illinois @abundanthousingil.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Updating Chicago's residential zoning code to a minimum of RT-4 zoning will spur the construction and preservation of much needed “missing middle” housing, such as duplexes, triplexes, and small apartment buildings. Add your support today: actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...
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Support 4-flats by right throughout Chicago​
What the issue is today Chicago’s current zoning laws, which favor single-family homes and restrict higher-density developments, significantly hinder the city’s housing supply and economic growth. T...
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