Steve Malanga: The Hidden Cost of Lawsuits Draining America's Cities

Steve Malanga joined the podcast to discuss:

• How litigation costs against cities like New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles are spiraling out of control and fueling budget crises.
• Why weak leadership and "settle-first" policies have encouraged a wave of frivolous lawsuits.
• How state-level laws and mismanagement make municipalities easy targets for trial lawyers at taxpayers' expense.

Steve Malanga is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and Senior Editor of City Journal, where he writes extensively on public finance, state and local fiscal policy, and labor economics. Formerly the Executive Editor of Crain's New York Business, Malanga has been recognized as one of the nation's leading voices on the intersection of public policy, economics, and governance. His work often highlights how mismanagement and legal excess burden taxpayers and erode fiscal stability in America's cities.