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On January 10, 2013, the Manhattan Institute's Center for State and Local Leadership presented its annual Urban Innovator Award to New York City Human Resources Administration commissioner Robert Doar. One of the pillars of
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's tenure has been the continuation and enhancement of work-focused welfare reform policies aimed at discouraging dependency and encouraging upward mobility. Robert Doar, the 30th commissioner of
New York City's Human Resources Administration, has played the central role in preserving and protecting "work first."
". . . Offering adult welfare recipients education and training may sound nice, but study after study has shown that it does not work. The key has been to require 100% engagement in work. . ."
— Robert Doar
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On December 18th, 2012, the Manhattan Institute, along with The Lindsey Group and the American Friends of Policy Exchange, hosted Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, MP, and economist Lawrence Lindsey,
who discussed the economic and fiscal situations in both the UK and US.
". . . I think you're one of the most interesting and innovative urban and economic policy think tanks, and a lot of your ideas have made their way across the Atlantic. . ."
— Representative Paul Ryan
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July 9, 2012: A few weeks after Gov Scott Walker won the highly-politicized recall election, Gov Scott Walker visited the Manhattan Institute. In his talk, "What Wisconsin's Experience Can Mean for America," the
Governor spoke about why fighting for fiscal responsibility is important for all citizens.
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 On January 6th, 2011, the Manhattan Institute and e21 hosted
Representative Paul Ryan in the first of our "Conversations With..." series in Washington D.C. Paul Gigot, Editorial Page Editor
of the Wall Street Journal, moderated.
". . . Hopefully we will give the country a choice of a different future, one where we reclaim the American idea; where we embrace American exceptionalism,
where we reject this future of managed decline, and we reapply those principles that founded this country, and we show the country the future of a debt-free
nation, of a nation with a prosperous growing economy an opportunities society with a safety net versus a cradle to grave welfare state. And give the
country that choice. . ."
— Representative Paul Ryan
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On Wednesday, October 13, 2010, the Manhattan Institute hosted its 24th annual Writson Lecture. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. delivered the keynote
address titled "Let Judges Be Judges".
"Judges are not scientists, and they should not be constitutional rubber stamps. They have no warrant to pursue a reform agenda that is not grounded
in the Constitution. And they should not aim to be theorists or crowd pleasers."
— Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
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 On Tuesday, September 21, 2010, the Manhattan Institute
welcomed Governor Haley Barbour as part of its series of forum on Ideas for the New Decade.
"I think you will see and the Institute will see that a lot of these people that come out of these governor's races and maybe including some
democrats are going to be very attractive with the ideas that they are pushing up from the bottom.. I think you will see more of that."
— Governor Haley Barbour
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 On Tuesday, May 25, 2010, the Manhattan Institute
welcomed New Jersey’s reformist Governor Chris Christie for a presentation on Cap 2.5, his proposed plan to limit property-tax increases.
"The stakes here are no less than the future that we want our children and grandchildren to have and that's the way I'm going to
continue to frame this issue and talk about it in New Jersey. And everyone here at the Manhattan Institute—those who work on these ideas and
those of you who support the work of these ideas—are going to be integral to the fight that I'm talking about."
— Governor Chris Christie
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 On Thursday, May 6, 2010, the Manhattan Institute proudly
hosted Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan in New York City. The Most Reverend Archbishop discussed his Pathways to Excellence: Catholic
Schools in the Archdiocese of New York.
"Towering challenges to our schools are nothing new. Meeting them with dare and grit is what has made us so scrappy and resilient. My
predecessors, like John
Hughes, like Cardinals Cooke, O'Connor and Egan, did not lose their nerve. Please God, 50 years from now, someone can say, neither
did Dolan."
—Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan
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On Wednesday, April 29, 2009, the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research held its ninth annual Alexander Hamilton Awards Dinner.
The Honorees were: the Honorable Henry Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of State, who was introduced by MI trustee Peter Flanigan; and
the Honorable Ray Kelly, Police Commissioner, City of New York, who was introduced by MI senior fellow Heather Mac Donald. MI Chairman
Paul Singer was the dinner chairman. Mayor Michael Bloomberg made a special appearance to congratulate the awardees.
The award recognizes New Yorkers who exemplify Hamiltonian values: civic leadership, fiscal restraint, entrepreneurial spirit, and energetic
public debate. A crowd of New York’s business, media, and philanthropic elite—500-strong—attended in support of the Institute.
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On Thursday, November 13, 2008, the Manhattan Institute proudly hosted President
of the United States George W. Bush at New York's historic Federal Hall
National Memorial. The President spoke in defense of free market principles
and warned of the dangers of excessive financial regulation.
"Free market capitalism is far more than economic theory. It is the engine of social mobility—the highway to the American Dream."
—President George W. Bush
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On Thursday, October 16th, the Manhattan Institute hosted its 21st annual Wriston Lecture. Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the keynote address titled "Judging in a Government by Consent."
"What is the role of government? Or more to the point, what is the role of
our government? Interestingly, this is the question that our framers answered
more than 200 years ago when they declared our independence and adopted our
written Constitution. They established the form of government that they trusted
would be best to preserve liberty and allow a free people to prosper."
—Justice Clarence Thomas
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On Thursday, October 2, 2008, the Manhattan Institute was honored to host Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters.
"It is heartening
that the Manhattan Institute—an organization which has done so much to advance
policy in areas such as welfare reform, education, and public safety—is
putting their intellectual capital to work on infrastructure issues."
— Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters
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On Monday, April 21st Manhattan Institute hosted Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney.
"The scholars and fellows of the Institute have built one of the most impressive think tanks in the country. And you do more than dwell in the world of ideas—you know how to build a case for reform and how to set events on a new track."
- Vice President Dick Cheney
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On Thursday, November 1, 2007, the Manhattan Institute
was proud to host Mayor Michael
Bloomberg as the keynote speaker of our conference,
"Thinking Big for New York City." Full text and video
of the speech are available on the Mayor's website.
He opened his remarks with some kind words for the Manhattan
Institute:
"I
want to thank the Manhattan Institute, and its president
Larry Mone, not just for bringing us together this morning,
but for more than 25 years of scholarship, and leadership,
in reshaping public policy in our city. On subjects
ranging from welfare reform to tax policy, the Manhattan
Institute's hard-nosed, well-researched ideas have had
a tremendous impact."
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On Tuesday June 27th, 2006 the Manhattan Institute was
proud to host President George W. Bush as he delivered
a
major policy address on restoring the Line-Item Veto
"...I want to thank the Manhattan Institute's support
for pro-growth economic policies, policies that really
send a clear signal that we are still the land of dreamers
and doers and risk-takers."
- President George W. Bush
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The Manhattan Institute was proud to host Mayor Rudolph
Giuliani on Tuesday, June 13th, 2006. He discussed America's
growing energy needs and the role that nuclear power can
play in meeting that surging demand—a topic of the
highest economic, environmental, and national-security
importance.
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Manhattan Institute was proud to host Vice President Dick
Cheney who delivered a major policy address on Iraq and
the War on Terror. The
full text of his remarks are available on the White House
website.
The Vice President began his remarks with
a generous compliment for the Manhattan Institute: "This
is a place of tremendous creativity, of original thinking,
and of intellectual rigor. The scholars of the Manhattan
Institute have shown, time and again, the power of good
ideas to shape public policy and to have an impact on
the lives of people here in New York and across the nation.
You have made enormous contributions to the betterment
of the city and the policy debate nationwide. The Manhattan
Institute is greatly admired in the country, and rightly
so. I congratulate you for building such a fine reputation,
and for maintaining it over the years."
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On
Monday July 17th, 2006 the Manhattan Institute was proud
to host Senator John McCain on his visit to New York City.
The Senator shared his views on several current political
issues including immigration, the Middle East conflict,
energy policy, and the economy.
