Julia Vitullo-Martin is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and Director of the Center for Rethinking Development. Her work focuses on development issues such as planning and zoning, housing, rent regulation, environmental reviews, building and fire codes, and landmark preservation.

Vitullo-Martin has been widely published in a variety of newspapers and magazines, including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Times, Commonweal, and Fortune, as well as academic journals. She has authored and edited three books, including Breaking Away: The Future of Cities (Century Foundation Press, 1996).

Prior to joining the Institute, Vitullo-Martin served as a Senior Fellow at the Vera Institute of Justice, Managing Editor for the Mayor’s Commission on New York City in the Year 2000, Assistant Commissioner for Planning and Development with the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, and Executive Director of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council. In addition, she taught at the Graduate School of Management at New School University and the Graduate Department of Urban Planning at Hunter College. She has edited and written numerous reports for foundations and for the city, state, and federal governments.

Vitullo-Martin holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago.

She lives on the West Side of Manhattan with her husband.

Articles/Op-eds

2005 Articles:

• Axing landmarks serves city well New York Daily News, 12-7-05
• Local Heroes Wall Street Journal, 11-11-05
• 'SoBro': High Quality of Life, Low Price Tag The New York Sun, 10-20-05
• Landmark This? The New York Post, 10-2-05
• Developer May Soon Revive Landmark Theater in Flushing New York Sun, 9-29-05
• In an Effort To Restrict Residential Development, Planning Commission May Rezone Whitestone New York Sun, 9-15-05
• Residents, Developer Wrestle Over P.S. 64 Site New York Sun, 8-18-05
• Queens Neighborhood’s Mix of Industry, Housing May Be Remixed New York Sun, 7-28-05
• City Is Rich in Land Ripe for Development, New Study Concludes New York Sun, 7-14-05
• A Pioneering Queens Garden Community Flourishes Anew New York Sun, 7-7-05
• Government theft gets Supreme backing New York Daily News, 6-29-05
• Changing Tides on the Hudson New York Times, 6-26-05
• Harlem's Renewal Spreads to the Boulevard New York Sun, 5-26-05
• Residential Vs. Industrial—the Battle for the Soul of the South Brooklyn Waterfront New York Sun, 5-19-05
• Book Review: Burnt Apple New York Post, 5-1-05
• How City Council May Kill Affordable Housing New York Daily News, 4-19-05
• Audubon Terrace, Lost and Found The New York Sun, 4-14-05
• How the Spirit of Ayn Rand Haunts the City The New York Sun, 3-24-05
• Robbing the MTA New York Post, 3-21-05
• Young New Yorkers Discover Norwood, One of the City's Prettiest Areas New York Sun, 3-17-05
• Mike’s in the Zone New York Post, 3-14-05
• Chateau Harlem Wall Street Journal, 3-10-05
• Blight By Law New York Post, 2-28-05
• Back to the Future New York Sun, 2-25-05
• Book Review: Machine City Over Manhattan New York Post, 2-6-05
• Carson to NY: Wake Up New York Post, 1-30-05
• Red Hook’s Red Light New York Post, 1-11-05

ARTICLES ARCHIVES:
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Books:

• Breaking Away: The Future of Cities: Essays in Memory of Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (Century Foundation Press, January 1996)

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