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In 2015, Heather Mac Donald popularized the term, the [[Ferguson effect]] (an increase in violent crime rates in a community asserted to be caused by reduced [[proactive policing]] due to the community's distrust and hostility towards police)<ref name="NYT War"/><ref name="Vox Ferguson effect">{{Cite web|last=Lind|first=Dara|date=May 18, 2016|title=The "Ferguson effect," a theory that's warping the American crime debate, explained|url=https://www.vox.com/2016/5/18/11683594/ferguson-effect-crime-police|access-date=July 30, 2020|website=Vox|language=en}}</ref> when she used it in a May 29, 2015, ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' op-ed.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-nationwide-crime-wave-1432938425 | title=The New Nationwide Crime Wave | work=Wall Street Journal | date=May 29, 2015 | access-date=December 15, 2015 | author=Mac Donald, Heather}}</ref> The op-ed stated the rise in crime rates in some U.S. cities was due to "agitation" against police forces.<ref name="atlantic">{{cite web|author=Ford, Matt|date=November 21, 2015|title=Debunking the Ferguson Effect|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/ferguson-effect/416931/|access-date=December 15, 2015|work=The Atlantic}}</ref> Mac Donald also argued "Unless the demonization of law enforcement ends, the liberating gains in urban safety will be lost", quoting a number of police officers who said police morale was at an all-time low.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32995911 | title=Why has the murder rate in some US cities suddenly spiked? | work=BBC News | date=June 5, 2015 | access-date=December 15, 2015 | author=Gold, Ashley}}</ref> The following year, Mac Donald published ''The War on Cops'', which asserted that a "new attack on law and order makes everyone less safe".<ref name="NYT War">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/books/review/the-war-on-cops-by-heather-mac-donald-and-handcuffed-by-malcolm-sparrow.html |title=The Problem With Modern Policing, as Seen From the Right and From the Left|first1=Barry|last1=Friedman|work=The New York Times|date=June 27, 2016}}</ref> In the book, Mac Donald further highlighted the Ferguson effect,<ref name="NYT War"/> and argued that claims of racial discrimination in policing are "unsupported by evidence", and are instead due to larger numbers of crimes being reported as having been committed by minorities.<ref name="NYT War"/>

In 2021, the Instituteinstitute initiated an annual "Celebration of Ideas" in [[Palm Beach County, Florida]]. This was highlighted by ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' in a 2023 article noting the Instituteinstitute's growing presence in [[Florida]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/florida-republican-state-trump-desantis-2b9b588|title=Essay &#124; How Florida Became America’s GOP Hot Spot|first1=Arian|last1=Campo-Flores|first2=Alex|last2=Leary|first3=Anthony|last3=DeBarros|date=April 1, 2023|via=www.wsj.com}}</ref> In January 2023, Institute senior fellow [[Christopher Rufo]], director of the organization's initiative on [[critical race theory]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-inquiry/how-a-conservative-activist-invented-the-conflict-over-critical-race-theory|title=How a Conservative Activist Invented the Conflict Over Critical Race Theory|first=Benjamin|last=Wallace-Wells|date=June 18, 2021|via=www.newyorker.com}}</ref> was appointed by Florida Governor [[Ron DeSantis]] to serve on the [[New College of Florida]] Board of Trustees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/christopher-rufo-manhattan-institute/673008/|title=DEI Is an Ideological Test|first=Graeme|last=Wood|date=February 10, 2023|website=The Atlantic}}</ref>

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The institute has published multiple books focused on America's cities; in 1997 it published ''Twenty-First Century City: Resurrecting Urban America'', authored by then-Indianapolis Mayor [[Stephen Goldsmith]]. In 2015 it published ''The Next Urban Renaissance''. In 2016, it published ''Retooling Metropolis''.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

[[Howard Husock]] joined the Manhattan Institute in 2006 as vice president of policy research and director of the institute's Social Entrepreneurship Initiative.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/06/05/president-obama-announces-another-key-administration-post|title=President Obama Announces Another Key Administration Post|date=5 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpb.org/aboutcpb/leadership/board/husock|title=Howard Husock, Member, CPB Board of Directors|last=ernestosilva|date=12 February 2015|website=www.cpb.org}}</ref> Since 2019, Brandon Fuller has served as the Institute’sinstitute's vice president of research and policy.

Steve Malanga has criticized public-sector unions and said that states like California and New Jersey suffer from political leadership.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pension-tidal-wave-is-about-to-crash-down-on-taxpayers/article/2565965|title=Pension tidal wave is about to crash down on taxpayers|first=Steven|last=Malanga|magazine=[[Washington Examiner]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/steve-malanga-the-pension-sink-is-gulping-billions-in-tax-raises-1421106634|title=The Pension Sink Is Gulping Billions in Tax Raises|first=Steve|last=Malanga|date=12 January 2015|newspaper=[[Wall Street Journal]]|via=www.wsj.com}}</ref> Cities Malanga has profiled include Stockton, California;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.city-journal.org/html/stockton%E2%80%99s-unlearned-lessons-11441.html|title=Stockton's Unlearned Lessons|date=23 December 2015|publisher=[[City Journal (New York City)|City Journal]]}}</ref> Atlantic City, New Jersey;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.city-journal.org/html/boardwalk-vampire-14101.html|title=Boardwalk Vampire|date=27 January 2016|publisher=[[City Journal (New York City)|City Journal]]}}</ref> Harrisburg, Pennsylvania;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.city-journal.org/html/lessons-harrisburg-14040.html|title=The Lessons of Harrisburg|date=23 December 2015|publisher=[[City Journal (New York City)|City Journal]]}}</ref> Houston, Texas;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/in-fast-growing-texas-local-debt-has-soared-now-wholl-pick-up-the-tab/|title=In Fast-Growing Texas, Local Debt Has Soared|publisher=Investor's Business Daily|date=3 October 2016|agency=[[City Journal (New York City)|City Journal]]}}</ref> and Dallas, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.city-journal.org/html/pension-collapse-big-d-14894.html|title=Pension Collapse in Big D|date=9 December 2016|publisher=[[City Journal (New York City)|City Journal]]}}</ref>

[[Josh McGee]], vice president at the [[Laura and John Arnold Foundation]], joined the Manhattan Institute as a senior fellow in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mystatesman.com/news/greg-abbott-pension-board-pick-draws-protests-from-labor/FgaqjKto94zALNs1zNESMM/|title=Greg Abbott's pension board pick draws protests from labor}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2015/12/01/law-enforcement-group-urges-gov-abbott-to-rescind-pension-board-appointment|title=Law enforcement group urges Gov. Abbott to rescind pension board appointment - Politics - Dallas News|date=1 December 2015}}</ref> In 2020, McGee left the Instituteinstitute to become chief data officer of the state of Arkansas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/130568/josh-mcgee-maintains-states-data-plan|title=Josh McGee Maintains State's Data Plan|website=Arkansas Business|date=March 30, 2020}}</ref>

===Broken windows theory===