As it happened, development rights for a large parcel between Dyer Avenue and Tenth Avenue on 42nd Street hinged on including a performing-arts element to make up for two Off-Broadway houses that had been razed to allow for a subway extension.

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Allowing loan securitizations, derivatives, and swaps to be taken off bank balance sheets was an important element in this, as were the procyclical rules on capital and loan loss reserves.

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Perhaps rather than taking every element of the report into account, focusing on teacher pay could be a good leaping off point for future reforms, laying the groundwork for more exclusive top-tier education programs and other stepping stones to a more professional teaching labor pool.

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