On May 9, 2025, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was quoted by the Washington Post: But there are enough concerning data points in the D.C. region — including an office market that’s still in shambles following the pandemic — to indicate that some kind of economic slump is underway, pointing toward a prolonged…

On April 30, 2025, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was quoted in Washington Business Journal: “The idea is to increase design flexibility,” Yesim Sayin, executive director of the D.C. Policy Center, a research and analysis think tank, told me. “What that does is actually increase the usable space in the building and makes…

On April 24, 2025, an Education Policy Initiative report was cited by the Washington Post: The city’s youngest learners have driven recent public school enrollment growth. The preschool population grew by more than 3 percent last school year, faster than enrollment in elementary and middle schools, according to an analysis by the D.C. Policy…