On March 16, 2026, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was quoted by WMAL: “It is hard to attribute a separate value for each,” said Yesim Sayin, executive director of the nonpartisan D.C. Policy Center. “For sure, remote work led to the long-term commercial real estate crises, and federal layoffs just made things worse.”…

On March 12, 2026, the State of D.C. Schools, 2024-25 report was featured by WTOP: D.C. public schools are showing “forward momentum,” with an increase in enrollment, improved teacher retention and improvements in student performance, according to a new report from the D.C. Policy Center. But one of the authors of the…

On March 7, 2026, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was quoted in the Washington Post: Yesim Sayin, an economist serving as executive director of the D.C. Policy Center who previously worked in the CFO’s office, said she could understand why city officials might be angered to lose access to the money. The congressional…