On July 15, 2025, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was quoted in Politico: “Tourism has been one of the fastest recovering sectors in D.C. after the pandemic, and now there is a bit of a danger to it,” said Yesim Sayin of the D.C. Policy Center, a local think tank. “It can mean…

Given that the D.C. Council has recently considered ways of increasing revenue during its budget working sessions, this chart of the week examines how the city’s tax revenue sources have changed over time. As the chart above shows, between 2010 and 2021, real property taxes made up the largest share of the…

On July 9, 2025, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was quoted in Washington Business Journal: “There are real livelihoods at stake here,” said Yesim Sayin, executive director of the D.C. Policy Center and previously the D.C. government’s director of fiscal and legislative analysis. “This is going to be challenging times for all who…