Good morning, Chairman Mendelson and members of the Council. Thank you for the opportunity to testify. My name is Yesim Sayin and I am the Executive Director of the D.C. Policy Center, an independent nonpartisan think tank advancing policies for a growing, vibrant, and compelling District of Columbia. My remarks today are…

The D.C. Policy Center’s Quarterly Business Sentiments Survey provides systematic, comprehensive information on the business community’s experiences to elected officials, the media, and the public. Recently, the D.C. Policy Center’s Rivlin Initiative completed the second Business Sentiments Survey of 2025, and the sixth overall since the survey’s launch. Conducted over a two-week…

On June 9, 2025, a D.C. Policy Center report was cited in the Washington Post: The D.C. Policy Center, a local think tank, estimates that about 3 in 5 children between prekindergarten and eighth grade do not have access to a spot in any afterschool program. Read More: How D.C.’s failure to curb truancy fueled…