Ms. Been is the Elihu Root Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law and the Director of the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at New York University. Her areas of research include affordable housing, exactions, land use, predatory lending, smart growth, and takings.
Ms. Been's publications include "Impact Fees and Housing Affordability," in Cityscape, and "Coming to the Nuisance or Going to the Barrios: A Longitudinal Analysis of Environmental Justice Claims" in the Ecology Law Quarterly. She has also been published in the Stanford Law Review, the Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law, and the Yale Law Journal.
Ms. Been has also served as a Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and an Associate Professor of Law at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She received her B.S. from Colorado State University, and her J.D. from New York University School of Law.