NYU Wagner

Charles Brecher, Professor of Public and Health Administration, teaches courses in public policy formation and analysis in health policy. His most recent books are Power Failure: New York City Politics and Policy Since 1960, a study of local political change, and Privatization and Public Hospitals: Choosing Wisely for New York City. He serves as Research Director for the Citizens Budget Commission, a nonpartisan civic organization devoted to improving financial management and service delivery by the City of New York and the State of New York. He is also leading the fiscal component of the Wagner School's multi-year evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Urban Health Initiative. He is a member of the board of the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy in Albany. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the City University of New York.