Mitchell L. Moss
Henry Hart Rice Professor of Urban Policy & Planning

Mitchell L. Moss, Henry Hart Rice Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, and Director of the Rudin Center for Transportation, has been described as a “New Yorkologist” by The New York Times.  

Professor Moss has been on the faculty of New York University since 1973. He served as an adviser to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg during his first campaign for Mayor in 2001. From 1988 to 2003 he was Director of NYU’s Taub Urban Research Center and from 1983 to 2004 he was deputy to the Chairman of the Governor’s Council on Fiscal and Economic Priorities.

Professor Moss has directed research projects for the National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and has been a consultant to leading corporations and government agencies. He has testified before the United States House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and has been an expert witness in litigation before the United States District Court, Southern District of New York. His essays have appeared in The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Post, The New York Observer and Politico.com, as well as in leading scholarly journals.











Contact Details

mitchell.moss@nyu.edu
(212) 998-7547
295 Lafayette Street, Room 3091
Office Hours: By appointment only
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Areas of Expertise

  • Cities
  • Economic Development
  • Governance
  • Information Technology
  • Infrastructure
  • Politics
  • Technology Policy
  • Transportation
  • Urban Planning
  • Urban Policy