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The City of Mount Vernon is an inner-ring suburb of New York City located approximately 13 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. Like many urban areas across the country, Mount Vernon is confronting a range of challenges to its economy and quality of life. At …
City of Mount Vernon Department of Planning and Community Development
The Time In Children’s Arts Initiative is an art-centric educational program designed to improve children’s intellectual, aesthetic, and social-emotional capacity. Each week, Time In brings children from some of the city’s most under-resourced public …
The Time In Children's Arts Initiative
Hudson River Park, the second longest waterfront park in the United States, has transformed four miles of decaying piers and parking lots along Manhattan’s West side into a beloved, urban recreational paradise, attracting 17 million visits each year. …
Hudson River Park Trust
Founded in 1887, Horace Mann School (HMS) is an independent, college-preparatory school located in the Bronx. HMS’ Service Learning Program is an after-school initiative that combines community service and action with education, and provides opportunities …
Horace Mann School - Center for Community Values and Action
Founded in New York City in 2001, NPower is a nonprofit organization aimed at mobilizing the tech community to provide individuals, nonprofits, and schools with access and opportunity to build tech skills and achieve their potential. One of NPower’s …
NPower
The New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) seeks to ensure that every entrepreneur and jobseeker in NYC has the resources needed to succeed and thrive. Workforce1, a key service of SBS, prepares and connects qualified candidates to job …
NYC Department of Small Business Services
Covenant House New York (CHNY) is a supportive housing and human services provider dedicated to helping homeless youth transition back to independent living. The Capstone team undertook a series of activities to help CHNY improve its transitional living …
Covenant House New York
Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership (HLL) partners with middle schools to provide academic intervention, leadership training, high school admissions counseling, and lacrosse to at-risk youth. Founded in 2008, HLL has expanded from one to four middle schools, …
Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership
The China Center for Urban Development (CCUD) is a public institution of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). Since 1998, CCUD has provided guidance for 711 pilot cities under NDRC’s program to address major issues such as urbanization …
China Center for Urban Development - National Development and Reform Commission
The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions helps low- and moderate-income individuals achieve financial independence by organizing, supporting, and investing in credit unions that serve underserved communities. The Federation’s members …
National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
Words without Borders (WWB), an organization dedicated to enhancing cultural understanding by promoting translations of international literature, is looking for ways to expand its reach and engage more readers. Through preliminary research on WWB’s …
Words Without Borders
In 2008, the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women (JFEW) changed its scholarship strategy by moving away from awarding scholarships directly to students, and instead providing grants to universities and institutions. These partners select scholarship …
Jewish Foundation Education of Women
Big Tent Judaism (formerly Jewish Outreach Institute) seeks to engage, support, and advocate for “all those who would cast their lot with the Jewish people, regardless of prior knowledge or background.” The Capstone team partnered with Big Tent Judaism to …
Big Tent Judaism
When a disaster hits, coordination of on-the-ground partners and volunteers for relief is a massive and complex undertaking. It involves dealing with thousands of small entities, as well as major institutions like the Federal Emergency Management Agency. …
American Red Cross
The Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC) is one of New York City’s largest homeless shelter providers, operating nine shelters and safe havens with 977 beds. Currently, New York City is expanding its shelter system by opening new shelters in privately-owned …
Bowery Residents' Committee, Inc (BRC)
Built in 1976, the Brooklyn Sports Club (BSC) is a membership-based fitness center and pool located on the property of Spring Creek Towers, the largest federally-assisted rental property in the United States. The combination of underutilization and a …
Brooklyn Sports Club
Turnover of registered nurses is an increasing concern for hospitals because of its negative impact on patient care, patient satisfaction, and financial stability. New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) requested a Capstone team to examine past and current …
New York-Presbyterian Hospital: RN Turnover
As a result of intensified globalization, immigrants have become an increasingly important component of economies and societies in countries across the world. The Capstone team sought to answer the following question: within the realm of education, how do …
Immigration and Academic Performance
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) is currently in the process of developing a self-assessment questionnaire for government officials entitled the Measurement and Evaluation Tool for Engagement and e-Participation …
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) currently mails satisfaction surveys to patients in order to guide service-improvement efforts. Seeking to increase the number of patients surveyed and hear the voice of as many patients as possible, NYP had planned to …
New York-Presbyterian Hospital: Virtual Voice of the Patient
New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia (NYP Columbia) serves the tri-state area and is recognized as a world leader in health care. The Nursing Operations Department requested a Capstone team to evaluate the operations of five medical-surgical units in …
New York-Presbyterian Hospital: Expedited Discharge
The United States government provides federal tax incentives to promote the construction of affordable housing through the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. To date, LIHTC has subsidized the construction of over 2 million affordable …
United States Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program
New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) is New York’s premiere health care organization, governed by a mission to provide state-ofthe- art, secure information technology tools to its internal employees. Driven by best practices, NYP strives to optimize the …
New York-Presbyterian Hospital: IT Deployment
In the United States, local, state, and federal governments are divided over how to address issues in the health care system. Over the years, Republican-controlled states have usually taken a conservative approach when addressing social policy issues …
Political Representation and Health Outcomes