Capstone Projects
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Client: United Planning Organization
Team: Maggie Davies, Nurlan Kabishtayev, Marshall Strawbridge, Nicole Virgo-Carter, Athena Yan
The United Planning Organization (UPO) is a community action & advocacy organization that assists low-income residents of Washington, D.C. to achieve economic security. One of their key programs focuses on advocacy for low-income …
Client: Waterfront Alliance
Team: Anne Larkin; Lia Clark; Owen Elton; Larasati Gumilang Kencanawardhani
The Waterfront Alliance supports initiatives to create resilient coastal communities in New York City and prepare residents for rising sea levels and increased flooding events. They primarily serve the vulnerable communities through education, …
Client: New York City Department of City Planning - Rezoning
Team: Lucy Friedman-Bell, Gisselle Morales, Yoshi Omi-Jarrett, Kenny Rodriguez, Eva Vesmanova
The New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) is the government agency responsible for guiding the city’s land use and zoning policies. As part of its work, DCP advances neighborhood plans to support long-term visions in housing production, economic …
Client: The Accelerator for Shifting Gender Norms through Education
Team: Allie Gordon, Lucy McHugh, Shuocheng Wu
The Accelerator for Shifting Gender Norms through Education (the “Accelerator”) is a global initiative designed to support and spread evidence-based models that shift gender norms during adolescence, with the broader goal of advancing gender equality in …
Client: Start Early
Team: Liyan Huang, Xintong Liu, Nan Jiang, Xiaoshui Hu
This project was conducted for Start Early, a nonprofit organization that advances early childhood education (ECE) through policy, advocacy, and program support. The organization focused on improving access to high-quality early learning for children and …
Client: New York City Department of City Planning - Urban Design
Team: Zachary Alfaro, Gibson Chu, Max Gordy, Angie Rendon, Lucero Sanchez
The New York City Department of City Planning’s Urban Design Office provides guidance on buildings and neighborhood plans, conducts design research, develops public engagement tools, and shapes zoning regulations to ensure that new buildings and public …
Client: Equity Advocates
Team: Pat Apap, Odessa Elmore, Ian Holmes, Robyn James
Equity Advocates (EA) and United Neighborhood Houses (UNH) lead a coalition of community leaders, activists, and interest groups to advocate for the expansion of SNAP access in New York State to include income-eligible immigrants. To strengthen their …
Client: Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, Center on International Cooperation
Team: Cherin Lee, Elena Perez, Jixi Wang
Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, housed within the Center on International Cooperation (CIC), serves as an impact hub that convenes governments, civil society, and global organizations to advance people-centered justice and close …
Client: NYC Office of the Comptroller
Team: Ruby Foxall, Joey Smith, Gabriel Negron Torres, Brant Wesley
The Office of the New York City Comptroller is responsible for overseeing the City’s financial health, auditing agency performance, and advancing policies that promote fiscal responsibility and long-term sustainability. The office plays a critical role in …
Client: Citymeals on Wheels
Team: Jack Bozzini, Emely Sosa, Janani Venkataramanan, Laura Wasserman
Citymeals on Wheels (CMOW) is a New York City non-profit with a 40-year history of providing weekend and holiday meals to homebound older adults. While community organizations deliver one meal per day on weekdays, CMOW supplements this with two weekend …
Client: Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA)
Team: Ashley Chen, Hermela Hailemariam, Huabei Ke, Laura Muñoz, and Finlay Scanlon
The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) is a NYC government agency dedicated to advancing equity and inclusion for immigrant communities and multilingual New Yorkers through policy leadership, advocacy, and cross-agency collaboration. As federal …
Client: Lower East Side Employment Network (LESEN)
Team: Ariana Diaz, Fabiola Hernandez Lopez, Liola Moody, Lara Mullen
The Lower East Side Employment Network (LESEN) is a New York City nonprofit composed of community-based workforce development organizations serving predominantly low-income, immigrant residents through job placement, training, and employment stabilization …
Client: Violet Organization
Team: Claire Carson, Lauren Meyer, June Sun, Yohana Zewde
Violet Organization is a Syria-based humanitarian organization that supports the most vulnerable communities affected by violence in Syria. Since the fall of the Assad regime in 2024, political dynamics within Syria have shifted, and traditional nonprofit …
Client: NYU Langone Department of Emergency Medicine
Team: Noah Bergner, Andrea Chavez, Carlos Garcia Galindo, John Genova, Darren Gir
Urban Emergency Departments (EDs) are uniquely positioned for community health education, yet structural barriers such as fragmented scheduling, scattered resources, and limited community awareness prevent consistent outreach. NYU Langone's ED engaged our …
Client: World Bank Urban Practice - Europe
Team: Monica Martinez, Mahin Tawrat, Yuchen Wang
The World Bank Catching-up Regions Initiative (CuRI) aims to accelerate sustainable development and economic investment in the Baltic regions bordering Russia and Belarus, which face challenges such as aging populations, depopulation, and constrained …
Client: MASS Design Group - Sustainability
Team: Zoe Costello, Yuqian Gao, Cindy Nguyen, Joseph Taecker-Wyss Yuqian Gao
MASS Design Group is a nonprofit design collective advancing justice and environmental sustainability through the built environment, with its Abundant Futures Design Lab focused on regenerative design that aligns ecological limits with community …
Client: Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF)
Team: Sara Lam, Bianca Rosales, David Salinas, Reanne Wong
The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families’ (CACF) Community Development Fund (CDF) and Equity subcontracts provide equity-focused state funding to AAPI communities in New York State. Through analyzing provided reports and work scopes from …
Client: Congestion Pricing
Team: Yulin Li, Ziqi Ling, Jiayu Tan, Haochuan Yu
This research provides Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson and Seattle Department of Transportation Acting Director Angela Brady with an assessment of how congestion pricing affects emergency medical services in a city. The team used EMS dispatch data to create a …
Client: Restore NYC
Team: Kris Adhikari, Victoria Frost Boyd, Pedro Chen, Vivien Diao, and Xiaohan Zhang
Restore NYC is a nonprofit organization providing survivor-centered, trauma-informed services for survivors of human trafficking, including safe housing, economic empowerment, and comprehensive case management. As the organization has grown and funding …
Client: New York City Emergency Management
Team: Kevin Andrews, Robin Kim, Johanna Lawton, Dakota London, Nico Mitroff
New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) is the agency responsible for coordinating citywide emergency planning and response, including the development of NYC’s Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) which lists different events (emergencies, disasters, or …
Client: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Team: Veronika Angelina, Laura Bertran, Zian Li, Zian Zheng
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), through the World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance and Investment (WOFI), supports evidence-based policymaking by providing standardized, comparable data on multi-level …
Client: New York City Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice
Team: Ethan Diamond, Cynthia Kong, Mariana Luna-Martinez, and Michael Mardirossian
The NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice (MOCEJ) is a mayoral agency focused on protecting New Yorkers from the threats of climate change by creating and advancing policies to enhance the City's safety. MOCEJ’s current work includes the …
Client: The Brigid Alliance
Team: Icy Li, Victoria Li, Haina Sang, Dingchen Xue
The Brigid Alliance (BA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that offers travel, logistical, and financial services for individuals seeking abortion services, focusing on those who face geographic and legal barriers. This service is …
Client: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Team: Maya Koehn-Wu, Luying Meng, Priya Vaikuntapathi
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) Financing for Sustainable Development Office (FSDO) supports countries in developing innovative financing solutions to close gaps in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. As …
Client: Arts for Learning Connecticut
Team: Hannah Sun, Weichen Sun, Sparkle Wang, Yixuan Xia
Arts for Learning Connecticut (AFLCT), a nonprofit organization committed to promoting learning and development through arts-based experiential education, seeks to expand into the corporate market. AFLCT asked the Capstone team to evaluate whether this …
Client: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Team: Randi Gamble, Jenny Jamison, Cerimar Olivares
In collaboration with the municipality of Panama City, the Inter-American Development Bank has launched a multi-faceted revitalization project in the historic neighborhood of El Chorrillo. As the leading development finance institution in Latin America …
Client: Ronald McDonald House New York
Team: Olivia Chan, Olivia Liu, Smrithi Mahadevan, Reika Oshima, Frances Schulenberg
Ronald McDonald House New York (RMH-NY), founded in 1979, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing temporary housing and wraparound services to families with children ages 0 to 26 undergoing cancer treatment. RMH-NY recently explored launching a …
Client: BlackSpace Urbanist Collective
Team: Jenny Ha, Shanzae Bangash, Spencer Kong
BlackSpace Urbanist Collective is a Brooklyn-based national organization that advances Black-led urbanism through design, planning, and other creative practices. As traditional funding became less reliable and the organization approached the end of its …
Client: Right to the City Alliance
Team: Grace Chai, Caroline Miller, Jennifer Pigach
Right to the City (RTTC) is a national alliance of community-based racial, economic, gender, and environmental justice organizations working to advance housing affordability and community ownership. In 2023, RTTC launched the Integrated Capital Loan Fund …
Client: Wellness in the Schools
Team: Ngọc Nguyen, Kruti Rawal and Joa Rojas
The capstone team partnered with Wellness in the Schools (Wits) to evaluate and strengthen WitS’s program Chefs in the Schools (CiTs) in promoting scratch cooking and healthy eating in public schools. This work is important because access to culturally …
Client: Institute for Child Success
Team: Averi Chen, Hannah Ford, Zhimin Xia, Steven Zheng
Founded in 2010, the Institute for Child Success (ICS) is a research and applied policy nonprofit organization, focused on the success of all young children through advancing research, human, and equity-based public policies. ICS seeks to address how …
Client: Inteleos Foundation
Team: Tessa Chatain, Erin Spellman, Leo Sun
This capstone project strengthens impact evaluation for the Inteleos Foundation’s Accelerator Ambassador Program, which supports clinicians implementing point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) across diverse global health settings. As the program expanded, …
Client: The Good Cause Eviction Law in New York City
Team: Brynn Adams, Monika Panwar, Ryan Rosenberg, Xuandi Zhang
The enactment of New York State’s Good Cause Eviction Law in April 2024 established a pivotal regulatory framework requiring landlords to demonstrate "good cause" for evictions and capped annual rent increases at 5% plus the Consumer Price Index. This …
Client: NYC Education Initiative
Team: Yiqian Feng, Shuyu Niu, Jiani Qiu, Wuanqi Tang
NYC Solves, launched in 2024-2025, is a public school initiative aimed at improving math instruction by implementing standardized, high-quality math curricula. As the initiative is still in its early stages, actions at this moment are critical. As a …
Client: Urban Resource Institute
Team: Yixin Sun, Zhixuan Wu, Yixue Xia, Jinyi Yan
Urban Resource Institute (URI) is a New York City nonprofit organization that provides shelter, housing, legal services, counseling, and other support services to survivors of domestic violence, homelessness, and other trauma. As URI has grown across …
Client: KIHMI Foundation
Team: Marie Gloria Sibomana, Kayla Guerrero, and Wenwen Tao
KIHMI is a community development-based organization in Juan De Acosta and Algarrobo, Colombia, that provides educational and psychosocial initiatives, such as Telas Que Cuidan, El Jardin, and Vida Estilo K, to support families and community members …
Client: MTA Access-A-Ride Paratransit
Team: Allison Han, Jack Kelly, Ben Kuhn, Adomma Kumi, Jared Zullig
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)’s Access-A-Ride (AAR) paratransit system is the largest in the world, providing over 10 million trips annually to hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers. The system faces significant challenges, including …
Client: Gender Equality Network for Small Arms Control
Team: Lea Lepik, Elan Nelson, Florencia Rebolledo
The Gender Equality Network for Small Arms Control (GENSAC) promotes gender-sensitive approaches to small arms and light weapons (SALW) control measures. The network is hosted and managed by the Center on International Cooperation at NYU. By advancing …
Client: Living Cities - Center for Wealth Equity
Team: Jaz Griffin
Living Cities’ Center for Wealth Equity works to close racial wealth gaps by bringing together public, private, and philanthropic capital. Because of where it sits, between national funders and local partners, it has a clear view of how capital strategies …
Client: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Team: Moath Alsuwailem, Iqra Khan, Trisha Singh
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency within the Department of Health and Human Services that administers Medicare, including Medicare Advantage (MA), a privately delivered program that sets payment, quality, and provider …
Client: United Nations Foundation
Team: JJ Briscoe, Liliana Flanigan, Delal Ghebremedhin
The United Nations Foundation (UNF) leads two signature global health campaigns: Shot@Life, which champions vaccine access for children around the world, and United to Beat Malaria, focused on malaria prevention and treatment. Despite broad bipartisan …
Client: World Bank Urban Practice - México
Team: Laura Muñoz Sanchez, Sarah Barr, Julian Mura-Kröger
The Polos de Desarrollo de Bienestar program, established by the Mexican federal government, uses targeted tax incentives to attract business development in key sectors under Plan México. Capstone research with the World Bank and federal and subnational …
Client: Women’s World Banking
Team: Olivia Archdeacon, Grace Davis, Emmett Halloran, Alexandra Stubblefield
Women's World Banking (WWB) is a global nonprofit that works with financial institutions and policymakers to expand access to financial services for women. WWB's policy and advocacy work helps shape the regulatory environments that determine whether and …
Client: Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA)
Team: Eagens, Kara ; Frank, Michael ; Garcia, Luis ; Kubik, Jasia
The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA) dismantles structural and systemic barriers that impede economic security and well-being, and strengthens the capacity of human service and faith organizations so New Yorkers with lower incomes can …
Client: Anytime Telecare
Team: Anjie Lu, Sarah Graves, Sravya Kunaparaju
Anytime Telecare is a healthcare services organization that provides after-hours nurse-led telephone triage to guide patients to appropriate levels of care. This report examines how after-hours nurse triage can reduce avoidable emergency department (ED) …
Client: United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS)
Team: Julia Bails, Naomi George-Edward, Ananya Sanghvi
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) delivers sustainable, locally responsive infrastructure and project management services worldwide, working alongside governments, donors, and local stakeholders. To improve service delivery outcomes …
Client: Brightline Defense
Team: Harlowe Brumett-Dunn, Julia Delgado, Lexxi Ferrer, Savannah Richardson
Brightline Defense is a San Francisco-based nonprofit advancing environmental justice and clean energy policy to ensure low-income and frontline communities benefit from California’s energy transition. As electrification accelerates and electricity demand …
Client: Inclusiv
Team: Yiwei Gu, Haibei Qu, Jiayuan Ren, Yihan Shi, Peiling Zhang
Inclusiv is a nonprofit organization that supports community development credit unions and promotes financial inclusion across the United States. The organization developed the Financial Inclusion Data Analytics Platform (FIDAP) to help credit unions …
Client: Association for Financial Professionals
Team: Ahmad Rafsanjani Mustahar, Adina Scheinberg, Chloe Tam, Venu Thirumala, Karl Weiskopfnu Thirumala, Karl Weiskopf
The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) is a leading membership organization that provides tools and resources to support the career development of finance professionals worldwide. This work is significant because AFP defines credentialing …
Client: Town+Gown NYC: Post-Consumer Plastics
Team: Oliver Hann; Carlos A. Hernández Rojas; Paola S. González Valentín; Sebastián Morales Tirado
New York City generates millions of tons of municipal solid waste annually, and plastics represent one of the most difficult material streams to redirect away from disposal due to their high production volumes, limited recyclability at scale, and narrow …