Capstone Projects
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The Capstone team was asked by Community Board 6 to develop a comprehensive 197A plan for the Waterside Area. The Waterside Area extends from 34th street to 42nd street and from 2nd Avenue to the East River. The Waterside Area represents one of the …
Community Board 6 - The Land Use Committee
Smart Growth is a widely-used term that refers to land use practices that reinforce environmental protection, economic development, transportation options and encourage dense, walkable communities. Many in the field view smart growth as an antidote to the …
Institute of Public Administration (IPA)
The Primary Care development Corporation (PCDC) is a public/private partnership that promotes the building of a sustainable, permanent community infrastructure for primary and preventive care in medically under served communities in New York City. …
Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC)
Founded in1990, as an incubator project of Bronx Community College (BCC), Health Force has grown into a $2.5 million peer-based health prevention and education program that trains adults and youth in the South Bronx to serve as AIDS and Asthma peer …
Health Force: Men and Women Against AIDS
The Citizens Committee for Children (CCC) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advocating for children in New York City. They are currently embarking on an extensive campaign to increase the affordable housing supply in the City. In preparation …
Citizens Committee for Children of New York
The Pest Control Services of the city of New York, in response to the Mayors initiative on rodent control asked the Capstone team to look at staff allocation at their regional offices, review existing policies and procedures to ensure timely response to …
New York Citys Department of Health, Pest Control Services
The Office of the Bronx Borough President requested a Capstone team analyze service delivery to New York Citys mentally ill population. The Capstone team completed an overview of the system's present capacity and service delivery strategy to analyze the …
Office of the Bronx Borough President
Since 1998, the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) has operated an accountability and performance management tool known as the Group-Oriented Analysis and Leadership Strategies (GOALS) system. Based on a set of performance measurement …
New York City Department of Juvenile Justice
United Cerebral Palsy of New York City (UCP/NYC) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to servicing individuals with developmental disabilities. Like many other service providers in this sector, UCP/ NYC is facing high employee turnover and is …
United Cerebral Palsy of New York
West Harlem Environmental Action (WE ACT) is a non-profit environmental justice organization in New York City working to address and improve the environment of predominately African American and Latino neighborhoods. WE ACT, along with other …
West Harlem Environmental Action (WE ACT)
The Jewish Home and Hospital (JHH) is non-profit nursing home that provides care primarily to senior citizens in need of long-term skilled nursing care. JHH also provides short-term and long-term physical rehabilitative therapy and has a "step down" unit …
Jewish Home and Hospital
The Capstone team provided the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School with research and recommendations for adding value to the relationship between alumni and the Wagner School by increasing alumni participation in the Center for Management's continuing …
New York University, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Center for Management
A Capstone team was asked to analyze how the Management Analysis Unit at the Mayors Office of Operations was meeting the mission of Mayoral Directive 94-3. The Mayoral Directive 94-3 gives the Mayors Office of Operations (Operations) and the Office of …
New York City Mayors Office of Operations, Management Analysis Unit
The Capstone team was asked to analyze the cause of the Medical Centers Faculty Practice Plans (FPP) billing write-offs. Of concern to management is whether the FPP is effectively billing and collecting for services provided. This includes all aspects …
Montefiore Medical Center, The Bronx, NY
In July of 1997 Mount Sinai and NYU merged their respective hospitals and created a holding company entitled Mount Sinai NYU Health. As a result of the merger the Human Resource staffs were consolidated and in June 2000 move to a single corporate …
Mount Sinai NYU Health - Department of Human Resources
Auto-Assignment of individuals into Mandatory Medicaid Managed Care (MMMC) plans is sometimes cited as an indication of poor education and outreach efforts. The Capstone team investigated, via literature and key informant review, the utility of …
Health Care Financing Administrations (HCFA) New York Regional Office - The Division of Medicaid and State Operations
The Isabella Geriatric Center has been at the forefront of caring for the elderly in its surrounding neighborhood since 1875. Recently, Isabella identified an opportunity to assist elderly individuals in their own homes by participating as a provider in a …
Isabella Geriatric Center
The YMCA of Greater New York, as part of its capital campaign to build or renovate facilities in the five boroughs, plans to expand the Brooklyn Central YMCA branch by opening a new site. The Capstone team was asked to advise the YMCA on how to proceed …
YMCA of Greater New York
The Soho Partnership operates under the auspices of ACE, the Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless. The Soho Partnership was established in 1992 to provide employment training and life skills-building to homeless men and women in …
Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless (ACE)
The Capstone team was asked to study and prepare a revitalization plan for the Kill Van Kull Waterfront on the North Shore of Staten Island. The one-mile waterfront study area was once home to a thriving maritime and heavy industrial manufacturing base …
The Office of the Staten Island Borough President
New York Citys Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) is a public benefit corporation created by the New York Legislature in 1970. The HHC operates facilities in all five boroughs of New York City, providing general, ambulatory, emergency and long-term …
New York Citys Health and Hospitals Corporation
City Limits Community Information Service, Inc. (City Limits) is a non-profit organization committed to providing independent journalism and investigative research and analysis to those advocating for a more equitable New York City. The Capstone team was …
City Limits Community Information Service, Inc
The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC) is a leading child welfare agency in New York City and has been in existence since 1875. Their mission is to protect children from abuse and it does so through constantly evolving …
The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC)
Bellevue Medical Center is developing a Heart Health Service Line that integrates all of its cardiovascular services in order to improve efficiency, communication, and patient service. In order to help Bellevue Operations Team to achieve their vision, the …
Bellevue Medical Center