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The Role of Cities in Providing Housing Assistance: A New York Perspective… In a festschrift to Netzer-a public finance economist well known for his research …
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Alumni Spotlight: Errol Pierre (MPA-HPAM 2013)Errol Pierre (MPA-HPAM 2013), chief growth officer, Healthfirst Errol is a healthcare executive, educator, and Wagner alumnus who has built a career at the intersection of health equity, strategy, and public service. A graduate of Wagner’s Health Policy …
Alumni In Action
Kathleen Wetzel ApltauerCan you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? The courses I teach include International Capstone: Advanced Projects, Economics of International Development, and Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning in Global Affairs. My evaluation work focuses on …
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Discrepancies Between Ideal Characteristics of a Property Tax System and Current Practice in New York… Berne, R. & Netzer, D. …
Alumni In Action
Peter GraceTell us about your current public service work. Can you briefly describe your employment organization and position responsibilities, as well as any relevant volunteer or entrepreneurial activities? After spending three years in the Obama Administration …
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Estimating the Fiscal Impact of Secession: The Case of Staten Island and New York City… Berne, R., Cipollina, N., Netzer, D. & Stiefel, L. …
Capstone Projects
BETTER BUSES EQUITY ASSESSMENTThe New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) initiated the Better Buses Action Plan in 2019 to improve the speed of buses throughout NYC by 25 percent and increase the number of bus riders by the end of 2020. Although the COVID-19 crisis impacted …
Capstone Projects
BUILDING A BETTER FUNDRAISING STRATEGYHewnoaks Artist Residency is a small nonprofit located in Lovell, Maine that provides artists the gift of space and unstructured time to advance their work. Relying heavily on support from grants, Hewnoaks engaged the Capstone team to provide …
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PHD Application ChecklistFill out your online application. Entry Term Only offered for the Fall semester. Application Deadline Online applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on the day of the deadline. Any mailed application material must be postmarked by …
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Better Information for the BoardFocuses on the importance of adequate management information for the performance of hospital boards in the United States. Responsibilities of board members in healthcare organizations; Adaptation of organization mission and strategy; Key recommendations …
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Executive Master of Public Administration Application ChecklistFill out your online application. Entry Term Only offered for the Fall semester. Application Deadline Online applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on the day of the deadline. Any mailed application material must be postmarked by …
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Better but Not Well: Mental Health Policy in the United States Since 1950The past half-century has been marked by major changes in the treatment of mental illness: important advances in understanding mental illnesses, increases in spending on mental health care and support of people with mental illnesses, and the availability …
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How to Apply to the Online MHAFill out your online application. Entry Term Offered in the Fall semester and the Spring semester Application Deadline Online applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on the day of the deadline. Any mailed application material must …
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MS in Public Policy Application ChecklistFill out your online application. Entry Term Only offered for the Fall semester. Application Deadline Online applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on the day of the deadline. Any mailed application material must be postmarked by …
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Master of Urban Planning Application ChecklistFill out your online application. Entry Term Offered in the Fall semester and the Spring semester Application Deadline Online applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on the day of the deadline. Any mailed application material must …
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Master of Public Administration Application ChecklistFill out your online application. Entry Term Offered in the Fall semester and the Spring semester Application Deadline Online applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on the day of the deadline. Any mailed application material must …
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Will Tomorrow's Elderly Be Better Off?Part of the Controversial Issues series, this text presents a series of clear and lively debates on current issues in gerontology, authored by leading academic authorities in the field. The text presents a broad overview of issues and questions facing the …
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Better than Raw: A Guide to Measuring Organizational Performance with Adjusted Performance MeasuresLike oysters on the half shell, some things are better when they're raw. In evaluating the performance of organizations and providing guidance for improving performance, however, raw performance measures, such as test scores or success rates, are often …
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Microenterprise Development for Better Health OutcomesShowing that economic development and public health, often thought of as distinct, are both interdependent and dependent on social and political conditions, this book provides a new appreciation of the close relationship between microenterprise …
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JAMA Letter and Response on Pricing Drugs with Evidence DevelopmentMK Gusmano, David Chinitz, and VG Rodwin …
News
NYU Wagner Prof. Daniel L. Smith authors letter on municipal bond market proposalOn behalf of the Association for Budgeting & Financial Management (ABFM), and with the advice of its officers and several of its members, NYU Wagner Professor Daniel L. Smith wrote and submitted this letter to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board …
Faculty Profile
Kota WatanabeKota Watanabe is a political scientist and Visiting Scholar at NYU Wagner. His research focuses on the political economy of civil wars, humanitarian care, and transnational organized crime in contemporary Southeast Asia, with particular emphasis on …
Capstone Projects
ADVANCING MUSIC EDUCATION IN SOUTHEAST QUEENSA Better Jamaica (ABJ) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2007 that is dedicated to offering a broad range of programs, from arts and culture to educational support, to strengthen the community of Jamaica, Queens. ABJ engaged a Capstone team with the …
Stories
To become a better writer, it’s the thought that countsFor NYU Wagner’s Thom Blaylock , good writing comes in many guises, even splattered by misplaced commas and misspelled words. A Clinical Assistant Professor of Public Policy, he has taught communications at Columbia University and worked as an editor, …