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A New Revenue Source for Mass Transit: Legalizing and Taxing CannabisNew York is a subway city. Despite the growth of bikes, scooters, for hire cars, and ferries, the city’s subway system is the principal way in which New Yorkers move. More than 5.5 million people ride the subway each weekday.[1] This number is larger than …
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To Give Is to Get: The Promotional Role of Investment Bankers in Local Bond Elections.Public managers and elected officials are generally restricted from supporting election campaigns with public resources. In the case of legislative referenda, the public stakeholders responsible for putting a policy question on the ballot must play a …
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A Water Availability Intervention in NYC Public Schools: Influence on Youth Water and Milk Behaviors.Objectives. We determined the influence of “water jets” on observed water and milk taking and self-reported fluid consumption in New York City public schools. Methods. From 2010 to 2011, before and 3 months after water jet installation in 9 schools, we …
Capstone Projects
Opportunities for Increased Revenue Through Franchises, Concessions, and Revocable ConsentsThe Capstone team was asked to review New York Citys franchise, revocable consent, and concession process to determine if additional revenue could be generated for the City through process changes and improvements. The Capstone team identified three City …
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New York City and State Tax/Revenue RelationshipCitizens Union Foundation is a nonpartisan organization for good government which ensures New York local and state governments operate in a fair, open, and fiscally sound manner while informing and engaging its citizens. Citizens Union Foundation …
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Dear Chief Executive Officer: The Perceptions of a Recently Discharged PatientDetails the hospital experience of a health professional who underwent cardiac arterial bypass graft on the said urban medical center. Errors or potential errors that were cited in the way that ancillary staff, nurses and even some physicians failed in or …
Alumni In Action
Coco LimCan you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? As a Program Associate, I get to do a little bit of everything. My tasks include communicating with our Field staff on a daily basis, preparing quarterly financial and narrative reports, providing …
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How the F Train Breakdown Hit Social Media… Street stations. This report includes an analysis of the event and the need for essential information through social …
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The Voice Cultivation Process: How Team Members Can Help Upward Voice Live on to Implementation… interactional process rather than a one-time dyadic event, this paper develops new theory on how employees can …
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Contemporary Global Crises and Humanitarian PoliticsIn the context of a growing number of intersecting local, national, and global crises, each warranting political strategy, operational responses, and humanitarian planning across a range of states, agencies, movements, technical and political actors, this …Capstone Projects
PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT AND ADDRESSING RACIALLY DISPARATE IMPACTS IN PASCOPasco is a small city in eastern Washington with a majority Hispanic population where housing production has lagged behind rapid population growth. Lower-income households in Pasco have been disproportionately affected by displacement, overcrowding, and …
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Management and Leadership Specialization… sectors. Request Information Attend an Admissions Event …
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On Detention and Skill: Reflections on Immigrant Incarceration, Bodying Practices, and the Definition of SkillThe use of detention as a tool of immigrant enforcement has grown in the United States and around the world. In this article, I examine the practices used to structure the physical detention of immigrants and explore the role that carceral immigrant …
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NYU Wagner graduate elected Mayor of Bogotá, ColombiaCarlos Fernando Galán will soon put his NYU Wagner education to work in Bogotá, where he has been elected Mayor of the Colombian capital. A 2019 graduate of NYU Wagner's Executive MPA Program , Galán takes office January 1, 2024. He received a plurality …
Capstone Projects
Medical Centers: Manhattan, Brooklyn Extended Care Facility: QueensThe residents responsibilities and projects included: completing a series of rotations through the six main divisions of the organization; completing the IRB approval process to conduct a survey-based smallpox vaccination research study; participating in …
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A systematic review of US state environmental legislation and regulation with regards to the prevention of neurodevelopmental disabilities and asthmaBACKGROUND: While much attention is focused on national policies intended to protect human health from environmental hazards, states can also prevent environmentally mediated disease through legislation and regulation. However, relatively few analyses …
Alumni In Action
Thalia WashingtonTell 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? I am the Director of Development and External Affairs at …
Alumni In Action
Tricia DietzCan you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? As Assistant Commissioner of Housing Incentives at NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) in the Office of Development, I oversee Inclusionary Housing, HPD’s tax incentive programs …
Alumni In Action
Margaret diZerega… a number of Wagner events each year including a wonderful event on homeless in NYC with Department of Homeless Services …
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A New Multilateralism in the 21st Century… on "A New Multilateralism in the 21st Century." The event included such pressing and complex issues as global …
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NYU Reproductive Health Action Network (NYU Repro)Mission The NYU Reproductive Health Action Network (NYU Repro) at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service is a student organization dedicated to intersectional reproductive health advocacy, access, and education. NYU …
Capstone Projects
CULTURALLY INFORMED HUMAN RESOURCES STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE
ORGANIZATIONAL WORK CULTUREThe Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) is an arts, culture, education, and media organization that advances cultural equity and racial and social justice for African-descendant communities. CCCADI engaged a Capstone team to …
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NYU Wagner’s 2019 Cultural Day… Student Society (WISS) hosts an interactive and enriching event to allow students to share their diverse cultural … by accepting the richness in human connection. This year’s event welcomed three presenters who shared their cultures … merriment were all themes of the evening, and the annual event hopes to continue the celebration of rich cultural …
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Alumni Spotlight: Hunter Blas (MPA-PNP 2023)Alumni Spotlight: Hunter Blas (MPA-PNP 2023), development manager, Elemental Impact Can you share your journey into climate technology? What initially drew you to this field, and how did your time at NYU Wagner shape your goals? My journey into climate …