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Increasing Gender Diversity at the FDNYThe Fire Department of New York (FDNY) currently employs almost 12,000 firefighters, but fewer than 1% of them are women. The FDNY is seeking to increase these numbers so that its firefighter workforce will better reflect the diversity of the population …
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Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center's Health HomeThe main objective of the Capstone team was to facilitate the working relationships between partner organizations involved in the Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center (BL) Health Home Program. As an approved Health Home, BL sought the help of the Capstone team …
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Creating, Cultivating and Sustaining Alumni EngagementHarlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF) is a supplemental education and youth development organization that seeks to proactively involve more of its alumni in the life and development of the organization. HEAF requested a Capstone team to identify gaps …
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Reimagining Parking for Future Economic DevelopmentThe Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) is Detroit’s leading economic development organization. Through public and private sector collaborations, DEGC designs and implements innovative solutions that create jobs and advance the city’s economy. DEGC …
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Delivering Integrated Care in a New Supportive Housing Residence The Institute for Community Living (ICL) is a New York-based nonprofit human services agency offering residential assistance, clinical treatment, and family support to people with severe disabilities and in situational crises. As part of the Empire State …
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Researching Municipal Policies Affecting Women and Minority Business OwnersCiti Ventures is the innovation and venture capital team of Citigroup, a multinational investment banking and financial services corporation. Their clients include small business owners and entrepreneurs across the US, particularly women and minorities, …
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Google Sites ePortfolioGoogle Sites ePortfolio Pilot Support for Urban Planning Students Your NYU Wagner ePortfolio consists of files stored in Google Drive, and a template designed for Google Sites. To access the ePortfolio site created for you, click under the “Sites” tab of …
Publication
What Are the Financial Implications of Public Quality Disclosure? Evidence from New York City's Restaurant Food Safety Grading PolicyGrading schemes are an increasingly common method of quality disclosure for public services. Restaurant grading makes information about food safety practices more readily available and may reduce the prevalence of foodborne illnesses. However, it may also …
Faculty Profile
Patrick J. EganPatrick J. Egan , Professor of Politics and Public Policy at NYU, specializes in U.S. political attitudes and behavior, and their consequences for public policy, partisanship and identity. He is author of Partisan Priorities: How Issue Ownership Drives …
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PADM-GP.2197
Taub Seminar: Sustaining Minority Communities - The Jewish CommunityWe enter any subject of investigation filled with learned viewpoints, opinions, and select facts that we choose to employ. This helps to make the task of uncovering what we mean by Jewish and Jewish community fraught with unusual difficulty. Whatever our …Alumni In Action
Ariana ProehlWhat do you do in your current role? I am the creator, producer and host of an online talk show called Know This! with Ariana ( www.knowthis.tv ). I'm currently on a 16-city speaking and talk show tour, interviewing next generation voices in various …
Capstone Projects
PROMOTING ACCESS AND CONNECTIVITY ALONG THE FAR WEST SIDEManhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4) commissioned a Capstone Team to explore strategies for improving connectivity and accessibility to the Far West Side (defined as 14th Street to 59th Street, West of 11th Avenue, Manhattan). The team joined MCB4 …
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IDENTIFYING CAMPAIGNS TO MITIGATE CAPITAL COSTS IN THE WAKE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMICRiders Alliance is a grassroots organization founded in 2012, dedicated to providing New Yorkers with a more affordable and reliable public transit system. It organizes subway and bus riders to support policy goals and campaigns that will improve train …
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State Cannabis Laws and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Admissions In 2017, over 70,000 Americans died from drug overdose. An emerging body of research suggests that medical cannabis (MC) legalization policies can serve as a response to the opioid epidemic and are associated with decreases in overdose death, opioid …
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First-generation college students share unique experiences in panel eventOn November 30, NYU Wagner hosted "Trailblazers: First Gen College Students,” a panel and networking opportunity focused on the unique experiences of first-generation college students. The event was co-sponsored by the Wagner Student Association and the …
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Our CommunityNYU Wagner is a diverse community that shares the common goal of improving societal and individual well-being. If you want to be part of this effort, join an online community unlike any other. As you pursue your Online Master of Health Administration …
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Impact in HealthImproving Healthcare in the US The US healthcare system is the most expensive on the planet. We spend more on operations, tests and pharmaceuticals than other developed countries. And yet, the quality and equitable distribution of healthcare services do …
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Admitted Student Day - April 1, 2019Why NYU Wagner? A panel discussion with current students Emmily De Los Santos (MUP), Tiffany Flemming (MPA-HPAM), and Matt Kastellec (MPA-PNP) and facilitated by David Schachter , Associate Dean, Admissions and Student …
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Student SpotlightQuamid Francis "What was valuable for me at NYU Wagner was being connected with other first-generation college students and the platform we were provided to share our stories. This is what led to my network expanding and, as a consequence, the …
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Fact Sheet on the Continued Thickening of GovernmentThe past half century has witnessed a slow, but steady thickening of the federal bureaucracy as Congress and presidents have added layer upon layer of political and career management to the hierarchy. The past six years have been no different. Despite the …
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IMPACT OF NYC LOCAL LAW 33 ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSThe Capstone team investigated the impact of public efficiency grade disclosure on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions among large buildings in New York City. Leveraging data from the NYC Energy & Water Performance Map, the team analyzed 48,334 buildings over …
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What a Difference A Grade Makes: Evidence From New York City's Restaurant Grading PolicyMichah W. Rothbart, Amy Ellen Schwartz, Thad D. Calabrese, Zachary Papper, Todor Mijanovich, Rachel Meltzer, Diana Silver …
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Investigating the Impact of Partisan Campaign Spending on the Role of State AttorneysAs partisanship and political gridlock have increased in America, many state attorneys general (AGs) have become engaged with the national political landscape. This is a shift from the traditional AG role of chief law enforcement officer. A Capstone team …
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Evaluating and Expanding Primary Education Opportunities in NicaraguaProject Alianza (Alianza) is a development project that forms community alliances to build schools and provide educational opportunities for children on private coffee plantations. In Nicaragua, almost a half million school-aged children are not enrolled …