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Barbara Brancaccio… organizations and corporations. Her extensive public service experience includes serving as the Managing Director …
Alumni In Action
Mara Schiff, Ph.D.… responsibilities include academic teaching, research and service where I specialize in the intersection of restorative …
Publication
Mobile Home Developments: Impact on Local TreasuryThe article focuses on the impact on local treasury of mobile home developments. The impact on the local public treasury of the parks in which most newly constructed mobile homes are located is as important to the discussion of the mobile home as a …
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Curricular Resources… Struggle . By Beth Rosenthal and Jonathan Walters. From Service to Activism: How Latino Day Laborers and Domestic … Creating Lasting Solutions through Housing Development, Service Provision and Advocacy: Staying the Course for a …
Faculty Profile
Elizabeth Angeles… and social impact to the classroom. Her work in public service includes establishing the first advocacy unit at … where she developed critical partnerships with disability service organizations and advocates and became a founding … cross-sector collaboration, strategic planning in public service, and innovative approaches to community engagement …
Publication
Restructuring Local Government Finance in Developing Countries: Lessons from South AfricaExamining cutting-edge issues of international relevance in the ongoing redesign of the South African local government fiscal system, the contributors to this volume analyze the major changes that have taken place since the demise of apartheid. The 1996 …
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SPRING 2022 LEAD & PARKE Fellows … Fellow, Arshdeep will be helping One Fair Wage organize service workers to end the sub-minimum wage. In the U.S., it is still legal to pay service workers less than $3 an hour, forcing them to rely on tips. Throughout the pandemic, many service workers were further exhausted and were asked to work …
Capstone Projects
From Crisis to Prosperity: A Sustainable Approach to Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness… services and its client base. The result is a center-wide service model which brings case management, career …
Publication
Transitioning to a Solar-Powered Bus Fleet: Gauging the Potential of Solar Power in the MTA’s Zero-Emission Fleet Transition… Policy & Management Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service New York University Cover Image: MTA on Flickr …
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A Pilot Community Health Worker Program in Subsidized Housing: The Health + Housing ProjectObjectives: We examine the implementation of a community health worker (CHW) program in subsidized housing, describe needs identified and priorities set by residents, and summarize participant-reported outcomes. Methods: Partnering with a local …
Capstone Projects
INVESTIGATING URBAN FINANCE AND THE FORM OF THE CITY IN INDONESIAThe United Nations Capital Development Fund’s (UNCDF) Local Development Finance team is committed to facilitating effective urban infrastructure financing solutions in the world’s least developed countries (LDCs). As LDCs experience rapid urbanization, …
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Fiscal Decentralization in Indonesia: A New Approach to an Old IdeaThe system for financing and delivering local public services in Indonesia, as in many developing countries, is highly centralized. Growing awareness of the weaknesses of the present system has recently generated much interest in decentralization and …
Publication
Economic Development Impacts of High-speed Rail… The advantages of such lines are a higher quality of service than competing modes (air, bus, auto, conventional …
News
Mayors Across America Draft Urban Future Plans at Smart Cities Institute, a New Convening Hub Created by NYU Wagner and the US Conference of Mayors… and NYU Wagner Professor of Urban Planning and Public Service Neil Kleiman. “The Institute creates a rare safe … Institute’s Director and NYU Wagner Professor of Public Service, noted, “We assembled former chief technology …
Capstone Projects
Greening Initiatives for Harlem Hospital Center"Harlem Hospital Center (HHC) is two years along in its fiveyear Modernization Capital Campaign to upgrade its campus and build a new patient pavilion. HHC has a long and distinguished tradition of providing innovative, highquality health care programs …
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East Asian DecentralizesMore than ever, the future of East Asian countries depends on the capacity and performance of local and provincial governments, according to the World Bank report, East Asia Decentralizes. This decentralization has also unleashed local initiative and …
Capstone Projects
Africa Regional Decentralization and Local Governance WorkshopThe United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) builds the productive capacity and self-reliance of poor communities by increasing their access to essential local infrastructure and services. The UNCDF Africa Regional Decentralization and Local …
Faculty Profile
Sarah Sheon GereckeSarah Gerecke is principal at SSG Community Solutions LLC, creating program and policy solutions to complex affordable housing and community development challenges. Her clients include foundations, trade associations, nonprofits, and national thinktanks. …
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Margaret Egan… Community Supervision, the Division of Criminal Justice Service, and the State Commission on Correction, among …
Capstone Projects
Fathers Initiative Project… Palladia, one of the largest nonprofit, multi-service agencies in New York City, recently adopted a …
Capstone Projects
Strategies to Support CDP Growth and Sustainability… and findings from in-depth interviews, logic models of CDP service areas, a comprehensive communications plan, and recommendations for CDP with respect to fundraising, service delivery and performance measurement. …
Capstone Projects
The Information and Referral Center of Village Care… Care of New York is a community-based, not-for-profit service organization serving the elderly, persons living with …
Capstone Projects
Implementation of a Free Basic Services Policy in the Republic of South Africa… Africans to receive at least a common minimum standard of service. The Capstone team was asked by the Department of … standards for basic services. The team examined current service provision on a sector basis (health, water, …
Capstone Projects
ASSESSING THE MUNICIPAL FINANCE ECOSYSTEM IN TANZANIA… team supports local governments and economies in public service delivery in the world’s least developed countries. …