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Cities—faced with climate change—must prove resilientNYU Wagner hosted its annual Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy Forum bringing together policymakers and thought-leaders to explore this year’s theme: Cities, Climate Change, and Resilience. Industry expert Amy Chester and NYU Wagner professor Gernot Wagner led …
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Frances LiuHow did being in New York impact your professional journey? New York City has been a central character in my professional journey thus far. I have worked for several NYC-based advocacy and research nonprofits, in an NYC mayoral administration, and at a …
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Fact Sheet on the New True Size of GovernmentEven as Democrats and federal employee unions battle the Bush Administration's proposal to put thousands of federal jobs up for competition with the private sector, the government's largely-hidden workforce created through contracts and grants has reached …
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NYU Wagner Hosts Panel on Navigating Federal Healthcare Policy ChangesH.R.1, or the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, is projected to significantly reduce federal healthcare spending and increase the number of uninsured individuals over the next decade. In anticipation of these significant changes to the healthcare policy …
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CYC: Getting StartedWhat are my fields of interest? (e.g. children and youth, hospital administration, housing, international development) What change do I want to make happen? (e.g. improve access to healthcare, reduce disparities in education) What roles might I want to …
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Black families, regardless of wealth, face disproportionate risks in childbirthProfessor Laura Wherry , along with Professor Rossin-Slater and Petra Persson of Stanford University, Kate Kennedy-Moulton of Columbia University, and Gloria Aldana of the Census Bureau, authored and published a new study highlighting how health …
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Financial Sustainability in Private Colleges and Universities: Measuring Return on Net Assets and Assessing Business StrategyHigher education institutions are facing a challenging operating environment. Policymakers and Boards rely on financial ratios to measure institutions financial viability. A limited body of research correlates strategy with financial and operating …
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The Influence of Primary Care and Hospital Supply on Ambulatory Care–Sensitive Hospitalizations Among Adults in Brazil, 1999–2007Objectives . We assessed the influence of changes in primary care and hospital supply on rates of ambulatory care–sensitive (ACS) hospitalizations among adults in Brazil. Methods . We aggregated data on nearly 60 million public sector hospitalizations …
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Chicago's Disposable-Bag Tax is Working, Study FindsWhile a New York City local law to establish a 5-cent tax on plastic checkout bags at grocery stores was blocked in Albany in February, a 7-cent tax implemented Feb. 1 by Chicago led to a “dramatic decrease” in grocery store shoppers’ use of disposable …
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Democracy ScholarsAbout Democracy Scholars A Three Week Residential Summer Seminar Program Support for Senior Year College Application Process A Nine Month Civic Engagement Leadership Project 1) Democracy Scholars is an intensive 3-week summer seminar in political …
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Can Consumer Protection Practices Help Microfinance Clients Avoid the Perils of Debt?A means to help low-income individuals gain access to credit, microfinance has been met with mixed results, sometimes increasing clients’ over-indebtedness and threatening their financial welfare. A growing industry solution is the implementation of a set …
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Impressed to Inspired: A Conversation with the NYU Wagner Alum Behind New York’s Grassroots Housing Movement by: Rhea Almeida (MPA-PNP) “I spent three weeks looking for a place in Brooklyn and almost died,” a friend and fellow Wagner student said about his experience house-hunting in New York City. As a first-year graduate student, I faced my own challenges …
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Facing the Challenge of Evaluating a Complex, Multi-Site InitiativeWeitzman BC and D Silver. …
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What Is the Future of the Affordable Care Act? What happens if the Affordable Care Act is repealed? Sherry Glied, Dean of NYU Wagner, led a critical discussion of the newly imperiled reform and the future of the health insurance landscape in America, organized by Philanthropy New York , a regional …
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Palladia Supportive Housing: A Family Reunification StorySeveral recent federal, state and city policy changes have added to existing challenges facing recovering substance abusers who are trying to reunify with their children. Those changes include new family reunification laws, conflicting housing and social …
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Palladia Supportive Housing: A Family Reunification StorySeveral recent federal, state and city policy changes have added to existing challenges facing recovering substance abusers who are trying to reunify with their children. Those changes include new family reunification laws, conflicting housing and social …
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Planned Parenthood of New York City & Emergency ContraceptionPlanned Parenthood of New York City (PPNYC) tasked the Capstone team with forecasting the impact to the organization when emergency contraception (EC), now available only by prescription, becomes an over-the-counter (OTC) drug. The specific objective of …
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Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA)Learn to navigate complex challenges and lead effectively across multiple contexts—whether managing yourself, guiding teams, driving organizational change, or influencing society as a …
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Pedestrian and Bicyclist Standards and Innovations in Large Central CitiesHow best to promote the use of bicycles and walking, while ensuring safety and sufficient mobility for motor vehicles, presents an ongoing challenge in many locales. For large central cities, the issues are particularly complex as they balance multiple …
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Performance and Outcome Evaluation: How to Measure a Smile on Clients FaceLenox Hill Neighborhood House (LHNH) is a settlement house founded in 1894 on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It is dedicated to helping those who live, work or attend school on Manhattans East Side to improve the quality of their lives by helping them …