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Paying for Government through Cost Recovery… is a non-partisan, independent office serving the United States Congress through monitoring, research, and projections …
Faculty Profile
Don Waisanen… He is the author of five books, including the forthcoming States of Confusion: How New Voter ID Requirements Fail …
Capstone Projects
Ambulatory Patient Groups Behavioral Health Revenue Projection ModelSafe Space is a nonprofit organization with a 70 percent Medicaid population. They offer a wide range of integrated family support and youth focused programs, including mental health services, designed to help families build a more hopeful future for …
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LEGISLATIVE AND PROCUREMENT ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT MITIGATION PROGRAMSGuidehouse is a public-sector advisory firm that performs loan servicing, technology modernization, and financial services for the US Small Business Administration’s loan programs. Guidehouse enlisted a Capstone team to analyze the legislative and …
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The Influence of Structural and Experiential Neighborhood Factors and Developmental Stage on the Antisocial Behavior of Urban Adolescents in PovertyThis study explored the effects of structural and experiential neighborhood factors and developmental stage on antisocial behavior, among a sample of poor urban adolescents in New York City. Conceptually and empirically distinct profiles of neighborhood …
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Building Effective Joint VenturesThe Diversity Joint Venture for Conservation Careers (DJV) is a coalition founded in 2016 with the mission of strengthening the conservation workforce by increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion. The coalition comprises partners from nonprofit …
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Rain Henderson… to an award-winning non-profit with an impact in 50 states, improving the lives of over six million children and …
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Public Policy AnalysisThis Public Policy Analysis concentration in the Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy Advanced Certificate draws from NYU Wagner’s policy program to deepen students’ understanding of the way in which public policy and political realities interact at …
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REENVISIONING THE NORTH AND WEST SHORE INDUSTRIAL WATERFRONTSThe NYC Department of City Planning is the city’s primary land use agency, and its Staten Island Office (DCPSI) is instrumental in shaping the built environment and economic activity in Staten Island. Competing visions and goals for the future of the …
News
NYU Wagner Alumnus George Latimer Wins Election as Westchester County ExecutiveElection 2017 catapulted an NYU Wagner alumnus, George Latimer, to victory in a hotly contested race for Westchester County Executive. Latimer (MPA 1976), who won by 57-to-43 percent, has served since 2013 as a New York State Senator from Rye. Previously, …
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School Cost Accounting: What Do We Know and How Do We Get There?… generalized, and resolutions to the challenges in three states are compared. The conclusion draws out implications …
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The Behavioral Dimension of Governing Inter-Organizational Goal Directed Networks: Managing the Unity/Diversity Tension… from four case studies of immigrant networks in the United States point to three activities representing mechanisms that …
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Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-for-Profit OrganizationsThis is one of the only books available that addresses financial and managerial accounting within the framework of the three major areas of the public sector. Clear and comprehensive, Finkler's unique and accessible text provides the fundamentals of …
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Funding Analysis for Long-Term Planning… to the long-term transportation planning of all 50 states. However, recent Congressional Budget Office forecasts …
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At Capacity: The Need for More Rail Access to the Manhattan CBDThis report examines the relationship between proposed transit system capacity improvements in the downstate metropolitan area, the updated post 9-11 job projections for the Manhattan Central Business District, and regional economic growth. It further …
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Choices at a Critical Junction: New York's Mobility and Highway Infrastructure Needs for 2005-2010The report is an analysis of the $17.4 billion capital budget currently proposed for the New York State Department of Transportation for the next five years, and in particular the $5.9 billion proposed for the downstate area. In its review of bridge and …
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The Role of Strategic Attention Deployment in Development of Self-Regulation: Predicting Preschoolers' Delay of Gratification from Mother-Toddler Interactions.Toddlers' use of effective attention deployment strategies to cope with separation from the mother and with maternal behavior predicted the use of effective delay-of-gratification strategies at age 5, even though the contexts, measures, and manifest …
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Integrative Medicine as a Vital Component of Patient Care… The landscape of medicine in the United States has been slowly progressing toward a more holistic and …
Stories
‘I was reminded of the importance of representation.’… Yasmine Ali (MPA-PNP 2018) Many cities around the United States—including New York—saw an increase in hate crimes and …
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Gentrification and the Health of Low-Income Children in New York CityAlthough the pace of gentrification has accelerated in cities across the US, little is known about the health consequences of growing up in gentrifying neighborhoods. We used New York State Medicaid claims data to track a cohort of low-income children …
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A Decade of Voter Identification Laws: The Effect of Stricter Requirements on Turnout… Since 2000, about half of the states have strengthened voter identification requirements, … design that takes advantage of policy variation across states and time, and incorporates the most recent national …
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Manhattan moves, even with the Pope… Pope Francis’ visit to the United States is an historic event that will disrupt life in … visitors like the Dalai Lama, the President of the United States and foreign leaders coming to the United Nations. …
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University admission quotas and high-school academic incentives: a case study of Brazil… policy that was implemented by public universities in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Bahia, in 2003. The team …