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Marketing Funeral Services in the Digital AgePlaza Jewish Community Chapel (Plaza) is a nonprofit funeral home in New York City that has provided the Jewish community with an affordable option for funeral services for nearly 20 years. Due to stagnated growth in recent years caused by shifting …
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Strategies for Corporate Donor AcquisitionGoodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey (Goodwill NYNJ) is a social enterprise that collects and sells donated goods and empowers individuals with disabilities and other barriers to employment to gain independence through the …
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Leanna Stiefel: Special-Ed Reform—Is It Working?Professor Leanna Stiefel discusses her research on New York City's new approach to special education and what impact the reform may have on …
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BIKE THEFT MITIGATION FOR NYC DELIVERY WORKERSThe Capstone team identified a problem within the NYC delivery worker community: current motion sensor on-bike alarms fail to notify workers of security breaches to bikes locked on the street while workers are making in-building deliveries (which …
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The Effect of Residential Mobility on Student Performance: Evidence from New York CityResidential mobility is likely to have consequences for student performance, but prior empirical work is largely correlational and offers little insight into its impacts. Using rich, longitudinal data, we estimate the effects of residential mobility on …
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The 2020 Ellen Schall Experience Fund: Supporting Summer InternshipsThe Ellen Schall Experience Fund provides financial support and professional development opportunities for students who have secured an unpaid summer internship in the field of public …
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Advanced Certificate in Quantitative Methods for Policy AnalysisLeverage Quantitative Analysis, Data Science, and Survey and Social Research Request More Information: …
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Strategic Plan: Professional Development and Dissemination of DLAM CurriculumThe Dont Laugh at Me (DLAM) Project was founded in 1999 to create and disseminate educational programs designed to promote respect, compassion, understanding and tolerance among school-age children. The Capstone team was asked to research existing …
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Assessment of Public-Private Partnerships in Wakiso, UgandaPublic-Private Partnerships (PPP) are a relatively new means of service delivery in Uganda and have mostly occurred in the form of large, national-level projects. Recently, local governments have explored the potential of partnerships in order to provide …
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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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The State of New York State: Parent Education Programs for AtRisk FamiliesThe Office of Children and Family Services serves New York by promoting the safety and wellbeing of children, families, and communities within the State. The purpose of this Capstone project was to look comprehensively at parent education programs …
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Capacity Assessment Research, Development, and ImplementationThe primary goal of the International Center for Tolerance Education (ICTE) is to support initiatives designed to promote young children’s understanding of and respect for the differences that exist among themselves, especially those related to culture, …
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Capacity Assessment Research, Development, and ImplementationThe primary goal of the International Center for Tolerance Education (ICTE) is to support initiatives designed to promote young children’s understanding of and respect for the differences that exist among themselves, especially those related to culture, …
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“Debates of the Century” Features Snowden and Zakaria on National SecurityThe final installment of the spring 2016 “Debates of the Century @NYU Wagner” series was a marquee event held on April 26 at the TimesCenter featuring former NSA analyst and whistleblower Edward Snowden (via live video feed from Moscow) and CNN’s Fareed …
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Political Knowledge and Misinformation in the Era of Social Media: Evidence From the 2015 UK ElectionDoes social media educate voters, or mislead them? This study measures changes in political knowledge among a panel of voters surveyed during the 2015 UK general election campaign while monitoring the political information to which they were exposed on …
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Public Opinion toward Legislating for the Future: An UpdateThe past two years have been unsettled at best for Congress. Public approval toward Congress remains low, legislative debates have been contentious, polarization remains high, and Congress has a mixed record in dealing with major long-term issues such as …
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Does Federally Subsidized Rental Housing Depress Neighborhood Property Values?Few communities welcome federally subsidized rental housing, with one of the most commonly voiced fears being reductions in property values. Yet there is little empirical evidence that subsidized housing depresses neighborhood property values. This paper …
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Managing Diversity in Civil Service: A Case Study in Public ManagementThe new century has been marked by a generalized sense that traditional work arrangements are inadequate to address the challenges organizations encounter today. The shifts from an industrial to an information-based society, and from a manufacturing to a …
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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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Informing the Strategic Planning Process of a Childcare Center The Rose F. Kennedy Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (RFK CERC) is an Albert Einstein College of Medicine-operated clinical program that provides comprehensive care to children and adults with developmental disabilities. RFK CERC engaged a …
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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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Todd RufoHow did your experiences at NYU Wagner prepare you for your career? I went to grad school to focus on how cities, neighborhoods and economics change and evolve, and understand the strongest levers to affect that change. I’m not naturally a student and …
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Social Innovation and Democratic Leadership: Communities Making Social Change from BelowWhile liberal-representative democracies tend to conform to a consensus-based post-political paradigm where there is no space for alternatives and dissensus, new forms of democracy in practice are emerging from below. This book explores new socially …