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Race, Poverty, and Federal Rental Housing PolicyThe chapter examines HUD’s complex and, at times, contradictory goals of creating and preserving high-quality affordable rental housing, spurring community development, facilitating access to opportunity, combating racial discrimination, and furthering …
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Tuberculosis: History and Its DiscontentsBy Kayla M. Foster (MPA 2025) “Underfunded, underdiagnosed, and undertreated.” These are the characteristics of tuberculosis (TB) and multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) highlighted by Dr. Carole Mitnick as she primed the standing-room only crowd …
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Providing hearing assistance to low-income adults at risk for social isolation: Preliminary findings. Chodosh J, R Batra, D Likar, F Segal-Gidan, A Gomez, K Radcliffe, D Osterweil, BE Weinstein, J Blustein …
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Leonardo TrasandeLeonardo Trasande, MD, MPP is an internationally renowned leader in children’s environmental health. His research focuses on identifying the role of environmental exposures in childhood obesity and cardiovascular risks, and documenting the economic costs …
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MPA-MA IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS APPLICATION CHECKLISTFill out your online application. Applications for the MPA/MAIR dual degree program are available during the Fall intake. Online applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on the day of the deadline. Any mailed application material …
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Richard Buery Chosen as Public Service Fellow at NYU WagnerRichard Buery has been named a Public Service Fellow at NYU Wagner. In addition to leading New York City’s acclaimed Pre-K for All initiative, Buery is a dedicated member of the NYU Wagner community, currently completing his tenure as the school’s most …
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‘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 bias-related incidents during the 2016 presidential election cycle. Through the Islamic Center at NYU, I worked with the staff at the …
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Rent Payments in Affordable Housing During the PandemicIn this brief, the NYU Furman Center and the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley join together as members of the Housing Crisis Research Collaborative to conduct updated and additional analysis of renters and rental payments in primarily …
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The Promise of Evidence-Based ManagementMore and more, healthcare providers are committing to evidenced-based clinical practice as a rational way to deliver care. Rather than make decisions anecdotally, clinicians find that the addition of research provides statistical evidence for their …
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Alumni Spotlight: James Stratford (EMPA 2021)James Stratford (EMPA 2021), Executive Director, NYC Young Men's Initiative As the Executive Director of the NYC Young Men’s Initiative, can you share insights into your role and your key responsibilities in day-to-day operations? I am a product of the …
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NYU Wagner Capstone: The Beginning of a Lifelong Journey From Fieldwork in Mozambique to a Career in Social EntrepreneurshipFor many of us, the idea of making a difference in the world through public service can seem daunting. The problems we face are often complex, multifaceted, and seemingly intractable. Yet for NYU Wagner alumna Alicia Polak (MPA 2001), this challenge was …
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Women’s History in Chinatown: A Walking TourBy Emely Paulino On Saturday, March 30, 2024, a group of 20 Wagner students met outside of the Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office on Doyers Street in Chinatown, New York, for a special walking tour highlighting women’s history in Chinatown. The tour was …
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Factors Associated with Variation in Hospital Use at the End of Life in EnglandM. Bardsley, T. Georghiou, J. Billings …
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Human Resources: Leading Talent DevelopmentThis course is designed for public and nonprofit leaders and managers rather than human resource professionals, and provides a broad overview of human resources and talent leadership. Regardless of the role you’ll play in the public/nonprofit sector, your …News
NYU Wagner Welcomes Richard Buery as Distinguished Visiting UrbanistNYU Wagner is excited to welcome Richard Buery as a Distinguished Visiting Urbanist for the Spring 2019 semester. Buery is the Chief of Policy & Public Affairs at KIPP, leading its public policy, advocacy, marketing, and communications efforts to enlarge …
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Program ComponentsThe GWSLP participants benefit from the following components: Leadership Institute in Ghana — At the beginning of the program, participants meet in Ghana for a weeklong intensive leadership learning institute. Instructors from NYU collaborate with local …
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Emergency Department Use: The New York StoryThe inability of the nation's health care delivery system to assure access to basic primary care services for large segments of the population has meant that hospital emergency departments (EDs) are the providers of first and last resort for millions of …
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Emergency Department Use in New York City: A Substitute for Primary Care?For the uninsured and many low-income people, hospital emergency departments (EDs) are a crucial entryway to the health care system. New York City's uninsured-27 percent of the nonelderly population in 1998, up from 20 percent in 1990-rely heavily on the …
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Analysis of primary care practitioner capacity for Medicaid managed care in New York City.Billings, J., Greene, J. & Mijanovich, T. …
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Projecting Hospital Utilization and Bed Need in New York City for the Year 2000Billings, J., Kaplan, S & Mijanovich, T. …
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Analysis of Selection Effects in New York City's Medicaid Managed Care PopulationIt is becoming increasingly apparent that over the next several years the majority of Medicaid patients in many states will become enrolled in managed care plans, some voluntarily, but most as the result of mandatory initiatives. An important issue …
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The Pragmatic Politics of Regulatory EnforcementThis chapter describes regulatory enforcement as an intrinsically political endeavor. We argue that regulatory enforcement, as enacted daily by front-line enforcers around the world, consists of the production of local agreements and arrangements that …
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What Matters to Low-Income Patients in Ambulatory Care Facilities?Poor, uninsured, and minority patients depend disproportionately on hospital outpatient departments (OPDs) and freestanding health centers for ambulatory care. These providers confront significant challenges, including limited resources, greater demand …