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DEVELOPING ARGUMENTS AND STRATEGIC MESSAGING TO KEEP PRIMARY ELECTIONS OPENOpen Primaries is a nonprofit organization with a mission to advocate for open and nonpartisan primary election systems, educate voters, counter efforts to impose closed primaries, and build local, state, and national coalitions. The organization engaged …
News
NK Architects Awarded for Design of NYU Wagner’s 17th Street BuildingFor their work in revamping NYU Wagner’s new home at 105 E 17th Street, NK Architects received an Outstanding Project Award in Learning By Design Magazine’s Fall 2025 Architecture and Interior Design Awards of Excellence. The firm was recognized for …
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Medicaid Expansion Led to Reductions in Postpartum HospitalizationsThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansions increased preconception and postpartum insurance coverage among low-income birthing people, leading to greater use of outpatient care. In this study we evaluated whether the expansions affected rates of …
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Hepatitis C Testing in Substance Use Disorder Treatment: The Role of Program Managers in Adoption of Testing ServicesBACKGROUND: Health care organizations do not adopt best practices as often or quickly as they merit. This gap in the integration of best practices into routine practice remains a significant public health concern. The role of program managers in the …
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The effect of housing wealth shocks on work and retirement decisionsUsing panel data from 2000 to 2012, we show that unanticipated zip code-level shocks to home values affect retirement, retirement reversals, and Social Security claims. Among older men, homeowners experiencing moderately negative housing price shocks are …
Faculty Profile
Joseph CimpianJoseph Cimpian, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Economics and Education Policy at NYU Steinhardt and Affiliated Faculty at NYU Wagner. His research focuses on the use and development of novel and rigorous methods to study equity and policy. One line …
Faculty Profile
Michael KeaneMichael Keane is a city planner, real estate investor, and land development specialist. In the REI space, Michael and his team transform living spaces in major U.S. cities through acquisition of and investment in multifamily properties. In the field of …
News
Student Op-Ed: "I Didn't Vote. It's Not My Fault Though."For the last year, NYU Wagner has run a writing workshop in the Intro to Public Policy course recitation with a goal of giving all Wagner students some instruction in writing best practices. For their first assignment, all students in the class learn how …
Capstone Projects
Generating revenue for the center for the history of medicine and public healthThe Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health (CHM), part of the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), was established in 2012. With more than 550,000 volumes, CHM is one of the largest medical library collections in the United States. It holds …
Capstone Projects
LIHTC and Crowd Out: Does Subsidizing Rental Housing Deter Private Investment?The United States government provides federal tax incentives to promote the construction of affordable housing through the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. To date, LIHTC has subsidized the construction of over 2 million affordable …
Capstone Projects
ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC OPINION FOLLOWING A TERRORIST ATTACK IN OHIOThough Islamic State-inspired terrorist attacks make up only a small subset of terrorist events in the United States, they loom large in the public consciousness and receive extensive media attention. The team used a natural experiment to investigate the …
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Horizontal Equity in Health Care Utilization in Brazil, 1998–2008Introduction This study assesses trends in horizontal equity in the utilization of healthcare services from 1998 to 2008--a period of major economic and social change in Brazil. Methods Data are from nationally representative surveys repeated in 1998, …
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The Tides of Reform Revisited: Making Government Word, 1945-2002The past six decades have witnessed acceleration in both the number and variety of major administrative reform statutes enacted by Congress. This increase can be explained partly by the increased involvement of Congress, a parallel decrease in activity …
Capstone Projects
Gender-lens Investing: Empowering Female EntrepreneursFunding to female founders is staggeringly low, with research showing that female-led businesses received only 2.2% of global venture capital funding in 2018. Galvanized by that data, the all-female Capstone team developed a venture capital fund to …
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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 …
Publication
Validation of the Partin Nomogram for Prostate Cancer in a National SamplePurpose : The Partin tables are a nomogram that is widely used to discriminate prostate cancer pathological stages, given common preoperative clinical characteristics. The nomogram is based on patients undergoing radical prostatectomy at The Johns Hopkins …
Stories
NYU Wagner Alumnus Gives Black Boys, and Barbershops, Access to Fun-to-Read Books… Master’s in Public Administration (MPA) at NYU Wagner in 2015. “I ask them, ‘What social cues are really present that …
Capstone Projects
Designing a Process Evaluation System and Data Monitoring FrameworkEmpatico creates virtually connected classrooms to unite students across cultures and geographies, enabling individuals to exercise empathy, navigate adversity, and reconcile differences. Empatico has created a three-month curriculum that leverages the …
Stories
Advancing Social and Economic Development in Health and Public Service InternationallyStudent Name: Eddie Rosenbaum Program/Specialty: MPA-PNP, International Policy & Management Anticipated Graduation Year: 2019 By Mikeala Sparks (MUP, International Development) “I have committed the last 10 years of my career to public service, and I …
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Amenable Mortality and Neighborhood Inequality: An Ecological Study of São PauloThis article uses an ecological study design to explore intraurban health inequality in São Paulo by examining neighborhood-level changes in mortality amenable to medical care. We use 2003–2013 data for 95 city districts of São Paulo and apply a random …
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EXPLORING MIDWESTERN LABOR LAWS AND HOUSING POLICY DURING THE GREAT RECOVERYSix states passed Right-to-Work (RTW) statutes between 2001 and 2017 that made it illegal for employers to require their workers to pay union dues. The team theorized that the loss of union benefits such as regular wage increases, health insurance, and …
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Developing a Community Engagement Model for the Redistricting Process The Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) is a national organization that promotes equity, opportunity, and a robust democracy by partnering with grassroots organizations to build community power and transform the state and local policy landscape. The Voting …
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22nd Annual Kovner-Behrman Health Forum—Value-Based Purchasing: One Size Does Not Fit All | March 27
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Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Evolving Approach in AccraThe Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is an arm of the World Bank that evaluates the organization’s project portfolio. The IEG is currently evaluating the World Bank’s Urban Resilience Operations, focusing on how the World Bank is helping its clients …