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Prisons and Rural Economies: Do Prisons Generate Economic Development Benefits to Host Counties?The confluence of rural economic decline and a booming prison population led to a growth industry for prison construction in the 1980s. In the past 20 years, roughly 1,000 new prisons and jails have been built in the United States. Since 1980, …
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SUMMER 2022 LEAD AND PARKE FELLOWSNiya Ray is a first year MPA-PNP student at NYU Wagner with a specialization in Advocacy and Political Action. She is a graduate of Spelman College where she holds a B.A. in Political Science. During her time at Spelman she was able to work with state and …
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Cigarette Tax Salience and RegressivityRecent evidence suggests consumers pay less attention to commodity taxes levied at the register than to taxes included in a good's posted price. If this attention gap is larger for high-income consumers than for low-income consumers, policymakers can …
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Raising the Stakes: Experimental Evidence on the Endogeneity of Taxpayer MistakesRecent evidence suggests consumers fail to account for taxes that are excluded from a good’s displayed price. What is less understood is whether and how such “salience effects” depend on the magnitude of the tax. We conduct a laboratory shopping …
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Jeremy SafranWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? I chose Wagner because of its reputation, its diverse course offerings, and its location. I knew I wanted to be a transportation planner/engineer months before I entered graduate school, and Wagner only …
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Making the connections: community capacity for tobacco control in an urban African American communityDeveloping community capacity to improve health is a cornerstone of community-based public health. The concept of community capacity reflects numerous facets and dimensions of community life and can have different meanings in different contexts. This …
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Application Deadlines & Process Applicants seeking merit-based aid are encouraged to complete the application early in the cycle, as awarding becomes more competitive throughout the year. International applicants are also encouraged to apply early to allow enough time to obtain any …
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Academic Code: Student Disciplinary ProceduresA. Introduction B. Disciplinary Violations 1. Charges of Academic Dishonesty 2. Non-Academic Misconduct: Offenses Against the Community C. Disciplinary Procedures 1. Discipline Committee 2. The Hearing Panel 3. Hearings 4. …
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How to Save the Subway Fare with CannabisThe proposed legalization of recreational cannabis in the State of New York provides an opportunity to maintain current subway, bus and commuter rail fares—on a temporary basis—for a one year time period. This report analyzes how potential cannabis …
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9/11: The Response to the World Trade Center AttacksThis research paper compared the experiences of recipients and non-recipients of aid from the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks on September 11, 2001. It hypothesized that there are distinct patterns of aid and exclusion from aid that help to clearly …
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Development and Membership BuildingAs the largest community center of its type on the East Coast, and the second largest in the world, the LGBT Community Center has worked for 22 years to fortify, enrichand provide a vibrant home for the LGBT Community of New York City. The Capstone team …
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Development and Membership BuildingAs the largest community center of its type on the East Coast, and the second largest in the world, the LGBT Community Center has worked for 22 years to fortify, enrichand provide a vibrant home for the LGBT Community of New York City. The Capstone team …
Alumni In Action
Yasaman Pishvazadeh MartinWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? First, I wanted a program that would mix practice and theory but where I could focus on the former based on my course selections. At Wagner, I was able to take courses that would directly apply to my current …
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Impact measurement and evaluationImpact Hub is the largest global community of entrepreneurs and innovators, with over 7,000 members and 55+ collaborative work spaces worldwide. Impact Hub Mexico City is a new space designed to foster community, productivity, and positive impact between …
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At forum, mayors depict city government as locus of actionMayors of four US cities say cities such as their own are making inroads against problems that Washington has often fumbled or ignored—from opiates to crime, and from assimilating immigrants to fixing roads, reducing energy consumption, and building back …
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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT TECHNOLOGYSurgical technologies at the NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital continue to evolve and expand, allowing surgeons to have better accuracy and spend less time in the operating room. Robotic-assisted total joint replacement surgery has shown additional …
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"We Can’t Stop Neighborhoods from Changing"Ingrid Gould Ellen, Faculty Director of the NYU Furman Center, and Paulette Goddard Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at NYU Wagner, is exploring the impact of rising rents in major cities of the U.S., including New York, where, according to a Furman …
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Obesity in Cypress HillsThe Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation (CHLDC) is a communitybased nonprofit organization in Brooklyn that provides services and implements neighborhood development projects to improve the surrounding community. Obesity, a serious problem that …
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Intervening Pre-Admission for Elective Bariatric SurgeryNew York-Presbyterian (NYP) strives to ensure that patients are discharged in the safest and timeliest manner possible. When a hospital fails to effectively coordinate discharges, negative outcomes can occur including increases in the length of stay …
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Assessment of Freight Consolidation Methodologies in Midtown ManhattanNew York City Department of Transportation’s (NYCDOT) Office of Freight Mobility works to improve the efficiency and sustainability of freight movement throughout the City. A Capstone team was engaged to identify how consolidation centers can benefit the …
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Evaluation of Costs and Benefits of Service Expansion and its Impact on Sharsherets Financial Infrastructure, Marketing, and Program DevelopmentSharsheret is a national nonprofit organization of Jewish breast cancer survivors that pairs young women facing breast cancer in their 20s, 30s, and 40s with volunteers who can share their experiences and provide a strong support network. Sharsheret …
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Osteoarthritis EducationHospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the number one nationally ranked orthopedic hospital, and a Magnet Designated Hospital, has identified a need to offer further nurse-driven community outreach programs. HSS requested a Capstone team to help incorporate …