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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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IMPACT OF SCHOOL REOPENINGS ON WORKING MOTHERS’ FINANCIAL DISTRESSSchool closures during the Covid-19 pandemic worsened employment outcomes for working mothers. Many working mothers decreased their total working hours in order to accommodate needed care, and childcare costs also increased. The Capstone team sought to …
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IDENTIFYING CAMPAIGNS TO MITIGATE CAPITAL COSTS IN THE WAKE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMICRiders Alliance is a grassroots organization founded in 2012, dedicated to providing New Yorkers with a more affordable and reliable public transit system. It organizes subway and bus riders to support policy goals and campaigns that will improve train …
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Innovatix, LLCInnovatix, LLC is a dynamic, full-service group purchasing organization (GPO) that services more than 4,400 alternate site providers throughout the United States. In September of 2003, Innovatix started an initiative in response to members requests aptly …
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Revenue Cycle Process Analysis at Montefiore Medical CenterMontefiore Medical Center is an integrated healthcare delivery system serving patients in the Bronx and southern Westchester counties. The facility treats a significant number of patients through its Emergency Room Department (ED). Montefiores ED is …
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Medicaid and Mortality: New Evidence from Linked Survey and Administrative DataWe use large-scale federal survey data linked to administrative death records to investigate the relationship between Medicaid enrollment and mortality. Our analysis compares changes in mortality for near-elderly adults in states with and without …
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Performance Based Grant Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Experiences in Bangladesh, Nepal and UgandaIn order to meet the Millennium Development Goals, governments in developing nations will need to substantially improve their ability to deliver basic infrastructure and services. One of the most promising strategies for achieving this is the use of …
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Performance Based Grant Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Experiences in Bangladesh, Nepal and UgandaIn order to meet the Millennium Development Goals, governments in developing nations will need to substantially improve their ability to deliver basic infrastructure and services. One of the most promising strategies for achieving this is the use of …
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Creating, Cultivating and Sustaining Alumni EngagementHarlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF) is a supplemental education and youth development organization that seeks to proactively involve more of its alumni in the life and development of the organization. HEAF requested a Capstone team to identify gaps …
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Improving the Municipal Waste Management System of KaolackWith the support of the Institut Africain de Gestion Urbaine (IAGU), a Senegalese NGO and a technical expert in urban management, the Capstone team studied the waste management systems of Kaolack, Senegal. Kaolack is a rapidly growing urban area with a …
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Consumer Borrowing After Payday Loan BansHigh-interest payday loans have proliferated in recent years; so too have efforts to regulate them. Yet how borrowers respond to such regulations remains largely unknown. Drawing on both administrative and survey data, we exploit variation in …
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Student Spotlight: Bryan Matthew (MPA-PNP 2025)Bryan Matthew (MPA-PNP 2025), chair, Wagner Black Student Association (BSA) Can you share a bit about yourself and what inspired you to attend a school of public service? I am from Piscataway, New Jersey, and I am a proud first-generation college student. …
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ADVOCATING FOR TRANSPARENCY IN NEW YORK CITY FAMILY COURT DATAHer Justice supports women living in poverty in NYC by recruiting and mentoring lawyers to provide pro bono legal services that address individual and systemic legal barriers in the civil justice system. A challenge that Her Justice encounters in its …
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STREAMLINING SHARED EQUITY FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENTSGrounded Solutions Network is a nonprofit that works to cultivate equitable communities by advancing long-term affordable housing solutions, and it supports a national membership base of organizations actively engaged in furthering shared equity …
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EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF AMAZON’S EXPANSION ON NYC COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENTMake the Road New York is the largest community-based membership organization representing immigrants and working-class people of color in New York State. Through its Workplace Justice team, the organization fights for the rights of all workers by …
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The Value of Science: Special ThemeJulia Lane, Brian Kim, Frauke Kreuter, and Allison Nunez …
Alumni In Action
Erik KorolevWhen Erik Korolev was graduating from Wagner, he applied to only one job on the west coast. Having grown up in New York, he focused the majority of his job applications towards organizations in New York and Connecticut. But the chance to take a project …
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NYU Wagner Students Demonstrate Exemplary Impact on the NYU CommunityThree NYU Wagner students and two NYU Wagner student organizations were honored at the 35th Annual President's Service Awards. The ceremony honored nearly 50 groups and 100 individual students from across the entire NYU community in NYC, Abu Dhabi, and …
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Message From the DeanWelcome to the NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service! I am delighted to serve as the Dean of NYU Wagner during this time of tremendous change and opportunity. I often say, as public servants, we run to the fire. At NYU Wagner, we …
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EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF NEW FINANCIAL AND SERVICE MODELS Opening Act is committed to advancing arts equity in New York City and beyond by providing free, high-quality theater programming to the city’s highest need schools. The organization works in 57 schools throughout NYC and has served over 5,000 young …
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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 …
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DEVELOPING AN INTRAPRENEURSHIP CAPACITY-BUILDING PROGRAMThe New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) is a city agency that provides shared services to support the operations of NYC’s government. Although the agency has over 2,000 employees spanning 13 units and various internal and …
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State Cannabis Laws and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Admissions In 2017, over 70,000 Americans died from drug overdose. An emerging body of research suggests that medical cannabis (MC) legalization policies can serve as a response to the opioid epidemic and are associated with decreases in overdose death, opioid …
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Takin' it to the StreetsPerhaps not since the 1960s has the world witnessed so many large-scale demonstrations. In Iran, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Bolivia, Britain, Iraq, Haiti, Chile, Ecuador, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Spain, Algeria, Sudan, and other countries, vast throngs …