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Anticipating and adapting to community changes in the East VillageThe East Village Community Coalition (EVCC) is a neighborhood alliance that works to recognize, support, and sustain the built and cultural character of the East Village. Since 2004, their efforts have helped preserve the vibrancy and diversity of this …
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Estimating the Intergenerational Persistence of Lifetime Earnings with Life Course Matching: Evidence from the PSID Why do estimates of the intergenerational persistence in earnings vary so much for the United States? Recent research suggests that lifecycle bias may be a major factor [Grawe, N., Lifecycle bias in estimates of intergenerational earnings persistence. …
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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 …
News
Five Wagner Alumni Named in City & State's 2022 Nonprofit Power 100Five NYU Wagner alumni have been named in City & State’s Nonprofit Power 100 for 2022. This award recognizes the invaluable and often overlooked role that nonprofits play in working to improve the lives of the most vulnerable New Yorkers. The leaders …
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Julie Shahroudi (MPA-HPAM 2009) Helps Lead NYU Student Health Center to National Recognition for Quality ImprovementDr. Julie Shahroudi (MPA-HPAM 2009), assistant director of quality improvement, has helped lead the NYU Student Health Center (NYU SHC) to national recognition as a finalist for the 2025 Bernard A. Kershner Innovations in Quality Improvement Award from …
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Student Spotlight: JD Mazuera Arias (MPA 2024)As a new Master of Public Administration student and Bloomberg Public Service Fellow, JD is drawing from his personal experience with immigration and enthusiasm for policy to make an impact in Latine community advocacy. Can you share a bit about yourself …
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ANALYSIS OF PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESSThe Uganda Village Project (UVP) is a nonprofit organization that facilitates community health projects in rural Uganda by partnering with existing health infrastructure to provide education and preventative services for malaria, HIV/AIDS, water, …
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Racial Dynamics of Subprime Mortgage Lending at the PeakSubprime mortgage lending in the early 2000s was a leading cause of the Great Recession. From 2003 to 2006, subprime loans jumped from 7.6% of the mortgage market to 20.1%, with black and Latino borrowers receiving a disproportionate share. This article …
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Fiscal Decentralization in Indonesia: A New Approach to an Old IdeaThe system for financing and delivering local public services in Indonesia, as in many developing countries, is highly centralized. Growing awareness of the weaknesses of the present system has recently generated much interest in decentralization and …
News
NYC Housing Commissioner Vicki Been Discusses Affordable Housing Initiative at Urban Policy ForumVicki Been returned to NYU Wagner to discuss her role at the helm the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the ambitious city program to build and preserve 200,000 affordable apartment units in a decade’s time. The …
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Mind the Map! The Impact of Transit Maps on Path Choice in Public TransitThis paper investigates the impact of schematic transit maps on passengers' travel decisions. It does two things: First, it proposes an analysis framework that defines four types of information delivered from a transit map: distortion, restoration, …
Capstone Projects
NYC Health and Hospitals CorporationThe resident worked on several projects, the most rewarding of which was the business plan for proposed outpatient rehabilitation services at the Coler- Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility, which has historically provided only in-patient …
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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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Improving Response Rates for Parks ConcessionsThe New York City Department of Parks and Recreation provides high-quality amenities and facilities to park users, which generate revenue for the city and create valuable business and employment opportunities for the public. Business opportunities are …
News
NYU Impact Investment Fund (NIIF) Makes Its First InvestmentThe student-led NYU Impact Investment Fund (NIIF) has successfully completed its first investment with a $30,000 investment in Sapient Industries , whose mission is to eliminate waste from our electrical grid using machine learning. Sapient Industries …
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Three NYU Wagner Alumni Named Trailblazers in Building and Real Estate by City & State In New York’s ever-changing landscape, City & State has selected its inaugural list of Trailblazers in Building and Real Estate , recognizing the leaders who are shaping the city and state. Notably, three NYU Wagner alumni were selected for the …
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Weill Cornell Medical CollegePhysician OrganizationThe Weill Cornell Physician Organization is comprised of more than 700 physicians who are the full-time faculty of Weill Cornell Medical College. The medical college has recently undertaken an effort called Weill Cornell: We Care. The goal of this effort …
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VA New York Harbor Healthcare SystemReporting to the director of the healthcare system, the resident participated in and contributed to various projects, including a prospective patient safety assessment; preparation for a JCAHO survey; preparation of policy fact sheets; coordination of the …
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Weill Cornell Medical CenterThe resident was involved in the Performance Improvement Initiative, an ongoing project in the Perioperative Services Department of the hospital. The resident also worked on the hospitals Volume & New Business Task Force on both short- and long-term …
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Building a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC)The Isabella Geriatric Center has been at the forefront of caring for the elderly in its surrounding neighborhood since 1875. Recently, Isabella identified an opportunity to assist elderly individuals in their own homes by participating as a provider in a …
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Gender Disparities in the Juvenile Justice SystemThe Capstone team assisted the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Legal Aid Society - Juvenile Rights Division (LASJRD) in determining whether there are gender disparities in the New York juvenile justice system. After a comprehensive …
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Measuring Client Satisfaction to Improve Service QualityThe Bronx Defenders (BxD) provides client-centered, holistic services to low-income people in the Bronx, including family defense services that prevents children in the Bronx from being taken unnecessarily from their families and placed in the child …
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Intraurban Differences in the Use of Ambulatory Health Services in a Large Brazilian CityA major goal of health systems is to reduce inequities in access to services, that is, to ensure that health care is provided based on health needs rather than social or economic factors. This study aims to identify the determinants of health services …
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Evaluating the Impact of the "Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts, preK12""The mission of the Department of Education's Office of Arts and Special Projects (OASP) is to provide New York City public school communities with information and resources that will enable every student to achieve a full education in the arts. In 2004, …