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The Space before Action: The Role of Peer Discussion Groups in Frontline Service Provision~Studies of street-level discretion tend to focus on what influences workers’ behaviors and the consequences of their choices for advancing or compromising policy goals, but studies rarely focus on the space before action, that is, the processes through …
Alumni In Action
Jan Luis Mendez GarciaWhere do you work? Describe your current job and how your role contributes to making an impact. I currently work at the New York City Independent Office, a publicly funded agency that provides nonpartisan information about New York City's budget to the …
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Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting: Concepts and PracticesGovernment and Not-for-Profit Accounting highlights the dynamic nature and constant evolution of the field and the intellectual challenges it presents. Designed to assist both preparers and potential users of financial reports, this book emphasizes …
Faculty Profile
Alain BertaudAlain Bertaud is an urbanist, who recently joined the team of the NYU Marron Institute and NYU Stern Urbanization Project as a Senior Research Scholar. Prior to his assignment with NYU in October 2012, he had been working as an independent consultant for …
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The Equity Effects of State School Finance Reforms: A Methodological Critique and New EvidenceSince 1970, over half the states have reformed their school finance systems with improvement in equity of revenue and resource distributions as one of the stated goals. While numerous studies evaluating the equity effects of these often expensive reforms …
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Jump-Starting Collaboration: The ABCD Initiative and the Provision of Child Development Services through Medicaid and CollaboratorsMany policy problems require governmental leaders to forge vast networks beyond their own hierarchical institutions. This essay explores the challenges of implementation in a networked institutional setting and incentives to induce coordination between …
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The Irvine–Minnesota Inventory to measure built environments: Reliability testsBackground Inter-rater reliability is an important element of environmental audit tools. This paper presents results of reliability tests of the Irvine–Minnesota Inventory, an extensive audit tool aimed at measuring a broad range of built environment …
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The Irvine–Minnesota Inventory to measure built environmentsBackground Inter-rater reliability is an important element of environmental audit tools. This paper presents results of reliability tests of the Irvine–Minnesota Inventory, an extensive audit tool aimed at measuring a broad range of built environment …
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The $5 man: the underground economic response to a large cigarette tax increase in New York CityOBJECTIVES: We examined the mechanisms by which living in a disadvantaged minority community influences smoking and illegal cigarette sale and purchasing behaviors after a large cigarette tax increase. METHODS: Data were collected from 14 focus groups …
Stories
The Hidden Regulations Behind Streets The suburban garage: The birthplace of Nirvana and the Ramones. The hallowed ground on which so many Silicon Valley behemoths got their starts. And, for the rest of us, the dark, dingy graveyard where we’ve abandoned countless lawn mowers, as-seen-on-tv …
Stories
NYU Wagner’s 2019 Cultural DayBy Mikeala Sparks (MUP, International Development) Every year the Wagner International Student Society (WISS) hosts an interactive and enriching event to allow students to share their diverse cultural heritage from all corners of the Earth. The goal is …
Alumni In Action
Sumaila PallaWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? NYU Wagner was a way for me to look at community development through the lens of design. It was a way for me to not physically be in a design studio, but apply my expertise and background to everything I was …
Capstone Projects
Financial Feasibility Analysis to Operate a Free-Standing Birth Center in ManhattanFriends of the Birth Center (FBC) is a nonprofit organization striving to create a state-of-the-art green design out-of-hospital birth and womens health center in Manhattan promoting access to midwifery care for all women in New York City. The Capstone …
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Comparative Study of Back-To-Work and Aftercare ProgramsThe Soho Partnership operates under the auspices of ACE, the Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless. The Soho Partnership was established in 1992 to provide employment training and life skills-building to homeless men and women in …
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Evaluation of The Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health Program: Prenatal Case Management ProgramThe Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health Program, (MIRHP) formerly known as the Bureau of Maternity Services and Family Planning, has a distinguished history of leadership in reproductive health. The Program was formed in 1967 to promote the …
Capstone Projects
Shaping the Policy Agenda to Include Alternatives to Military Solutions to Al-Qaeda TerrorismIt is generally assumed that the only way for the US to address the threat of terrorism is to defeat it by military means, and that the US should not and cannot negotiate with terrorists (either because there are no issues to negotiate or terrorists are …
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Increasing volunteer recruitment and retentionCity Harvest, the world’s first food rescue organization, works to end hunger in New York City. In addition to food rescue and distribution, City Harvest’s Healthy Neighborhoods program increases availability of affordable produce, offers nutrition …
Alumni In Action
Catherine LeeWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? I choose Wagner for graduate school because of its New York City location, the courses that were offered, and the diverse and in-depth background of the faculty. My goal was to change the trajectory of my …
Capstone Projects
World Trade Center Neighborhood Livability PlanCommunity Board 1 asked the Capstone team to create a neighborhood livability plan for the areas surrounding the World Trade Center site. Even before the tragic events of 9/11, the Community Board had been working to develop, grow, and improve Lower …
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World Trade Center Neighborhood Livability Plan Prepared for Manhattan Community Board 1Community Board 1 asked the Capstone team to create a livability plan for the neighborhoods surrounding the World Trade Center site. Even before the tragic events of 9/11, the Community Board has worked to develop, grow and improve Lower Manhattan. The …
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Expanding Outreach and Impact at a New York City Nonprofit Organization"Columbia/Barnard Hillel (CBH) strives to create positive and meaningful Jewish experiences for students at Columbia University and Barnard College with the goal of helping them become wellinformed adults who choose to lead lives committed to …
Capstone Projects
Development of a Pediatric Urgent Care CenterThe goal of this Capstone team's project was to assist Maimonides Medical Center in creating a pediatric urgent care center service model. By routing non-acute pediatric patients to a setting more appropriate for treatment of non-emergent problems, …
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Developing Educational Tools to Increase Breast, Cervical, and Colon Cancer Awareness in the Queens and Harlem CommunitiesOver 13,000 New Yorkers die of cancer annually. In 2004, NYC's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) launched a citywide health policy initiative called Take Care New York, listing cancer screening as a top 10 agenda item. Specifically, breast, …
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Designing and Preparing a Comprehensive Volunteer Management SystemThe Innocence Project is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustices. Recently, the organization …