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Making Partnership A Habit: Margie McHugh and the New York Immigration CoalitionThe strategies and methods used by the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) are attracting increased attention for their sustainable collaborative systems that address critical social and economic needs. This case focuses on the evolution of NYIC's …
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CREATING A SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATOR’S HANDBOOKBroadway for Arts Education (BAE) is a NYC-based youth development nonprofit that provides arts education to students in underserved communities. BAE’s programming includes dance, music, and theater. BAE and its Teaching Artists (TA) serve roughly 2,000 …
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Student Spotlight: Alexander Yu (MUP 2025)Student Spotlight: Alexander Yu (MUP 2025), Pan Asian Student Alliance co-chair Can you share a bit about yourself and what inspired you to attend a school of public service? After graduating college in 2020 from NYU, my first full time job was an …
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Lutheran Medical CenterThe Resident was involved in many ongoing and new projects focusing on quality and safety issues in both operational and clinical settings. As Lutheran Medical Center (LMC) looked to enhance health-care, major changes developed through-out the …
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Strategic Collaboration with NYU-Universidad del Rosario Fellowship WinnersThe Colombian Studies Initiative is pleased to announce the recipients of the first round of Strategic Collaboration Fellowships between New York University (NYU) and Universidad del Rosario (UR), offered to members of both universities. This fellowship, …
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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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Leon Hovsepian IIILeon Hovsepian is an Adjunct Associate Professor teaching real estate finance in the Urban Planning program. He recently transitioned from the public sector back to the private, going to Omnibuild to help start a new development practice. Already an …
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CREATING A NETWORK DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK FOR EXPANSION PLANNINGOonee is a New York-based company that provides cities with a turnkey solution to the problem of bike theft by designing, financing, deploying, and managing modular bike parking facilities. To aid in its mission to build secure, affordable public bike …
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Social Impact, Innovation, and Investment students use team-generated Capstone option to launch startup ideasWhile NYU Wagner’s Capstone program has traditionally focused on a direct client project, one of the newer Master of Public Administration specializations has provided students with a chance to take an entrepreneurial approach to the crowning piece of …
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Astrid C. Del RosarioAs a Managed Care Contract Analyst at Valley Health System, what are your main responsibilities, and how do they impact the healthcare system? As a Managed Care Contract Analyst, I oversee and negotiate NSA (No Surprises Act) claims, ensuring compliance …
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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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Building Job Quality from the Inside-Out: Immigrants, Skill, and Jobs in the Construction IndustryUsing an ethnographic case study of Mexican immigrant construction workers in two U.S. cities and in Mexico, the authors illustrate the contribution of immigrant skill as a resource for changing workplace practices. As a complement to explanations that …
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Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-for-Profit OrganizationsThis is one of the only books available that addresses financial and managerial accounting within the framework of the three major areas of the public sector. Clear and comprehensive, Finkler's unique and accessible text provides the fundamentals of …
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Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-for-Profit OrganizationsOne of the few books that addresses financial and managerial accounting within the three major areas of the public sector � government, health, and not-for-profit�the Second Edition provides the fundamentals of financial management for those pursuing …
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Reorganizing Primary Care at Mount Sinai HospitalManagers of a healthcare organization have numerous demands on their time, their skills, their knowledge, and their budgets. They are responsible for adapting to change, managing their office, making effective decisions, among countless other tasks. This …
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Academic Achievement Among Formerly Homeless Adolescents and Their Continuously Housed PeersThis study examined the school experiences and academic achievement of 46 adolescents in families who experienced homelessness and 87 permanently housed adolescents whose families received public assistance. Measures taken after the homeless students were …
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Narrative Inquiry and the Search for Connectedness: Practitioners and Academics Developing Public Administration ScholarshipMaintaining a vibrant field of public administration requires ongoing efforts to link the worlds of academic researchers and practitioners. We suggest that research itself, traditionally pursued by academics, is a promising mechanism for making this …
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ANALYZING THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF AN URBAN REFORESTATION PROJECTC40 Cities Climate Leadership Group is a global network of 97 mayors representing member cities that are engaged in low-carbon pathway development in order to confront the climate crisis. The member city of Freetown, Sierra Leone, has initiated the …
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Evaluating the Feasibility of Diaspora Bonds in Financing Senegal’s DevelopmentThe United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) provides technical assistance to the world’s 47 least developed countries to promote financial inclusivity and improve local development finance. As identified in Agenda 2030, developing countries …
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Wagner Advocacy and Political Action (WAPA)Mission Wagner Advocacy and Political Action (WAPA) is a student-run organization dedicated to empowering students to become catalysts for positive change in their communities and beyond. Our mission is to provide students with the resources, skills, and …
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The Status of Budget ForecastingThis article examines the breadth of the current forecast literature as it relates to public budget making. It serves to provide summary information to decision-makers who otherwise do not have the resources to learn more than a small amount focused on …
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Alumni Spotlight: Paula Sevilla Núñez (MUP 2019)Paula Sevilla Núñez (MUP 2019), housing justice researcher, International Institute for Environment and Developmnet (IIED) Can you share your journey into affordable housing and housing justice? What initially drew you to this field, and how did your time …
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Practice environments and job satisfaction and turnover intentions of nurse practitioners: Implications for primary care workforce capacityBACKGROUND: Health care professionals, organizations, and policy makers are calling for expansion of the nurse practitioner (NP) workforce in primary care to assure timely access and high-quality care. However, most efforts promoting NP practice have been …
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Examining the Benefits and Challenges of the Brooklyn Family Justice Center and Recommendations for Future CentersThe Brooklyn Family Justice Center (FJC) is part of The New York City Mayors Office to Combat Domestic Violence. The FJC provides coordinated and efficient services to victims of domestic violence with the assistance of community based organizations and …