In 2016, New York City rolled out a small pilot project intended to address a problem that many in the city had long ignored or taken for granted: While New York’s public school population is one of the most diverse in the country, it is …
A case study of the Hudson Yards redevelopment project by Public and Urban Policy MS alumna Flávia Leite and Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis Associate Director Bridget Fisher is in the news this week. Their research is prominently featured in a recent article in …
Uber drivers make about as much money as minimum wage workers. Sometimes, they make even less. That’s because drivers of ride-hailing apps are considered independent contractors, and, unlike employees, aren’t protected under federal, state, and local minimum wage laws. That’s about to change, however — …
The New School Observatory on Latin America (OLA) and Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM) will host the President Néstor Kirchner Fellowship (PNK) Public Lectures on November 15, 2016 at The New School. The annual public lecture will be given by the 2016/2017 President Néstor Kirchner Fellows Isabella Esquivel …
Cutting Rents Without Bleeding Landlords By Flavia Leite, Courtney Loiacono, Grant Nagaki, and Dan Wooldridge Yet whatever the outcome of this battle, the income slump that many low-income New Yorkers experienced after (and in some cases, even before) the 2008 Great Recession still puts them …
