NYU Wagner Review

08/13/2023

Could higher taxes on guns decrease gun violence?

California and the US Congress are both considering new firearm taxes. Passing these laws is good policy, argues Annabel Gregg in the Wagner Review's first op-ed of the 2023-24 academic year.

By Annabel Gregg I was born in a town obsessed with guns. Washington County, where I grew up, is a small, sparsely populated, rural area in upstate New York. Like many places in the United States, gun ownership is ingrained in the culture, as much a part of our identity as four-wheeling and fishing....

03/27/2023

Aurora Brice's op-ed unveils the injustices and challenges incarcerated pregnant women face. The article argues that clear universal health and safety guidelines must be implemented to reduce maternal deaths.

Read more here: https://www.thewagnerreview.org/2023/03/america-has-declared-war-against-incarcerated-pregnant-women/

03/27/2023

Hi friends,

Please join us tomorrow (March 28) for a look at the urban-mobility changes under way in Brazil's big cities. São Paulo has doubled its rail-transit ridership, built one of the world's biggest dedicated bus-lane networks, and taken several points of trip share from cars, in a city with four million of them. Rio has built Bus Rapid Transit corridors, subway extensions, and light rail to connect a city interrupted by mountains, lagoons, bays, and beaches. Rio just announced plans to expand its bike-lane network to 1,000 km.
All over the country there's a rethinking of the role of cars and bikes, how to mobilize capital for transit projects, and what obstacles there are to the lightest of mobility modes, walking. The lessons in Brazil are important across developing countries, as cities start to mature and fill in urban systems that couldn't keep up with the hyper-growth of the last century.

March 28, 2 pm US Eastern, 3 pm Brasilia time.

Eventbrite registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brazil-urban-mobility-roundtable-tickets-592459350867
Zoom:
https://nyu.zoom.us/.../register/WN_QT9UEuZuRRGq-hFsEFpj1A

Wagner ReviewJoin us for a look at the urban-mobility changes under way in Brazil's big cities. São Paulo has doubled its rail-transit ridership, built one of the world's biggest dedicated bus-lane networks, and taken several points of trip share from cars, in a city with four million of them. Rio ...

02/28/2023

New York State schools are the most segregated in the country, primarily driven by segregation in New York City. Screened schools present a worthwhile opportunity for desegregation because a significant proportion of students attend these schools and the mayor has direct control over their operations. The NYCDOE should mandate districts with “sufficient demographic diversity” (Districts 1, 2, 3, 13, 15, 22, 27, 28, and 31) to develop diversity goals and implement weighted lotteries.

Read more of Scott Johnson's op-ed here:
https://www.thewagnerreview.org/2023/02/new-york-city-school-diversity-repairing-harm-and-leveraging-success/

02/13/2023

In this op-ed, Zahnay Gates discusses the intersectionality Black women face in the workplace. The piece proposes a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics intersectionality initiative to study how the intersections of personal and social identities connect to shape Black women's complex employment experiences. The purpose of the initiative is to examine structures of discrimination, reveal undetected inequality, and provide precise resources and support for Black women.

Read Zahnay's op-ed here:

By Zahnay Gates I was 21 years old when I started working as a legal assistant for a law firm in Tampa Bay, Florida. As a Black woman navigating the primarily White spaces of the legal field, I was accustomed to being the singular Black woman in the room and knew this might affect my work-life exper...

12/13/2022

Earl Washington was nine days away from his ex*****on when an attorney secured a “stay of ex*****on,” meaning a delay or hold. 22 years later, DNA evidence exonerated him and the actual perpetrator confessed. According to the Innocence Project, since 1989, over 3,200 people have been exonerated in the U.S., 375 through DNA testing—21 of whom were on death row and 44 of whom pleaded guilty. They have collectively served over 27,200 years in prison. 53% of exonerees are African American. 69% of their cases involved eyewitness misidentification. 43% involved misapplication of forensic science. And 29% involved false confessions—meaning 102 people confessed to crimes they did not commit. How can this country pride itself on being “the land of the free” when so many of its people are not?

Read more of Sarah Wattar's op-ed here: https://www.thewagnerreview.org/2022/12/the-wheels-of-justice-move-slowly-say-the-people-moving-the-wheels/

12/06/2022

Over the last two decades, public-transportation expansion and ridership in one of the world’s largest cities, São Paulo, has surged, taking several points of mode share from automobiles. Despite that, and despite unusually tight restrictions on certain cars and trucks during business hours, congestion, as conventionally understood, continues nearly unabated. The pattern suggests that while mass-transit availability on its own solves many or most people’s transportation problems, it does not necessarily lower the congestion rate of private vehicles. That may be possible only by tolling congestion.

Read more of Stephen H. Graham's original research here:

By Stephen H. Graham Over the last two decades, public-transportation expansion and ridership in one of the world's largest cities, São Paulo, has surged, taking several points of mode share from automobiles. Despite that, and despite unusually tight restrictions on certain cars and trucks during b...

10/26/2022

Love that op-ed you wrote for Intro to Public Policy? Have a policy idea you need to share with the world? Lifelong dream of hosting a podcast episode? Well we have the perfect opportunity for you!

Submission form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HlnYvlnVsx7zy8aZ1Kvwg8ANHtBK4JZDQEUiyC1AZlU

09/28/2022

Hello friends, welcome to the new school year!

The application to join the Wagner Review is now live. We’re recruiting first-year students for social media, fact-checking, and project management coordinator roles. Returning students are invited to apply for staff editor and writer positions.

If you’re interested in joining us, please fill out the following Google Form by Friday, October 7th at 11:59 PM.
https://forms.gle/xmeC7rjtvTSt1NJRA

Reach out with any questions you may have. We look forward to working with you!

04/13/2022

The Wagner Review is hosting a policy conference on Friday, April 29th at the Puck Building from 11am - 2pm. We hope that you will attend the conference and our post conference celebration.

Throughout the 2021-22 school year, the Wagner Review partnered with identity and interest based student groups in order to highlight diverse voices. We believe that diverse voices lead to powerful policy solutions. We worked with student groups to co-write a series of requests for proposals that challenged the Wagner Community to determine ways in which we can use policy to create a more equitable and inclusive society. This conference is a culmination of that work. At this conference, four Wagner students will present their policy solutions. Attendees will be invited to ask questions and engage in discussion.

To learn more about the conference, and register, please visit our event page. We hope to see you there.

https://lnkd.in/dYgdKHpN

04/11/2022

Wagner Womxn and the Wagner Review are partnering to create a call for proposals. We invite students to write a (maximum) 2-page policy memo that proposes some ways in which Mayor Adams’ administration can address issues of violence against people who identify as women and femme-presenting individuals.

Current students who submit by April 18th may be invited to present their proposal at the Wagner Review Policy Conference on Friday, April 29th.

Submit here: https://lnkd.in/dGSeeaeJ
Additonal information and prompts here: https://lnkd.in/dcbQ78Yz