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News & Events
NYU Urban Seminar: Andra Ghent on Competition and Credit Ratings After the Fall
Co-hosted by the NYU Furman Center and the Marron Institute, the November 10th NYU Urban Seminar featured Dr. Andra Ghent, associate professor at Wisconsin University in Madison, who presented her research on the entry of new credit rating agencies into structured finance products.
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News & Events
NYU Urban Seminar: ANDRA GHENT
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Research & Policy
Community Preferences and Fair Housing
The latest discussion on The Dream Revisited debates the extent to which preferences for neighborhood residents in accessing new affordable housing promote or betray the goal of truly inclusionary communities.
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Housing Starts: City Moves to Speed NYCHA Evictions | Co-living for Millenials
This Edition: The city tackles criminal behavior in NYCHA residents be speeding up eviction process following arrests; A Syracuse project offers micro apartment units with shared living spaces for Millennials; Real Estate Shell Companies Defraud Homeowners of their homes; Brooklyn Heights library development gets Planning Commission approval.
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Research & Policy
New Report Examines Possible Impact of 421-a Legislation on Future Housing Construction in NYC
New research released today by the NYU Furman Center explores the possible impacts of the new 421-a legislation on residential development in New York City’s neighborhoods.
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News & Events
NYU Urban Seminar: Cara Wong on Pseudo-environments, Ethnic Diversity, and Social Capital
Co-hosted by the NYU Furman Center and the Marron Institute, the November 3rd NYU Urban Seminar featured Cara Wong, an associate professor in the department of political science at the University of Illinois, who discussed her research on pseudo-environments and how perceived ethnic diversity determines subjective levels of social capital.
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News & Events
NYU Urban Seminar: CARA WONG
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Housing Starts: In Defense of Gentrification | Housing Choices & Friendship
This edition: Research shows that gentrification does not impact neighborhoods as negatively as is commonly thought; New York City is found to not be among cities in a housing bubble; and community boards Rreact to the Mayor’s affordable housing proposals
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News & Events
Smoke-free Housing and the Role of the Real Estate Industry in Advancing Population Health
The NYU Furman Center and NYU School of Medicine’s Department of Population Health co-sponsored a panel discussion on the ways in which New York is tackling the problem of secondhand smoke in housing units.
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Research & Policy
Policy Minute: Multifamily Housing Resilience
The NYU Furman Center’s Policy Minute highlights research and discussion relevant to current policy debates. Three years after Superstorm Sandy made landfall in New York City, we explore the design and financial challenges of adapting multifamily housing for resilience against future storms.