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Top New York legislators leaders in government, academia, health care, and maternal health advocacy took the stage for “Saving Lives, Shaping Policy” on October 24 to dig into the root causes of the crisis in Black maternal health in New York, while State and City elected officials discussed their efforts to address the issue through legislation, in the recent past and going forward. #BlackMaternalHealth

State, City Legislative Leaders Outline Maternal Health Priorities At Breakfast Discussion Hosted by the NYU McSilver Institute

NYU McSilver Executive Director Rose Pierre-Louis penned an op-ed for the New York Amsterdam News about toxic rhetoric in today’s political discourse and on social media that is causing real harms to the Haitian-American community.

Libraries around the nation are evolving to serve their communities in new ways. This May 6 virtual event explores library-based social work.

Fare and toll evasion is an existential issue for the region’s transit, but new tools could help the Metropolitan Transportation Authority turn the tide, all while shifting away from the criminalization of poverty. This week, the New York Daily News published an op-ed, authored by McSilver Executive Director Rose Pierre-Louis and attorney Roger Maldonado, that […]

McSilver Fellow-in-Residence Cathy Nonas authored an op-ed in the New York Daily News. Nonas discusses the value to New York City and New York State of revisiting a tax on sugary drinks. What’s changed since past efforts to pass a ‘soda tax’ failed? New research is available, and in the interim other cities have not […]

NYU Grossman, Silver, and McSilver, with University of Minnesota, received a $7.6M P50 Grant for the NICHD-funded CHAMP Center A new, federally-funded research center collaboration between New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine, Silver School of Social Work, McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, along with the University of Minnesota, are investigating the use […]

The McSilver Institute, the Metropolitan Center, and the Research Alliance for New York City Schools are the recipients of a prestigious $75,000 Vision Grant from the Spencer Foundation to establish a research initiative to understand and address overlapping traumas that impact educational outcomes for marginalized youth.

NYU McSilver and NYU Langone IEHE are partnering in an effort to address significant health disparities in communities across New York City and beyond.

Award-winning public official and soft power strategist Penny Abeywardena and nationally recognized education innovator Jeffrey Ginsburg join returning fellows NEW YORK – Government leader and international affairs expert Penny Abeywardena, and Jeffrey Ginsburg, who is the incoming President & CEO of Volunteers of America Greater New York in March, are joining the McSilver Institute of […]