Commentary

Addressing the Needs of the Perinatal Behavioral Health Workforce in Behavioral Health News: Dr. Damali Wilson (Joint McSilver-IEHE Fellow), Rose Pierre-Louis (McSilver Executive Director), and Dr. Natasha Williams (NYU Grossman) explore how this issue impacts vulnerable communities.

On October 23, 2025, the NYU McSilver Institute joined NYU Langone’s Institute for Excellence in Health Equity (IEHE) in submitting testimony to the New York City Council Committee on Hospitals and Committee on Women and Gender Equity, on the occasion of an oversight hearing aimed at improving maternal health in New York City. This written […]

Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman today introduced the bipartisan Youth Mental Health Research Act, a landmark effort to catalyze research and interventions targeted at improving the mental health of America’s young people. The McSilver Institute has consistently collaborated with policymakers such as Rep. Watson Coleman to spotlight the need for greater mental health supports for vulnerable […]

On Feb. 24, the NYS Senate held a public hearing on “An Examination of Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Rates in New York State.” NYU McSilver and NYU Meyers College of Nursing experts submitted testimony.

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.

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 […]

At the start of what will surely be a banner year for artificial intelligence (AI) systems, McSilver Executive Director Rose Pierre-Louis and U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat co-authored an op-ed in the New York Daily News reflecting on challenges already encountered in the quest for more ethical and equitable AI systems and offering novel legislative solutions […]

NYU McSilver released a statement in response to the June 2023 SCOTUS ruling on Affirmative Actions.

NYU McSilver submitted written testimony to a joint hearing of the New York City Council Committee on General Welfare and Committee on Immigration, expressing the Institute’s support of Intros. 1095 and 1084.