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Using Data to Prevent the Loss of Home Equity in New York City

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

22 It grants co-owners a right of first refusal to buy out the petitioning owner’s share within 45 days before considering a partition in kind (physical division of the property) or a partition by sale of the property. Our data can help that outreach be more effective by identifying at risk households for targeted outreach campaigns.

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

Not surprisingly, there is growing scholarly interest in the mediation of activism and political campaigning. Social media offer opportunities to citizens the world over to come together and share information and ideas, potentially providing “long-term tools that can strengthen civil society and the public sphere” (Shirky, 2011).