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

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Key Definitions Our Universe consists of: 1-3 unit residential buildings owned by individuals (excluding LLCs, corporations, and institutions) but; Excludes condominium and cooperative properties in 4+ unit properties, as well as properties in Staten Island, due to data limitations in ACRIS.

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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

Social Media Definitions. By being able to connect with each other and share the stories and accounts, citizen journalists are learning that “the ‘sphere of legitimate debate” as defined by journalists doesn’t match up with their own definition” (Rosen, 2009).

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Privatization of municipal utility systems (water mostly)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Towamencin Township residents organize a petition drive to create a November ballot measure to change the township's charter in response to the town's decision to sell its public sewer system for $115.3 Definitely the sales will result in higher bills. million to NextEra Water, a private Florida company.

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Have a laugh and learn all about ‘The G Word,’ a comedy docuseries about our government

Partnership for Public Service

That was definitely my favorite story. And John Adam and I had to really petition them. And they would be happiest if we all never lost our money or like never had the…. Loren DeJonge Schulman: Never see them. Jon Wolf: Never see them, never have the, you know, bank fail or anything like that. What about you Cohen?