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Cornell Expert Quotes

Cornellians weigh in on current events in the news

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Drew Margolin

Associate Professor

Topic	Name	Date
New York City , Energy, Environment & Sustainability	Rick Geddes Founding Director of the Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy	04/15/21
	Media: Lindsey Hadlock lmh267@cornell.edu 607-269-6911 Related Tip Sheet: Experts on New York City congestion pricing (04/15/21)
New York City , Energy, Environment & Sustainability	Karan Girotra Professor of Operations, Technology and Information Management	04/15/21
	Media: Lindsey Hadlock lmh267@cornell.edu 607-269-6911 Related Tip Sheet: Experts on New York City congestion pricing (04/15/21)
New York City , Energy, Environment & Sustainability	Nicholas Klein Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning	04/15/21
	Media: Lindsey Hadlock lmh267@cornell.edu 607-269-6911 Related Tip Sheet: Experts on New York City congestion pricing (04/15/21)
New York City , Energy, Environment & Sustainability	John Foote Lecturer in the Cornell Institute of Public Affairs	04/15/21
	Media: Lindsey Hadlock lmh267@cornell.edu 607-269-6911 Related Tip Sheet: Experts on New York City congestion pricing (04/15/21)
New York City , Energy, Environment & Sustainability	Oliver Gao Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering	04/15/21
	Media: Lindsey Hadlock lmh267@cornell.edu 607-269-6911 Related Tip Sheet: Experts on New York City congestion pricing (04/15/21)
New York State , New York City , Administration	Martha E. Pollack President of Cornell University	01/11/21
	“We are honored to partner with Governor Cuomo and the State of New York to create the new Public Health Corps. As a leading research university, Cornell looks forward to training those who will do the critical work of ensuring the fair and effective distribution of the vaccine to the people of New York.” Media: Lindsey Hadlock lmh267@cornell.edu 607-269-6911 Related Tip Sheet: Cornell partners with NYS to create new Public Health Corps (01/11/21)
Health, Nutrition & Medicine , Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine , New York State , New York City	Cynthia Leifer Associate Professor of Immunology	01/05/21
	“Cuomo is right that we need to make sure the vaccines are being given as quickly as possible and that sites are not allowed to stockpile. However, I agree with those who are critical of Cuomo’s plan for rigid rules and disqualifying sites, especially hospitals, from getting future distributions. Expanding the number of distribution sites and incentivizing rapid use of stocks is a better way to go. Regardless of who gets immunized when, we need to remember that we are in this for the long haul and everyone needs to continue to wear masks and physical distance.” Media: Lindsey Hadlock lmh267@cornell.edu 607-269-6911 Related Tip Sheet: Immunologist: NY must expand, incentivize COVID vaccine distribution (01/05/21)
New York City , Arts and Sciences	Noliwe Rooks Professor in Africana Studies and Feminist, Gender, Sexuality Studies	12/18/20
	“Today, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and his Department of Education announced that they were, in the interest of promoting the desegregation of hundreds of New York City’s selective middle and high schools, planning to enact a number of major changes to the way students are admitted. If enacted, these changes would constitute the most significant, systemic steps toward integrating our nation’s largest and most segregated school system." Media: Lindsey Hadlock lmh267@cornell.edu 607-269-6911 Related Tip Sheet: NYC takes ‘significant, systemic steps’ toward desegregation of schools (12/18/20)
New York City , Law and Policy	Joe Margulies Professor of Law and Government	12/10/20
	“This is a welcome development, and if it becomes law, it promises to accelerate a larger national trend against solitary confinement. But the devil is in the details, and even if the bill passes, we have to make sure jails don’t continue the practice under some other name. Change in name only is no change at all.” Media: Lindsey Hadlock lmh267@cornell.edu 607-269-6911 Related Tip Sheet: ‘The devil is in the details’ for NYC solitary confinement ban (12/10/20)
New York City , Energy, Environment & Sustainability , Engineering	Max Zhang Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	10/22/20
	“Electric heaters emit no pollutants onsite compared to natural gas and propane heaters. However, a majority of the electricity consumed in New York City is generated from fossil fuels (e.g., natural gas and oil). Accounting for the conversion efficiency in power generation makes electric heating actually more polluting in terms of greenhouse gas emissions than the gas and propane options. We will need to bring much more renewable electricity to New York City to make heating sustainable.” Media: Lindsey Hadlock lmh267@cornell.edu 607-269-6911 Related Tip Sheet: NYC outdoor dining heaters ‘vivid reflection’ of renewable energy challenge (10/22/20)

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