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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Curbside compost will help fight NYC’s ‘most notorious pest’ – the rat

September 29, 2023

Matthew Frye, community educator for New York State Integrated Pest Management Program at Cornell University, says the curbside compost program is key for controlling rat populations in the city.

New York City

New analysis finds few companies following NYC AI hiring law

January 22, 2024

Nathan Matias, assistant professor of communication, and Lucas Wright, a PhD candidate, are co-authors of a study looking at compliance with New York City's AI hiring law. With the help of 155 undergraduates, they found only 18 bias audits and 11 transparency notices from nearly 400 employers analyzed.

New York City
Agriculture and Life Sciences

Gateway tunnel project will increase climate resilience in NYC area

July 9, 2024

Thomas O’Rourke, professor emeritus in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, and Rick Geddes, director of the Cornell University Program in Infrastructure Policy, talk about the Gateway tunnel project moving forward.

New York City
Engineering

Expedited work permits for migrants a key part of ‘transition to life’ in NYS

August 24, 2023

Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer says allowing migrants to work is an important part of alleviating the crisis. Stephen Yale-Loehr says that problems caused by the recent influx of migrants to New York can be resolved without the courts.

New York City
New York State
Law, Government & Public Policy

NYC pay transparency law could help – and hinder – employees

October 20, 2022

Starting November 1, New York City employers will be required to disclose minimum and maximum salaries for job openings. Tae-Youn Park can discuss how the pay transparency law will narrow gender and racial pay gaps and how the change could impact companies.  

Labor Relations & Human Resources
Economics and Business
New York City

NYC new redistricting ‘offers opportunity to empower residents’

September 22, 2022

Russell Weaver says the redistricting serves as an opportunity to create fair and sensible plans for the collective interests of neighborhoods and communities – instead of politics and incumbency protection.

New York City
Law, Government & Public Policy
New York State

Gateway Project: ‘most important infrastructure megaproject today’

February 1, 2023

Rick Geddes, professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell University and founding director of the Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy, says that the Gateway Project is one of the country’s most important infrastructure projects today.

Law, Government & Public Policy
New York City

Cornell expert on NYC policies to combat homelessness

January 26, 2023

Charley Willison says homelessness will not be solved until we address permanent, accessible, affordable housing.

Law, Government & Public Policy
New York City

Bargaining impasse seems to be holding affordable housing initiative ‘hostage’

April 4, 2024

Jeffrey Grabelsky, co-director of the National Labor Leadership Institute at Cornell University, is an expert on building and construction trades unions. He weighs in on the current hold-up involving affordable housing initiatives in the NYS budget.

New York State
New York City
Industrial and Labor Relations
Labor Relations & Human Resources

‘Urban forest’ plans gain momentum as experts call for careful planning

December 12, 2023

Nina Bassuk, emeritus professor and director of the Urban Horticulture Institute, and Alexander Kobald, associate director of the Design Across Scales Lab, comment on the growing global movement to plant more trees in cities.


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