My research primarily focuses on public funding for arts and culture and NYC’s criminal legal system, but I sometimes dabble in other policy topics, too.
My favorite projects are denoted with two asterisks (**) and are a good place to start.
(Click on any of the underlined policy areas above to jump to that section.)
Arts and Culture
Painting the Town’s Budget: An Overview of Department of Cultural Affairs Expense Funding, 2017-2026
NYC IBO, November 2025
How Federal Budget Changes Could Impact New York City Cultural Organizations
NYC IBO, October 2025
with Erin Unger
**Testimony on Cultural Development Fund Programs in NYC Public Schools
NYC IBO, April 2025
Press: NY Daily News, Yahoo! News, 1010 WINS
Presentations: Community Board 8, NYC City Council
**Money, Money, Monet: New York City Payments to Cultural Nonprofit Organizations
NYC IBO, September 2023
Where Are Cultural Development Fund Awards Distributed Throughout New York City?
NYC IBO, May 2023
**Art, Democracy, and Economics: Measuring the Arts’ Relationship to Civic Engagement
Master’s Thesis, Baruch College, December 2022
Criminal Legal System
Testimony on Mental Health Needs Among People in DOC Custody
NYC IBO, September 2025
Presentation: NYC City Council
**A Shrinking System with Similar Spending: A Decade of Jail Trends (2014–2023)
NYC IBO, September 2024
Press: Gothamist, City and State, 1010 WINS
Capital Projects on Rikers Island
NYC IBO, August 2024
with Zachary Herman
** In Custody: Length of Stay and Population Demographics at NYC Jails, 2014–2023
NYC IBO, March 2024
Press: NYT Close Up, Queens Eagle, PIX11
Other Topics
Changes to New York City Employee Staffing Levels
NYC IBO, February 2025
with Cameron Chapman
Press: The Chief Leader
