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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
**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
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