Health Insurance Associated with Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Aging Immigrants
Tagged in Law and Policy Health and Medicine Research College of Nursing
Despite the Potential Health Benefits of Being Insured, the Majority of Recent Immigrants Lack Coverage
NYU’s Public Safety Lab Joins National Partnership for Pretrial Justice
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NYU's Public Safety Lab has joined the National Partnership for Pretrial Justice, a group of more than two dozen research, technical assistance, policy, and advocacy organizations that will work to advance pretrial justice nationally and in more than 35 states across the country.
New Report: Protecting Access to Health and Human Services for Immigrant Youth
Tagged in Education and Social Sciences Health and Medicine Law and Policy Research Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
This new report examines the effects of current federal policies around legal immigrants’ access to public health benefits, highlights barriers to eligible immigrant families accessing social services, and outlines 12 response strategies to mitigate adverse impacts of policies.
ACLU’s James Esseks: “Reflecting on LGBTQ Rights—Past, Present, and Future,” April 8
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The ACLU’s James Esseks will deliver “Reflecting on LGBTQ Rights—Past, Present, and Future,” NYU’s Annual Irving H. Jurow Lecture, on Mon., April 8.
Predictive Policing is Tainted by “Dirty Data,” Study Finds
Tagged in Law and Policy Research School of Law Tandon School of Engineering
A new study from New York University School of Law and NYU’s AI Now Institute concludes that predictive policing systems run the risk of exacerbating discrimination in the criminal justice system if they rely on “dirty data.”
Who is Caring for Migrants and Refugees?
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NYU's Hemispheric Institute has launched the Ecologies of Migrant Care web site, a digital platform featuring interviews with migrants, activists, faith leaders, journalists, academics, and others supporting migrants and refugees and chronicling their circumstances across the Americas.
Research Shows the National Child Poverty Rate Could Be Cut in Half
Tagged in Education and Social Sciences Health and Medicine Law and Policy Research Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Both the U.S. historical record and the experiences of peer countries demonstrate that reducing child poverty is an achievable policy goal. NYU Steinhardt Professor J. Lawrence Aber and a committee at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have identified ways to do so.
Navigating the National Emergency
Tagged in Law and Policy School of Law NYU Homepage Feature
NYU Law’s Elizabeth Goitein explains the reach of self-determined presidential powers
Migration, Refugees, and the Politics of Sanctuary Focus of March Events at NYU’s A/P/A Institute
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The Asian/Pacific/American Institute will host events in March centering on migration, refugees, and the politics of sanctuary.
Research to Use Innovative Data Science Tools to Study Pretrial Detention in More than 1,000 U.S. Counties
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A team of researchers from NYU’s Public Safety Lab will use data science techniques to study the impacts of pretrial detention in more than 1,000 U.S. counties—including many rural counties that have remained largely unstudied.