Public health educational publication, Spring 2002

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

fliHOUGHTS NEWS Mayor Bloomberg Taps Wagner People for Key Posts In staffing his new administration, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg has tapped several members of the Wagner School “family”; • Alumni Iris Weinshall continues as commissioner of Transportation, John Odermatt was promoted to commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management, and Martha Hirst was chosen to be the commissioner of Citywide Administrative Services • Former Wagner student Jerilyn Perine is now the commissioner of Housing Preservation & Development • Susan Kupferman, former co-director of the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management, was recruited to be the director of the Mayor’s Office of Operations

From the Dean • Adjunct professor and Dean’s Council member Ray Kelly has become police commissioner, and adjunct professor Marc Shaw is now deputy mayor for operations Dear Wagner Community: • Wagner professors Mitchell Moss and Ellen Schall have served as advisors to the mayor and his As I wrote to you In our last issue, the events of transition team September 11 certainty put public service in the spotlight, and here at Wagner we have seen the result of this focus in an increased interest in ARE YOU WORKING IN THE ADMINISTRATION? preparing for a public service career - applica­ tions to Wagner are up 30% from last year. If you are a Wagner alum working at any level of the Bloomberg administration, we want to know. Please use the form, on the back page to update your Information. Wagner is continuing to play a significant role in the research and planning for the rebuilding of lower Manhattan In the aftermath of Septem­ ber 11. Several NYU centers, led by the Center for Excellence In New York City Governance, Former HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo Unveils co-sponsored “Listening to the City,” an event that brought together hundreds of citizens - Campaign Finance Reform Proposals in Policy including those most affected by the disaster- to participate in an “electronic town meeting” Speech at NYU’s Wagner School to ensure that their voices are heard in the In the first major policy address of his campaign, planning process for the World Trade Center site. Andrew Cuomo, Democratic candidate for .. .’I*" The Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems governor and former secretary of Housing and (ICIS) co-hosted the first workshop for National Urban Development, unveiled his proposals to Science Foundation-sponsored research on the reform New York State’s campaign finance disaster and is continuing to conduct and assist in the coordination of research efforts of NSF- system at an appearance March 21st at New York supported scholars from all over the United University sponsored by the Wagner School. States. Tying the issue to a renewed interest in govern­ But our research and policy centers have been ment and public service after September ii'”, active on other fronts as well, as you will read Mr. Cuomo said, “Our first mission must be to in these pages. Notably, in the spirit of new restore the public trust, and this will only be partnership among NYU’s many schools, the done when we address the way our campaigns Law School’s Furman Center For Real Estate are financed, giving the government back to the and Urban Policy has become a joint center with Wa'gner. With a special focus on urban housing people. Campaign finance reform and public policy, this center is directed by Professor Michael Schill (jointly appointed at Wagner and Law), and several Wagner faculty members ethics reform must be the starting point.”

Mr. Cuomo outlined his ten-point plan, called NYUWfegier have been active collaborators. The formal “High Standards-Low Limits.” Among his specific Andrew Cuomo partnership will offer increased opportunities proposals were lowering the current contribu­ for our faculty and students working in this tion limit on donations for statewide offices Mr. Cuomo is the second of the major candi­ important area. from $45,000 to $2,000 per election, capping dates for NYS governor to deliver a policy total gubernatorial campaign spending to $7 speech at NYU’s Wagner School. NYS It is a great honor for the school that three of its professors recently won prestigious honors in million in the general election, establishing a Comptroller H. Carl McCall presented a speech their fields: Dick Netzer, professor emeritus, public financing system with required debates, in November 2001, and Governor George Pataki was elected to the College of Fellows of the and banning contributors from receiving state has been invited to speak at the Wagner School contracts for two years after giving a donation. in the coming months. continued on page 5

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