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Showing 1 to 20 of 103 for “"NYC"”.
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Roosevelt Island, NYC
(cont.) or ground. Setting a mediating datum will be necessary given the overwhelming horizontal datum set by the bridge.
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English Learners In NYC
<p>English Learners in NYC is a Digital Humanities project that intersects Migration Studies and Foreign Language Learning Studies by presenting a podcast series about the learning experience of international students in English as a Second Language (ESL) programs at English schools in New York …
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Examining Probation and Judicial Adherence to the NYC Disposition Matrix
… is the first to review the New York City (NYC) Disposition Matrix. Using bivariate and multivariate analyses, the present study examines factors that predict probation and judicial adherence to the matrix and provides some reasons for probation deviations. It also explores whether matrix …
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Building an artifact : an Olympic archery venue for Williamsburg, NYC
Every four years, cities throughout the world compete for the right to host the Olympic games. The competition is vigorous because the rewards in terms of increased visibility on the world stage, are perceived to be great. For many cities, hosting the Olympics means more than just introducing the …
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NYC property tax exemption program : existing policies and future planning
New York City's tax expenditures relate to real property tax totaled $4.5 billion in fiscal year 2012. The largest expenditure relates to the "421-a" tax exemption program for new multi-family residential real estate development, which costs the New Yorkers nearly $1 billion in foregone tax revenue …
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Refusing Rehabilitation: Outlaw Epistemologies and the Carceral-Therapeutic State in NYC
… social control. Through ethnographic research in NYC drug courts and, a residential drug treatment program in Queens, archival research, and correspondence with currently incarcerated people, I argue that practices and ideologies of “rehabilitation” simultaneously secure a racialized class …
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The journey of light : a rehabilitation center of inhabited light, NYC
The primary intention of this thesis is to explore the tectonic qualities of light throughCthe design of a building. In addition to addressing some of the more general questions concerning light raised in the design process, the design attempts to demonstrate how light can define a multiplicity of …
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Project of the sharing economy in lodging in Tokyo and NYC
… and the decrease in rental property vacancies in NYC. The aim of this study is to create systems that are safe and socially acceptable for Tokyo and NYC. In order to create the systems for Tokyo and NYC, we carry out three analyses. In the first analysis, we clarify for whom the architectures are …
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Urban temporal storage : re-thinking the public domain using interstitial space in NYC
This thesis aims to rethink the notion of public space and civic duty in the city. By using interstitial, underused spaces, without disputing present urban and legal status, the thesis wants to accomodate services for the people who might otherwise be ignored in the city, while using the potential …
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The Conditional Mode Estimator of Technical Efficiency: Theory and Application to NYC Public Schools
… and transient technical inefficiencies of 425 NYC public middle schools for cohorts of students that graduated between 2014 to 2016.</p>
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The Conditional Mode Estimator Of Technical Efficiency: Theory And Application To Nyc Public Schools
… and transient technical inefficiencies of 425 NYC public middle schools for cohorts of students that graduated between 2014 to 2016.</p>
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Counterstories of Black High School Students and Graduates of NYC Independent Schools: A Narrative Case Study
… across New York City independent schools (NYCIS). In order to support the imminent need for schools to provide effective diversity, inclusion, and equity supports that address broad issues of school climate, relationships, and pedagogy, there is a need to better understand the specific, …
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Large scale urban patterns in NYC: traffic prediction and analysis via clustering and low rank approximation
… our algorithm and procedures to the large scale NYC Taxi GPS data set for the year of 2018. In Chapter 1 we outline our motivation behind this research and provide a summary of the existing literature in urban traffic and transportation systems space.In Chapter 2 we state and define the question …
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Building against vacancy : space, shelter, and support for LGBTQ homeless youth on double vacant lots in NYC
In this thesis, a building is designed on a New York City-owned vacant lot in Harlem to serve homeless LGBTQ youth. The City of New York maintains the condition of vacancy scattered throughout the five boroughs where, The Department of Housing Preservation and Development owns over 1,300 empty …
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Chrono urbanism and its relationship with the hybrid working culture: Real Estate opportunities and perspectives from NYC
In the last few months, major news about redevelopment projects and policy changes to incorporate remote work culture has hit the headlines due to the always evolving lifestyle of people in urban areas around the world. During the still current covid19 pandemic, people fled major urban areas to …
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Renewable Energy Integration in NYC Subway: Solar Panels (Under Railroads and at the Subway's Edge) & Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) Near Tracks
… environmental footprints.According to Law 97 in NYC, the goal is to reduce emissions by 40% and to reach net zero by 2050. An innovative solution will need to be integrated into the NYC environment, such as the subway system, where there are a potential unuse space, building rooftop, since we …
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The recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Saudi Arabia : an examination of the function of article (V) of the 1958 New York Convention in the Saudi legal order
… This thesis argues that Art. V (2) (b) of the NYC, which states that recognition and enforcement may be refused by a competent authority if enforcement of the awards would be contrary to the public policy of the country in question, will mean that any foreign awards contrary to Islamic …
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The Charge Forward: An Assessment of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure in New York City
<p>The federal and local New York City (NYC) governments are actively promoting Electric Vehicles (EVs). This capstone project assesses the state of EV charging infrastructure in NYC and its readiness for EV growth. NYC faces unique challenges due to its dense population and limited space for …
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¡NYC! ¡Tenemos un problema! a qualitative single case study exploring teacher perceptions of the bilingual teacher shortage on instruction in New York City schools.
… for the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) to adopt more robust and innovative recruitment practices. The overall finding from this study underscored that bilingual teachers, such as Capable Others (Vygotsky, 1978), are ideal in providing the proper language and cultural support that …
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Building Energy Consumption in New York City
… COVID and POST-COVID periods in New York City (NYC), since most employees are working from home and schools are online which implies that most commercial buildings are vacant. Also due to the high rate of COVID-19 cases in NYC, some people relocated to other places with lower cases. Therefore, I …
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