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Andrew White


          
Director, Center for New York City Affairs, The New School

Andrew White is Director of the Center for New York City Affairs at Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy. He is a writer on New York City politics, government, neighborhoods and grassroots movements. Much of his work explores the impact of government social policy on urban poverty and on working class communities. He teaches courses on the news media, the politics of policy, New York City government, and criminal justice. Previously, White was editor of City Limits magazine and executive director of City Limits Community Information Services, where he founded the Center for an Urban Future, City Limits Weekly and Child Welfare Watch, which he continues to edit. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, New York, Newsday, The Daily News, The American Prospect and elsewhere.

Courses:
The Politics of Policy in New York City
Criminal Justice Policy in New York City
The Mayor, the Media, and the Politics of Policy 

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Research Interests: 
The safety net for urban families and children; Public policy and New York’s immigrant families; Access to child care and early childhood education programs for working and low-income families; Reform of the city’s child protection and foster care systems; Family homelessness and its prevention; Politics, policy and New York’s communities.

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