Mitchell L. Moss

Mitchell L. Moss is the Henry Hart Rice Professor Urban Policy and Planning at New York University 's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He served as Director of NYU's Taub Urban Research Center from 1987 to 2003 where he directed research projects for the National Science Foundation, Charles Revson Foundation, U.S. Department of Commerce, New York State Economic Development Corporation, and leading private corporations. Professor Moss has been on the faculty of NYU since 1973 and served as Chairman of The Interactive Telecommunications Program in the Tisch School of the Arts from 1981-83. He was voted "Best Teacher of the Year" by Wagner School students in 2002.

Moss's essays have been published in The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Post, New York Daily News, Newsday, and The New Yor Observer. He has appeared on ABC's World News Tonight, The Today Show, Hardball, and the NBC Nightly News. In 2001, he served as an advisor to the mayoral campaign of Michael R. Bloomberg. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Association for a Better New York, the Advisory Board of the Taubman Center at Harvard University and the Advisory Committee of the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project. He has chaired the City of New York 's Neighborhood Business Awards Committee since 2003.

Professor Moss received his B.A. from Northwestern University where he was elected to DERU, the men's honorary society; M.A. from the University of Washington , and Ph.d from the University of Southern California .

In Recent News

"Several factors converged to make the event one of those rare untarnished successes for the American public." - MetroNews
"It's a time for singles, not home runs." - The New York Times
"The ethnic press gives local candidates a great opportunity to get exposure, to get known and to get attention." - The New York Times
"Like a tsunami that follows an undersea earthquake, collateral damage from the collapse of credit markets is about to strike the millions of daily transit riders in America's biggest cities." - The New York Times
"Being mayor of New York is actually the best job in politics- even better than being president of the United States." - Wall Street Journal
"Most of the impact is in the outer boroughs. It allowed Ikea to open a huge store in Red Hook. They made neighborhoods outside Manhattan very attractive." - New York Post
"[Mr. Bloomberg] took on some of the messiest and most complicated projects. Economic development takes longer than educating a child in school." -The New York Times
"The Capital Region has urban environments nearby beautiful countryside, and that's part of its appeal." - Times Union
"Bedford-Stuyvesant's residents are generally not dependant on Wall Street salaries and bonuses, they have not had to readjust their spending habits as much as residents of the Upper East Side or Brooklyn Heights." - The New York Times
"This is a city in which newspapers are an important part of our culture. The major newspapers in New York are not read by young people. Fortunately, we still have enough older people for whom it's part of a daily habit." - The Village Voice
"What made the Bronx so powerful was the engine driving these people out. The subway was connected to Manhattan." - New York Times City Room
"For more than a half century, the Lower Manhattan economy has been undergoing change. The epicenter of finance has moved to new locations." - New York Times
"The dream may never die, but Sen. Ted Kennedy's death marks the end of the Irish in Democratic politics." The Politico
"As the economy recovered, Bloomberg set about trying to transform the city, on a scale not seen since the days of Robert Moses." - The New Yorker
"The city has got a great number of indicators that have been able to continue to do well: higher education, health care, and certainly tourism." - New York Magazine
"The great irony about New York is there are so many things to do here and residents are just gradually realizing you don't have to go anywhere else to have a good time." Metro New York
"When times are going well, you don't look at the pension report. When times are going badly, you start worrying about them." - New York Post
"No matter how far the economy falters, there is always a winner. And no city does better when the nation is at the brink of disaster than Washington, DC." - Newgeography.com

	Mitchell L. Moss
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	Mitchell L. Moss is the Henry Hart Rice Professor Urban Policy and Planning at New York University 's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He served as Director of NYU's Taub Urban Research Center from 1987 to 2003 where he directed research projects for the National Science Foundation, Charles Revson Foundation, U.S. Department of Commerce, New York State Economic Development Corporation, and leading private corporations. Professor Moss has been on the faculty of NYU since 1973 and served as Chairman of The Interactive Telecommunications Program in the Tisch School of the Arts from 1981-83. He was voted "Best Teacher of the Year" by Wagner School students in 2002. Moss's essays have been published in The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Post, New York Daily News, Newsday, and The New Yor Observer. He has appeared on ABC's World News Tonight, The Today Show, Hardball, and the NBC Nightly News. In 2001, he served as an advisor to the mayoral campaign of Michael R. Bloomberg. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Association for a Better New York, the Advisory Board of the Taubman Center at Harvard University and the Advisory Committee of the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project. He has chaired the City of New York 's Neighborhood Business Awards Committee since 2003. Professor Moss received his B.A. from Northwestern University where he was elected to DERU, the men's honorary society; M.A. from the University of Washington , and Ph.d from the University of Southern California . In Recent News "Several factors converged to make the event one of those rare untarnished successes for the American public." - MetroNews "It's a time for singles, not home runs." - The New York Times "The ethnic press gives local candidates a great opportunity to get exposure, to get known and to get attention." - The New York Times "Like a tsunami that follows an undersea earthquake, collateral damage from the collapse of credit markets is about to strike the millions of daily transit riders in America's biggest cities." - The New York Times "Being mayor of New York is actually the best job in politics- even better than being president of the United States." - Wall Street Journal "Most of the impact is in the outer boroughs. It allowed Ikea to open a huge store in Red Hook. They made neighborhoods outside Manhattan very attractive." - New York Post "[Mr. Bloomberg] took on some of the messiest and most complicated projects. Economic development takes longer than educating a child in school." -The New York Times "The Capital Region has urban environments nearby beautiful countryside, and that's part of its appeal." - Times Union "Bedford-Stuyvesant's residents are generally not dependant on Wall Street salaries and bonuses, they have not had to readjust their spending habits as much as residents of the Upper East Side or Brooklyn Heights." - The New York Times "This is a city in which newspapers are an important part of our culture. The major newspapers in New York are not read by young people. Fortunately, we still have enough older people for whom it's part of a daily habit." - The Village Voice "What made the Bronx so powerful was the engine driving these people out. The subway was connected to Manhattan." - New York Times City Room "For more than a half century, the Lower Manhattan economy has been undergoing change. The epicenter of finance has moved to new locations." - New York Times "The dream may never die, but Sen. Ted Kennedy's death marks the end of the Irish in Democratic politics." The Politico "As the economy recovered, Bloomberg set about trying to transform the city, on a scale not seen since the days of Robert Moses." - The New Yorker "The city has got a great number of indicators that have been able to continue to do well: higher education, health care, and certainly tourism." - New York Magazine "The great irony about New York is there are so many things to do here and residents are just gradually realizing you don't have to go anywhere else to have a good time." Metro New York "When times are going well, you don't look at the pension report. When times are going badly, you start worrying about them." - New York Post "No matter how far the economy falters, there is always a winner. And no city does better when the nation is at the brink of disaster than Washington, DC." - Newgeography.com
Contact: Mitchell L. Moss NYU Wagner School 295 Lafayette St. New York, NY 10012-9604 (212) 998-6677 mitchell.moss@nyu.edu