Center for New York City Affairs, Author at Public Seminar

Higher Ed

Paying for College Was Already Stressful. Then Came Trump and DOGE.

A Q and A on today’s higher ed money worries

April 16, 2025 • by Center for New York City Affairs and Kim Nauer

Urban Matters: Kim, there’s certainly a lot of confusion about the future of the US Department of Education right now. I know you were in Washington earlier this month looking for some answers. But first: For those who haven’t gone through the process—or who have blissfully forgotten what it can be ...

Paying for College Was Already Stressful. Then Came Trump and DOGE.

Interviews

Why Progressive “Myths” Distort Solutions to the Housing Shortage

A big deal that’s not nearly big enough: what the “city of yes” will (and won’t) do

March 18, 2025 • by Center for New York City Affairs and Richard McGahey

In January 2025, Urban Matters, Center of New York City Affairs's weekly journal of ideas and opinion, wrapped up a wide-ranging two-part interview with noted urban policy expert Richard McGahey on the likely impact of New York City’s newly adopted "City of Yes" zoning package intended to jumpstart housing production. ...

Why Progressive “Myths” Distort Solutions to the Housing Shortage

Education

Taking the Sad Measure of the “Better FAFSA” Fiasco

Financial aid maven Kim Nauer in conversation at the Center for New York City Affairs

July 2, 2024 • by Center for New York City Affairs and Kim Nauer

It looks like far fewer students will be going to college this year thanks to the Education Department’s FAFSA fiasco....

Taking the Sad Measure of the “Better FAFSA” Fiasco

Education

It Was Supposed to Make Getting College Aid Simpler. It Hasn’t.

An Urban Matters Q&A with financial aid author Kim Nauer about the FAFSA’s botched rollout

February 6, 2024 • by Center for New York City Affairs and Kim Nauer

Experts speaking at a recent webinar co-hosted by Immigrants Rising stated the FAFSA is “absolutely not working” for mixed-status families. “We’re talking about millions of individuals who are college-age,” noted the organization’s director of higher education....