Research

Recent policy reports and briefs

• The MTA's False Fare Evasion Narrative (Jan 2020)

  • Media coverage in VICE News

  • Interactive map of subway fare evasion enforcement

• “Unpredictable Scheduling and Fair Workweek Laws in New York City,” with Nancy Rankin (July 2019)

• New Neighbors and the Over-policing of Communities of Color (Jan 2019)

  • Media coverage in The Root

• When Police Ignore the Law: Racialized Policing at the Turnstile (Oct. 2018)

• The Crime of Being Short $2.75: Policing Communities of Color at the Turnstile, with Jeff Jones (Oct 2017)

• "The Transit Affordability Crisis: How Reduced MTA Fares Can Help Low-Income New Yorkers Move Ahead," with Nancy Rankin (April 2016)

Op-eds

• New York Daily News: Stop the Turnstile Injustice (joint with David Jones) (Sept 2019)

• Urban Matters (The New School Center for New York City Affairs): Fair Workweeks Remain Elusive Despite New York’s Reform Laws, with Nancy Rankin (Sept 2019)

• Urban Matters (The New School Center for New York City Affairs): Unpaid Bills, Unmet Needs: Why Workers Need Fair Work Schedules (Jan 2017)

• Urban Matters (The New School Center for New York City Affairs): Next Stop, Fairness in Fares: Why New York Needs Low-Income Transit Discounts (May 2016)

Academic Research

• Policing Poverty: Evidence from a Subway Fare Evasion Crackdown

• A Case Study of the Cultural Ecology of a Latino Publicly Subsidized Housing Community and Postsecondary Access in El Norte Philadelphia (with Amalia Dache, Astrid Pickenpack, Jonathon Sun, Liam Tay Kearney)

• Home Equity Credit and College Access: Evidence from Texas Home Lending Laws (Job Market Paper)

• Do English Learners Benefit from Mainstream Schooling? Evidence from Oakland Public Schools (with Naihobe Gonzalez)