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New York Times: “Before That Gilded Tower, Another President-Elect Had a Manhattan Home Base”
Online Mini-Exhibit — The Death of President Roosevelt, April 12, 1945
The Roosevelt House COVID-19 Forum
Unpacking the Tensions Between Minority Communities & Law Enforcement in the United States
Faculty Journal — The Discriminatory Impact of COVID-19
Roosevelt House’s Public Policy Students’ Annual Visit to Washington, DC
Human Rights Program staff and students outside of Rayburn Office Building in Washington D.C. prior to the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment on April 30, 2019.
Speaking of Justice: Conversations on Race, Racism, and Reform
View Online — A Lens on FDR’s New Deal: Photographs by Arthur Rothstein, 1935-1945
Visit Roosevelt House: Historic Home of Franklin, Eleanor and Sara Roosevelt in New York City
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Undergraduate Programs

Public Policy Program
The Program in Public Policy is an 18-credit undergraduate minor open to students in all disciplines. Students also have an option to receive a Certificate in Public Policy by taking…
Human Rights Program
Hunter’s Human Rights Program aims to give students the tools they need to address human rights problems intelligently and constructively, whether as advocates, scholars, researchers or informed citizens. Via academic…
Faculty Research

Roosevelt House Faculty Associates
Hunter’s distinguished Roosevelt House Faculty Associates provide the backbone for the important work that takes place at Roosevelt House. Roosevelt House Faculty Associates develop, guide and teach in the Public Policy and Human Rights Programs.
Recent Faculty Publications
Roosevelt House Faculty Associate William A. Herbert co-authored chapter in the book “Urban Informatics”
Roosevelt House Human Rights Program Director Jessica Neuwirth Discusses Her Book on the Equal Rights Amendment with YaleWomen.org
Roosevelt House Faculty Associate Mimi Abramovitz Co-Authors Article “A Real Chance to End Poverty” in The Thought Project
Public Programs

Upcoming Programs
Tue, April 20, 2021 @ 5:00 pm

2021 Election Season At Roosevelt House — A Manhattan District Attorney Candidate Forum
Wed, April 21, 2021 @ 4:00 pm

Climate Crisis and Infrastructure Policy in the Biden Era: Experts Discuss Next Steps
Thu, April 22, 2021 @ 5:00 pm

Daniel R. Garodnick — Saving Stuyvesant Town: How One Community Defeated the Worst Real Estate Deal in History
Fri, April 23, 2021 @ 1:00 pm

Reckoning with Monuments and Public Commemoration
Tue, April 27, 2021 @ 5:00 pm

Confronting the Epidemic of Traffic Violence

Latest News from Roosevelt House

Dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma. 1936

Now Online — “A Lens on FDR’s New Deal:” Photographs by Arthur Rothstein, 1935-1945

Roosevelt House News

Faculty Associate News

Undergraduate Program News

Roosevelt House Faculty Forum
The Fiscal Relief States Really Need
- By: Howard Chernick
Facing a coronavirus-induced recession, states and cities are looking at an acute fiscal crisis, with the National Governors Association requesting $500 billion in fiscal relief from the federal government.
In recessions, the federal government has a crucial responsibility to maintain the fiscal viability of states and local governments. Without additional federal revenue, states ...
Basic Income In Canada: What’s in a Name?
- By: Sheila Regehr
In the matter of where things stand on basic income in Canada, I find that a great deal depends on how it is named and framed. By clearing away some confusion, I think there is good reason to be optimistic about the success of the movement towards a basic ...
Roosevelt House Student Forum
Decriminalizing Sex Work
- By: Sumaya Nasir
Emerging from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Reopening Schools
- By: Angelica Fernandez
Socioeconomic Conditions and Mental Health
- By: Jose Menjivar

Special Projects

The Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prize
Centered at Hunter’s Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute, the Joan H. Community Health Prize offers $10,000 annually to both an individual and an organization in recognition of distinguished accomplishment in the…
History
The Story of Roosevelt House
The story of Roosevelt House, a double townhouse located at 47-49 East 65th Street, begins at the turn of the twentieth century…
Guided Tours

Roosevelt House Guided Tours
Tours are postponed until further notice. Roosevelt House — the former double townhouse of Franklin, Eleanor and Sara Delano Roosevelt, and now owned by Hunter College — offers visitors a chance to…

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