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CityLand, “City Receives Federal Grant to Help Support Carbon Emission Reductions in Large Buildings” (Sept. 18, 2024)

Crain’s New York Business, “New York real estate soaring in value near Second Avenue Subway” (June 23, 2022)

Yahoo! Finance, “Researchers find neighborhood disparities in transmission risk of COVID-19” (Mar. 21, 2021)

Amazon.science, National Science Foundation, in collaboration with Amazon, awards 11 Fairness in AI grant projects” (Feb. 10, 2021)

Toronto Star, “Smart City megaprojects get a lot of hype. So why do so many turn out to be expensive disappointments?” (Jan. 13, 2021)

Toronto Star, “Civic leaders have more data than ever to guide their decisions, but the tech is not in charge” (Jan. 9, 2021)

Toronto Star, “Smart Cities Will Be Cleaner, Accessible, Even More Democratic, Proponents Say. But Governments Adopting New Tech Must Contend with Risks, Too” (Jan. 4, 2021)

Scientific American, “Population Density Does Not Doom Cities to Pandemic Dangers” (Sept. 16, 2020)

Sidewalk Talk Q&A, “When It Comes to Affordability in Cities, Don’t Forget about Utility Bills” (Sept. 10. 2020)

Mother Jones, “Here’s Why Neighborhoods With More People of Color Pay Higher Energy Bills” (Nov. 28, 2019)

CityLab, “Neighborhoods With More People of Color Pay Higher Energy Bills” (Nov. 25, 2019)

Gothamist, “Here’s How NYC Is Trying to Shrink Buildings’ Big Carbon Footprints” (Sep. 19. 2019)

NYU Alumni Magazine, “Half Empty or Half Full? (May 29, 2019)

Fast Company, “These 20 social enterprises and nonprofits just won Google’s AI Impact Challenge” (May 7, 2019)

Metropolis Magazine, “Hudson Yards Promised a High-Tech Neighborhood—It Was a Greater Challenge Than Expected” (Feb. 5, 2019)

CityLab, “The Many Ways to Fund New York City's Big Subway Fix” (Jan. 2, 2019)

Forbes, “What Investors Should Know About Public Transportation's Effect On Manhattan Real Estate Value” (Nov. 27, 2018)

Urban Land Magazine, “The Developing Power of Big Data” (Oct. 29, 2018)

Smart Cities Dive, “The Data-Driven City” (June 14, 2018)

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, “Big data is going to shape our future cities. Will it treat us all equally?” (Mar. 14, 2018)

Metropolis Magazine, “As Technology Reshapes Cities’ Economies and Daily Life, We Risk Widening Inequality” (Feb. 8, 2018)

New York Times, “The Subway is Next Door. Should New Yorkers Pay Extra for That?” (Jan. 29. 2018)

Curbed New York, “Could a Manhattan ‘Transit Maintenance District’ Fund Subway Repairs?” (Nov. 20, 2017)

Crain’s New York, “Landlords Benefit from Subways. Two NYU Professors Calculated How Much That's Worth” (Nov. 17, 2017)

NYU Tandon News, “Constantine Kontokosta is on the Frontlines of Using Data for Good in Cities” (Nov. 9, 2017)

City of New York, Office of the Mayor, De Blasio Administration and Brownsville Community Leaders Announce NYCx Co-Lab Challenges in Brownsville” (Oct. 23, 2017)

City of New York, Office of the Mayor, “Mayor Announces Dramatic Drop in Energy Use and Carbon Emissions in Large Buildings Citywide” (Oct. 19, 2017)

amNY, “Greenhouse Gases Cut by 14% Under City Buildings Plan, Report Says” (Oct. 19, 2017)

Habitat Magazine, “City’s Co-ops and Condos Cut Energy Use and Emissions” (Oct. 19, 2017)

GovTech, “NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress Tackles Bus Reliability, Harmful Landlord Practices, with Data” (Sept. 8, 2017)

NYU Tandon News, “Tandon Faculty and Researchers Discuss Urban Resiliency with The National Academies” (Aug. 17, 2017)

Education Dive, “Urban informatics offers partnership opportunities between institutions, cities” (Aug. 15, 2017)

City of New York, Office of the Mayor, “De Blasio Administration Announces Launch of New Smart City Technologies and Young Innovators Program in Brownsville” (July 7, 2017)

Fox 5 News (Primetime TV New York City News Program) (Mar. 20, 2017)

Technical.ly Brooklyn, “Why this NYU Tandon Prof is Mapping Out All of the Electricity Used in the City” (Mar. 31, 2017)

Washington Square News, “NYU Helps Open Neighborhood Innovation Labs” (Mar. 27, 2017)

Washington Square News, “Two Tandon Professors Win CAREER Awards” (Mar. 22, 2017)

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, “National Science Foundation recognizes 2 NYU Tandon professors for promising research in smart cities and smart transportation” (Mar. 16, 2017)

Forbes, Inc.Smart Cities: The Solution to Our Urban Ills?” (Mar. 1, 2017)

The Stack, “Monitoring New York Poverty with Urban IoT” (Sept. 29, 2016)

Energy Manager Today, “New York City Study Conclusion: Benchmarking Works” (Aug. 25, 2016)

Realtor.com, “Will the Olympics Rescue or Ruin Rio’s Housing Market?” (Aug. 3, 2016)

NPR, “The Future of the Smart City” (June 23, 2016)

Toronto Star, “Our Data, Ourselves” (May 7, 2016)

The Economist, “How Cities Score” (Mar. 26, 2016)

Spacing Magazine, “Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop on Inclusionary Zoning” (Mar. 21, 2016)

Bisnow, “Hudson Yards’ Smart City Initiatives Could Provide Glimpse of NYC’s Future” (Feb. 24, 2016)

NYU News, “At the Forefront of Urban Informatics, Constantine Kontokosta is Widely Recognized for his Pioneering Work” (Feb. 8, 2016)

Observer, “Data Shows the Way for New York’s Greenhouse Gas Reductions” (Jan. 22, 2016)

Commercial Observer, “80/50 Vision: The Mayor’s Bold Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan” (Jan. 22, 2016)

Building Design + Construction, “Solving the Data Conundrum with Better Tools to Capture, Share, and Analyze Information” (Nov. 24, 2015)

Capital New York, “City Plans Innovation Labs Across Five Boroughs” (Sept. 15, 2015)

FCW: Federal Technology, “Machine learning, agency missions and finding the shape of the haystack” (July 21, 2015)

Capital New York, “NYU Research Center to Offer New Civic Data Program” (Apr. 29, 2015)

U.S. News and World Report, “The Next Silicon Valley?” (Apr. 1, 2015)

National Geographic, “What’s the Big Deal with Big Data?” (Mar. 29, 2015)

Financial Times, “Olympic Task to Reinvent Tokyo’s Heart” (Mar. 29, 2015)

Chicago Policy Review, “Why Inclusive Zones are Not Inclusive Everywhere” (Feb. 27, 2015)

San Francisco Business Times, “If San Francisco Wins Olympics Bid, Don’t Expect Big Real Estate Benefits” (Jan. 7, 2015)

ASEE Prism Magazine, “Don’t Miss a Beat” (December, 2014)

The Atlantic: Citylab, “Quantifying the Livable City” (Oct. 21, 2014)

Urban Land Magazine, “Hudson Yards Rises Above the Rails” (Oct. 6, 2014)

The Globe & Mail, “How the Big Data Revolution Can Help Design Ideal Cities” (Sept. 25, 2014)

CNN, “Hey Internet, Where’s My Talking City” (May 26. 2014)

Engadget, “New York’s Next Big Neighborhood Is Its Smartest” (May 7, 2014)

Fortune, “In Brooklyn, A Grasp at Giving ‘Big Data’ Meaning” (Apr. 28, 2014)

Next City, “Hey Honey, Don’t Tell the Neighbors I Left the Air Conditioning On” (Apr. 22, 2014)

Fast Company, “Beyond the Quantified Self: The World’s Largest Quantified Community” (Apr. 17, 2014)

New York Times, “Huge New York Development Project Becomes Data Science Lab” (Apr. 14, 2014)

Real Estate Weekly, “Energy Executives Prepare to Take Stock at Annual NYU Conference” (Feb. 19, 2014)

Canadian Consulting Engineer, “New York City Research Finds Older Buildings More Energy Efficient” (Jan. 28, 2014)

Sallan Foundation, “We’re Beginning to See the Light” (Jan. 27, 2014)

AlleyWatch, “3 Big Ideas to Change the City” (Oct. 31, 2013)

Technal.ly Brooklyn, “Cities are the Major Unit of Analysis for the Future: CUSP Dep. Director” (Oct. 14, 2013)

EdTech Magazine, “Big Data 101: How Higher Ed Is Teaching Data Science” (Oct. 9, 2013)

The Real Deal, “NYU, enviro group to monitor commercial tenants’ energy use” (Aug. 13, 2013)

Commercial Observer, “NYU to Identify Energy-Efficient Commercial Real Estate Tenants” (Aug. 13, 2013)

CRE Radio, “Hot Topics in Green Building and Sustainability” (Apr. 19, 2013)

The Real Deal, “Big data can turn real estate industry on its head: A dispatch from NYU’s Schack Institute conference” (Feb. 22, 2013)

Physics, “A Different Kind of Impact Factor” (Dec. 19, 2012)

Civil Engineering (ASCE Magazine), “NYC Publishes First Energy Benchmark Report” (Sept. 18, 2012)

The Wall Street Journal, “Durst Tower to Give Green a New Shade” (Sept. 5, 2012)

The Wall Street Journal, “London Developers Hope for Olympic-Size Boom” (Aug. 15, 2012)

Greentech Enterprise, “Data Driving Investment, Scale in Energy Efficiency” (June 7, 2012)

Examiner.com, “Clean Energy Connections Discusses Intelligent Infrastructure” (June 7, 2012)

CNN Fortune, “London’s Extreme Olympics Makeover” (June 1, 2012)

The Villager, “City O.K.’s Roof Rotors up to 55ft Tall for Buildings” (May 31, 2012)         

CoStar News, “Financing Green Part II: The Role of Data in Financing Green Improvements” (May 21, 2012)

CoStar News, “Financing Green Part I: Funding Energy Efficient Retrofits and Overcoming Uncertainty” (May 18, 2012)

Bloomberg News, “London Shops Disappear as Olympics Pays $1.2 Billion for Cycling” (Mar. 13, 2012)

New York Observer, “Transparently Green: Landlords, Tenants, Gear Up for Local Law 84” (Mar. 12, 2012)

New York Observer, “Olympics Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be: Study” (Mar. 8, 2012)

Bloomberg News, “London’s Poorest Area Waits for Olympics” (Mar. 1, 2012)   

Bisnow, “Green is the New Value-Add” (Feb. 27, 2012)                                     

Newsday, “Summit: Great Need for LI Housing Options” (Feb. 8, 2012)             

Real Estate Weekly, “Schack Institute to Host Sustainability Conference” (Feb. 8, 2012)

ArchitectureWeek, “Urban Green Council Announces the EBies” (Jan. 23, 2012)               

The Real Deal, “Sustainability 2.0” (December 1, 2011)                                     

Commercial Property Executive Magazine, “Industry Innovators: CPE Executive of the Year, Rising Star” (Dec. 1, 2011)

Fortune Magazine, “Energy Efficiency: Plenty of Data: Many Confused Landlords” (Nov. 21, 2011)

New York Real Estate Journal, “NYU Schack Center for the Sustainable Built Environment Marks Milestone” (Oct. 25, 2011)

Commercial Property Executive Magazine, “Awards: Six Achievers Find Success Despite the Difficult Economy” (Oct. 10, 2011)

Bisnow, “Green Big Apple” (Sept. 12, 2011)                                                      

CNN Money, “Energy Efficiency Plan: Hire Someone Else to Pay the Bill?” (July 22, 2011)

New York House Magazine, “Q&A with Constantine Kontokosta” (July, 2011)               

National Real Estate Investor, “Penn Students Take Top Prize in NYU Sustainable Competition” (May 9, 2011)

Green Real Estate Daily, “Expert Q&A” (May 1, 2011)                                     

Commercial Property Executive Magazine, “10 Rising Stars in 2011” (April 22, 2011)

Green Real Estate Daily, “UNEP-SBCI and NYU Schack Institute’s Center for the Sustainable Built Environment Forge New Partnership to Reduce the Global Carbon Footprint” (Mar. 4, 2011)

The Capitol, “Clean-Tech Job Growth Seen as Solution for State’s Economic Development Mess” (Feb. 19, 2011)                              

China Civil Engineering Society, “How Sustainable is LEED?” (Jan. 5, 2011)

Crain’s New York, “LEED, the Gold Standard for Green Buildings, Is under Fire” (Jan. 2, 2011)

NY Inc. Magazine, “Competition Heats Up” (Dec. 14, 2010)                                                       

The Real Deal, “Schools Adjust to Market, Too” (Nov. 1, 2010)                                     

Commercial Mortgage Alert, “Task Force to Tackle Retrofit Loans” (Oct. 8, 2010)               

The Real Deal, “Purchasing Power Changes Hands” (Aug. 1, 2010)                                            

Commercial Mortgage Alert, “Race is On to Devise Way to Finance Retrofits” (July 16, 2010)

NY Inc. Magazine, “15 People You Need to Know in New York Real Estate” (June/July, 2010)

Bisnow, “Sustainability Scholars” (June 17, 2010)                                                                      

New York Times, “Showing the Benefits of ‘Green’ Retrofits” (June 1, 2010)                                   

Globe Street, “Standing on the Shoulders of Green Giants” (May 28, 2010)                                   

Real Estate Bisnow, “The Deal Sheet” (May 11, 2010)                                                               

Connecticut Post, “Designs on the Future: Creative Concepts Flow for Pequonnock River Banks” (Feb. 24, 2010)

Portfolio.com, “Commercial Real Estate Loans Keep Dogging Banks” (Dec. 21, 2009)

Real Estate Weekly, “Schack Opens Sustainability Center” (Dec. 16, 2009)

New York Times, “Some of the Bright Lights of New York’s Businesses Are Powered by Wind” (Apr. 21, 2009)

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