Perils & Power
S.M.’s ongoing articles on cybersecurity’s intersection with energy, climate, critical infrastructure, A.I., and policy.
The Legacy of Public Private Partnerships In The Bloomberg Mayoral Administration
As the culmination of my time at N.Y.U.’s Center for Global Affairs as an Economics major, my Graduate Thesis focussed on the mixed-sector cooperation Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave precedence to during his mayoralty. It is a synthesis of various facets of classes experienced within the Center — public-private partnerships, alternative financing, urban innovation, and more. Bloomberg’s administration underscored collaboration as panacea to a forlorn city — a gesture that was nothing less than revolutionary. Written over the course of early 2020. Supervised by Professor Christian Busch. Grade: 100%.
Mythical Nostalgia in Vanishing New York
A creative non-fiction journey through phantom streets, the ephemera of New York, and a lamentation of all that is transient. Completed as my Senior Thesis for my B.A. in English Literature at New York University, the work was galvanized by a number of aesthetic resources, notably Joseph Mitchell and his ambulatory adventures through the city as a writer for The New Yorker for over 30 years. In examining MacDougal Street, the East Village, and Sutton Place, I found three areas locked within a liminal state — inherently altered by the stroke of time, but reminiscent of movements and populations that had come to define it. Supervised by Professor William Burns. Grade: 100%.