Dr. Vicki Been

Biography

Vicki Been is the Judge Edward Weinfeld Professor at NYU School of Law and an affiliated professor of Public Policy at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She is the faculty director of the NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy. Vicki returned to NYU in January 2022 after serving as New York City’s Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development from 2019 to December 2021, where she managed a team responsible for financing the construction and preservation of 200,000 homes. Her academic work focuses on the intersection of land use, urban policy, and housing, and she has significantly contributed to the understanding of public policy aspects related to real estate and housing development. Vicki's leadership at the Furman Center has helped position it as a leading academic research center in these areas. She has received the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions in 2012 and has served as the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development from 2014 to 2017. Her scholarship and courses at NYU are dedicated to exploring land use regulations, affordable housing, and urban affairs, aiming to bridge theoretical debates with empirical research.

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