scholarly journals Do Elections Improve Constituency Responsiveness? Evidence from US Cities

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 459-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darin Christensen ◽  
Simon Ejdemyr
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
York City ◽  
Municipal Services ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
Us Cities ◽  
Differential Timing ◽  
Robust Evidence

AbstractDo elections motivate incumbent politicians to serve their voters? In this paper, we use millions of service requests placed by residents in US cities to measure constituency responsiveness. We then test whether an unusual policy change in New York City, which enabled city councilors to run for three rather than two terms in office, improved constituency responsiveness in previously term-limited councilors’ districts. Using difference-in-differences, we find robust evidence for this. Taking advantage of differential timing of local election races in New York City and San Francisco, we also find late-term improvements to responsiveness in districts represented by reelection-seeking incumbents. Elections improve municipal services, but also create cycles in constituency responsiveness. These findings have implications for theories of representative democracy.

Wood, Beatrice (1893–1998)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thelma Rohrer
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
York City ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
Native State ◽  
Marcel Duchamp ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
American Artist ◽  
New York Dada

An American potter known for luster-glaze chalices and whimsical ceramic figures, Beatrice Wood was once named the "Mama of Dada." Born on 3 March 1893 into a wealthy family in San Francisco, California, raised in New York City, and a student at the Académie Julian in Paris, Wood rebelled from her traditional upbringing by 1912. Seeking a more bohemian life, she joined avant-garde art circles, became friends with Marcel Duchamp and Henri-Pierre Roché, and was influential in the New York Dada movement. During the 1930s, her early successes in ceramics provided independent income and, by 1948, she settled in Ojai, California, to continue her interest in theosophy. She established a studio developing embedded luster glazes with radiant colors and continued this work for over thirty years. Wood was recognized as a "California Living Treasure" by her native state, named an "Esteemed American Artist" by the Smithsonian Institution, and partly inspired the character "Rose" in the 1997 film Titanic. She died on 12 March 1998 at the age of 105.

Chemistry Made Vital

1935 ◽  
Vol 118 (16) ◽  
pp. 454-454
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
York City ◽  
New World

NEW WORLD OF CHEMISTRY. By Bernard Jaffe, Bushwick High School, New York City. New York, Newark, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco: Silver, Burdett & Company.

scholarly journals Increased Incidence of Cancer among Homosexual Men, New York City and San Francisco, 1978-1990

1996 ◽  
Vol 144 (10) ◽  
pp. 916-923 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. A. Koblin ◽  
N. A. Hessol ◽  
A. G. Zauber ◽  
P. E. Taylor ◽  
S. P. Buchbinder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
York City ◽  
Homosexual Men ◽  
Incidence Of Cancer

scholarly journals Die [Fill in the Blank] Scum

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-93
Author(s):  
Annie Powers
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
York City ◽  
Silicon Valley ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of

A brief history of the phrase “Die Techie Scum,” which has been appeared as graffiti on San Francisco walls, handed out on postcards, printed on shirts, and yelled at commuters to Silicon Valley. The die [fill in the blank] scum construction has been used frequently in the past thirty years, most often when issues of gentrification are at play, such as “Die Yuppie Scum,” used in protests in New York City in the 1980s.

Aesthetics, Repertoire, Roles, and Playbills

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Yunhwa Rao
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Performance Practice ◽  
North American ◽  
York City ◽  
Chinese Opera ◽  
Cantonese Opera ◽  
Popular Novel ◽  
Over Time

This chapter provides a survey of Cantonese opera, its connection to other genres of Chinese opera, its music, repertoire, vocal style, accompanying instruments, etc. Because the performance practice changed over time, this chapter draws from a wealth of primary and secondary documents to offer a working knowledge of Cantonese opera as it was practiced in North American during the 1920s. Over 1000 Chinese playbills from San Francisco, New York City, Vancouver, Seattle and Havana between 1917 and 1929 provide the foundation for understanding the popular repertoire during the time. In addition, commentaries in Chinese newspapers, as well as memoirs and oral histories from veteran performers reveal much about the historical performance practice. Taken together, these resources form the basis of an understanding of the Cantonese opera in this period ranging from the increased usage of stage backdrops and stage props, a gradual shift of popular role types and vocal styles, and popular novel repertoire types. A reflection on the significance of daily opera playbill closes the chapter.

Two Theaters and a Merger in New York

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Yunhwa Rao
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
York City ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Nodal Point ◽  
Musical Tradition ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Cantonese Opera

This chapter documents the rise of Cantonese opera theater in New York City from the mid-nineteenth century through the 1920s. By the mid-1920s, the New York theaters became a nodal point of the performing network linking San Francisco, Los Angeles, and elsewhere, sharing many of its talented performers. In New York's Chinatown, opera was an art form that united spectacle, drama, local and visiting talents, regional musical tastes, and musical tradition into a vibrant whole. At the height of its golden age, Chinese theater had taken its place in a city with a long and prestigious tradition in the theatrical and performing arts. Two theaters were established during this period: Jock Ming On and Lok Tin Tsau. The former arrived New York City from Vancouver, while the latter via Toronto and Boston. In 1927, the two merged to form Yong Ni Shang Theater. Many performers discussed in previous chapters reappear in this chapter. In addition, the chapter discusses the relation between Peking opera star, Mei Lanfang’s US tour and Chinatown theaters. Finally, through a close analysis of the phonograph record advertisement, the chapter reflects on the connection of Cantonese opera and the community.

Thoughts on Making Films with Barbara Hammer

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-135
Author(s):  
Lynne Sachs
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
York City ◽  
Cape Cod ◽  
Personal Essay ◽  
Running Water ◽  
And Performance

Abstract This personal essay articulates filmmaker Lynne Sachs's experiences working with experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer. Sachs conveys the journey of her relationship with Hammer when they were both artists living in San Francisco in the late 1980s and 1990s and then later in New York City. Sachs initially discusses her experiences making Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor (US, 2018), which includes Hammer, the conceptual and performance artist Carolee Schneemann, and the experimental filmmaker Gunvor Nelson. She then discusses her 2019 film, A Month of Single Frames, which uses material from Hammer's 1998 artist residency in a Cape Cod shack without running water or electricity. While there, she shot film, recorded sounds, and kept a journal. In 2018, Hammer began her process of dying by revisiting her personal archive. She gave all of her images, sounds, and writing from the residency to Sachs and invited her to make a film with the material. Through her own filmmaking, Sachs explores Hammer's experience of solitude. She places text on the screen as a way to be in dialogue with both Hammer and her audience. This essay provides context for the intentions and challenges that grew out of both of these film collaborations.

Administrative decentralization of municipal services: Assessing the New York City experience

1974 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert K. Yin ◽  
Robert W. Hearn ◽  
Paula Meinetz Shapiro
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Municipal Services ◽  
Administrative Decentralization
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