Mike earned his Ph.D. in Public Administration from New York University, and his MPP from the University of Michigan, and is a former research associate at the Vera Institute of Justice, where he evaluated adolescent substance abuse and mental health programs and juvenile justice policy reforms. His recent and current projects include an investigation of the neighborhood conditions of households living in subsidized housing, and exploring the role that subsidized housing policy changes may have in affecting neighborhood crime and poverty rates. He is also studying whether crime depresses commercial property values and neighborhood business activity.