entrepreneurship
Impact - March 2011
Mayor runs with CUF recommendations to support immigrant entrepreneursToday, the Mayor announced three new steps to make it easier for immigrant-owned businesses to start and grow in New York City. All three mayoral initiatives were heavily influenced by the Center.
Impact - January 2011
Mayor Bloomberg Advances CUF Policy Proposals in State of City Speech: Immigrant EntrepreneursCUF has been the city's leading voice in highlighting the catalytic impact of immigrant entrepreneurs and arguing that targeted support from local economic development officials could help more immigrants succeed in starting and growing businesses here.Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg announced a set of initiatives to support immigrant entrepreneurs.
Impact - January 2011
Mayor Bloomberg Advances CUF Policy Proposals in State of City Speech: Innovation EconomySeveral of the economic development initiatives outlined by the mayor focused on growing the innovation economy, including the Center's longstanding recommendation to bolster the city's engineering presence.
Impact - January 2011
CUF report leads to new kitchen incubator in East HarlemIn 2008, the Center published a policy brief which urged city economic development officials to support the creation of additional kitchen incubators in the five boroughs. We are gratified that city policymakers ran with the ideas in our piece.
Impact - December 2010
CUF influences new Bloomberg administration initiativeIn a major speech yesterday, Deputy Mayor Bob Steel announced a new city initiative to help the city grow its technology sector that was influenced by the Center's innovation economy research.
Impact - July 2010
Mayor Bloomberg takes a page from CUF in arguing economic value of immigrantsIn late June, Mayor Bloomberg launched a national campaign to advocate for an overhaul of the nation's immigration policy, basing his case on an argument made repeatedly by the Center for an Urban Future during the past few years: immigrants provide a vital economic boost to cities.
Impact - July 2010
CUF report about NYC's Innovation Economy Influences Major Policy Announcement by NYUTwo weeks ago, NYU announced the formation of a new $20 million dollar venture fund to accelerate the transformation of ideas and discoveries by its students, faculty and researchers into start-up companies. We applaud the move, which directly reflects recommendations we made in our September 2009 report, Building New York City's Innovation Economy.
Impact - February 2010
Speaker Quinn Echoes CUF ideas for building NYC's Innovation EconomyCity Council Speaker Christine Quinn led off her State of the City speech with a series of proposals to "cultivate an economy of innovation" and the centerpiece of her new initiatives echoes one of the Center's key recommendations.
Impact - February 2010
Manh. Borough President Announces Plan to Implement CUF Idea for Growing NYC's Innovation EconomyIn his February 2010 State of the Borough Speech, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer singled out CUF's 2009 report, "Building New York City's Innovation Economy" while outlining a plan to diversify the city's economy and spark new job growth in the tech sector.
Impact - December 2009
Governor's Task Force Embraces CUF's Recommendations on Bolstering New York's Innovation EconomyThe Center's Building New York City's Innovation Economy report found that while New York is home to several of the world's leading scientific research institutions, these universities and research centers have not become powerful catalysts for entrepreneurship and local economic development the way similar institutions have in several other regions. A state task force created by Governor Paterson and chaired by Cornell president David Skorton reached many of the same conclusions and embraced several of the report's recommendations.
