Innovative Ideas. Independent Policy.

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  Report - November 2022

  Harnessing CUNY as a Launchpad Into Tech Careers

  New Yorkers of color remain strikingly underrepresented among the city’s tech workforce. No institution is better positioned to help close this opportunity gap for tech careers, at scale, than the City University of New York (CUNY). However, fully capitalizing on CUNY’s remarkable potential to serve as the city’s largest and most equitable springboard into technology careers will require new action from city and state government, the city’s technology companies, and CUNY itself.
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  Report - September 2022

  City of Aspiration: 150 Ideas for Building a More Equitable NYC

  There is growing consensus that New York City leaders should take new action to build a more equitable city. This report provides a roadmap for how NYC can get there, featuring 150 New York-based leaders and national experts each sharing a single policy idea for how to make progress toward a more equitable NYC.
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  Report - July 2022

  New York’s New Jobs Engine

  The tech sector has matured into New York City's single most dependable economic engine and reliable source of new well-paying jobs. However, New York will have to overcome new challenges and gathering headwinds to build a larger, more sustainable, and more inclusive tech ecosystem.
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  Data - June 2022

  Greening City Buildings: More Progress Is Needed to Meet NYC’s Municipal Emissions Reduction Goals

  While greenhouse gas emissions from city-owned buildings have decreased since 2014, this new analysis reveals 8 of 25 city agencies have seen emissions increase, including a 15 percent spike at the CUNY. More progress will be needed to achieve the city’s goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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  Report - May 2022

  Starting Up & Staying Out

  For many formerly incarcerated New Yorkers, entrepreneurship provides a meaningful pathway to economic opportunity. Strengthening support for reentry entrepreneurship offers policymakers one vital, yet largely untapped, opportunity to help far more returning New Yorkers succeed in reentry and beyond.
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  Report - May 2022

  In Good Company: What NYC’s Employers Should Do to Expand Access to Good Jobs

  Creating a more equitable economy will require bold action by the city. But the private sector will also need to step up. This study provides a snapshot of six innovative employer-led initiatives to expand access to good jobs—with enormous potential for replication among other companies in New York.