Report - January 2025
15 Policy Ideas for NYC to Start 2025As we start 2025, the Center for an Urban Future is offering up fifteen policy ideas that CUF wrote about in 2024 that we think are worth considering at a time when New York needs good local ideas more than ever, from closing educational and workforce disparities to tackling the affordable housing crisis and bolstering small businesses.
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Event - January 2025
Enacting a Ticket Surcharge to Help Fund NYC ParksOn January 23rd, the Center for an Urban Future held a policy forum focused on one new revenue option to fund New York City Parks: a modest surcharge on tickets sold at the city’s major stadiums, arenas, and concert venues, with the revenue dedicated exclusively to park maintenance.
Event - January 2025
Accelerating the Return of Regional Visitors to BroadwayOn January 7th, the Center for an Urban Future held a policy forum to explore the factors that have contributed to a slow recovery of regional visitors and put forward concrete ideas and solutions to accelerate the return of regional visitors and bolster the experience of living, working, and playing in New York’s vital Theater District.
Report - December 2024
State of the Chains, 2024Our seventeenth annual ranking of over 450 national retailers in New York City finds a 1.3 percent decrease in chain stores across the five boroughs over the past year. While a wide range of retailers have been closing stores, the nation’s largest retailers are struggling the most.
Report - November 2024
Helping NYC’s Low-Income Adult Learners Succeed at CUNYNearly one-quarter of all degree-seeking undergraduate students at CUNY are over age 25, but too many of these adult learners never get to the college finish line. This report makes the case for new city and state supports that are specifically tailored to the needs of adult learners, ensuring that far more of these students succeed in earning a credential.
Data - November 2024
It’s Time to Launch SUNY ReconnectNew York State is home to 1.5 million working age adults who have already earned some college credits but have not completed a degree. State policymakers should launch an initiative, SUNY Reconnect, that can help adults in every corner of the state to re-enroll at SUNY, complete their degrees, and boost their chances at economic mobility.
