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Commentary/Op-Ed - August 2007

Branching Out

This Off the CUF essay argues that the decision to restore six day a week library service is a landmark achievement that will boost the competitiveness of New York’s workforce.

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Commentary/Op-Ed - August 2007

Immigrant Entrepreneurs on Staten Island

In this op-ed in Staten Island Business Trends, CUF director Jonathan Bowles argues that Staten Island’s growing immigrant population could be a catalyst for the borough’s economy in the years ahead.

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Report - August 2007

A Bumpy Ride

This new report finds that cultural trolleys hold promise in raising the profile of arts institutions outside of Manhattan, but a lack of marketing funds and operational challenges means most trolley programs have not yet boosted attendance at local cultural venues.

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Report - August 2007

Working to Learn, Learning to Work

This new report by the Center and the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy documents the critical importance to New York's economy of expanding college attendance among working adults, and finds that the rate at which adults attend college has fallen sharply.

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Report - June 2007

Work in Progress

This report finds that four years after Mayor Bloomberg moved to remake workforce development in NYC, much has been accomplished, but even more remains to be done.

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Report - June 2007

Summer Help

This report finds that NYC’s Summer Youth Employment Program will serve 21 percent fewer young people this summer than in 1999, a troubling decline since the city’s teen employment rate is half the national average.

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