Event - April 2006
Transcript of Creative New York ConferenceOn April 4th, the Center for an Urban Future, the City of New York, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Partnership for New York City co-sponsored Creative New York, a conference at the Museum of Modern Art which brought together more than 200 leaders from New York's creative communities and government to discuss how to keep New York City at the forefront of the world's creative economy.
Testimony - April 2006
Immigrant Entrepreneurs’ Role in the Growth of Staten Island’s EconomyCUF director Jonathan Bowles argues that immigrant entrepreneurs could be a significant catalyst for economic growth on Staten Island in this speech, which he delivered on April 25 at the Staten Island Conference, sponsored by SIEDC.
Testimony - April 2006
The Limits of WIAIn testimony before a New York City Council hearing on April 11, CUF project director David Jason Fischer articulated how the severely limited funding and onerous legislative restrictions of the federal Workforce Investment Act have impaired efforts to serve New York City employers and jobseekers.
Testimony - April 2006
Beyond the Construction CommissionCUF Project Director David Jason Fischer testified at an April 4 City Council hearing on the work of the Mayor's Commission on Construction Opportunity, citing the Commission as a model for attaching young New Yorkers to career-track jobs in other key city industries.
Report - April 2006
Ready or NotThis new report focuses on the alarming number of young people who graduate from New York City public high schools unprepared to succeed in college, and provides a detailed examination of three college readiness programs run by CUNY and the city's public school system. The report concludes that a lack of institutional support from the city's top education officials may make it difficult to expand or improve upon these programs in the years ahead.
Event - March 2006
A Future for Working New Yorkers: Ideas for the Next GovernorThe full transcript from the Center for an Urban Future and the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy's March 22nd forum on what state officials can do to restore the prospect of economic advancement for working poor families in New York. Panelists included former Rochester Mayor William A. Johnson, Jr., Jane Knitzer, Frank Mauro, Assembly Member Deborah Glick, and former State Senator John Dunne.
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