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Affordable Housing Gaps in High Cost Urban Areas

Report - March 2008

Affordable Housing Gaps in High Cost Urban Areas

As the nation’s housing and lending crisis began to unfurl in 2007, banking, government and housing experts convened for a groundbreaking conference sponsored by the Office of Thrift Supervision and Citi to discuss the future of affordable housing in NYC. This white paper details the ideas discussed.

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Q&A with Matthew Goldstein, chancellor of CUNY

Commentary/Op-Ed - February 2008

Q&A with Matthew Goldstein, chancellor of CUNY

As part of our series of Q&A’s with New York City innovators, entrepreneurs and policy experts, the Center's Jonathan Bowles interviews Matthew Goldstein about CUNY's recent accomplishments, the university’s role in the city's changing economy and Governor Spitzer's new higher education initiatives.

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Q&A with Cathie Mahon, head of the city’s Office of Financial Empowerment

Commentary/Op-Ed - February 2008

Q&A with Cathie Mahon, head of the city’s Office of Financial Empowerment

As part of our series of Q&As with New York City innovators, entrepreneurs and policy experts, the Center's Jonathan Bowles interviews Cathie Mahon about Mayor Bloomberg's new anti-poverty initiatives and what her office is doing to help low income New Yorkers open banking accounts, build savings and avoid costly fees for basic financial transactions.

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Q&A with Blake Walters Foote, head of NYC’s Workforce Investment Board

Commentary/Op-Ed - February 2008

Q&A with Blake Walters Foote, head of NYC’s Workforce Investment Board

As part of our series of Q&As with New York City innovators, entrepreneurs and policy experts, the Center's David Fischer sits down with Blake Walters Foote to discuss the WIB’s priorities and the future of workforce development in New York.

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Something To Build On

Commentary/Op-Ed - February 2008

Something To Build On

The Mayor’s Commission on Construction Opportunity has produced promising early results in bringing women and non-whites into the city’s construction workforce. But will the changes prove lasting, or merely cosmetic?

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Measuring the Success of Workforce Development Programs

Testimony - January 2008

Measuring the Success of Workforce Development Programs

Appearing before a City Council hearing, CUF project director David Fischer testified that the problems of New York’s workforce programs-—grossly inadequate funding, statutory limitations and too-modest ambition-—are properly laid on Washington, DC doorsteps.

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