Report - February 2001
Payoffs for LayoffsIn recent years, New York City has attempted to retain major corporations through tax breaks and other sweetheart measures. But without any accountability measures, many of the businesses to benefit have cut jobs or relocated anyway.
Commentary/Op-Ed - January 2001
Right Idea, Wrong Time: The Center Calls for Changes in the Governor’s Biotechnology PlanNew York City, not upstate, should be the centerpiece of the state's biotechnology plan.
Commentary/Op-Ed - November 2000
Manufacturers Lose Another Battle: City Set to Allow Another Viable Factory Building to Be ConvertedOne of the biggest and best buildings on the Williamsburg waterfront will soon be converted from manufacturing space into 184 Soho-priced studio apartments--even though local residents have pushed to keep factories in the neighborhood.
Commentary/Op-Ed - October 2000
Zones of ContentionWaterfront neighborhoods are sick of being dumping grounds for dirty industries. But efforts to protect people from polluters are starting to lock out good neighbors, too: the businesses that make the city run.
Report - October 2000
On a Wing and a PrayerIn this report, the Center details how highway gridlock and antiquated cargo facilities keep New Yorks airports grounded.
Testimony - August 2000
Response to the City of New York’s Workforce Investment PlanSubmitted at a public hearing on the city's plan to implement the federal Workforce Investment Act locally
