"Keeping NYC Competitive in an Age of Hybrid Work"
A Center for an Urban Future Policy Symposium

Replay of the event
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This forum explored a range of ideas for how city and state leaders can keep NYC competitive amid the rise of hybrid work and other fundamental economic shifts that have taken root and accelerated since the start of the pandemic. Faced with this challenging new post-pandemic landscape and growing competition from a host of other cities, our speakers offered ideas for what New York's policymakers should prioritize—including new or scaled up initiatives, projects, and policy changes—to address emerging challenges and seize new opportunities to make New York even stronger, more vibrant, and more equitable.

Speakers included:

• Andrew Kimball, President & CEO, New York City Economic Development Corporation
• Hope Knight, President, CEO, & Commissioner, Empire State Development
• Winston Fisher, Partner, Fisher Brothers; CEO, AREA15
• Eric Gertler, Executive Chairman & CEO, U.S.News & World Report; former President & CEO, Empire State Development
• Larisa Ortiz, Managing Director, Public Nonprofit Solutions, Streetsense
• Seth Pinsky, CEO, 92NY; former President & CEO, New York City Economic Development Corporation
• Julie Samuels, President & Executive Director, Tech:NYC
• Jessica Walker, President & CEO, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

A video of the full discussion is available here.

This symposium is made possible through generous support from Fisher Brothers Foundation and Winston C. Fisher. We are also grateful for general support from The Clark Foundation and the Altman Foundation, and ongoing support from a number of other philanthropic funders.