"What’s Next for Economic Mobility in NYC?"
The Center for an Urban Future's first annual NYC Economic Opportunity Summit

Replay of the Event
Event Materials

The Center for an Urban Future's first annual NYC Economic Opportunity Summit focused on generating concrete ideas—policies and strategies that city and state officials can implement to expand economic mobility in New York City. The event featured two solutions-focused panels: one on opportunities to strengthen and expand NYC-based economic opportunity programs that are succeeding but at a small scale, and another discussing successful economic mobility programs from other cities and states that have potential for replication in New York.

New York City has a long history of elevating countless people from lower-income backgrounds into the ranks of the middle class. This event explored specific steps that city and state policymakers should take to revive and realize the promise of economic mobility in New York.

Speakers included:

• Sheena Wright, NYC First Deputy Mayor 
• Barbara Chang, Strategic Workforce Consultant; former Executive Director, CareerWise New York
• Linda Gibbs, Principal for Social Services, Bloomberg Associates; former NYC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
• Danielle Goonan, Managing Director, U.S. Equity and Economic Opportunity Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation
• Melanie Hartzog, President and CEO, The New York Foundling; former NYC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
• Kirstin Hill, President and COO, Social Finance
• Matt Klein, Chief Program & Impact Officer, Robin Hood; former Executive Director, Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity
• John Martinez, Vice President, Evidence to Practice, MDRC
• Lisette Nieves, President, Fund for the City of New York 
• Vincent Quan, Co-Executive Director, J-PAL North America
• Scott Thomas, Co-Founder, Arbor Rising
• Hope Wollensack, Founder and Executive Director, The Georgia Resilience & Opportunity Fund

A video of the event is available here.

The Center for an Urban Future (CUF) is a leading think tank focused on building a stronger and more equitable economy in New York City, and expanding economic opportunity for all New Yorkers. This event was made possible thanks to general operating support we receive from The Clark Foundation, the Altman Foundation, and several other philanthropic funders.