impact - June 2012
CUF Influences City’s New Broadband PlanLast month, the Center published New Tech City, a report which documented the spectacular rise of New York City's tech sector over the past few years but highlighted a handful of challenges that could inhibit the continued growth of this part of the city's economy. The report cited inadequate broadband connectivity as the second biggest threat facing New York’s tech sector. Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn unveiled a package of proposals to expand broadband connectivity in New York as a way of bolstering the city’s tech sector.
impact - February 2012
Speaker Quinn’s Plan to Grow NYC’s Design SectorToday, Council Speaker Christine Quinn ran with the ideas in our Growth by Design report in a big way, announcing a major new city initiative to support the growth of the city's design sector. She gave an especially big boost to one of our recommendations: to "establish a high-profile design festival to promote NYC's designers."
impact - January 2012
Mayor’s State of the City speech echoes CUF ideas: Community CollegesYesterday, Mayor Bloomberg delivered his State of the City speech. We are heartened that some of the new policy proposals outlined in the mayor's speech—from expanding the number of Career and Technical Education (CTE) schools to creating permanent rehearsal and studio spaces for the arts—were greatly influenced by our reports.
impact - January 2012
Mayor’s State of the City speech echoes CUF ideas: Permanent Spaces for the ArtsYesterday, Mayor Bloomberg delivered his State of the City speech. We are heartened that some of the new policy proposals outlined in the mayor's speech—from expanding the number of Career and Technical Education (CTE) schools to creating permanent rehearsal and studio spaces for the arts—were greatly influenced by our reports.
impact - January 2012
Mayor’s State of the City speech echoes CUF ideas: CTE SchoolsYesterday, Mayor Bloomberg delivered his State of the City speech. We are heartened that some of the new policy proposals outlined in the mayor's speech—from expanding the number of Career and Technical Education (CTE) schools to creating permanent rehearsal and studio spaces for the arts—were greatly influenced by our reports.
impact - June 2011
New City Initiatives to Retain Industrial Jobs Echo CUF RecommendationsSeveral of our ideas influenced a package of 22 proposals to strengthen the city's industrial sector that was announced this week by Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn
impact - May 2011
Restoring Funds for Child CareLast week, Mayor Bloomberg announced that he was restoring $40 million in proposed cuts to child care programs. The Mayor's action comes on the heels of our February 2011 policy brief Subsidizing Care, Supporting Work.
impact - May 2011
Bring Stanford to NYC?Mayor Bloomberg recently announced that the city had received 18 responses to its Request for Expressions of Interest seeking academic institutions to develop an applied science and engineering research campus in New York City, with proposals coming from Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon and many other institutions from around the world. The city's idea for attracting a new engineering campus was greatly influenced by our 2009 Building New York City's Innovation Economy report.
impact - March 2011
Mayor runs with CUF recommendations to support immigrant entrepreneursToday, the Mayor announced three new steps to make it easier for immigrant-owned businesses to start and grow in New York City. All three mayoral initiatives were heavily influenced by the Center.
impact - January 2011
State Adopts CUF Recommendation For Improving Community CollegesAt a New York State Assembly hearing in mid-December on strengthening student success in higher education, CUF senior fellow Thomas Hilliard testified that "the state should overhaul the base funding model for community colleges to reflect state policy goals. Roughly one month later, state leaders have already moved in this direction.
impact - January 2011
Mayor Bloomberg Advances CUF Policy Proposals in State of City Speech: Immigrant EntrepreneursCUF has been the city's leading voice in highlighting the catalytic impact of immigrant entrepreneurs and arguing that targeted support from local economic development officials could help more immigrants succeed in starting and growing businesses here.Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg announced a set of initiatives to support immigrant entrepreneurs.
impact - January 2011
Mayor Bloomberg Advances CUF Policy Proposals in State of City Speech: Innovation EconomySeveral of the economic development initiatives outlined by the mayor focused on growing the innovation economy, including the Center's longstanding recommendation to bolster the city's engineering presence.
impact - January 2011
Mayor Bloomberg Advances CUF Policy Proposals in State of City Speech: Summer Youth Jobs ProgramsThe Center has published two reports documenting the importance of the city's Summer Youth Employment Program as well as the funding gaps that have resulted in tens of thousands of New York City teens being turned away from the program. Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg announced a plan to expand the program with private funds.
impact - January 2011
CUF report leads to new kitchen incubator in East HarlemIn 2008, the Center published a policy brief which urged city economic development officials to support the creation of additional kitchen incubators in the five boroughs. We are gratified that city policymakers ran with the ideas in our piece.
impact - December 2010
CUF influences new Bloomberg administration initiativeIn a major speech yesterday, Deputy Mayor Bob Steel announced a new city initiative to help the city grow its technology sector that was influenced by the Center's innovation economy research.
impact - July 2010
Daily News editorial cites CUF study, backs our conclusion that state should scrap Aqueduct racinoIn its lead editorial, the Daily News quotes the Center's "sharp study" about the Aqueduct Racetrack racino project and endorses our commentary's conclusion.
impact - July 2010
Mayor Bloomberg takes a page from CUF in arguing economic value of immigrantsIn late June, Mayor Bloomberg launched a national campaign to advocate for an overhaul of the nation's immigration policy, basing his case on an argument made repeatedly by the Center for an Urban Future during the past few years: immigrants provide a vital economic boost to cities.
impact - July 2010
CUF report about NYC’s Innovation Economy Influences Major Policy Announcement by NYUTwo weeks ago, NYU announced the formation of a new $20 million dollar venture fund to accelerate the transformation of ideas and discoveries by its students, faculty and researchers into start-up companies. We applaud the move, which directly reflects recommendations we made in our September 2009 report, Building New York City's Innovation Economy.
impact - February 2010
Speaker Quinn Echoes CUF ideas for building NYC’s Innovation EconomyCity Council Speaker Christine Quinn led off her State of the City speech with a series of proposals to "cultivate an economy of innovation" and the centerpiece of her new initiatives echoes one of the Center's key recommendations.
impact - February 2010
Manh. Borough President Announces Plan to Implement CUF Idea for Growing NYC’s Innovation EconomyIn his February 2010 State of the Borough Speech, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer singled out CUF's 2009 report, "Building New York City's Innovation Economy" while outlining a plan to diversify the city's economy and spark new job growth in the tech sector.
