Commentary/Op-Ed - March 2002
The $67 Million QuestionIn this article for the Gotham Gazette, the Center looks at how New York City suddenly found itself in an ironic use-it-or-lose-it situation with $67 million in federal funding for job training.
Report - March 2002
After the Gold RushNo longer a specialty field, information technology has become an essential part of business growth in New York City. In this report, the Center tackles the question of how to connect jobseekers to a field that needs workers of all education and skill levels
Testimony - February 2002
Guiding Principles for the Lower Manhattan Development CommissionTestimony of Jonathan Bowles before the City Council, February 25, 2002.
Testimony - February 2002
Remarks to City Council: the Workforce Investment Act in New York CityRemarks of CUF Project Director David Fischer at City Council's General Welfare Committee hearings on Workforce Investment Act implementation.
Commentary/Op-Ed - February 2002
Albany Must Do More For the CityThis op-ed first appeared in the New York Daily News on Feb. 26, 2002.
Commentary/Op-Ed - February 2002
Building the Right FoundationConsultant David Hochman examines why New York City's foundations have funded antipoverty programs to the exclusion of other worthwhile efforts.
Commentary/Op-Ed - January 2002
A Small Opportunity: Time for Entrepreneurship to Thrive in NYCStart-ups can't stand in for fleeing financial giants. But they could help put the city back in business.
Report - November 2001
Going on with the ShowLost amidst predictions of mass joblessness, budget deficits and overall economic turmoil has been the plight of arts and culture organizations, which have seen their revenue sources shrivel since the terrorist attack.
Report - November 2001
If You Can Make It HereA special report on real estate issues and the arts, prepared for the New York Foundation for the Arts and included in the NYFA publication "Culture Counts."
Report - November 2001
Under the MattressEven as recession and terrorism combined to throw tens of thousands of New Yorkers out of work, city government has sat on hundreds of millions of federal dollars designed for job training.
Testimony - October 2001
Testimony to IDA Board on New York Stock Exchange FinancingTestimony of Jonathan Bowles, Research Director, Center for an Urban Future, before New York City's IDA Board on the question of New York Stock Exchange Financing
Testimony - October 2001
Don’t Legalize Loft Conversions in East Williamsburg Industrial ParkTestimony of Jonathan Bowles, Research Director, Center for an Urban Future Before the City Planning Commission On Loft Law Zoning Amendments
Commentary/Op-Ed - October 2001
A Diverse Economy Will Get City MovingReprinted from Newsday, 10/04/2001
Report - October 2001
Sudden ImpactMany of New York Citys vital economic sectors were seriously affected by the September 11 attack.
Report - October 2001
The Future of the Tech Savvy CityCUF Senior Fellow Joel Kotkin examines what New York and other urban centers must do to continue as "high-tech hubs."
Report - June 2001
Building a Highway to Higher EdAfter decades of miscommunication between high schools and colleges, education advocates nationwide are taking heart in signs that collaboration and coordination are beginning to ease the transition to higher ed. Nowhere is this positive trend more pronounced than in New York City.
Commentary/Op-Ed - May 2001
Economic Development: An OverviewA look at economic development issues likely to face New York's next Mayor
Report - May 2001
The Workforce Challenge: To Place is to WinAfter eight months of research, the Center for an Urban Future has completed the first comprehensive report on New York Citys new and controversial welfare to work job-training system.
Testimony - April 2001
Long Island City RezoningTestimony of Jonathan Bowles, Research Director, Center for an Urban Future, Before City Planning Commission: Long Island City Rezoning
Commentary/Op-Ed - February 2001
The City’s Tax Break Policy is a WasteOp-Ed from Center for an Urban Future Research Director Jonathan Bowles. Reprinted from Newsday, 2/21/2001.
