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New York Needs An Olympic-Sized Infrastructure Investment

Commentary/Op-Ed - August 2008

New York Needs An Olympic-Sized Infrastructure Investment

This Off the CUF commentary by the president of RPA points out that China is aggressively expanding its urban infrastructure and argues that officials in the U.S. and New York need to do the same.

by Bob Yaro

Tags: economic growth infrastructure

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