economic growth
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.
Impact - January 2010
Bloomberg Administration Adopts CUF Recommendation for Improving Street FairsIn 2006, the Center published "Rethinking New York's Street Fairs," a report which urged the city to make major changes to street fairs held in the five boroughs. Last week, the Bloomberg administration embraced a major recommendation.
Impact - December 2009
Governor's Task Force Embraces CUF's Recommendations on Bolstering New York's Innovation EconomyThe Center's Building New York City's Innovation Economy report found that while New York is home to several of the world's leading scientific research institutions, these universities and research centers have not become powerful catalysts for entrepreneurship and local economic development the way similar institutions have in several other regions. A state task force created by Governor Paterson and chaired by Cornell president David Skorton reached many of the same conclusions and embraced several of the report's recommendations.
Impact - August 2009
Mayor Bloomberg endorses our recommendation to make community colleges engines of mobilityA key recommendation from our Reviving the City of Aspiration report was that "city and state officials must embrace community colleges as engines of mobility and dedicate the resources necessary to strengthen these institutions and ensure that a greater number of middle class, poor and working poor New Yorkers can attend these schools and complete their degrees." City officials are now running with our suggestion.
