economic opportunity
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 - 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.
Data - January 2011
Data from Subsidizing Care, Supporting WorkSelected charts and graphs from the Center for an Urban Future's January 2011 report which found that the supply of subsidized child care in NYC has slipped in recent years even as affordable child care has become increasingly critical for low-income parents to get and hold jobs or complete a postsecondary degree.
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 2010
Mayor's State of City Speech Echoes CUF Recommendations on ESOL Programs & Immigrant EntrepreneursOver the past four years, CUF has repeatedly argued that limited English skills among the city's immigrant workforce are both a barrier for countless New Yorkers to advance in their careers and a constraint on New York's economic competitiveness. In his State of the City Speech last week, Mayor Bloomberg forcefully embraced many of our findings and recommendations.
