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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 - 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.
