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Report - December 2024

State of the Chains, 2024

Our seventeenth annual ranking of over 450 national retailers in New York City finds a 1.3 percent decrease in chain stores across the five boroughs over the past year. While a wide range of retailers have been closing stores, the nation’s largest retailers are struggling the most.

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Event - December 2024

Accelerating the Return of Regional Visitors to Broadway

On January 7, the Center for an Urban Future will hold a policy forum to explore the factors that have contributed to a slow recovery of regional visitors and put forward concrete ideas and solutions to accelerate the return of regional visitors and bolster the experience of living, working, and playing in New York’s vital Theater District.

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Report - November 2024

Helping NYC’s Low-Income Adult Learners Succeed at CUNY

Nearly one-quarter of all degree-seeking undergraduate students at CUNY are over age 25, but too many of these adult learners never get to the college finish line. This report makes the case for new city and state supports that are specifically tailored to the needs of adult learners, ensuring that far more of these students succeed in earning a credential.

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Data - November 2024

It’s Time to Launch SUNY Reconnect

New York State is home to 1.5 million working age adults who have already earned some college credits but have not completed a degree. State policymakers should launch an initiative, SUNY Reconnect, that can help adults in every corner of the state to re-enroll at SUNY, complete their degrees, and boost their chances at economic mobility.

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Report - November 2024

Maximizing NYC’s AI Opportunity

To build a stronger economy for the long term, New York will need to capture a significant share of the growth expected in a range of emerging tech fields—with none more important than artificial intelligence. The Center for an Urban Future (CUF) proposes five policy ideas for how New York City can seize this once-in-a-generation opportunity to grow NYC's AI economy and help tackle some of New York’s biggest challenges.

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Event - November 2024

Maximizing NYC’s AI Opportunity

On November 12, the Center for an Urban Future held a policy symposium on what city and state leaders and economic development officials should do to maximize New York City's opportunity with AI, mitigate the risks, and leverage AI to help tackle several of the city’s biggest challenges more effectively.

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