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CUF in the News

	Mile-long under-line market backed for Harlem, Crain's New York Business, July 30, 2010
	'High Line for Harlem' Plan Gains Support, DNAinfo, July 29, 2010
	Report calls for "A High Line for Harlem", The Real Deal, July 29, 2010
	Think Tank Wants Harlem High Line That Isn't Actually a High Line, Curbed NY, July 29, 2010
	Brian Lehrer Show Discusses An Aqueduct Alternative, WNYC, July 20, 2010
	Nonprofit groups make just a handful of dollars off street fairs throughout city, New York Daily News, July 19, 2010
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New York by the Numbers

Economic snapshots of the 5 boroughs

This month's data... This edition of New York by the Numbers reveals that nearly a third of all adult workers in New York City are employed in low-wage jobs. While the percentage of low-wage workers is high across the city, the Bronx is in a league of its own, with 42 percent of the boroughs workers in low-wage jobs.

It's Time to Reinvent New York's Street Fairs

In this testimony before the City Council, associate research director Tara Colton argues that a significant overhaul of the citys street fair system is long overdue and the city should do more to involve local entrepreneurs and artists in the fairs.

By Tara Colton

September 2007 | DOWNLOAD PDF

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RELATED PRESS
The Jewel Box of Union Square, by Caroline H. Dworin, The New York Times, December 19, 2008
Back Rubs? Check. Chickens? Not at These Fairs., By Cara Buckley, The New York Times, October 13, 2008
Street Fair Backlash Gaining Momentum, By John Del Signore, Gothamist, October 13, 2008
Flatbush Frolic: 'More Than Just Socks and Sausages', by Evan Lerner, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 19, 2007
Fair Too Average, by Timothy Fleming, Brooklyn Downtown Star, August 10, 2007
City Nixes Pride Street Fair Move, by Steven Weinstein, The New York Blade, May 11, 2007
Tube Socks Time: The Street Fairs Comet, The Gowanus Lounge, May 3, 2007
Neighborhood Wants San Gennaro to Sleep with Fishes, Gothamist, March 26, 2007
City Residents Battle 'Cookie Cutter' Street Fairs,, by Gary Shapiro, The New York Sun, February 1, 2007
Board 1 Approves 12 Street Fairs for 2007, by Richard Gentilviso, The Queens Gazette, December 27, 2006
The Blandness of the Asphalt Fairground, by Francis X. Clines, The New York Times, August 12, 2006
Time To Curb One-Way Street Fairs, by Lenore Skenazy, The New York Daily News, August 9, 2006
Study Claims Street Fairs Are Too Generic, by Julie Walker, WNYC, August 7, 2006
Better Fare for the Fair?, by Amy Zimmer, Metro New York, August 7, 2006
Study Slams NYC Street Fairs, by Michael Clancy, amNewYork, August 7, 2006
Tube Socks, Funnel Cake and Fruit Smoothies: NYC Street Fairs Are Generic, by Jen Chung, Gothamist, August 7, 2006
Study Says New York Street Fairs Are All the Same, by Karen Matthews, The Associated Press, August 6, 2006
Report: Street Fairs Don't Reflect City's Uniqueness, New York 1, August 6, 2006