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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.

New York Needs An Olympic-Sized Infrastructure Investment

This Off the CUF commentary by the president of RPA points out that China is aggressively expanding its urban infrastructure and argues that officials in the U.S. and New York need to do the same.

By Bob Yaro

August 2008 | DOWNLOAD PDF