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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.

Five Borough Growth

In this edition of New York by the Numbers, we provide a neighborhood by neighborhood examination of where the jobs were created during the past 10 years.

September 2008 | DOWNLOAD PDF

Which zip codes in NYC added the most jobs over the past 10 years? Which lost the most? Our top and bottom five for rate of job creation:

Top 5
11245 (Downtown Brooklyn): 253%
10041 (55 Water Street): 237%
10027 (West Harlem/Morningside Heights): 187%
10030 (Harlem): 106%
10026 (Harlem): 99%

Bottom 5
10048 (World Trade Center): -98%
11242 (Downtown Brooklyn): -65%
11243 (Downtown Brooklyn): -64%
10043 (Lower Manhattan): -64%
10007 (Lower Manhattan): -57%

To read the full report, click here. To see a map of job creation across the five boroughs, click here.

RELATED PRESS
LaGuardia hatches design incubator, by Hilary Potkewitz, Crain's New York Business, January 11, 2009
Sheepshead Bay a lively enclave, by Steve Garmhausen, Crain's New York Business, November 8, 2008
SI sees significant new job growth, by Tevah Platt, Staten Island Advance, September 25, 2008
Shrinking jobs? Not in booming Kingsbridge, by N. Clark Judd, The Riverdale Press, September 18, 2008
Health care and education lead Bronx job growth in zip code 10456, by Dorian Block, New York Daily News, September 15, 2008
Queens has most ZIPs with job growth, by Philip Newman, Queens Times Ledger, September 11, 2008
Downtown Brooklyn, Boomtown, by Oliver Haydock, The Real Estate Blog/New York Observer, September 9, 2008
Queens had largest share of New York City job growth last 10 years, by Donald Bertrand, New York Daily News, September 8, 2008
Job boom on city fringe, by Amy Zimmer, Metro New York, September 4, 2008
Lower Manhattan Fares Poorly in Job Trends Report, by Peter Kiefer, The New York Sun, September 4, 2008
Outer Boroughs Drive Surge In City's Job Growth, by Ruschell Boone, New York 1, September 4, 2008
Boroughs seeing more jobs created, by Jovana Rizzo, The Real Deal, September 3, 2008
Outer boroughs lead NYC job growth, by Elisabeth Butler Cordova, Crain's New York Business, September 3, 2008
Report: Job Growth Jumps in Outer-Boroughs, Wanes in Manhattan, by Oliver Haydock, The Real Estate Blog/New York Observer, September 3, 2008