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Getting in the Game By Tara Colton This report finds that the fast-growing video game industry represents a promising opportunity for New York City's economy, but the sector faces significant challenges and still lags well behind established gaming hubs like Seattle, Los Angeles and Montreal.	5/11/2008 PDF Version
Affordable Housing Gaps in High Cost Urban Areas By Center for an Urban Future As the nation’s housing and lending crisis began to unfurl in 2007, banking, government and housing experts convened for a groundbreaking conference sponsored by the Office of Thrift Supervision and Citi to discuss the future of affordable housing in NYC. This white paper details the ideas discussed.	3/26/2008 PDF Version
Q&A with Matthew Goldstein, chancellor of CUNY By Center for an Urban Future As part of our series of Q&A’s with New York City innovators, entrepreneurs and policy experts, the Center’s Jonathan Bowles interviews Matthew Goldstein about CUNY’s recent accomplishments, the university’s role in the city’s changing economy and Governor Spitzer’s new higher education initiatives.	2/25/2008
Q&A with Cathie Mahon, head of the city’s Office of Financial Empowerment By Center for an Urban Future As part of our series of Q&A’s with New York City innovators, entrepreneurs and policy experts, the Center’s Jonathan Bowles interviews Cathie Mahon about Mayor Bloomberg’s new anti-poverty initiatives and what her office is doing to help low income New Yorkers open banking accounts, build savings and avoid costly fees for basic financial transactions.	2/24/2008
Q&A with Blake Walters Foote, head of NYC’s Workforce Investment Board By Center for an Urban Future As part of our series of Q&A’s with New York City innovators, entrepreneurs and policy experts, the Center’s David Fischer sits down with Blake Walters Foote to discuss the WIB’s priorities and the future of workforce development in New York.	2/23/2008
Something To Build On By David Jason Fischer The Mayor’s Commission on Construction Opportunity has produced promising early results in bringing women and non-whites into the city’s construction workforce. But will the changes prove lasting, or merely cosmetic?	2/4/2008 PDF Version
Measuring the Success of Workforce Development Programs By David Jason Fischer Appearing before a City Council hearing, CUF project director David Fischer testified that the problems of New York’s workforce programs—grossly inadequate funding, statutory limitations and too-modest ambition—are properly laid on Washington, DC doorsteps.	1/31/2008 PDF Version
Immigrants Would Thrive With More English Classes By Tara Colton In this op/ed for Newsday, CUF associate research director Tara Colton argues that the growing unmet demand for English-language instruction could have dire economic consequences for Long Island.	12/17/2007
Creating Greater Opportunities for Immigrant Entrepreneurs By Jonathan Bowles In this testimony before a City Council hearing prompted by the Center's "A World of Opportunity" report, CUF director Jonathan Bowles argues that policymakers and economic development officials must do more to support immigrant entrepreneurs, which are a growing but often neglected part of the city's economy.	12/14/2007 PDF Version
Still Lost In Translation By Tara Colton A new analysis shows that the enormous gap between demand for ESOL and the supply of available classes in New York State has gotten even worse over the past year.	11/27/2007 PDF Version
Recapturing Suburban Shoppers By Jonathan Bowles This policy brief shows that ethnic retail strips from Jackson Heights to Richmond Hill are attracting hordes of suburban shoppers—and having a big impact on the city’s economy.	11/13/2007 PDF Version
It's Time to Reinvent New York's Street Fairs By Tara Colton In this testimony before the City Council, associate research director Tara Colton argues that a significant overhaul of the city’s street fair system is long overdue and the city should do more to involve local entrepreneurs and artists in the fairs.	9/18/2007 PDF Version
Too Few Jobs For Youth By David Jason Fischer New York City's Summer Youth Employment Program recently completed another successful summer--but, as CUF notes in this recent Gotham Gazette op-ed, it's still reaching too few of the city's teens.	9/4/2007 PDF Version
A Bumpy Ride By Tara Colton This new report finds that cultural trolleys hold promise in raising the profile of arts institutions outside of Manhattan, but a lack of marketing funds and operational challenges means most trolley programs have not yet boosted attendance at local cultural venues.	8/30/2007 PDF Version
Libraries, An Invaluable Resource for Immigrants By Jonathan Bowles In this op-ed for El Diario/La Prensa, CUF Director Jonathan Bowles argues that the restoration of six day a week service at the city's public libraries is a huge victory for immigrants, children, seniors and working adults.	8/29/2007 PDF Version
Engineering A Tech Sector By David Hochman This Off the CUF essay argues that NYU's proposed merger with Polytechnic University could provide a critical spark to the city's long-frustrated efforts to establish a more robust high-tech sector.	8/27/2007 PDF Version
Working To Learn, Learning to Work: Unlocking the Potential of New York's Adult College Students By Tom Hilliard This new report by the Center and the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy documents the critical importance to New York's economy of expanding college attendance among working adults, and finds that the rate at which adults attend college has fallen sharply.	8/13/2007 PDF Version
Branching Out By Jonathan Bowles This Off the CUF essay argues that the decision to restore six day a week library service is a landmark achievement that will boost the competitiveness of New York’s workforce.	8/10/2007 PDF Version
Immigrant Entrepreneurs on Staten Island By Jonathan Bowles In this op-ed in Staten Island Business Trends, CUF director Jonathan Bowles argues that Staten Island’s growing immigrant population could be a catalyst for the borough’s economy in the years ahead.	8/6/2007 PDF Version
Pressures and Possibilities: Supporting Families and Children At Home By Andrew White, Kendra Hurley and Barbara Solow This edition of Child Welfare Watch explores the transformation of the city's network of nonprofit family support agencies as they become increasingly central to the Bloomberg administration's strategy for protecting children from abuse and neglect.	7/24/2007 PDF Version
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