Topic: Center for an Urban Future

New bid to build borough jobs

NY Daily News - 240 days ago
Tens of thousands of New Yorkers have lost manufacturing jobs since 2005, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand hopes she can reverse that trend for the...

Commuter hell for workers with jobs outside Manhattan

NY Daily News - 359 days ago
More and more outer borough residents are working outside Manhattan - but the city's transit system can't keep up, leading to nightmarish commutes...

Chain stores killing off mom-&-pop shops in city

NY Daily News - 423 days ago
More national chain stores like Dunkin' Donuts or Metro PCS popped up across the five boroughs in the last year, a report released Tuesday said.....

Dump the plan and get off this dying horse, says group

NY Daily News - 559 days ago
Aqueduct Race Track in Queens passed a hurdle this week, but the Center for an Urban Future says the city and state are making a huge mistake.....

New Cheap City!

The New York Observer - 1101 days ago
When the Center for an Urban Future, an urban policy think tank, released a report last week documenting in great detail the continued misfortunes of the middle class in New York City, many people responded with little more than a faint raising ...

The Afternoon Wrap: Tuesday

The New York Observer - 1192 days ago
Even though OPEC has been trimming production to slow the tide, oil falls to it lowest price in 20 months. [NY Times]Millionaire landlord Alistair Economakis finally succeeds in buying out five tenants at one of his LES tenements who had held ...

New York City Runs on Dunkin'

The New York Observer - 1295 days ago
The Center for an Urban Future, a nonpartisan think tank based in Manhattan, released its first-ever ranking (PDF) of the national chain retailers with the most stores in New York City.Perhaps surprisingly, Starbucks did not even make it into the top ...

Study: Immigrant Entrepreneurs Fuel Growth

Inc. Magazine - 1837 days ago
Immigrant entrepreneurs are starting businesses at a higher rate than native-born residents, according to a new study released Tuesday by the Center for Urban Future, a New York City-based think tank.. The study, which focused on immigrant entrepreneurial activity in New York ...