NYC's parks are vital public infrastructure, but the cracks are showing. Our new report finds the city's average public park is 73 years old and 20% have gone at least 25 years without a major infrastructure upgrade.
Center for an Urban Future
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CUF is a leading NYC-based think tank focused on expanding economic opportunity.
- Replying to @nycfutureThis underscores just how big the transit gaps are in Queens. A particular problems is how most transit is geared to getting to Manhattan, not within and between the other four boros. But that's where 65% of healthcare jobs are, and 41% of all NYC jobs. nycfuture.carto.com/builder/5e5719…
- Our latest report reveals that New Yorkers in their 50s and 60s are starting businesses in record numbers, changing the face of entrepreneurship in NYC.
- CUF’s new blueprint features bold ideas from 175+ New Yorkers on how to ensure a lasting & equitable economic recovery in NYC. nycfuture.org/RENYC
- Immigrants now acct for nearly a third of all artists in NYC & are increasingly key to New York's creative edge. But the city’s immigrant artists & immigrant-serving arts groups have taken the biggest hit from the pandemic. Our new report:
- Great to see @SenSchumer's pushing to pass the innovation & competition bill that would make a generational investment in research, science, and technology & bring back hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs from overseas.
- Even before the subways were in crisis, millions of NYers had miserable commutes thanks to poor service and massive transit gaps across the five boros. As our new report reveals, the healthcare workers, who heal us all, are hurt the most by this neglect.
- NEW: Our latest report finds that New Yorkers already hit hardest by the COVID crisis are also the workers most vulnerable to automation. To counter these challenges, CUF urges city leaders to make major new investments in lifelong learning. 🧵
- NYC’s capital construction process is badly broken. Our latest report identifies reforms that could save the city $800 million over five years—and maximize investment in vital social infrastructure. Check out our new report:
- New York City can save nearly $200 million a year by fixing the broken capital construction process. Our new report details how city leaders can reform the process & reinvest in the vital social infrastructure needed to rebound from the pandemic. 🧵
- Far too few CUNY students earn a degree, stymying their chance at good jobs and middle-class life. Our latest report shows only 22% get a degree from community colleges in three years, while senior colleges hand out diplomas to only 55% after six years.
- We asked 150 leading New Yorkers and national experts to share one idea for creating a more equitable NYC. What's your idea?
00:00 - There is a growing consensus that New York needs to take bold actions to create a more equitable city. Our new report has 150 ideas from leading New Yorkers and national policy experts on what New York City should do. nycfuture.org/CityofAspirati…
- Both @bradlander & @Vanessalgibson call for the next mayor to create a deputy mayor for infrastructure, who would oversee the agencies involved in the capital process & take responsibility for the systemic transformation of the process that's needed.
