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Dvorkin, Eli – Center for an Urban Future, 2022
Creating a more equitable economy will require bold action by the city. But the private sector will also need to step up. This study provides a snapshot of six innovative employer-led initiatives to expand access to good jobs--with enormous potential for replication among other companies in New York. [The Gantcher Family Foundation provided…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Economic Climate, Employers, Industry
Amandolare, Sarah – Center for an Urban Future, 2022
New York City's fast-growing tech sector has become the city's most consistent source of new middle- and high-wage jobs. But even as demand for tech talent surges, New Yorkers of color remain strikingly underrepresented among the city's tech workforce. As city leaders consider options for expanding access to the well-paying jobs powering the…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Computers, Careers, STEM Education
González-Rivera, Christian – Center for an Urban Future, 2016
"Building the Workforce of the Future" is an in-depth, independent report on the first eighteen months of Career Pathways, New York City's sweeping new strategy for workforce development. In November 2014, Mayor de Blasio launched a sweeping new approach to workforce development in New York City. Unlike the previous model, which…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Career Development, Job Skills, Skill Development
González-Rivera, Christian – Center for an Urban Future, 2014
New York City is facing a youth employment crisis, with unprecedented numbers of young people reaching adulthood without the skills or experiences to secure career-track jobs that pay a living wage. Since 2000, the percentage of 16 to 24 year olds across the five boroughs participating in the labor market has fallen from 45 percent to 29 percent,…
Descriptors: Youth Employment, Unemployment, Labor Force Development, Youth Programs
O'Grady, Jim; Bowles, Jonathan – Center for an Urban Future, 2009
Academic research institutions have long been important economic anchors for New York City. They provide thousands of jobs and serve as a magnet for talented students and faculty, who inject hundreds of millions of dollars into the local economy through federal research grants. Yet, even though New York's concentration of top-fight scientific…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Scientific Research, Global Approach, Innovation
Fischer, David Jason; Bowles, Jonathan, Ed. – Center for an Urban Future, 2008
This report lays out the case for career and technical education (CTE) in New York City. It examines 21 dedicated CTE high schools, the interests and needs of a business community eager to support career-oriented education, and the performance, problems and promise of a vein of educational programming whose time might finally be at hand. The…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Skilled Workers