Center for an Urban Future Archives - Harlem World Magazine

The Center For An Urban Future Has Tons Of Ideas From New Yorkers To Revive NYC’s Economy

The Center for an Urban Future has a new blueprint for NYC’s economic recovery, featuring concrete ideas from more than 175 New Yorkers from Harlem to Hollis to spur a lasting and equitable economic recovery in New York.Continue reading

Tech Jobs Are Fueling NYC’s Recovery, A Big New Investment In Tech Training From Harlem To Hollis Is Needed

By Jonathan Bowles A month before the pandemic hit New York, my colleagues and I at the Center for an Urban Future published a report urging city officials to make a bold new commitment.Continue reading

Black-And Asian-Owned Businesses Grow While Hispanic-Owned Decline, Says CUF

The Center for an Urban Future reports that the latest study reveals that over the past five years the number of Hispanic-owned businesses decreased by 8.7 percent citywide, and by 23 percent in the Bronx. Continue reading

Harlem’s Marcus Samuelsson And Others Layout Groundwork For A Tourism Recovery In NYC

Last week’s Center for an Urban Future policy forum, “Laying the Groundwork for a Tourism Recovery in NYC.” Continue reading

NYC’s Glaring Racial Disparities In Employment, Reports Center For An Urban Future

In a new Center for an Urban Future report which concludes that for New York City to achieve an equitable and inclusive economic recovery. Continue reading

Tren’ness Woods-Black And Others Help NYC’s Immigrant-And Minority-Owned Small Businesses Recover

In recent months, CUF has shined a light on the disproportionate damage done by the pandemic to the city’s immigrant- and minority-owned small businesses, while elevating solutions to help cushion the blow and ensure an inclusive recovery.Continue reading

Harlem’s Tren’ness Woods-Black And Others Offer Ideas To Boost Minority And Immigrant-Owned Businesses In Crisis

Yesterday marked the beginning of the gradual reopening of New York City’s economy, but there is much policymakers will need to do in the weeks and months ahead to ensure that the city’s economic recovery is inclusive and equitable. Continue reading

NYC Nonprofits Facing Steep Financial Losses From The COVID Crisis

Jonathan Bowles, Executive Director, Center for an Urban Future We thought you might be interested in a new report my colleagues and I at the Center for an Urban Future published yesterday.Continue reading

Transit Failures Will Derail Tourism From Harlem To Hollis

Crains NY reports that New Yorkers' biggest annoyances are probably tourists and the subway—but all three depend on one another, a new think-tank report found.Continue reading

Harlem Born And Queens Boro President Helen M. Marshall Dies

The NY Times reports that Harlem's Helen M. Marshall, a New York Democrat who was the first African-American to be elected Queens borough president, died on Saturday in California. She was 87.Continue reading

Study Shows National Retail Chains Increase Footprint In Harlem

The presence of national chain retailers — such as Starbucks, Subway and 7-Eleven — has increased in Harlem, according to a new study from the Center for an Urban Future.Continue reading

HW Pick: Black Girls CODE Establishes Office At Google

Crains New York reports that International nonprofit Black Girls CODE has established a permanent presence in New York City with an office at Google's Chelsea headquarters.Continue reading