Seizing the Moment: How Regional Economic Development Councils Can Build a Good Jobs Economy examines the current proposal to create Regional Economic Development Councils to serve as New York's flagship jobs program. The report argues that Regional Councils must transform the state’s economic development programs from wasteful corporate giveaways into coordinated and outcome-oriented job creation programs that deliver good jobs and broad community benefits.
Governor Cuomo is proposing to create 10 Regional Economic Development Councils that award grants and subsidies on a competitive basis to spur private-sector investment and job creation. Despite being the flagship economic development initiative of his campaign, the Governor has consistently delayed release of any substantive details on the structure, power and scope of these new entities. They are to be created through executive order with appointments to the councils likely happening at the end of June 2011. Information on the councils can be gleaned from the state budget, Cuomo’s campaign pledges, government officials and newspaper articles.
No Return on Our Investment: The Failure of New York’s Industrial Development Agencies shows how our biggest job creation tool, Industrial Development Agencies (IDAs) are spending dramatically greater amounts of tax dollars each year while failing to create jobs, let alone quality jobs.
The Roundtable, convened by Urban Agenda, developed a Green Jobs Roadmap to identify concrete steps that our City’s leaders can take to develop a comprehensive, coordinated strategy to prepare New Yorkers for green collar jobs. The Roadmap represents the culmination of the great work done in the Roundtable process aimed at building an inclusive green economy for the City’s future.
Designed to make specific and targeted recommendations, the Green Jobs Roadmap creates a workforce development plan for green collar jobs.
In 2008, the City of New York proposed to rezone 47 acres in Coney Island and set the stage for a massive redevelopment project. Although the City’s plan promised thousands of new jobs and housing units would arrive in Coney Island, residents feared they had more to lose than to gain from the proposed revitalization. The Coney Island for All coalition developed a policy platform and pushed for the plan to include guarantees for good jobs, increased affordable housing, a stronger amusement area, and the creation of much needed public amenities.
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