Ideas & Insights

America's business leaders must, in a united voice, speak up to defend the foundations of prosperity.

Investing in professional development is essential to ensuring the city government’s workforce can effectively reform government and sustain core services well into the future.

New York has built a powerful innovation economy over the past several decades. We shouldn't let short-sighted fiscal decisions derail that for the future.

Now that Mayor Mamdani is in City Hall, he must add a new objective to his affordability agenda: accountability.

New York, along with cities and states across the country, is entering a period of profound political realignment. Traditional ideological labels are losing their hold with more voters identifying as politically independent. Meanwhile, the future is being lost to the fringes as organized factions on both the right and the left are rapidly filling the vacuum, especially among young voters disenchanted with the political establishment and their generation’s economic prospects.

In the spring of 1930, at the dawn of the Great Depression, a small army of steelworkers began an ascent to reach the sky.

New York’s economic strength has always been driven by its ability to harness intellectual and financial capital to translate ideas into impact. Today, that strength is under pressure. Rising costs, constrained housing supply, workforce misalignment, and declining confidence in public institutions threaten New York’s position as a vibrant, viable center of innovation and opportunity. Meanwhile, deep divisions, income inequality, and political polarization make cross-sector co

As we look to the new year, we have more work to do to build on this momentum and move ambition into action.

Embracing and scaling C-PACE can position New York as a leader on affordability and climate action.

While the city spends more than ever before, few residents would say services and outcomes have improved meaningfully.

New York City should lead the nation in launching Sustainable Improvement Districts (SIDs) to advance climate action.

The charts below present some of the key numbers behind the election.

Two weeks ago, I joined 150 New Yorkers for the first See NYC  cohosted by Breakout  and The David Prize . Over the three day “summer camp experience,” changemakers from across the city connected with each other and learned more about remarkable organizations advancing life-changing work throughout New York.  We started at the Brooklyn Army Terminal  with a conversation from NYC EDC President & CEO Andrew Kimball  outlining the city’s economic growth and a vision for its futu

New York has always led cultural and technological revolutions. It can also lead a democratic one.

Government and business leaders should establish a Technology, Energy, Research & Robotics Accelerator (TERRA) as a special economic zone in upstate New York.

We're thrilled to share the stories of the remarkable winners of this year’s David Prize.

As they returned to school last week, New York City students set a new record, but it wasn't in academic achievement. 

This week, we're deviating from the typical deep dives into policy to share some of my favorite media on New York’s cultural and political landscapes.

It's worth considering how lessons from The Tipping Point can help us understand how political ideas can spread, catch fire, and rapidly reshape civic life.

New York City is experiencing its most severe housing shortage in over 50 years.