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Letter from the Mayor 01. 30,000 Tech jobs pg.04 pg.28

Executive Summary 02. 15,000 pg.06 Life Sciences jobs Introduction and Healthcare pg.14 pg.40 03. 20,000 The City’s Toolbox Industrial and jobs pg.26 Manufacturing 5 Strategies to Create 100,000 Good Jobs pg.52 pg.28 04. Creative and Connecting New Yorkers to Good Jobs 10,000 pg.94 Cultural Sectors jobs pg.66 Additional Economic Impacts pg.100 05. Space for Jobs of 25,000 Implementing the Plan the Future jobs pg.106 pg.82 Letter from 5 the Mayor

To My Fellow New Yorkers:

By many measures, our city is in an extraordinary period of Through these direct actions, we will create 100,000 good, progress. Unemployment is at a record low. We have more jobs middle-class jobs over the coming decade. than ever before. Wages are fi nally rising again, after tumbling sharply during the recession. Our economy is more diverse than We will attract new industries to New York City, like cybersecurity ever, with technology transforming industries from fi nance to and life sciences. manufacturing to media. We will train workers to secure jobs in high-demand fi elds with But there is deep inequity in this success story. good pay and good benefi ts, and work directly with employers to actively place them, through initiatives like ApprenticeNYC. Access to the good-paying jobs of the “New Economy” is far from equal. Hundreds of thousands of working New Yorkers struggle We will help companies with strong job-growth potential succeed to earn enough to aff ord raising a family in this city. And the jobs by making sure they have the physical spaces they need—in both and sectors that historically supported our middle-class are in City-owned and private assets. tremendous upheaval. These challenges cut to the heart of the city we want to be. These programs will strengthen both the economic security of our people and the economic future of our city. Every New Yorker deserves a fair shot at a good job that pays a quality wage and off ers the opportunity to develop a meaningful Given the challenges and uncertainty coming out of Washington, career. Focusing on job quality is not only a moral imperative, but there has never been a more urgent time for New York to serve essential for the future of New York City. as a model for inclusive economic growth. And what better time to take up this mantle than now—from our current position This is a plan to put the force of City government behind a new of economic strength, when we are most able to bring our full generation of middle-class jobs and promising, high-paying in- resources to bear and make the most of this historic opportunity. dustries within reach of New Yorkers. It invests in our workers, in our buildings, in our neighborhoods, and in our companies. Together, let us lead the way to a bright economic future.

Mayor Bill de Blasio

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New York City is witnessing a time of nearly 50 percent of employment growth historic growth. came from the education, health, and technology industries. The city’s diverse Today, New York City has a population talent pool attracts companies looking of just over 8.5 million residents—and for employees with global understand- that number is expected to reach 9 ing, and demographics refl ective of their million by 2040. Since 2014, the city has customers. Foreign born workers in New added over 300,000 jobs. And over the last York make up 45 percent of the workforce three years, employment growth in the and over 200 languages are spoken across city has outperformed the nation in almost the fi ve boroughs. every sector, and unemployment has fallen to as low as 4 percent. The city remains a global destination, not only for businesses and talent, but New York continues to be the place where also for visitors. A record-setting 60 companies and people choose to locate. million visitors came to New York in Our city remains the global fi nancial cap- 2016, drawn by world class culture and ital of the world and is home to more For- entertainment, robust transportation tune 500 companies than any other U.S. networks, and inviting public space. New city. The city continues to grow through York is at a historic moment of growth economic diversifi cation. From 2007-2015, and opportunity.

Photo Credit (image on page left and above): Mayoral Photography Offi ce, NYC 8 The state and federal governments have The City’s tools to incentivize job creation 9 many tools that influence economic in the private sector include: The Challenges of Our Time A Jobs Plan for All Tools for Creating growth, including, among others, personal »» City-owned property that can be and corporate income taxes, monetary New Yorkers Jobs activated for commercial and indus- Although the city’s resurgence has adapt to new mediums like virtual and policy, trade policy, and financial regu- trial use been dramatic, these gains have not augmented reality. Artificial intelligence lations. The City will work with its state In the 2017 State of the City, Mayor been distributed evenly across the and machine learning will revolutionize and federal partners to use these tools and »» Financing and tax incentives de Blasio set a goal of using direct five boroughs. The unemployment rate healthcare diagnoses and digital adver- leverage them where possible to improve that help business acquire property, City actions to spur 100,000 new, for New Yorkers without a college degree tising. The proliferation of blockchain the economic wellbeing of New Yorkers. construct and renovate facilities, and good-paying jobs over the next ten is almost double that of the working age technology will further push the evolu- invest in equipment years. While the City will continue to en- population as a whole. Nearly 95 percent tion of global finance and spur continued However, New York has the opportunity courage overall economic and job growth, »» Capital investment in large scale of the country’s income gains are claimed investment in cybersecurity. Automation to be a model at a time of political and it will specifically catalyze 100,000 infrastructure that directly enables by the top 1 percent of households. Over could impact 60 percent of occupations economic uncertainty at the federal and quality jobs through City investments businesses to start and grow the past 10 years, the percentage of New based on technology that exists today, global level. Through targeted use of the and direct actions. The following plan is Yorkers earning middle income wages fundamentally requiring workers in tools within the City’s control, New York »» Land use tools that set the rules of a roadmap to meet that goal, to drive up dropped from 46 percent to 43 percent, those fields to develop new skills. can take direct action in investment and development New Yorkers’ incomes and, together with impacting a quarter million people. This job creation. This report will focus on the investments in housing and schools, make »» Direct financial investment and crisis of affordability has put tremendous The way in which New Yorkers are use of these tools to specifically enable, New York a more affordable place for support to industries that have high strain on families whose wages have bare- working is also changing, with more and support, or incentivize the creation of people to live and work. potential for growth ly recovered from the recession. more people working part-time and gig 100,000 jobs over the next decade. economy jobs. In 2014, 400,000 New These jobs will pay at least $50,000 a year Alongside this rising inequality, there is Yorkers were self-employed or worked as or put people on a clear pathway toward tremendous disruption driven by tech- freelancers. achieving that level of wages. This will pro- nology that is challenging and changing vide a new generation of New Yorkers the the way businesses operate, and the skills This technological revolution comes at a opportunity to pursue a middle-class career. New Yorkers need to secure the jobs of the time of increased affordability challeng- future. The impact of technology is being es, global competition, and uncertainty felt on manufacturing floors and in the around investment at the national level. This plan has three back offices of major financial firms alike. The role of the City is to make strategic objectives: And more change is coming. The media investments needed to prepare New York and entertainment industries will have to City—and all New Yorkers—for the future. 1. Invest in the creation of middle-class jobs 2. Ensure those jobs Foundations for Growth are accessible to New Yorkers New York City is thriving thanks to that will repave roads, improve water in- strong fundamentals: safe streets, frastructure, and rehabilitate bridges. Go- improving schools, robust public ing further, the City will continue to make 3. Prepare for the jobs of transportation, and dynamic neigh- investments to enable business expansion the future borhoods. These conditions are basic and talent attraction and retention. responsibilities of government necessary to draw and retain talent, and to encour- The City has made significant strides in the age companies to locate and grow here. last few years, from financing the creation and preservation of over 63,000 affordable To build on those strengths, the City is apartments to enrolling 70,000 children in committing $96 billion to a ten-year capital free universal pre-k. The City is supporting strategy that includes continued invest- climate resiliency and reduced crime below ment in infrastructure, schools, housing, historic levels to make New York City the resiliency, economic development, facilities safest big city in America. for police and fire, among other agencies. New York’s population today is just over These investments are focused on ensur- 8.5 million residents and is expected to ing a state of good repair across the city reach 9 million people by 2040.

Photo Credit (image on page right): Mayoral Photography Office, NYC 10 11 5 Strategies to Create Industrial and Creative and Cultural Space for Jobs of Manufacturing Sectors the Future Good Jobs for New Yorkers 20,000 jobs 10,000 jobs 25,000 jobs

The City will create 20,000 jobs within the The City will support the creation of The City will create 25,000 jobs by City’s industrial and manufacturing assets 10,000 jobs within the sectors that define supporting growth in office districts in by increasing manufacturing capacity and the New York City brand and attract Manhattan and the emerging commercial New York City will Tech Life Sciences facilitating the movement of goods into, talent: fashion, film and TV, media and centers across the five boroughs. around, and out of New York City. advertising, music and the arts. create 100,000 30,000 jobs and Healthcare Core job markets will be strengthened Trucks carry 91 percent of goods into and The City will focus on the sustainability through zoning and other policy tools, as good-paying Technology today cuts across and impacts 15,000 jobs out of New York City, with 80 percent of and growth of its globally competitive well as public realm and transit improve- every industry, and will continue to re- those vehicles entering from the west and creative sectors. The City will invest in ments. This will include Greater East jobs across five The City will support the creation of quire adaptation and innovation. The City traveling through key chokepoints like over 1,400 good-paying jobs at the Sunset Midtown, where the City will promote the 15,000 jobs within the life sciences and strategies: will support innovation across industries the George Washington Bridge and the Park Made in New York campus for construction of modern office space while healthcare industries by developing the to create 30,000 jobs for New Yorkers and Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. This delays fashion and film and TV, expand the also investing in needed transportation life sciences ecosystem and focusing on strengthen businesses across the city. and increases costs for businesses in the fashion support package, and develop new infrastructure and public realm improve- improved healthcare delivery. five boroughs. New York City now has film/TV space at Steiner Studios. ments in the surrounding district. Cybersecurity is a large and growing the highest congestion cost of any major Through LifeSci NYC, the City is area of investment for companies, as city ($16.9 billion in 2016) and the second Technologies like virtual reality and The City will further invest in jobs closer investing $500M to be at the forefront of online cyberattacks increase in sophisti- highest average time spent in traffic. The augmented reality (VR/AR) are already to where New Yorkers live, particularly in research and innovation in life sciences. cation, frequency, and financial impact. City will launch FreightNYC to make impacting media, changing the way news regional centers like Downtown Brooklyn Over 85 percent of the 7,000 life sciences The City will invest $30 million to grow comprehensive and strategic investments is covered and how advertising is sold. and Long Island City, and other com- jobs created will be good-paying. New York City’s cybersecurity ecosystem, to strengthen the City’s logistics and The City will invest $6 million to create mercial and industrial areas in Brooklyn, with a goal of adding 10,000 new cyberse- »» Connect research to industry, create distribution systems. This will create the first publicly funded VR/AR lab in the Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx. curity jobs for New Yorkers over the next jobs, and advance healthcare and over 4,000 good-paying direct jobs across country to provide entrepreneurs in this The City will also propose zoning changes ten years and making New York City the technology barging, docks, rail, and distribution, and space with the technology, funding, and that remove barriers to the creation of home for commercial cybersecurity. The support thousands more by providing training needed to sustain growth. work space, like outdated use regulations »» Unlock space for companies to grow City’s investments will directly add 3,500 the infrastructure needed for businesses and other restrictions. and employ New Yorkers good-paying new jobs of the 10,000. This around the city to grow. The City’s in- The City will make strategic investments will include investments to: »» Build a pipeline for diverse life sciences vestments in FreightNYC will reduce the in the jobs that come from the cultural and The City is exploring new tools to spur job talent burden of these costs on local businesses entertainment assets that define the New growth, particularly in new commercial »» Develop a strong pipeline of homegrown talent by growing and scaling and allow them to continue to grow, hire, York City brand. These include initiatives areas. One way the City is doing this is The City will also support innovations in entry level cybersecurity training and thrive. to support affordable artist workspace and by committing to relocate City agencies healthcare to improve delivery and health programs the music industry, and financial resources to anchor multiple new commercial outcomes. This will include an investment The City will also invest to modernize for cultural institutions. developments over the next decade. Not »» Provide shared resources for students to accelerate the adoption of technologies and expand manufacturing facilities. This only will these developments create addi- and foster industry connections by es- by connecting innovative companies to will include an additional $115 million tional space for growing businesses and tablishing a cybersecurity center that healthcare providers. in ancillary space in the Brooklyn Navy new jobs—when City agencies vacate their provides state-of-the-art technology Yard and the Brooklyn Army Terminal. existing spaces, it will free up office space and collaboration space Targeted use of the NYC Industrial De- for private businesses in high demand »» Drive the commercialization of R&D velopment Authority (NYCIDA) and other neighborhoods. through academic and corporate financing tools will assist private sector partnerships players to invest in and grow the manufacturing sector across the city. »» Enable early stage companies to scale through investment and support

The City is also advancing job creation in smart cities technologies through investments that include the Urban Technology Hub at Grand Central Tech, New Lab at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and the Union Square Tech Hub. 12 ApprenticeNYC will build on the Life Sciences and Creative and Cultural 13 employer relationships the City has Connecting developed through our Industry Partner- Additional Economic Implementing the Healthcare Sectors New Yorkers to ships, and create a new training model Impacts Plan »» Release LifeSci Hub RFEI »» Open the first phase of the Steiner that combines traditional workforce Studios expansion at the Brooklyn »» Launch the LifeSci NYC incubator Good Jobs education and training with on-the-job In addition to 100,000 quality The City has committed over $1.1 billion Navy Yard learning provided by employers who have »» Launch the LifeSci NYC internship direct permanent jobs, the City’s to date. Over $250 million will be commit- »» Open the VR/AR Lab These five strategies help create good jobs already hired the trainees. By combining investments will support 240,000 ted in November 2017 and January 2018 program for New Yorkers, but the City will need to the traditional new employee “learning »» Launch the fashion support package construction jobs that will provide plans. Additional investments toward »» Host a Digital Health Marketplace ensure that more New Yorkers have access curve” period with pre-hire technical for garment manufacturers middle-class incomes for thousands creating 100,000 jobs will come over the matchmaking event to these quality jobs. Through its Career training that builds a job-ready new hire, of New Yorkers. The City is working to next ten years. »» Launch the Made in NY Animation Pathways initiative, the City has built, and employers gain the certainty of a pipeline make those jobs accessible to New Yorkers Project will expand, a series of workforce programs of talented new employees, and workers Industrial and of all backgrounds through HireNYC and Near-term Milestones that bridge the opportunity gap through gain the certainty of employment and capacity building programs for minority Manufacturing The City has identified a number of Space for Jobs of the education, training, and job matching— skillset that will increase their opportuni- and women owned business enterprises near-term milestones and will provide an »» Select an operator for the South putting more New Yorkers onto career ties beyond the apprenticeship. (M/WBE). These investments will also Future annual update on progress against these Brooklyn Marine Terminal pathways into the middle-class. help to achieve the City’s ambitious re- as well as future milestones. »» Release RFP to start the NYC Human ApprenticeNYC will begin as a multi-year siliency and sustainability goals through »» Complete FreightNYC study pilot in three sectors with employers Resources Administration’s (HRA) »» Industry Partnerships are a series of initiatives like the Green Jobs Corps. »» Open 1 million square feet of space at who have been partners on other City move to anchor new office develop- business advisory councils that provide Tech Building 77 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard programs and have specifically expressed ment in East New York strategic and tactical input into new This plan will also have much broader » Release the first cybersecurity RFP interest in partnering to build new hiring » »» Open the FutureWorks TechShop at and existing job training and prepara- indirect effects. Through these investments, »» Select a developer for the City-owned and training models. As an example, »» Convene cybersecurity industry the Brooklyn Army Terminal tion programs. The City will expand the City will create over 15,000 indirect and site on Vernon Boulevard in Long Spotify developed its New York City Tech- leaders to advise on sector needs these partnerships to scale successful 17,000 induced jobs over the next ten years. »» Open an additional 500,000 square Island City nology Fellowship after noticing a gap programs (like the Web Development »» Top out construction for the Dock 72 feet of industrial space at the Brooklyn between their traditional hiring methods Fellowship) and develop new training project at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Army Terminal and the high potential candidates from Connecting New Yorkers programs to help connect New Yorkers underrepresented backgrounds that »» Start construction on the B. New York to Good Jobs to quality jobs. were excelling in bootcamps but lacked incubator at the Brooklyn Navy Yard »» Launch first cohorts of ApprenticeNYC »» Work with City institutions of higher formal professional engineering experi- education, particularly the City ence. Building on programs like this, the University of New York, to ex- City will partner with Spotify and other pand college curriculum to match employers in the tech, industrial, and employer needs and incorporate healthcare industries to build out a new industry-specific training. model of apprenticeships, with the first »» Deliver “bridge” training, com- cohorts beginning in late 2018. bined with adult basic education, so New Yorkers can get their high school equivalency and prepare for a job at the same time. »» Increase the diversity of local talent tapped for these jobs through targeted outreach and training. »» Develop and launch ApprenticeNYC, a new employer-training partnership model that allows New Yorkers to get the hands-on experience they need while placing them in a career-ladder profession.

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A generation ago, no As legend has it, a defi ning moment in the life of the city came in 1977, in one could have imagined the middle of a World Series game 4.1 the resurgence of at Yankee Stadium, with the an- nouncement, “the Bronx is burning.” New York City. In the ’70s and ’80s, not only was the Bronx burning, but so were the other four boroughs. Jobs were down, crime was up. Whole swaths of housing and manufac- 3.9 turing stock were abandoned and derelict. In little more than a decade, upwards of one million people had left the city.

The situation today could not be more diff erent. After losing almost a million 3.7 residents in the decade from 1970 to 1980, the city has grown dramatically.

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As New York City witnesses a time of The economy is strong and growing. As of ural home. Foreign-born workers make historic growth, it remains the most March 2017, companies in NYC employed up 45 percent of the labor force and competitive city for businesses and an unprecedented 4.4 million people. Un- almost 50 percent of business owners talent in the world. employment has fallen to as low as 4 per- are immigrants. Over 200 languages cent this year, and over the last three years, are spoken across the five boroughs. employment growth has outperformed the nation in almost every sector. In 2015, the New York also benefits from a large, city’s nominal Gross City Product (GCP) skilled workforce, attracting talent was $805 billion. Real GCP increased 15 from around the country and the percent from 2008. world. Millennials make up nearly 20 percent of the population and are the Globally, New York City remains the most educated group of young workers financial capital of the world and it is home in the city’s history. The share of Unemployment to more Fortune 500 companies than any people ages 23 to 29 with at least some other U.S. city. The city continues to grow college education has increased from has fallen to as low through economic diversification. From 61 percent in 2000 to 72 percent in 2007 to 2015, nearly 50 percent of em- 2014. The city boasts 105 institutions as 4 percent this ployment gains came from the education, of higher education and CUNY— health, and technology sectors. Businesses the nation’s largest public higher year, and over the locating in the city benefit from continued education system—has propelled investment in the transportation system, around six times as many low-income last three years, three international airports that in 2016 students into the middle-class as all brought in over 46 million passengers, the eight Ivy League campuses, plus Duke, employment development of world-class office space MIT, Stanford, and University of including Hudson Yards and World Trade Chicago, combined. growth has Center, and access to an unparalleled talent pool. The city is a global destination. A outperformed the record-setting 60.3 million people The city has the most competitive and visited in 2016, drawn by world nation in almost diverse workforce worldwide. For growing class culture and entertainment, a companies looking to serve increasingly distinctive food scene, and beautiful every sector. diverse global markets, New York is a nat- public spaces.

Photo Credit (image on page right): Mayoral Photography Office, NYC 18 However, to remain globally com- to meet the housing needs of the low- 19 petitive, the City needs to continue est-income New Yorkers. Helping New Opportunity at a to invest. Although the city’s economic Yorkers increase their earning potential is Time of Change resurgence has been dramatic, it has not an important part of meeting the afford- been felt evenly across the five boroughs. ability challenge. In recent years, 95 percent of the country’s income gains were claimed by the top 1 At the same time, the world is on the cusp percent of households. of a technological revolution that will challenge the way businesses operate and Affordability in New York City remains fundamentally change the composition of a real challenge. Wages have remained the city’s workforce. New technologies are largely flat while the cost of living has disrupting every sector of the economy. increased dramatically. One in five New The media and entertainment industries 60 percent of jobs will Yorkers is below the poverty line and, must adapt to new mediums like VR/ overall, over 1 million workers earn less AR. Artificial intelligence and machine significantly change than $15 an hour. It is a major challenge learning are revolutionizing healthcare and demand on limited funding resources diagnoses and digital advertising. The from automation Affordability in Less than 5 percent New York City remains of jobs can be entirely a real challenge. automated away using existing technology

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49% % of New York workforce earning middle income wages has not 48% recovered to pre-crisis levels Source: "A Future that Works: Automation, Employment, and Productivity," McKinsey Global Institute

47% proliferation of blockchain technology is On average, millennials change jobs almost double that of New Yorkers with further pushing the evolution of global fi- four times before they turn 32. The a college degree. To participate in the 46% nance and spurring continued investment sharing economy is another contributor modern economy, the ability to work with in cybersecurity. to the changing nature of work, with an computers, smartphones, and industrial increasing number of gig workers cob- robots is becoming an essential. And soon 45% Automation and machine learning are bling together an income across mulit will become a stronger requirement further disrupting the way New Yorkers tiple, part-time roles. In 2014, 400,000 across the board: for students writing 44% work. According to McKinsey, less than 5 New Yorkers were self-employed or research papers, New Yorkers looking for percent of all occupations can be entirely worked as freelancers. new jobs, office workers spending their automated using existing technologies, work days on laptops, and factory workers 43% but 60 percent can be automated in part. Instead of shying away from this chal- making solar panels. This means that the nature of work in lenge, the City needs to prepare and 42% most occupations will change dramatical- ensure that it becomes home to the jobs The technological revolution comes at a ly, even if it doesn’t disappear entirely. created by these new technologies. The time of affordability challenges, in- City will invest in education and train- creased global competition, and econom- 41% The way in which New Yorkers work is ing of New Yorkers since education has ic uncertainty at the national level. The further changing, moving more toward never been more critical to accessing role of the City is to make the strategic 40% part-time work, working multiple jobs at quality jobs. The unemployment rate for investments needed to prepare all New 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 once, and often working across sectors. New Yorkers without a college degree is Yorkers for the future.

Source: ACS PUMS 1-year estimates 20 21 Three objectives: Foundations for The City is committing Growth $96 billion in capital over To support good-paying jobs and prepare for the future, the City ten years. This includes 1 needs to invest significantly in the physical and social infrastructure The City will address the increasing that serves as the foundation for continued investment in divide in the quality of job opportu- economic growth. The City is commit- Invest in the ting $96 billion in capital over ten years. nities available to New Yorkers by investing in industries where mid- This includes continued investment in infrastructure, schools, dle-class jobs are growing. Across infrastructure, schools, housing, resilien- creation of cy, economic development, facilities for fields ranging from advanced manufacturing to freight, from film and television police and fire, among other agencies. housing, resiliency, middle-class jobs to the life sciences, the City’s efforts will specifically focus on creating good, acces- First, these investments will focus on sible jobs. ensuring a state of good repair across the economic development, city by repaving roads, improving water infrastructure, and rehabilitating bridges. Between 2014 and the end of fiscal year facilities for police and fire, 2019, the City will have repaved 6,600 2 lane miles. The City will activate its third water tunnel between Brooklyn and among other agencies. Queens by the end of 2017, and further invest in bridge rehabilitation and core in- The City will create career pathways frastructure improvements across the five Ensure jobs are and invest in industry partnerships boroughs. The City has committed to a $1 that make these middle-class jobs billion Neighborhood Development Fund accessible across the diverse New to support the underlying infrastructure accessible to York talent pool. As the nature of work needed to support growth in neighbor- changes, industrial and technology jobs hoods that are rezoned for more housing. will require an increasing level of qualifi- New Yorkers cation. The City will invest in education, Going further, the City will continue training, and industry partnerships to to make investments that enable ensure that New Yorkers have the skills business expansion and talent and digital savvy they need to access attraction and retention. The City middle-class job opportunities today and has made significant strides in the last into the future. few years—from financing the creation and preservation of over 63,000 affordable housing units to enrolling 70,000 3 children in free universal pre-k. The City has committed to making $20 billion in investments to support climate resiliency and has reduced crime below historic The city is in the midst of a technol- levels to make New York City the safest Prepare for the ogy revolution. New technologies like big city in the U.S. VR/AR and machine learning, and new ways of working, like the sharing and gig jobs of the future economies, are transforming the jobs New Yorkers have and how they perform them. The City will invest to stay at the forefront of future technologies, ensuring that New Yorkers are the beneficiaries of these changes.

Photo Credit: Mayoral Photography Office, NYC 22 Housing Education 23 The City has already made mean- The City has also made a major ingful investments in affordable and investment in education. Since 2008, public housing. Housing New York, the spending on education has increased 42 City’s ten-year affordable housing plan, percent to $24.3 billion in 2017, creating seeks to ensure that New Yorkers have a historic increase in graduation rates to access to affordable housing by building 72.6 percent. The de Blasio Administra- or preserving 200,000 housing units over tion has pioneered free universal pre-k ten years—enough inventory to house education, which has enrolled 70,000 over half a million New Yorkers. Through children and will expand to 3-year-olds by the Department of Housing Preservation 2021. New York is one of the few cities in and Development (HPD), as of March the country that offers free preschool to 2017 the City has financed the creation all 3-year-olds, and is the largest of such and preservation of over 63,500 affordable programs. Among other investments, the units across the five boroughs, providing June 2017 budget dedicates more funding over 150,000 New Yorkers with housing. for school lunches, improved library facili- Another 85,000 residents depend on HPD ties, and universal physical education. for Section 8 vouchers and nearly 600,000 residents rely on the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) for public housing or Section 8 vouchers. As part of the ten-year strategic plan for NYCHA, the City has committed nearly $2 billion in capital for roof repairs, façade repairs, and permanent lighting.

Public Transportation Public Safety The City is committed to continued The City continues to reduce crime investment in public transportation, far below historic levels to make New particularly as infrastructure ages York City the safest big city in the and new connections are needed. country. In the first quarter of 2017, over- In 2015 the City made its largest capital all offenses were down 5 percent, murders commitment to the Metropolitan Trans- were down 10 percent, and shootings were portation Authority (MTA) in history: down 22 percent from the previous year. $2.5 billion. This is part of a five-year plan The City continues to invest to ensure to improve subway stations, upgrade the that the New York Police Department frequency of subway service, and continue (NYPD) is at the cutting edge of innova- to expand Select Bus Service in New York tion and pioneering police strategies to City. To connect the growing economic strengthen relationships between police centers along the Brooklyn and Queens officers and the communities they serve. waterfronts—which encompass 409,000 residents and 295,000 workers—the City has expanded the Citi Bike bike-share system, launched a state-of-the-art ferry system, and is studying a new waterfront streetcar project. The new NYC Ferry waterway transit service served 250,000 riders in its first month, and by the end of 2018 will include six routes and 20 land- ings across the city.

Photo Credit: Mayoral Photography Office, NYC 24 Resiliency against The largest number of new mid- music, and the arts. These industries 25 dle-class jobs—30,000—will be are a core part of quality of life for New Climate Change 5 Strategies to created in tech-related fields.The Yorkers and attract millions of tourists Create 100,000 infusion of technology across finance, in- every year. They promote the NYC The City has committed to making These investments are the crucial surance, energy, advertising, and a range brand and draw Fortune 500 companies $20 billion in federal and local invest- foundations of a vibrant city, but they Good Jobs of other industries will create opportu- and top talent here, which directly and ments to support climate resiliency are not sufficient by themselves. nities that offer a clear pathway to the indirectly contributes to job creation. and ensure New York’s long-term The city still needs to attract and grow Good jobs will pay at least $50,000 a middle-class. sustainability. The work includes the industries and jobs that will employ New year or put people on a clear path- Finally, the City will take action $355 million East Side Coastal Resiliency Yorkers for decades to come. To build on way toward achieving that wage, The City will stimulate the creation to ensure that nearly 25,000 project on the Lower East Side, nearly $2 these foundations, the City is pursuing affording a new generation of New of 20,000 industrial and manufac- jobs can be created through the billion to strengthen public hospitals at strategies that will directly lead to the Yorkers the opportunity to pursue turing jobs. As these sectors evolve, they development of office and profes- risk, and a $45 million commitment in creation of 100,000 quality jobs accessible a middle-class career. The City is will continue to offer opportunities for sional space for jobs of the future Hunts Point to ensure the long-term via- to New Yorkers. investing in five strategies that will lead to middle-class jobs in New York. The City is throughout the five boroughs. As bility of the city’s food supply. In addition the creation of 100,000 good-paying jobs. investing to ensure that manufacturing, the economy changes, this development to large-scale infrastructure investments, To estimate the share of good-paying jobs logistics, and distribution jobs remain in will ensure that space is available for the City is also supporting innovative for projects, the City looked at the share New York for the long term. companies to grow and that people are projects to boost resiliency and sustain- of workers in any given sector annually able to work closer to where they live. ability, such as the launch of a mitigation making greater than $50,000. Another 15,000 jobs will be created banking program at the Saw Mill Creek in life sciences and healthcare. These In addition to specific investments on Staten Island. range from high-level research and devel- to generate these 100,000 jobs, the opment to positions in medical technol- City will continue to invest in broader ogy, and hospital and home care delivery economic growth. City investments in jobs (many of which do not require a construction for commercial, residen- college education). tial, transportation, and other infrastructure building projects will create The City’s investments will support 240,000 construction jobs. The City’s the creation of 10,000 jobs in a wide efforts to create 100,000 direct jobs will range of creative and cultural sectors, also support over 15,000 indirect jobs including film and television, fashion, and 17,000 induced jobs.

Good jobs will pay at least $50,000 a year or put people on a clear pathway toward achieving that wage.

Photo Credit (image on page left): Mayoral Photography Office, NYC 26 From transportation to distribution 27 The City’s Capital systems, the City invests billions in infrastructure projects. These investments directly support job Toolbox Investment creation by enabling businesses to grow as a result of infrastructure. For example, a distribution facility would be able to operate because of road The foundation for economic growth City-Owned improvements that improve access is strong infrastructure. But beyond to the facility or a new rail line that investing in housing, transportation, connects to it. schools, a reduced crime rate, neigh- Property borhood infrastructure, and resiliency against climate change, the City can As neighborhoods grow and evolve, use its tools to directly incentivize job there are opportunities to activate creation. These tools span strategic City-owned land for public benefit. investments in industries and neighbor- The City’s goals might include affordable hoods, financing and funding programs, housing, industrial space, community and mechanisms to guide the use of land Land Use facilities, and parks. The City can work throughout the city. with private and nonprofit developers to activate these sites or develop and tenant In addition to the tools directly under Tools the sites itself. the City’s purview, the federal and New York State governments have a variety of Zoning sets rules for the use and programs that the City does not control. development of land, which in turn The federal government’s various agencies shapes what investment can occur in provide tax credits to develop affordable the city’s neighborhoods and busi- housing, financial assistance for low-in- Financing and ness districts. By ensuring that regula- come New Yorkers, regulations to lower tions are versatile enough to meet a range the cost of telecom and broadband ser- of work space needs, and by providing vices, capital funding to invest in climate Tax Incentives capacity for commercial growth in appro- change resiliency, and more. The state priate areas, the City can unlock space for government wields direct control over The City offers a number of financing jobs and support the ability of businesses how New Yorkers are taxed, including tools to help businesses acquire property, to adapt to evolving economic conditions. the share that the City collects to fund its construct and renovate facilities, and in- services. Although the City does not con- vest in equipment. The primary mechanism trol these tools, it does advocate for their for the delivery of benefits is the NYC Industri- existence and expansion in a responsible al Development Agency (IDA), which encour- Direct Investment way, and builds upon them with its own ages economic development throughout the resources where possible. five boroughs. IDA programs are discretionary, meaning the City can target companies that and Support New York City will use the tools that it will use the benefits to further City policy goals controls, in coordination with the federal like the creation of good-paying jobs. The City operates a wide variety of and state programs it does not control, to business development and support enable, support, or incentivize the creation Federal grant programs and state tax incen- programs, particularly in industries of 100,000 jobs over the next decade. tives offer additional financing options. The that have high potential for growth federal government offers tax credits for in New York but face barriers that The City’s primary affordable housing, workforce training, and government can help eliminate or tools include: more. And while the City doesn’t control state reduce. These investments include seed tax policies, it helps New York developers and funding, business management education, companies access the state’s tax incentives, connections to customers, and branding. especially the popular Industrial and Com- The City connects with more than 10,000 mercial Abatement (ICAP) and Relocation and entrepreneurs and small businesses per Employment Assistance (REAP) programsthat year through neighborhood business promote development of commercial office hubs, helping them launch and grow their space in the boroughs. companies and connect with capital. 28 29

30,000 jobs for New Yorkers 31 Wages for Jobs that Tech: Do Not Require a Bachelor’s Degree Innovation across Industries $35

Building on its booming tech economy, the City will support the application of new and innovative technologies across industries to create 30,000+ $30 good-paying jobs for New Yorkers and strengthen businesses across the city.

New York’s tech ecosystem contrib- school district in the nation to teach this utes nearly 300,000 jobs. This fi gure critical subject to all students. As a result of $25 is likely to grow even further as technol- a $10 million industry partnership via the ogy continues to power innovation across NYC Tech Talent Pipeline, thousands of industries. Tech jobs now encompass New Yorkers will be trained with the skills all businesses and every industry. they need in demand fi elds like web devel- The average annual salary in the tech sec- opment and server administration. tor is $70,000 to $80,000, making it one $20 of the best sources of good-paying jobs in As advancements in new technologies like the city. Further, 44 percent of these jobs machine learning, artifi cial intelligence, are accessible through skills training that and virtual reality continue to progress, $19 does not require a college degree. In jobs New York City will be at the forefront of that do not require a college degree, tech translating these innovations into good- NYC average wage 44 percent of jobs pay 45 percent more in hourly wages paying jobs. The City will expand on this across all sectors than average. foundation to add 30,000 good-paying $15 tech jobs are jobs in technology across multiple indus- The City has already made large invest- tries over the next ten years. accessible to New ments in programs like Computer Science for All and the NYC Tech Talent pipeline. The City’s strategy will make seed invest- Yorkers without a Because of the program, every public school ments in new technologies that will create student in New York City will learn comput- good-paying jobs and improve the compet- $10 bachelors degree. er science by 2025, making NYC the largest itiveness of New York City industries.

Tech Jobs in Non-Tech Jobs in Tech Jobs in NYC Tech Tech Industries Tech Industries Non-Tech Industries Ecosystem Data from the 2013 HRA report, NYC's Tech Ecosystem 44 32 The City will invest $30 million to 33 Make Seed Investments in New grow New York City’s cybersecurity Technologies that ecosystem, with a goal of adding Will Create Good 10,000 new cybersecurity jobs for Jobs and Improve New Yorkers over the next ten years. the Competitiveness of NYC Industries

To remain on the leading edge, New York City’s companies must continue Initiative 1: Make New York City the home of to adapt and harness new technolog- commercial cybersecurity ical advancements. Initially, the City will invest in cybersecurity and smart city Cybercrime is a large and increasing The City is already home to more than technologies, and continue to identify problem for local companies, government, 6,000 cybersecurity jobs and local additional areas where the City can take a and individual accounts. This is highlighted businesses are eager to add more. If the leadership position. by regular media coverage of high-profile growth in demand for cybersecurity jobs breaches. As a result, global spending on keeps pace with the recent trend line and cybersecurity is increasing rapidly and is growth of other major hubs of activi- expected to grow more than 1.2 times to ty, New York City will need more than $170 billion in 2020. With its strength in key 10,000 additional cybersecurity profes- industries like finance, tech, and healthcare, sionals to fill jobs across the spectrum of New York City is well-positioned to become talent over the next ten years. the next home for cybersecurity as demand shifts from federal intelligence agencies to Cybersecurity jobs pay good wages, the private sector. provide a range of access points, and offer good career ladders. Many types of cyber- The City will invest $30 million to security roles exist, including IT analysts, grow New York City’s cybersecurity software developers, risk auditors, and ecosystem, with a goal of adding compliance analysts that manage security Cybersecurity will employ thousands 10,000 new cybersecurity jobs for regulations. These jobs pay a median New Yorkers over the next ten years. annual starting salary of $65,000 and are The City’s investments will directly add accessible to everyday New Yorkers with of New Yorkers 3,500 good-paying jobs of the 10,000. This some training. Emerging bootcamp-style will include investments to: programs like Per Scholas, supported by The financial services industry has an ever growing the City, have successfully trained New demand for cybersecurity analysts. Barclays, for example, »» Develop a strong pipeline of homegrown Yorkers who do not have four-year degrees benefits from investments made in meeting the growing demand talent by growing and scaling cybersecu- to become security monitoring analysts at for analysts through a pipeline of New Yorkers. Barclays hired rity training programs large financial institutions, and compa- Angela Nelson, a graduate of Per Scholas’ first cybersecurity »» Provide shared resources for students nies around the city are experimenting program, as an internal risk management intern. and foster industry connections by es- with innovative ways to train diverse New tablishing a cybersecurity center that Yorkers for these jobs. A Brooklyn resident and single mom with a 16-year-old daugh- provides state-of-the-art technology ter, Angela found Per Scholas after working in real estate and and collaboration space The City’s investment will go further to customer service, frustrated with the unstable nature of work that made it hard to support her family. Through her internship »» Advance the commercialization of develop the local talent needed to support job growth in the cybersecurity field and at Barclays, she’s building the valuable experience needed for a R&D by supporting the development career in cybersecurity. of academic R&D labs that create part- to ensure the long-term competitiveness of New York within this industry. nerships between academia, industry, Per Scholas has received over 300 applications for its course and and entrepreneurs its graduates have been hired by five New York employers, includ- »» Enable early stage companies to scale ing Barclays. They are in talks with additional employers about through investment and support hiring future graduates. 34 To source new innovations that will the operators, the City, and education- 35 address these urban challenges, the City al and corporate partners. It will create The community of companies in New Lab at Initiative 2: is investing $7.2 million to create Grand 2,000 good-paying jobs over ten years. Invest in smart city Central Tech in Manhattan and New the Brooklyn Navy Yard are using technology to Lab at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. These Early tenants include Honeybee technologies Urban Technology Growth hubs will offer Robotics, which designs products 100,000 square feet where companies for medical, space, and military solve urban challenges Population growth, climate change, working on solutions to urban challenges applications; Strongarm Technologies, and aging infrastructure present can grow. This flexible space will accom- which produces high-tech challenges to urban settings. modate company expansion and provide performance and safety equipment We only planned to be in New York for three months, but the City really rolled out the Technology can provide new ways to resources for prototyping and testing for physical laborers; and Nanotronics take them on. products, as well as technical support. Imaging, which produces advanced red carpet for us. We’re proud to be inaugural members of the Urban Tech Hub, and Programming will include support from industrial microscopes. look forward to working with City agencies as we expand.

— Andrew Shearer, Cofounder, Farmshelf

As cofounder and CEO Andrew Shearer tells it, Farmshelf ment, and connections to mentors and investor relationships. was “born in San Francisco but raised in New York.” Through the course of the year Farmshelf has spent at New Lab, Andrew and his cofounder came to New York to be part of the the company has grown from two to eight paid employees— UrbanX startup accelerator, with the intention of returning to each making more than $50,000 annually—and raised $1 mil- San Francisco after the program. Intrigued by the opportunities lion in funding. Last month, Farmshelf launched its first public that New York City offers to startups, Andrew moved the beta installation—Farmshelf units in Grand Central Terminal company to the Urban Tech Hub at New Lab instead. growing fresh produce.

The company creates modular hydroponic farms. They’ve Farmshelf has now outgrown its space at New Lab and is taking created a smart system of internet-connected hydroponic units, an additional 4,000 square feet in Brooklyn Navy Yard Building LED lights, cameras, and sensors that grows produce twice 77. The new space will be used for prototyping and small-batch as fast, uses 90 percent less water, and yields more nutritious manufacturing, as well as growing fresh produce. However, as an produce. New Lab provided Farmshelf with space, a community important part of the community, Farmshelf will maintain its of likeminded entrepreneurs, 24/7 access to prototyping equip- headquarters at New Lab.

Photo Credit (image on page left and page right): Mayoral Photography Office, NYC 36 37 Initiative 3: Create Tech Talent Pipeline equips a tech hub in Union Square New Yorkers with the skills they Technology has the potential to need to access tech jobs address great civic challenges. New York City is home to entrepreneurs who are building solutions to challenges that Demand for tech talent continues to outpace New York range from accessibility of healthcare to City’s available supply. While there have been 88,000 job open- traffi c congestion and climate change. ings for tech occupations in the city in the past year, the local talent Until now, these innovators have lacked a pipeline isn’t large or strong enough to fi ll them. Many jobs in the central location where they can collabo- sector require a four-year degree. By working with employers to rate and develop solutions. address the root causes that limit the ability of New Yorkers to access these jobs, this suite of talent initiatives will ensure that these grow- The Union Square Tech Hub is a $250 ing careers of the future will be accessible to more New Yorkers. million project that will anchor New York City’s growing tech ecosystem, With this in mind, in May 2014, Mayor de Blasio launched the NYC support the creation of over 500 good- Tech Talent Pipeline (TTP), the City’s tech industry partnership paying jobs in the industry, and provide designed to work with public and private partners to deliver quality high impact training to New Yorkers of jobs for New Yorkers and quality talent for city businesses. In three many backgrounds. The 258,000-square- years, TTP has partnered with a network of 175 companies to defi ne foot space will open in 2020 at what is needs and take what works to scale across the city’s workforce and now the P.C. Richard and Son building education infrastructure. To help realize this goal and to align tech on 14th Street in Manhattan’s Union education with industry needs, 16 New York City public and private Square. The space will provide wired, college presidents and provosts have committed to working as open, and accessible workspaces to members of the TTP Academic Council with the City and employers. an array of technology companies To date, the NYC Tech Talent Pipeline has had tremendous success looking to grow in New York City, working with employers, CUNY, education providers, and communi- and serve as a focal point for tech ty members to equip New Yorkers for 21st century jobs. training and activity in the city.

An innovative 36,500-square-foot digital Employers can fi nd local talent Photo Credit: Mayoral Photography Offi ce, NYC training hub will be at the core of the Time Inc.’s news engineering team was rapidly growing and Union Square development and lay the needed to fi nd the talent to support its increasingly dynam- New Yorkers can get industry- groundwork for a much-needed new ic digital features across various brands, including TIME, talent pipeline for the city. The hub will informed training FORTUNE, and MONEY. When the senior director of engineering be anchored by Civic Hall, a collaborative heard about TTP Residency @ Queens College, a program that con- A Washington Heights native, Lois faced a life-changing new work and event space advancing the nects qualifi ed, advanced-standing computer science majors at the moment when one of his parents was deported back to use of technology for the public good. CUNY senior college to short-term tours at local companies, he was the Dominican Republic, leaving him alone with very few Civic Hall’s strong educational partners excited by the potential of uncovering a new source of talent for his options. Living in his grandmother’s living room, he spent most will provide best-in-class and aff ordable growing team. Although Time Inc. had never before recruited from days in between shifts as a sales representative working odd jobs trainings to help New Yorkers build Queens College, he brought on two residents. One year later, Time and learning new technologies so he could succeed in these roles. the digital skills of the future. Partners Inc.’s partnership with TTP Residency has strongly paid off . The Inspired to develop a better understanding of the tools he used include the New York City Foundation company has hosted seven residents, hired two, and has committed every day, he applied and was accepted into the NYC Web Devel- for Computer Science Education, General to bringing on an additional eight in the coming semester across opment Fellowship, a 22-week intensive web development train- Assembly, Per Scholas, FedCap, Code to various brands including TIME, Sports Illustrated, Travel + Leisure, ing program off ered by the NYC Tech Talent Pipeline in partner- Work, and Coalition for Queens. and various lifestyle publications. Additionally, TIME and other TTP ship with the Flatiron School. After completing the program, Lois Residency hosts are providing constant feedback to participating landed a front-end engineer internship at LearnVest and within In addition to supporting talent, the hub colleges to help better align computer science education with indus- a few months was promoted to full-time software engineer. He will off er 58,000 square feet of much try needs, building a qualifi ed pool of talent to meet the needs of and his classmates now earn an average annual salary of $65,000 needed fl exible, wired work space catering employers today and in years to come. TTP residents and interns are at companies like Microsoft, Viacom, and Goldman Sachs. As to small, growing companies that have among the 400 New Yorkers that have been connected to tech jobs Lois continues his career as a software engineer, he strives to be a less capacity to commit to large offi ces or through all Tech Talent Pipeline programs. source of inspiration for youth with limited opportunities. long-term leases. 38 39 Initiative 4: Double the number of CUNY computer science graduates

Employers say that despite their The City will work with CUNY colleges desire to turn to public institutions and major tech companies in the City for local talent, they cannot currently to develop a plan to double the number meet their hiring needs from CUNY of computer science graduates to 2,000 graduates. CUNY is a pathway for moti- annually after 5 years, and deliver 2,600 vated students from all across the city, 36 New Yorkers into good paying tech jobs in percent of whom are foreign-born and 42 five years. percent of whom are part of the first generation in their family to attend college. Key elements of this plan will include: Yet at CUNY, fewer than 1,000 students »» Faculty: Creating an “Adjunct Corps,” earn bachelor’s degrees in tech each year. to bring industry to the classroom and prepare students directly for the From 2005 to 2015, CUNY’s STEM faculty jobs in demand, and adding support grew by only 20 percent—even as STEM for new CS instructors. The City will (science, technology, engineering, and also work with CUNY to help leverage math) enrollment grew by 70 percent. work/study programs to fund teaching This initiative focuses on building assistant positions, providing instruc- capacity for CUNY in three core areas, tion and jobs to students and help for with the goal of doubling the number of new and existing faculty. CUNY computer science graduates each year and leading to over 1,000 additional »» Real world experience: Expanding graduates over five years. internship programs, co-op programs, and work/study programs so students can build the real world experience they need to be competitive for jobs. »» Career advising: Investing to hire new advisors and equip existing staff with tech industry insights, including tech specific recruitment practices. This will reduce existing student/advisor ratios (currently 600 to 1,000 students per advisor) and better prepare advisors to support students targeting tech-specific jobs.

The City will work with CUNY colleges to double the number of computer science graduates to 2,000 annually and deliver 2,600 New Yorkers into good-paying tech jobs in five years.

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15,000 jobs for New Yorkers 450 43 Venture Capital Life Sciences and Healthcare: 400 Funding in Good Jobs and Better Lives 350 Life Sciences (in millions) 300 The New York The City will support the creation of 15,000 jobs within metropolitan area the life sciences and healthcare sectors, continuing to 250 spur the development of the life sciences ecosystem and has the largest focusing on improved healthcare delivery. 200 bioscience work- New York City is well positioned for Healthcare is the largest employer in New success in the life science industry, York City, with approximately 650,000 150 force in the coun- providing world-renowned research, jobs. Within the industry, ambulatory talent, and resources that no other health services have seen employment try, $1.4 billion in city can offer. The New York metro- growth of over 60 percent between 2006 100 politan area has the largest bioscience and 2016, while wages grew around 40 National Institutes workforce in the country, $1.4 billion percent. The City is actively working to 50 in National Institutes of Health (NIH) ensure that quality healthcare jobs are of Health (NIH) awards, and the world’s largest concen- available and continue to grow in commu- tration of academic institutions with nities across all fi ve boroughs. At the same 0 awards, and the nine major academic medical centers time, the nature of healthcare delivery is 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 including Columbia University Medical rapidly changing; costs are skyrocketing, world’s largest Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, the population is aging, and technolo- NYU Langone Medical Center, Mt. Sinai gy is disrupting old models. To ensure concentration of Medical Center, Albert Einstein College that growth continues in this important Historical and Projected Employment in of Medicine, and Rockefeller University. sector, the City will support innovative NYC’s Healthcare and Social Assistance Industry academic insti- With over 120 life science companies, companies that are developing new tech- the city has a strong foundation to build nologies and business models for care. 350 tutions with nine upon to become the home of the life sciences industry. To fulfi ll the strategy of creating 15,000 Ambulatory and Healthcare Services quality jobs over the next ten years in the Hospitals major academic 300 life sciences and healthcare sectors, the City Nursing and Residential Care Facilities will invest in both with the objective to: Social Assistance medical centers. »» Vault New York City to the forefront 250 of research and innovation in life sciences »» Drive innovation in healthcare to im- 200 prove delivery and health outcomes

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50 is rapidly changing; costs are skyrocketing, the population is aging, 0 1970 2016 2040 and technology is disrupting old models.

Source: Moody's Data Buff et 44 Connect 45 Vault New York City One of the most ambitious and central initiatives in the LifeSci NYC plan is the to the Forefront creation of a new Applied Life Sciences hub. The hub would serve as a focal point of Research and for the industry and be anchored by a Innovation in Life large-scale R&D organization that can drive the next generation of venture and Sciences product creation. The City will offer $100 million and consider the use of an existing City-owned site to catalyze development of the hub. The City will also support commercialization activity at existing Initiative 5: institutions through the expansion of Implement a $500 translational R&D. million, ten-year Space plan to build the life To create the much needed wet lab and business incubation space critical to early sciences ecosystem stage venture creation, the City is investing $10 million in funding for incubators LifeSci NYC is a bold initiative to create and accelerators. The City is also offering thousands of good-paying jobs while $300 million in tax incentives to private making New York City a global leader in developers to develop commercial lab life sciences R&D and venture creation. space, and is updating land use regulation The City is investing in three main focus policies to allow development of labs in all Kallyope is a biotechnology company founded and head- areas of the ten-point initiative: commercial zones. quartered in New York City. Growing out of research efforts LifeSci NYC at Columbia University, the company is developing a transfor- »» Connect research to industry, create mative platform to harness biochemical interactions between jobs, and advance healthcare and Talent the gastrointestinal tract and the central nervous system, or the technology A number of initiatives are under de- will enable “gut-brain axis.” The 18-member, cross-disciplinary biotechnol- velopment that continue to build much »» Unlock space for companies to grow ogy team works out of space in the Alexandria Center for Life needed seasoned entrepreneurial talent and employ New Yorkers Science. Kallyope applies sequencing, bioinformatics, neural in commercializing life sciences research, companies like imaging, cellular and molecular biology, and genetics to generate »» Build a pipeline for diverse life and create career pathways into the novel therapeutics and consumer products to improve human sciences talent industry for New Yorkers. This broad set health. With CEO Nancy Thornberry, formerly of Merck & Co of initiatives will include curriculum, sup- Kallyope to grow and currently a LifeSci NYC Advisory Council member, Kallyope port services, internships, and training successfully raised an initial $44 million in 2015 and is committed opportunities at all levels of employment. to expanding their R&D and operations within the five boroughs in New York City once they outgrow their space at Alexandria. Through LifeSci NYC, the City will create 16,000 permanent jobs (9,000 direct jobs and 7,000 in related fields) and 7,400 new construction jobs. Just over 7,000 of the direct jobs will be created over the next ten years, 85 percent of which will be good-paying jobs. In order to connect local talent to the industry, the City will create 1,000 paid internships. Beyond the space created by the Applied Life Sciences hub, the initiative will also bring online Through LifeSciNYC, the City 2.8 million square feet of new commercial space using tax incentives. Overall, will create 6,000 good-paying jobs economic output is expected to increase by $2.5 billion per year and generate $1 billion in tax revenues. in 10 years. 46 The Digital Health Marketplace 47 Drive Innovation Initiative 6: Initiative 7: Create a in Healthcare to Accelerate the connects digital health tech to physical lab for early Improve Delivery growth of digital the New York healthcare system testing of health and Health health by connecting technologies in Outcomes innovative real world clinical

Despite the expansion of health companies to settings insurance under the Affordable Care healthcare providers Act, nearly 1.5 million New Yorkers go Digital health and health tech companies benefit greatly from early testing without regular checkups or medical The Digital Health Marketplace is a care and 30 percent of the city’s zip opportunities in real world clinical New York City Economic Develop- settings. The opportunity to test tech- codes are considered medically un- ment Corporation (NYCEDC) pro- derserved areas. Given these statistics nologies with potential end users such as gram that aims to help companies doctors and patients is the ideal way for and the recent threats to existing cover- with a market-ready product access age under the Act, the City will continue entrepreneurs to get the feedback they commercial relationships. The Mar- need to validate their products. to find ways to locally improve health ketplace helps facilitate relationships outcomes, working in close collaboration between health tech buyers (health sys- Building on the success of the City’s Digital with communities to forge new models of tems, hospitals, and doctors) and health care and embed healthcare more deeply Health Breakthrough Network, which vir- tech sellers (entrepreneurs, companies) tually connects eight companies a year to into communities—from pioneering well- through two curated half-day matching ness and emergency care at community clinical testing opportunities, the City will sessions in the spring and fall of each invest up to $5 million to create a physical centers to planning integrated healthy year. Since its launch, the Digital Health community developments. Digital Health Lab. The lab will offer digi- Marketplace has facilitated 700 matches tal health and health tech companies a mix between buyers and sellers. The program With its scale, its world-class health of coworking space, meeting/event space, has also disbursed $2.5 million in com- clinical space, and prototyping facilities. and hospital sector, and its strength in mercialization grants to 20 companies finance and technology, New York City is The clinical space could include anything who’ve gone on to receive $160 million in from a clinical “sandbox” for testing positioned to become the national leader total venture funding. in healthcare innovation. To those who health informatics on an actual electronic The validation and medical records terminal to a simulation want to innovate, the City offers diverse Building on this success, the City will populations that present every conceiv- exposure that resulted lab that would allow companies to model invest $750,000 to support three years of patient interactions. Meanwhile, as a able health challenge in a wide range of expanded operations for the Marketplace. from our participation circumstances and an unparalleled den- convening point for healthcare innovation, With these resources, the Marketplace with Digital Health the meeting/event space would attract sity of healthcare institutions that offer can double the number of matchmak- both routine and extraordinary care. membership of early-stage companies, ing events to four per year, which will Marketplace was established healthcare entities, and compa- In 2014, AllazoHealth and Accountable Care Coalition of increase companies’ access to customers. a critical factor in nies piloting new technologies. The program will also tackle disease areas Greater New York (ACCGNY) received a $92,000 grant helping our medication through the Digital Health Marketplace. of concern to New Yorkers to improve This investment will create over 600 quality of health and livability for all adherence predictive good-paying jobs over ten years. New Yorkers. The expansion will create AllazoHealth is an analytics company working to improve approximately 1,100 good-paying jobs over analytics business to existing medication adherence programs. Its primary product, ten years. grow faster, enabling AllazoEngine, incorporates machine learning of population data us to build on our and uses predictive analytics to forecast individual patient adherence levels. The product pilot in New York City targets ACCGNY’s successes and sign Medicare-eligible beneficiaries and focuses on improving medi- larger contracts with cation adherence for patients with hypertension, epilepsy, heart Since its launch, the Digital Health clients that serve tens failure, diabetes, and/or hyperlipidemia. of millions of patients. Piloting with the Marketplace has enabled AllazoHealth to Marketplace has facilitated 700 expand and grow in both the city and beyond. The pilot has ex- — Clifford Jones, CEO ceeded the original number of patients reached, and, to date, has matches between buyers and sellers. AllazoHealth analyzed and made predictions on over 7,500 patients’ data. 48 49 Sea View will be a new model for Initiative 8: Expand At Apicha CHC, we operate healthy communities in the center community health health centers that recruit centers to improve people from the communities of Staten Island healthcare delivery and create local jobs we serve, help them improve New model for healthy communities in the center of Staten Island With many New Yorkers lacking healthcare, there is a strong need their language skills, and train for investment in affordable community health centers that deliver them to become the medical comprehensive care to all patients, regardless of their ability to pay or immigration status. assistants of the future.

To bring healthcare close to communi- — Mihaela Mihai, Director of Clinic Operations, ties, the City is investing $8.45 million to Apicha Community Health Center (CHC) expand its network of community health centers. The City will support the creation of over eight new private, nonprofit health centers across all five boroughs, which will serve 75,000 patients per year and cre- ate600 good-paying jobs over four years.

In addition to creating jobs, these health centers will enable healthier communities and help reduce healthcare costs. By offering preventive health services, the centers forestall minor ailments from becoming major health crises—reducing not only costs, but freeing up emergency rooms for real emergencies.

The City will support the creation of over The Sea View plan is a holistic approach to wellness that Created almost a century ago to treat tuberculosis, the Sea View eight new private, will include job-creating core medical facilities (a primary Hospital campus now houses a wide variety of facilities—including and urgent care facility, medical offices and research facilities, 1,032 units of senior housing, a 304-bed skilled nursing facility, nonprofit health wellness facilities, and pharmacies). It will also become a model a drug and alcohol rehab center, and a number of community for a healthy community that fosters connections and makes it facilities. To reactivate the campus’s vacant buildings while looking centers across all five easier for residents to access healthy food and recreation. Activat- at the community’s health needs in a new way, the City has worked ing this community will provide hundreds of jobs in healthcare with stakeholders to envision a new “healthy community” that boroughs, which will and supporting services. promotes better diet, living amid nature, greater physical activity, serve 75,000 patients and social engagement. As the emphasis on health and wellness shifts from infectious per year and create disease to chronic disease and from targeted interventions to Sea View will serve residents from seniors to families and include holistic wellbeing, the City has developed a plan to transform the fresher food options, increased access to nature, and community 550 good-paying jobs underutilized Sea View medical facility into an innovative project programming to encourage active lifestyles. that reimagines the role that healthcare plays in communities. over four years. 50 Healthcare training programs are 51 preparing New Yorkers for careers in a growing industry

Demand for qualified workers in healthcare is projected representatives, and medical assistants are only accessible to New to significantly increase over the next ten years. As New Yorkers with specialized training. Through bridge programs, the Yorkers age and care moves away from hospitals and into the City can help New Yorkers translate and maximize the skills they home, medical assistants will be in high demand, and these jobs already have while filling in any gaps in fundamental knowledge are expected grow nearly 30 percent between 2012 and 2022. In to allow them to apply for these jobs. addition, the industry is facing a host of disruptions, including a changing regulatory environment, the introduction of new The City supports another bridge program tailored to the needs occupations that support growing community care centers, calls of foreign-born New Yorkers that helps them move into positions to improve job quality through ideas like scheduling and clearer as bilingual medical assistants at community health centers and advancement paths, and the emergence of new payer models other healthcare institutions. The program, offered by LaGuardia that offer Medicaid/Medicare reimbursement under the “health Community College in partnership with the Washington Heights home” model. Workforce1 Career Center and various health centers and physi- cians’ offices, helps students improve their English, learn medical New York City is investing in these jobs and preparing for future vocabulary in their native language, and train to be a medical change through the New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare assistant at the same time. The program fills the gap between the (NYACH). This partnership brings together multiple stakeholders highest level offered at many federally-funded English classes in in the healthcare workforce development system to address the New York City and the level of English proficiency required for industry’s rapidly changing labor force needs. NYACH’s mis- training and employment as a medical assistant. Employers have sion is to build an effective healthcare workforce development committed to hire many of the graduates from this initiative be- system in New York City by identifying healthcare employers’ cause there is a severe shortage of culturally competent, bilingual needs, helping education and training organizations adapt their medical assistants that reflect the diverse patent population of approach to better meet those needs, and ensuring that low-in- New York City. come and unemployed New Yorkers have access to viable career opportunities in healthcare. Over the next ten years, the City will significantly expand its bridge programming, building upon the growth of the life scienc- To support these efforts, the City is investing in building a es and healthcare sectors described above, including programs for pipeline of talent for community clinics through “bridge pro- front desk/patient service representatives, certified peer recovery grams.” Many of these positions as health coaches, patient service counselors, and lab technologists.

Giana Saloman was born in Haiti. When she was 19, her older sister, a nurse, convinced her to go to school to pursue nursing. Through bridge programs, the City can She worked as a registered nurse in Haiti for seven years until the 2010 earthquake caused her family to move to the United States to find safety, stability, and opportunity for her then 3-year-old help New Yorkers translate and maximize daughter. After years of unemployment and underemployment in the U.S., Giana joined the National Council Licensure Exam- ination for Foreign Trained Nurses (NCLEX-RN) program at the the skills they already have while filling in LaGuardia Community College Welcome Back Center, funded by the NYC Department of Small Business Services (NYCSBS). The program integrates English as a second language instruction any gaps in fundamental knowledge to with NCLEX-RN exam preparation using the Integrated Basic Education Skills Training (I-BEST) model. Giana graduated from the program, passed her license exam, and now works as a school allow them to apply for these jobs. nurse in Brooklyn. 52 53

20,000 jobs for New Yorkers Industrial and Manufacturing: 55 Powering New York

The City will create 20,000 jobs within the New York City industrial and manufacturing ecosystem to facilitate the production and movement of goods into, around, and out of the city.

Industrial jobs have provided New The City will continue to build upon Yorkers with good wages and a path the work of its Industrial Action Plan to to career growth for decades. Au- strengthen the city’s industrial sector by tomation, off shoring, and other macro- investing in logistics and distribution economic factors have caused the sector systems and modernizing manufacturing to contract signifi cantly. And although facilities. industry continues to remain at risk, it can be stabilized through investment and To invest further in the creation of 20,000 new opportunities for growth. jobs, the City will: »» Strengthen the city’s logistics and dis- Today, the industrial ecosystem, which tribution systems through FreightNYC spans manufacturing and goods distribution, employs over 530,000 New Yorkers »» Modernize and expand manufacturing and provides many access points into facilities, particularly in City-owned good-paying jobs. Median wages are just assets over $50,000 per year and over 60 percent of jobs within the sector do not require a college degree. Many off er a component of on-the-job training. Further, nearly half of all New Yorkers working in industrial and manufacturing jobs were born outside the U.S., making it an important pathway to helping immigrants become part of the New York City economy.

Today, the industrial ecosystem, which spans manufacturing and goods distribution, employs over 530,000 New Yorkers and provides many access points into good-paying jobs. 56 57 highest average time spent in traffic. This bution hubs that enable the improved flow Strengthen the burden will only be compounded as the of goods across the city. These jobs are also The “Marine Highway” Initiative 9: Invest in multiple modes of population continues to grow and more accessible to New Yorkers with a variety City’s Logistics and and more goods are bought and sold via of skill sets, as 79 percent are available to is a federal program freight transportation, starting with barging Distribution Systems e-commerce. Meanwhile, the Metropol- those without a bachelors’ degree. Invest- connections to America’s Marine Highway itan Rail Freight Council projects a 35 ments in moving distribution jobs closer to that aims to better percent increase in goods volume in the through FreightNYC end consumers could also improve wages, utilize the nation’s Investments in diverse modes of Highway—a federal program that aims to New York-New Jersey metropolitan region for example, by allowing self-employed transportation will unlock hundreds better utilize the nation’s waterways for New York City’s distribution system by 2040, when the City’s population is truckers to complete more truck turns, waterways for cargo of jobs within water and rail freight cargo and passenger movement by linking a serves the largest consumer market projected to reach 9 million. distributing more efficiently within the five and will also support hundreds of network of ports over 29,000 nautical miles. in the country, moving $720 billion in boroughs. and passenger thousands of jobs across the City. As a vital facility that will be able to handle goods annually through the region’s Over the past half century, jobs in trans- Improving the movement of goods will deep sea cargo as well as containerized seaports, rail yards, and warehouses. portation, logistics, and distribution have With FreightNYC, the City will create over movement by linking a allow businesses to reduce the high costs freight, the SBMT could play a vital role in This complex network relies on distri- followed the interstate highway system 4,000 good-paying jobs through a series of of distribution as their trucks spend less both the national Marine Highway and the bution hubs that serve the surrounding and moved to large hubs in places like strategies: network of ports over time in traffic and complete more turns. regional port network. The median wage in areas, as well as smaller facilities that New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. »» Make initial investments in multi- In turn, it will allow them to expand and the water transportation sector is roughly support local manufacturing businesses. However, with increasing congestion and 29,000 nautical miles. ple modes of freight transportation, grow, hiring more workers in manufac- $72,000 a year, with a majority of those jobs overburdened infrastructure, there is starting with barging connections to turing and wholesale trades. accessible to New Yorkers without a college Trucks carry 91 percent of goods into and now an opportunity to reinvest in many America’s “Marine Highway.” degree. These jobs are also highly union- out of New York City, with 80 percent of of these jobs and bring thousands back to As a first step, the City is investing $39 mil- ized and provide good benefits and career those vehicles entering from the west and New York City. »» Conduct a strategic review of the re- lion to install cranes and create additional pathways. By investing in the working traveling through key chokepoints like gion’s freight and distribution network infrastructure capacity at the South Brook- waterfront, the City will ensure that these the George Washington Bridge and the FreightNYC is an ambitious effort to to make further investments to reacti- New York City is a critical lyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) in Sunset jobs return to and thrive in New York. Port Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. This delays invest in and prepare for a modern, vate multi-modal freight and grow jobs. link in the national Marine Park. This highly connected multimodal projects will also eliminate 275,000 truck and increases costs for businesses in the modally-balanced freight and distribu- »» Invest in urban distribution centers Highway Program facility will become a key link in the Marine trips in the next five years. five boroughs. New York City now has tion system that will create thousands across the City to support investments the highest congestion cost of any major of good-paying jobs for New Yorkers. in mulit-modal freight, add thousands of city ($16.9 billion in 2016) and the second These will be connected to modern distri- jobs and improve distribution efficiencies.

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Global Container Verazzano Bridge Terminal NY Staten Island Staten Island Source: “Unclogging America’s Arteries 2015,” American Highways Users Alliance 58 While making near-term investments boroughs in a manner that reduces envi- 59 in the SBMT and other City assets, ronmental impact, leverages water and The City is preparing New Yorkers Initiative 10: the City will invest in a strategic rail, and supports local jobs. It will look at Invest in the future review of the region’s distribution the current freight industry, undertake a network. This FreightNYC study will future freight needs assessment, and cre- for jobs in freight and distribution of freight and result in recommendations for further ate a strategic plan for near and long-term investments to reactivate multi-modal freight investments and policies. distribution in NYC freight and grow jobs associated with The City is creating a “Cradle to Career” initiative to link Students participate in job shadowing, annual harbor tours, and oth- those investments. NYCEDC will work with a consultant in New Yorkers to jobs in transportation, distribution, and er work-based learning situations where they observe and directly undertaking the study, which is expected logistics. The effort will enlist City agencies, advocacy organi- take part in freight transportation industry jobs. Dozens of students FreightNYC will focus on the city’s long- to begin in the summer of 2017. NYCEDC zations, and private businesses to train and link New Yorkers to have interned for NYC area businesses and agencies, including NY- term freight needs, providing a blueprint will also work closely with the NYC good-paying jobs in these industries. CEDC, NYCDOT, the Port Authority, transportation consultants, Department of Transportation (DOT) for investments in new facilities and trucking companies, stevedoring companies, investment banks, technologies that will enable the city to cross-reference FreightNYC with the A prime example is the Urban Assembly School of Global Com- and global shipping companies. Students have also participated in to meet its future freight needs more ongoing citywide Smart Truck Man- merce, a public high school that aims to equip New York students academic enrichment programs related to freight logistics at Arizona efficiently and sustainably. The goal of the agement Plan, which seeks to improve for careers in the transportation and logistics industries. The State University, Rutgers University, and City College of NY. study will be to better understand how to understanding of truck route usage, needs school was started by the NYC Department of Education (DOE) holistically manage freight across the five of shippers, and community concerns. with NYCEDC and a group of advisors from other City agen- The logistics-based curriculum has allowed students to excel cies, business associations, colleges, and private businesses. It is in a variety of areas related to evolving trends in freight trans- located in East Harlem and more than 90 percent of its students portation, most notably robotics. The school placed first in the qualify for school lunch. The school’s first class will graduate prestigious FIRST Robotics NY Regional Competition, beating this year, with 71 percent of seniors graduating and 70 percent of out 48 high school teams from across the Tri-State area, as well as graduates accepted into junior and senior colleges. teams from Turkey, China, and Australia.

Healthy Brand Oils sells edible oils and cooking supplies to Many New York restaurants in NYC. Oils are shipped from the Midwest via tank- er car, directly to their bottling facility in Queens. Because rail is used to transport the product as close as possible to end users businesses barge in the city, Healthy Brand Oil has been able to save $840,000 and 900 truck trips a year, making their use of rail a win-win for their bottom line and for the environment. This is an example goods to take of businesses that could thrive with further investment in rail infrastructure. trucks off the road Sims Recycling is a municipal recycling plant in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, that receives residential metal, glass, and plastic by barge. After materials are bailed they are sent out on rail car, via a float bridge, to be recycled in other states. The barge and rail op- eration saves 150,000 annual truck trips, minimizing air pollution and traffic congestion in the surrounding neighborhood. 60 61 Initiative 11: Support New York Works will build on the creation of more modern distribution the City’s Industrial Action Plan facilities with urban distribution centers To support the growth of this important In recent support of these efforts, the City has taken on further protection for industrial space and completed sector, Mayor de Blasio released a ten- In order to build the future distribution several of the investments laid out in the plan. network and enable businesses to scale point Industrial Action Plan in 2015 across the five boroughs, the City will to promote industrial development, The City has built on the mayor’s commitment with the devel- partner with private businesses to create opment of the North Brooklyn Industry and Innovation Plan, a urban distribution centers. coordinate city services, and train the comprehensive strategy for the manufacturing zones of north City’s workforce for these jobs. The City Brooklyn that will inform better land use, transportation, and These urban distribution centers will economic planning for industrial areas. The plan seeks to balance create over 2,000 good-paying jobs. Similar remains committed to the plan’s three growth and stability for industry with new opportunities to sup- modern facilities being built around the goals, which are: port office-based jobs near transit. world increase job density by building ver- tically. One model is a three-story building 1. Protecting and strengthening core As part of these efforts, the Department of City Planning (DCP) is with two lower floors of distribution space developing a special permit requirement for hotels in light man- (each with truck ramp access) and a top industrial areas ufacturing zones and self-storage facilities in Industrial Business floor of additional manufacturing space. Zones—some of the City’s most important industrial areas. These This model increases the number of jobs 2. Investing in the long-term efforts are intended to promote the availability of space for indus- per site. Many of the goods to be distribut- development of industrial and trial businesses while maintaining suitable siting opportunities ed within the City move in and out of the for the hotel and self-storage industries. distribution facility within a single day. manufacturing businesses This creates a number of good-paying jobs The City is investing in the Industrial Developer Fund, a $150 to move product quickly and accurately. 3. Preparing New Yorkers for the million public/private loan pool to spur nonprofit development industrial and manufacturing jobs of industrial sites. The Fund released its rolling RFP in March The City will support basic infrastruc- 2016 and announced the Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design ture improvements to make the sites of the future Center (GMDC) in December 2016 as its first grantee. GMDC will development ready, allowing for private use the funds awarded through the fund toward the $37 million sector investment. renovation of a former factory in Ozone Park in Queens, turning it into a multi-tenant manufacturing center.

Futureworks NYC is a network of partnerships, services, and The $8 million spaces dedicated to increasing local production and supporting advanced manufacturing in New York City. The $8 million investment will create over 2,600 good-paying jobs and provide investment will create key support services for businesses to start, grow, and thrive in the five boroughs. One component is a $5.31 million Advanced over 2,600 good-paying Manufacturing Center, a 20,500-square-foot facility at BAT, that In addition to multimodal freight, will provide state-of-the-art robotics, 3D printing, and other cutting-edge equipment for companies through an open access jobs and provide key membership model. The center will also provide a wide range of NYC’s logistics and distribution training and support services for member companies. Beyond support services for BAT, Futureworks NYC will work with partners such as the Research Foundation for CUNY, Coalition for Queens (C4Q) Ven- system relies on distribution space businesses to start, tures, and Staten Island Makerspace to provide support services and increase access to technologies. In 2016, four companies, including manufacturers of drone vehicles, robotics kits for chil- to facilitate the movement of goods grow, and thrive in the dren, and high-tech equipment for video operators, each received to businesses and consumers. five boroughs. grants of $30,000 for space and equipment. 62 Industrial companies at the 63 Modernize Navy Yard are using cutting- and Expand edge manufacturing tools and Manufacturing methods to grow their business Facilities Founded in 1989, Ferra Designs is a precision architectur- Manufacturing has always played al metal fabrication firm that employs traditional metal- an important role within the city working techniques combined with state-of-the-art tech- economy. Though the industry has seen nology. The skillset of company employees is vast and adaptable a decline in jobs over the past several to high-end residential, commercial, and product design. decades, in recent years modern manufacturing companies have stabilized and Ferra is an example of how the Brooklyn Navy Yard supports are seeing some growth. These companies business growth as well as workforce expansion, and is a model of are increasingly taking advantage of new a manufacturing business that can benefit from the opportunities technologies to make specialty products that the Yard provides to potential tenants. for businesses and consumers in the region. Despite the high cost of land, NYC After 13+ years of steady success and continued growth, Ferra offers important advantages to producers, moved from their 6,900-square-foot shop in Building 275 to namely skilled talent and access to one of 25,000 square feet in Building 10. They’ve also incorporated a the largest regional markets in the U.S. client meeting area, a design center, and ample room for the industrial and hi-tech equipment they utilize for manufacturing The City uses a range of tools to support their products. modern manufacturing, including a variety of financing tools through the IDA During their time at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the design company that allow industrial businesses across the has grown from four to 24 employees and is a frequent user of city to grow. Among the strongest invest- Initiative 12: Grow the Brooklyn Navy Yard as the on-site Employment Center (EC), which works to place local ments the City can make to modernize residents and those with barriers to employment into high-quali- and activate manufacturing space is to in- a major employment center ty, skilled positions at the Yard. vest in its assets, ensuring the long-term preservation of industrial use space and The Brooklyn Navy Yard is an exam- to develop brand new manufacturing competitive rents that can accommodate ple of the transformation of New York space for up to 1,000 employees at the business growth. By transforming man- City’s industrial sector. At its peak Brooklyn Navy Yard. This will add anoth- ufacturing and industrial complexes, the during World War II, the Yard employed er 200,000+ square feet of manufacturing City can ensure that a wide range of man- 70,000 workers building ships 24 hours space to the Yard’s footprint, providing ufacturing businesses continue to play a a day. Today, after years of investment, sorely needed space for light manufactur- crucial role in meeting local demand. companies at the Yard employ more than ing businesses looking to grow and hire in 7,000 workers in traditional and advanced New York City. To achieve this goal, the City will manufacturing, distribution, media and invest $104 million in capital to add the arts, technology, food manufacturing, This summer, Building 77—a 1 million- additional manufacturing space in and a mix of other activities. square-foot manufacturing center—will City-owned sites, where occupancy open, and is expected to create jobs in rates of existing space are close to The City is further growing the Yard as a food, manufacturing, and technology. 100 percent. This investment builds on major employment center—one focused Building 77 will be the public face of the $357 million in initiatives already un- on supporting the industrial sector and the Yard, with a food manufacturing derway, particularly in the Brooklyn Navy creating accessible, high-quality jobs. hub anchored by Russ and Daughters. It Yard, the Brooklyn Army Terminal, Bush The Yard aims to add 4,800 good-paying will provide hundreds of thousands of Terminal, and Hunts Point. industrial jobs in the next few years by much needed square footage for growing implementing comprehensive develop- manufacturing companies, ranging from ment plans for several major facilities, jewelry makers to woodworkers to 3D such as Building 77. Additional jobs will printing companies. Tenants include be created across other sectors. Lafayette 148, a major global fashion brand that employs workers from seamstresses In addition to these commitments, the to high-level executives, which will occupy City will invest an additional $40 million over 60,000 square feet of space. 64 These new tenants will join the over 65 Initiative 13: The City is using Initiative 14: Invest 100 businesses that currently call Make the Brooklyn industry partnerships in the growth of the Army Terminal a Brooklyn Army Terminal home, and will and Workforce1 centers NYC brewing and home for traditional be able to take advantage of campus distilling industry and advanced amenities such as TechShop’s DIY to help New Yorkers New York City is widely known for manufacturing the cultural significance of its food advanced manufacturing workshop and access industrial jobs and beverage industry (largely restau- Once the biggest concrete building in rants and hospitality), but the City is also the U.S., the Brooklyn Army Termi- fabrication studio, two on-site childcare home to a growing food and beverage nal (BAT) campus was constructed As outlined in the Mayor’s Industrial Action Plan manufacturing industry. The City has during World War I to distribute sup- facilities, and the on-site Workforce1 and in the City’s Career Pathways report, the City made a few key strategic investments to plies and personnel to battlefronts. created the Industrial Industry Partnership to support food manufacturing, including The complex includes 4 million square Career Center. support businesses and workers in this sector. the 2016 launch of Brooklyn Foodworks feet of factory space, warehouse space, The partnership works directly with employers, and the development of a food manufac- and support offices. The City acquired the industry associations, labor unions, communi- turing hub at the BAT Annex building. facility from the federal government in ty-based organizations, and training providers Yet no such investment has been made in 1981 and has invested $230 million to re- to prepare and connect New Yorkers to jobs in the production of beer, alcohol, and wine activate it. Today, BAT is home to a mix of this evolving and important sector. (craft beverages) within the City. Wages traditional and advanced manufacturing in the craft beverage subsector approach tenants. It offers an abundance of spaces— Industrial business employers have cited two $50,000 per year on average, and there from 2,000 to 120,000 square feet—for challenges in recruiting talent: are many small brewers and distillers in virtually all forms of manufacturing. the City looking to grow their businesses 1. New Yorkers are often not aware of these and become the next Brooklyn Brewery. opportunities In its next phase of reactivation, the City To support the craft beverage sector, will invest $49 million in new capital to 2. Skilled labor required is in short supply the City will be working with industry attract both large and small manufactur- stakeholders to develop a suite of Made in ing tenants to BAT. This will create over To address this issue the City has expanded its NY programmatic interventions used by 1,300 good-paying jobs. Through invest- Industrial Workforce1 Career Center system— the City and its agencies to facilitate the ment in 275,000 square feet of industrial launching several new sites in the last twelve expansion or development of larger scale space, the City will create space for both months in neighborhoods rich with manufac- brewing and distilling in New York City. anchor tenants and smaller industrial ten- turing and transportation jobs such as Port ants across traditional and advanced man- Morris in the Bronx, the North Shore of Staten ufacturing, food and garment manufac- Island, and the Brooklyn Army Terminal. These turing, and media production. These new sites build upon the success of the long-stand- tenants will join the over 100 businesses ing Industrial & Transportation Career Center that currently call BAT home, and will be in Queens, but are oriented to the unique able to take advantage of campus ame- make-up of the businesses and residents of nities such as TechShop’s DIY advanced these neighborhoods. They are intended to manufacturing workshop and fabrication serve as access points to raise awareness of studio, two on-site childcare facilities, and employment opportunities in the sector among the on-site Workforce1 Career Center. local residents, and to give employers a voice and platform to direct the alignment of training The new infusion of funding builds on with the skills needed for 21st century indus- previously committed investments: $100 trial jobs. In addition, the City will be working million invested in Building A and campus with employers and other key stakeholders to improvements and $15 million in reno- develop a set of new programs to provide more vations in the Annex Building. Modern- New Yorkers with the skilled labor training nec- ization will provide good-paying local essary to fulfill the pipeline of new jobs in the jobs for residents of Sunset Park, South City’s increasingly technical industrial econo- Brooklyn, and the city as a whole. my. ApprenticeNYC will also feature dedicated industrial cohorts. 66 67

10,000 jobs for New Yorkers 69 Where the Creative Jobs Are Creative and Cultural Sectors: Total Employment in 2013 and Percent Growth Community Asset, Global Brand New York City Seattle The City will support the creation of 10,000 jobs within 20,794 216,110 the creative and cultural sectors that attract talent and 15% -7% deﬁ ne the New York City brand.

Portland Boston Creative and cultural sectors are at and generating $2 billion in taxes. New The music industry in New York has a 10,657 19,279 the heart of the New York City brand. York Fashion Week generates $900 million rich history—from serving as a home for 22% -9% Its world class cultural off erings make the in economic activity each year. jazz and the blues to being the birthplace Minneapolis city a top destination for talent and vis- of hip hop and disco. Today, the industry itors from across the nation and around The city’s fi lm and television industries supports over 31,000 jobs, has an average 17,722 Philadelphia the world. have never been stronger. The fi lmed pro- annual wage of $90,000, and creates $13.7 -22% 11,236 duction sub-sector employs 130,000 people billion in total economic output each The creative and culture sectors most in the city, with an average annual salary year. The return of the Grammys in 2018 Chicago -24% positioned to grow and generate mid- of $53,000. In 2015, New York studios shot ensures that New York will continue to 58,552 dle-class jobs include fashion, fi lm and and produced 336 feature fi lms, a 40 per- feature prominently on the map for the San Francisco television, media and design, and music. cent increase over the year prior, as well as music industry. Similar to other creative -12% These sectors provide over 500,000 jobs 52 television series. However, the sector’s sectors, the rising cost of real estate is a 25,895 in New York City. growth is limited due to the high cost of threat to the continued rise of New York 14% real estate, which restricts the growth of City’s music scene, having already forced Growth in these sectors comes from New studios and ancillary support services. many small venues and independent York’s historic position of strength and recording studios to close. the co-location of many creative fi elds. The media and design sectors are Many creative professionals work across entrenched deeply in New York’s fabric, To create 10,000 middle-class jobs over sectors, with each sector’s strength bene- employing over 125,000 people in media the next ten years, the City will: fi ting greatly from the strength of others. and 44,000 in design. Media provides » Maintain leadership in “Made in NY” For example, advertising agencies benefi t a median annual wage of $61,512, and a fashion and entertainment Washington from being located near music labels, quarter of these jobs are accessible to New Denver artist management, music publishers, and Yorkers without a college degree. Howev- » Drive New York City’s rise as the DC rank and fi le musicians to secure existing er, technology is rapidly transforming capital for technology-driven media 10,081 28,802 songs or create original music for their the nature of these jobs, making the and design -16% -9% advertising campaigns. City’s investment critical to retaining » Preserve the cultural and entertain- Nashville a competitive advantage. The design ment assets that make NYC a great New York is one of the global centers of the sector employs New Yorkers across a place to live and visit Los Angeles 11,841 fashion industry. Fashion design and gar- range of industries, from photography 202,072 9% ment manufacturing have been an iconic and graphic design to furniture design part of the city’s brand for generations, and architecture. With an average annual -2% Dallas but it’s also a major economic contributor. wage of $87,213, New York City has more Phoenix 24,763 The industry employs over 183,000 people, designers than any other metropolitan paying an average annual wage of $57,000 area in the U.S. 17,660 -17% -19% Austin Miami 11,547 These sectors provide over 500,000 jobs 18,049 40% -13% in New York City.

Source: “Creative New York 2015,” Center for an Urban Future (CUF). CUF’s deﬁ nition of “creative” sectors includes fewer occupations than the City. 70 71 Maintain Leadership Initiative 15: Develop facilities for creative in “Made In NY” industries at the Made in NY Campus at Fashion and Bush Terminal

Entertainment The City is investing $136 million in By offering long-term affordable Bush Terminal to create a creative leases, a variety of unit sizes, and The Made in NY brand was created to campus that will support the con- support services, the campus will launch, develop, and implement ini- tinued growth of two core New York provide garment manufacturing tiatives that support sectors that are creative industries: fashion and film/ companies with the stability they critical to the New York City brand, television. This investment will create need to grow. The campus environ- including fashion, film, television, 1,500 permanent new jobs, 90 percent of ment will also support synergies among digital media, and theater. which are good-paying, and 800 tempo- these creative manufacturing uses, rary construction jobs. which benefit from clustering in a larger ecosystem. With the fashion and film/television industries facing a shortage of stable, The $136 million investment will facili- affordable space within the five tate major renovations to existing assets, boroughs, the City is helping to secure creating a 200,000-square-foot garment the long-term sustainability of these manufacturing hub, a 160,000-square- industries. The new Made in NY foot hub for light manufacturing tenants, Campus at Bush Terminal will offer new construction of a 100,000-square- affordable, best-in-class industrial space foot, state-of-the-art film and television for garment manufacturing, film and production facility, streetscape upgrades, media production, and related services. and infrastructure improvements. Made in NY: »» The Made in NY Marketing Credit Program recognizes film and television The Made in NY Film, Television, Digital projects with at least 75 percent of the brand celebrates Media, Theater overall production made in New York City and provides them with a number For over 50 years, the City has of opportunities to promote their New York City’s supported the growth of the film, project in the top media market in the television, and theater industries to country. media and become one of the world’s largest »» Developed in partnership with Brook- entertainment production centers, serving as host lyn Workforce Innovations, the Made to film, television, commercial, musi- in NY Production Assistant Train- cal, and theatrical productions. ing Program is a free program that sector—including prepares unemployed and low-income The Made in NY brand celebrates New New Yorkers for production assistant new media York City’s media and entertainment positions in the film/television indus- sector—including new media industries try. Since its launch in 2006, nearly industries like like digital media and virtual reality—and 700 have graduated from the program. highlights the important role they play in digital media and » The Made in NY Media Center, the local economy through public service » developed in partnership between the campaigns, marketing efforts, education- virtual reality. Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), al and workforce development programs, the Mayor’s Office of Media and Enter- and investments in infrastructure. tainment (MOME), and NYCEDC, is a 20,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility in DUMBO that connects the next generation of artists, innovators, and entrepreneurs through education, events, and industry resources. Pro- gramming include fellowships, professional development programs, youth programs, and industry summits. 72 MOME invests over $15 million across 73 Initiative 17: Support a variety of entertainment subsectors the expansion of to support the expanding needs of film, Steiner Studios at television, theatre and, more recently, the Brooklyn Navy music and digital production. Yard to create new space for film and television production

The City plays a significant role in supporting the space needs of stu- Initiative 16: Invest over $15 million per year dios that want to work in New York. to support jobs in the entertainment industry At the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Steiner has commenced construction on the first $100 MOME invests over $15 million per year million of a $400+ million public-private across a variety of entertainment subsectors partnership between Steiner Studios, the to support the expanding needs of film, City, and the State of New York that will television, theater and, more recently, music transform a historic, vacant site into the and digital production. Included in these biggest film studio on the East Coast. investments are a number of new programs The first $90 million of the expansion that create, expand, and diversify talent will add 900 good-paying new jobs on the pipelines to prepare New Yorkers for jobs in Steiner campus and create 180,000 square these sectors. feet of soundstage and support space. This investment builds on the significant amount of production space that already Podcasting Animation exists at the Yard, with Steiner Studios To ensure that New York remains at the Similarly, through MOME’s Animation having created 580,000 square feet of forefront of digital trends, MOME will Project, the agency will provide 1,800 production space since opening in 2004. launch a Podcast Producers initiative at-risk youth with the technical training The full expansion will create hundreds that provides the training and resources and workplace skills necessary to pursue of thousands of square feet of space, podcast productions need to get off the careers in animation—a sector that is including sound stages and support facil- ground or expand. With podcast networks expecting to provide 10,000 new jobs over ities like editing suites, mill shops, prop predicted to grow 30 percent in the next the next ten years. storage, a screening room, lighting and year, the industry is expected to add up to grip services, and dining facilities. 400 employees over the next four years. These programs will build on MOME’s MOME investments aim to ensure that extensive portfolio of talent initiatives. Steiner Studios also serves as home to the these jobs can be filled by New Yorkers. These initiatives include: a $5 million Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema. Part Women’s Fund that provides grants to of Brooklyn College and funded by the support film and theater projects by, for, Theater City, it’s the first public film school in New and about women; a financing lab and MOME is working to grow the universe York and the nation’s first film school lo- pitch workshop program for women film- of industry jobs and also to ensure that a cated on a working film lot. The school is makers that connects them with project diversity of New Yorkers are able to access dedicated to cultivating emerging voices financing; and the Made in NY Writers them. To that end, MOME, in partnership from NYC. Room, a program that pairs emerging with SBS, the Roundabout Theatre Com- writers of diverse backgrounds and per- pany, the International Association of spectives with experienced showrunners Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), and in a six-month fellowship program. the youth development not-for-profit The Door, will support the theater industry’s first workforce development program to prepare a diverse new generation for professional technical theater careers. 74 Made in NY: Fashion 75 Initiative 18: Provide financial support In February 2015, the City tripled its commitment to the fashion industry for New York garment manufacturers to from $5 million to $15 million. The City’s programs aim to create and retain quality modernize and expand their businesses jobs, catalyze innovation within and across the fashion industry, and support Launched in 2014, the Fashion Produc- elevate, and preserve garment production business and entrepreneurship through tion Fund provides emerging designers in the city, as well as to connect fashion public-private partnerships. City pro- with below market rate loans to finance designers with local manufacturing. grams support the range of occupations production with the local garment man- within the fashion ecosystem: students, ufacturers that they rely upon. To date, $3 Grant recipients receive financial awards emerging designers, retail professionals, million has been awarded through 36 low for equipment, software, infrastructure and garment workers, from fashion tech interest loans. upgrades, and workforce training that to manufacturing. will increase the business’ capacity, To continue supporting the garment man- generate economic growth, and create The Made in NY: Fashion brand seeks to ufacturing industry, the City has partnered and preserve jobs within New York City’s celebrate and strengthen New York City’s with the CFDA and Garment District Alli- fashion industry. Among other invest- position as a global fashion hub. The City ance to launch a $51.3 million fashion sup- ments, production companies could use has implemented an array of programs to port package, which will provide business the funds for equipment and technology maintain its world-class fashion design support for garment producers citywide, acquisitions—3D printers, pattern-mak- industry by investing in the educational as well as grants for relocation, expansion, ing and cutting machines, body scanning and manufacturing community. and other costs for garment producers that technology, and more—that will allow want to move to Sunset Park. A major part them to enhance or expand their services. One set of these programs is focused on of that package includes $14 million to ex- To date, FMI has granted more than $2.3 fostering the next generation of great pand the Fashion Manufacturing Initiative million to New York City apparel and ac- American fashion designers. NYC Fashion (FMI), a program that invests in technology, cessory production facilities and studios, Forward is a public-private partnership machinery, and workforce development. all with the aim to help strengthen the with the Council of Fashion Designers of The initiative was created to nurture, New York City garment industry. America (CFDA), creating 100 paid internships throughout the fashion industry The City has partnered with the CFDA for New York high school and college students. The Fashion Future Gradu- and Garment District Alliance to launch a ate Showcase, launched in May 2017, highlights the 60 best graduating fashion $51.3 million fashion support package. design students and connects them to New York City recruiters.

Another set of programs help emerging benefited from increased press and social Finally, the City uses the brand to pre- design entrepreneurs grow their brand media exposure. To increase the spotlight serve and grow garment manufacturing and companies. The City builds market- on the city’s fashion talent, the City part- production. About 65 percent of emerging ing campaigns around the Made in NY nered with the CFDA to create an entire designers rely on local factories and sup- brand to raise the profile of New York- collection of Made in New York clothing pliers for virtually all of their production. based fashion designers and manufactur- and jewelry that was featured at Barneys The ability to produce in New York is crit- ers and retain the City’s reputation as a New York. Subsequently, a ten day pop-up ical for designers to grow their business, New York Binding Co. will be able to top fashion capital. Brands featured in the retail store, launched as “Not Just A Label making access to local production one of New York expand the services we have been most recent campaign, launched during | Made in NY,” featured over 100 local the city’s biggest competitive advantages New York Fashion Week in February 2017, designers and attracted over 1,500 visitors. in the fashion industry. providing to our clients in the New York Binding garment industry for nearly a century. The is a fourth-generation family grant will reinforce our ability to serve a business provider of binding, wide variety of designers and brands right In February 2015, the City tripled its commitment to pleating, and trimming here in New York City. services to the apparel and — Roger Levin the fashion industry from $5 million to $15 million. home furnishings industries. NY Binding Co., Inc.

Photo Credit: Mayoral Photography Office, NYC 76 This new commitment builds on the Technology is influencing consum- projects that require collaboration across 77 City’s $15 million investment in Made er preferences and changing how a range of disciplines core to the future of in NY: Fashion initiatives. It further Drive New York people create. In the future, a fashion media. The Combine, part of the Lab, is an strengthens the City’s support for New City’s Rise as designer may use augmented reality tech- early-stage accelerator that matches faculty York’s fashion manufacturing and design nology to shape their designs and perhaps and students with industry mentors to industries by promoting New York-based the Capital for sell directly to consumers. Big data is launch new ventures and commercialize manufacturers and designers, helping transforming how media targets advertis- emerging media and technology. them better access the resources and Technology-Driven ing dollars toward specific demographics, financing they need, and connecting them Media and Design with a real time data feedback loop. To continue to support this digital trans- with major brands like Barneys and Not formation of media—and the resulting Just a Label. The City has invested in this transition jobs creation—the City will make invest- through programs like the NYC Media Lab, ments that actively support collaboration a public-private partnership to prototype and the development of new technologies.

Initiative 19: Launch a Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality Lab to anchor this emerging industry in New York City

By offering new ways of exploring the the city particularly well to capture the to affordable technology and training. world both visually and physically, economic growth that will come from To leverage this opportunity, the City will virtual reality and augmented reality advances in VR/AR technology. invest $6 million to create the first publicly will have a transformative impact on funded VR/AR Lab in the country. The lab everything from medical diagnostics to Over the past year, New York City has will create thousands of jobs and accelerate education. Through specialized equip- seen a 125 percent increase in VR/AR job the City’s leadership position by providing ment like goggles and sensor-equipped demand and over $50 million in invest- entrepreneurs with the space, technolo- gloves, VR offers a computer-generated ment. Despite this emerging growth, gy, and training to turn their ideas into simulation of the physical world from the New York City ecosystem remains viable companies, and provide the space every angle, while AR offers comput- fragmented and lacks centralized support and resources they need to sustain initial er-enhanced views of the physical world for growth stage businesses. Funding is a growth. The lab will also serve as a central by overlying digital content on top of re- challenge for early stage companies in any hub where VR/AR companies can draw on ality. Anchor industries like healthcare, nascent industry, and without a central a pipeline of talent trained in the latest VR/ Anya Cole education, and media in NYC position hub there are limited resources for access AR technology.

Anya Cole, of HANIA by Anya Cole, a local garment manufacturer:

Being Made in New York is at the core of what we do. By hand When Tony Mugavero and his two cofounders started Littlstar, an immersive media company, they had the knitting each piece in New York City we can oversee every New York City opportunity to choose where they wanted to locate. They step of our process from design to finished garment to insure eventually chose New York City because it’s a media hub and any everything is of the highest quality. We’re thrilled that we can company they wanted to work with would only be a few subway has all the stops away. Two years later, Littlstar has raised over $6 million in utilize the immense talent in this city and feel it’s important that seed funding, employs 17 people, and has won distribution deals we employ and celebrate local artisans, while also helping the ingredients for with major television networks and publishers. Now, the company is hoping to raise additional funds and expects to be able to next generation build their skills and keep these traditions alive. employ 50 to 60 people in the next year. Preserving the manufacturing side of the fashion industry in New a vibrant VR/AR Littlstar feels that a VR/AR industry lab would bring increased York City not only provides important resources for designers but attention from investors and create jobs around the growing eco- can ensure well-paying jobs in the industry for all New Yorkers. media ecosystem system. According to Tony Mugavero, “Community centers like that lead to investment in industries. New York investors have — Anya Cole been less exposed to VR/AR companies. Investments in any VR/ HANIA by Anya Cole AR company are good for the entire industry.” 78 79 NYCxDesign Preserve the Cultural and showcases New Entertainment York City as a Assets that Make NYC a Great Place to design capital Live, Work, and Visit

New York City’s design industry employs over 44,000 Rising real estate costs across the people—that’s more designers than any other metropolitan area city have impacted many of the cul- in the U.S. Employment trends reflect the fact that design is now tural and entertainment assets that a critical factor in keeping companies across all sectors compet- make New York a great place to live, itive. From 2004 to 2014, design employment grew by 28 percent work, and visit. and there is strong potential for continued growth. Through the Department of Cultural In 2014, the City launched NYCxDESIGN, a three-week program Affairs, the City provides over $300 million held each May. The international event brings together New in expense and capital funding at nearly York City’s diverse design community, showcases contributions 1,000 nonprofit cultural groups every year, to the city’s unique cultural fabric and economy, and provides a making New York the second largest public platform for the latest in global design. The program has grown funder of arts and culture in the nation, local artist workspace operator. On Gov- in scope and popularity both locally and internationally. after the federal government. The city’s ernors Island, the City’s support enabled cultural institutions collectively employ Initiative 20: the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council thousands of New Yorkers and need the to set up an arts center in a former Army City’s continued support to serve resi- Create affordable warehouse, with studios for visual artists, dents and millions of visitors. To go a step workspace for artists rehearsal spaces for performing artists, further and comprehensively address some and gallery space. The City also supports of these challenges, the City will release and artist groups organizations like Spaceworks, which CreateNYC in summer 2017—a plan to provides affordable studio and rehearsal evaluate the city’s cultural assets and The City is focused on its goal of bringing space across multiple sites in multiple proposed investments. The plan will create 500 artist workspaces online by 2024 to boroughs—for all types of artists from a long-term roadmap to promote greater preserve affordable artist workspace for fine arts to dance and music. The City has equity, access, diversity, and vibrancy, as the long term. At Brooklyn Army Termi- supported these organizations in both well as expand opportunities for all New nal, the City has created 63 artist work- site selection efforts and in their drive to NYCxDesign brings prominence and Yorkers to participate in cultural life. spaces by signing a lease with Artopolis, a attract private investment. attention to New York City designers

Michele Varian is a product designer with her own shop in SoHo. In addition to selling lighting, furniture, textile, and Through the Department of Cultural wallpaper designs, the shop also curates the work of over 100 small home product design businesses and 70 jewelry design and manufacturing businesses, many of which are New York-based. Affairs, the City provides over $300 million She currently has five full-time employees and four employees staffing her revolving “Guest Shops,” paying them an average -an nual salary of $50,000. For NYCxDESIGN 2017, Michele launched in expense and capital funding to nearly new furniture and lighting pieces. NYCxDESIGN’s coordinated marketing efforts drew hundreds of people to the first Howard 1,000 nonprofit cultural groups every year, Street “block party” during Design Week, bringing welcome attention and business to surrounding businesses like Michele’s. NYCxDESIGN’s promotion of the block party, and the numerous making New York the second largest public Howard and Crosby Street shops that participated in it, also drew the attention of the design elite that consider NYCxDESIGN a marquee event. funder of arts and culture in the nation. 80 The City creates and subsidizes 81 Initiative 21: workspace for visual and Strengthen cultural performance artists to stay nonprofits with and create in New York access to affordable Latasha Alcindor, informally known as “L.A.”, is an indepen- space, financial dent music and visual artist based out of New York City. She has support, and a multimedia practice that draws from a wide range of inspiration found in experimental, dance, jazz, electronic, and hip hop technical assistance music. Her work centers on her experience as a woman of color and her experiences growing up in Flatbush, Brooklyn. L.A. has The City will continue to build the ca- performed at SXSW, A3C, Manifesto, and as the headlining act pacity of nonprofit groups and cultur- for Brooklyn Museum’s First Saturdays and Toronto’s AGO First al institutions by providing over 100,000 Thursdays. She is currently an artist-in-residence at National square feet of affordable space, financial Sawdust, a partner of Spaceworks. support, and technical assistance. L.A. has used free rehearsal space, funded by MOME through Many New York nonprofits struggle New York Music Month, to visualize and develop the show, All A with the financial, organizational, and Dream, the first part of an immersive multimedia project entitled legal obstacles of major real estate The LALYTES Project. L.A. is working with dancers and musi- projects and find it increasingly cians to produce a multimedia and interactive performance that difficult to secure suitable space.The includes visual art in projection, dance, music, and theater. L.A. City is committed to projects that reduce will perform All A Dream at National Sawdust on August 19, 2017. real estate costs for these organizations. L.A. will continue cultivating The LALYTES Project and has One way the City can accomplish this goal hopes of touring with the production. She plans to bring on board is to proactively integrate creative space 10-15 dancers, 5-6 musicians, DJs, producers, makeup artists, into its real estate projects and provide Initiative 22: Create an advocate position and stylists. Each dancer, musician, and DJ will be paid $75-$200 financial support for cultural projects. per show and $35-$100 per rehearsal, while producers will get 50 This includes investments in the South within MOME for music and nightlife percent of the profits from music revenue. Street Seaport museum and the Wavertree, a newly restored, full-rigged 1885 cargo New York’s culture and nightlife are ted to ensuring the continued success of sailing vessel. The City also awarded the part of the city’s brand, attracting the the New York music industry. National Lighthouse Museum on Staten best talent and defining neighborhood Island a lease on the St. George waterfront. character. However, over the past 15 years, The City will designate a Nightlife more than 20 percent of the city’s smaller Ambassador to serve as an advocate Beyond providing space, NYCEDC is music venues have closed. In addition to for the music and nightlife community helping cultural nonprofits tackle the high rents, venues also face challenges at MOME, who will serve as a central obstacles of major real estate projects. navigating the City’s permit and licensing point for coordination between ven- Nonprofits are learning to successfully systems. New York City is at risk of losing ues, local authorities, and communi- engage in the acquisition, financing, the perception of its brand as an incuba- ties. The role will be supported by an advi- development, and leasing processes via a tor of arts and culture. sory board that will include representatives continuing series of educational lectures from each of these entities. The advocate led by industry experts and convened by In February 2016, the portfolio of the will provide support with licensing and NYCEDC. Participating nonprofits will Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertain- permits and may, over time, provide finan- gain a fundamental understanding of real ment was expanded to include music, with cial support for legal services, architectural estate deal structures, opportunities for a mandate to keep New York a capital for services, and safety improvements. financing real estate projects, and proac- the industry. In June 2016, MOME brought tive methods for preparing to undertake together over 75 music companies and Other cities like London, Paris, Amster- such projects. organizations for the first New York Music dam, and Berlin have a similar office, Industry Convening. Having just issued its often called the “night mayor,” and have first-ever Music Industry Economic Impact seen reductions in noise complaints and Study, which addresses music jobs, wages, retention in an industry that provides and economic output, MOME is commit- significant jobs and economic impact. 82 83

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35 in thousands: 91 14 42 31 905 13 28 5 1000 6 78 791 19 4 The City will create 25,000 jobs through supporting 13 7 100 20 405 24 6 robust offi ce districts in Manhattan and investing in 14 44 6 5 10 8 emerging commercial centers. 14 13 11 9 6 Growth in the boroughs opens 12 32 5 New York City is one of the largest However, due to a variety of factors, new The City will create 25,000 jobs through new opportunities for a wide 20 49 10 job markets in the world. It relies on offi ce development has generally lagged investments in existing and emerg- range of businesses that want to 10 12 4 a stock of 550 million square feet of outside of existing, centralized offi ce mar- ing commercial centers across the fi ve attract employees with reduced 13 offi ce space that directly supports kets. In many neighborhoods, offi ce space boroughs, using tools such as zoning, commute times. Offi ce develop- approximately 1.5 million jobs. does not command high rents, and new fi nancial and tax incentives, and its role as ment in these areas also helps 4 offi ce construction has been more diffi cult a credit-worthy leaseholder. The City will bring economic opportunity to 3 6 24 Demand for offi ce space in New York City to fi nance than housing or other uses. invest to: more neighborhoods and reduce is projected to grow by over 60 million Another challenge is that much of the de- the strain on the city’s transit »» Support jobs closer to where New square feet by 2025, with nearly half of the mand for offi ce space comes from smaller, infrastructure. Yorkers live demand outside Manhattan. Activating growing, tech-driven companies. These and increasing the supply of commercial companies need space but lack the fi nan- »» Strengthen core job markets and offi ce space is essential to expanding cial capability to anchor new construction global competitiveness opportunity and increasing the number of or support substantial rehabilitation. Total Workers at middle-class jobs across the fi ve boroughs. Currently, over 40 percent of middle Place of Work, 2040 income jobs come from private sector Demand for offi ce professional services based in offi ces, and Dot area is proportional to the even more come from the offi ce-using amount of workers in each hub, components of healthcare, public admin- space in New York City in thousands: istration, and education.

While demand for offi ce space is increas- is projected to grow by 1000 ing, it is also changing. New Yorkers are starting companies near where they live 100 and beginning to demand shorter com- over 60 million square mute times to the offi ce. Close proximity 5 offi ce space improves not only commute times but also the burden on the City’s feet by 2025, with nearly transit infrastructure. Companies and Dot color indicates percent change entrepreneurs are also seeking new types between 2015 and 2040: of offi ce space: open layouts, room for half of the demand collaborative work and shared amenities, 0% to 9.9% and more robust digital infrastructure. outside Manhattan. 10% to 14.9% 15% and above

Sources: 2050 NYMTC Socioeconomic and Demographic Forecasts, TAZ-level employment estimates adjusted based on 2010-2014 LEHD LODES, Workplace Area Chanracteristics fi le, all primary jobs. 86 locate. The zoning code sets standards for cultural organizations, or other activities. 87 the manufacture of “charcoal, lampblack But these districts generally limit com- Support Jobs Closer Initiative 23: The City Initiative 24: Update or fuel briquettes” and “shoddy” (processed mercial uses to the first floor, unnecessar- to Where New will act as an anchor outdated zoning to rags) but does not specify where biotech ily restricting opportunities for business- businesses are permitted. Breweries and es and services for local residents. Yorkers Live tenant to encourage support creation of distilleries face barriers to finding space because of tight restrictions. University In many parts of the city, aging loft build- Population growth in New York has new office growth modern space partnerships with film, media, life scienc- ings have been repurposed and renovat- been driven by the boroughs. Between With a leased es, and other businesses can be hamstrung ed for office space, providing a product 2000-2015, the size of the labor force grew Near-term office demand outside of Many of the zoning regulations that by use restrictions based on traditional favored by many of today’s innovative the most dramatically in Brooklyn and portfolio of Manhattan is increasingly driven by local govern commercial space and busi- industry categories. and creative companies. However, zoning the Bronx. Brooklyn grew 26.3 percent, businesses and startups looking to scale. ness activities were established in regulations make it difficult to build new, the Bronx 26.7 percent, Queens, 14.6 These companies want to stay in their 1961, when the city’s economy had a New York also has high requirements for modern versions of these iconic and ver- percent, Manhattan 12.2 percent, and over 22 million neighborhoods, often close to where their vastly different shape. The vision that parking in commercial buildings in most satile buildings. Staten Island 9.5 percent. The Bronx saw employees work, but are limited in terms remains codified in zoning in many loca- locations outside dense business districts, the largest increase of just over 5 percent square feet, the of available and affordable professional tions encourages auto-oriented office tow- making office construction unnecessarily Off-street loading requirements are also since 2010, then Brooklyn at a 5 percent office space. They are often either too ers or low-slung industrial warehouses in costly or even infeasible, and encouraging outdated and excessive in many areas. increase, Queens at 4.6 percent, Manhat- small to anchor a new development or a sea of parking. While amendments have driving in congested areas while limiting These requirements sometimes limit the tan at 3.6 percent, and Staten Island at 1.6 City is one of the lack the creditworthiness needed to be been made to modernize zoning in some opportunities for new transit-oriented ability of businesses to expand in their percent. However, over 70 percent of the the anchor tenant a developer needs to areas, obsolete zoning remains a problem development near subways and rail. current locations. In instances where city’s commercial office space is centered largest private secure financing. At the same time, many in many others. This includes outdated businesses do not require industrial-level in Manhattan. neighborhoods across the city would use categories, impractical or undesirable More recent zoning in many parts of the use of trucks, the city is losing out on office tenants in benefit from job clusters and the presence requirements, and inflexible rules limiting city is intended to encourage a mix of opportunities for office development. of a workforce that will help support local the ability for existing companies to grow commercial and residential uses, yet has businesses and neighborhood institutions. or for new space to be created to meet favored housing over offices. This is be- The Department of City Planning will New York. contemporary business needs. cause the height limits that apply in some develop proposals for zoning changes that With a leased portfolio of over 22 million of these areas are based on standards for would alleviate these impediments and square feet, the City is one of the largest The definition of uses have changed little apartments, which have lower ceilings create new zoning tools to support the private office tenants in New York. Recently, since 1961, when the city’s economy was than offices, meaning less office space creation of space that meets the needs of the City has undertaken a comprehensive still highly dependent on finance and man- can fit within the same volume. These a broad range of industries. These efforts review of its leased office space portfolio, ufacturing, and when today’s diversity of limits discourage the development of will support job growth at scale and in including potential new needs, anticipated professional service, creative, and technol- office buildings in many commercial and locations that are appropriate to the many future renewal costs, and an assessment ogy jobs simply did not exist. The zoning mixed-use districts. different types of neighborhoods around of current space utilization and models code’s anachronisms include provisions for the city. HRA’s move to East for new, more efficient space. The City has activities that have long since disappeared, In medium-density districts that allow lo- focused, in particular, on opportunities and a lack of clear standards describing cal commercial uses, second-story spaces to relocate tenancies in high rent areas to where today’s growing industries can can provide reasonable space for offices, New York will free up modern, lower-cost space. Moves by City agencies to anchor new buildings could create over 8,000 good-paying jobs over the in-demand office space next ten years. As the agency vacates previous space a private sector company could move in—and space would also unlock in The City’s Human Resources Administration (HRA) will be the new building the agency anchors. The zoning code’s anachronisms include provisions for the first agency mover in this new program. HRA will anchor at least one development in Brooklyn, with a preference for East Over the next ten years, the City will use activities that have long since disappeared, and a lack New York. HRA would occupy up to 250,000 square feet of office agency moves to anchor new develop- space. The balance of the space in the building will be available ments, both spurring new development for lease to local businesses looking to grow and create jobs in and freeing up space that would be more of clear standards describing where today’s growing East New York, especially small businesses and nonprofits that strategic to a private business. The City is currently have limited access to quality office space. In addition, developing a new system to assist its agen- industries can locate. The zoning code sets standards for HRA’s move will free up office space that it currently occupies cies in moving into developments outside in higher demand areas of the city, thereby delivering additional Manhattan. Once an agency indicates a the manufacture of “charcoal, lampblack or fuel briquettes” space for private use. NYCEDC will be releasing the HRA-focused desire to move, the City will issue an RFP RFP later this summer and will be working in the months ahead to develop office buildings at strategic and “shoddy” (processed rags) but does not specify where to release additional RFPs anchored by agencies who have interest locations—in downtowns, emerging job in relocating their operations to other parts of the city. centers, and transit-rich neighborhoods. biotech businesses are permitted. 88 Downtown Brooklyn and Long Island City 89 are growing job centers

Downtown Brooklyn After decades of investment by the City in commercial office space, the opportunity for significant job growth in Downtown Brooklyn is here. Over 12,000 residential units are built or under construction, bringing a 24-hour vitality to the area and increasing the number of residents who want to work near where they live. There is historically low vacancy in existing office space and the area is rich in transit, accessible from points throughout the city and Long Island.

Downtown Brooklyn is the largest office district outside of Manhattan, with 23 million out of the borough’s 49 million square feet of office space and transit service from a dozen lines. From 2005 to 2015, Downtown Brooklyn had only 200,000 square feet of new office space come online, according to real estate research firm Co-Star. But just three years beyond 2015, 2 million new square feet will be added or reactivated, including 420 Albee, the first new ground-up commercial development since 2004. When combined with housing and amenities, Downtown Brooklyn’s development is creating a new destination for a wide variety of businesses—particularly media and technology companies.

The City will continue to support this development. For example, at 141 Willoughby, a rezoning application was approved to increase permitted density in this portion of Downtown Brook- lyn, with a greater allowance for commercial use than residential. The zoning will support the construction of a new building with a substantial commercial component, contributing to the growth of office space in the district.

Long Island City Long Island City is well positioned for dynamic change. The area’s transit options connect well to Cornell Tech, midtown Manhattan, Hudson Yards, and the rest of the Queens-Brooklyn tech corridor.

At the center of this growth in Long Island City is the Gotham Center, with two new commercial office towers rising that will bring online 1.1 million square feet of office space. Selected from a City-issued RFP process and scheduled for completion in 2019, the project will bring over 3,000 jobs to the area and much needed retail amenities in the shared base between the towers. Anchor tenants, including WeWork and Bloomingda- le’s, will bring a new center of gravity to the area. 90 91

Strengthen Core Job Initiative 25: Markets and Global Pursue and support zoning changes in Competitiveness core job markets like East Midtown

To maintain New York’s status as a The Greater East Midtown business One Vanderbilt, now under construc- global capital for industry, finance, district is one of the largest job centers tion, will create over 2,000 good-paying and talent, the City has developed in the region and provides many of the jobs in more than 1 million square feet strategies to promote production of world’s highest-profile business addresses. of new office development at the corner new state-of-the-art office space It contains more than 60 million square of 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue and strengthen its traditional central feet of office space, more than a quarter in Manhattan. The City facilitated the business districts. million jobs, and numerous Fortune 500 transfer of air rights from Bowery Savings companies. However, the area faces a num- Bank and additional floor area bonuses in ber of long-term challenges: aging building exchange for the developer undertaking stock, limited recent office development public realm and transportation improve- (and few available office development ments valued at $225 million. The devel- sites), an existing zoning framework that opment will also provide modern trading hinders new office development, and pub- floors, retail, restaurants, and public lic spaces and transit infrastructure that spaces, making it an example of mixed- are stretched to capacity. use and transit-oriented development.

Rendering by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

Connecting New Yorkers 95 to Good Jobs

Amid robust growth As a companion to the initiatives and »» Increase the diversity of local talent polices that will help create 100,000 tapped for these jobs through targeted and historically low new jobs, the City will use the following outreach and training strategies to help move New Yorkers onto unemployment rates, »» Launch new employer-training career paths to the middle class: the City is determined to partnerships through apprentice- »» Ensure employers remain at the ships that allow New Yorkers to get the ensure that New Yorkers forefront of City eff orts to prepare and hands-on experience they need from all backgrounds can support New Yorkers for these jobs benefi t from the City’s through industry partnerships Across these strategies and our newer programs, the City will continue to target good job opportunities. »» Make employer-informed training available at scale through public insti- some outreach and recruitment to com- tutions of higher education munities where it’s also making concerted Right now, 2.2 million New Yorkers lack the talent investments, most notably with education or training necessary to start on »» Deliver “bridge” training combined immigrant groups and NYCHA residents. a pathway to a career that pays $50,000 or with adult basic education so New more per year. In 2014, the City of New York Yorkers can get their high school unveiled Career Pathways: One City Working equivalency and prepare for a job at the Together, a transformative plan to expand same time access to career-track jobs in fast-growing industries, improve job quality, and foster a better integrated workforce system. Since then, the City has connected more than 2.2 million New Yorkers lack the education 75,000 New Yorkers to jobs annually, and has added and shifted resources toward or training necessary to start on a pathway to training and educational programming that address today’s business needs. a career that pays $50,000 or more annually.

HireNYC connects New City has placed 3,000 New Yorkers in jobs Douglas Jackson, a local Jamaica Queens Yorkers to employment across goods and services, procurement, resident , started with Workforce1 opportunities in their human services contracts, and develop- looking for an entry level opportunity in ment contracts. construction. Douglas joined the NYC local area CoolRoofs program last year to gain The Jamaica Workforce1 Industrial & construction knowledge. After NYC Through HireNYC, Mayor Bill de Blasio is Transportation Career Center (ITC) part- CoolRoofs ended, Douglas was hired at “2 delivering on his commitment to leverage nered with Artimus Construction for their Men and a Truck” for a moving position. the City’s purchasing power and invest- recruitment needs for a HireNYC project. He worked there for a few months ments in construction and real estate to Artimus is a 30-year old construction com- until they let him go for lack of work. create jobs and training opportunities pany that has been responsible for the con- Douglas then returned to Workforce1 to for New Yorkers. HireNYC provides free, struction/renewal of several mid-rise and join Artimus Construction’s entry level high-quality recruitment services to ven- high-rise projects that include residential, construction internship in February. He dors and businesses fi lling open positions commercial, retail, and mixed-use proper- worked there for 4 months, learning the through City procurement contracts and ties. Workforce1 helped Artimus hire over a in’s and out’s of construction. Douglas development projects, thereby helping dozen workers through HireNYC for their was off ered a full time position with New Yorkers better access these jobs. Since project in Jamaica, Queens. One of these Artimus as a general laborer and started the program launched in early 2016, the individuals was Douglas Jackson. as a permanent employee in June 2017. 96 Tech Industrial 97 ApprenticeNYC The focus of apprenticeships within the The focus of AppenticeNYC within the technology sector will be front end, back industrial sector will be to build upon the One new employer-training partnership end, and mobile app developers, occupa- current tradition of apprenticeships and is ApprenticeNYC. ApprenticeNYC recasts tions that have shown both tremendous on-the-job learning, help employers fill a traditional workforce development growth and also successful adaptation to open positions, and increase the number approach to address the 21st century skills the apprenticeship model. and diversity of New Yorkers who choose that New York City employers want and these career paths. need. These employer partnerships will In tech, this initiative will build on new support on-the-job training while guaran- associate models pioneered by companies New York City industrial businesses have teeing job placement. This new approach like Spotify, LinkedIn, and Viacom to difficulty finding enough skilled- ma will open up new opportunities for those scale industry-driven on-ramps to addi- chinists, welders, and diesel technicians. without higher education degrees. tional businesses. In doing so, Apprenti- Part of the challenge is the long hours ceNYC will not only equip New Yorkers of training required to succeed in these In its initial stage, the program will be with the experience needed to help com- highly technical jobs. In order to support implemented in the tech, industrial, and panies thrive, but deliver new models that New Yorkers and their families during healthcare industries and will target help employers surface and cultivate high the long training period required for the launching the first apprentice cohorts potential talent they might otherwise complex machinery that today’s industrial in 2018. have passed over. businesses use, the City will partner with employers to share the cost of trainee wages during the learning period. This will make these career paths accessible to those who need to earn family sustaining wages from the first day of apprenticeship.

Furthermore, the public perception of industrial jobs does not match the innovative practices and 21st century technology that industrial businesses in New York use. By launching ApprenticeNYC in partnership with industrial businesses, the City will not only help employers find much needed talent, but also give New Yorkers a clear and modern entrance into this sector. The program will create a new model that combines traditional workforce training and education with on-the-job training provided by employers who have already hired trainees.

Photo Credit: Mayoral Photography Office, NYC 98 Healthcare Early Support for 99 The focus of apprenticeships within ApprenticeNYC healthcare will be coordinated with Employers across sectors have identi- NYACH. Currently, NYACH partners fied apprenticeships, or learning while with 1199SEIU Training and Employ- working, as a good solution for hard-to-fill ment Funds, Bronx Lebanon Hospital open positions. These employers are will- Center, and LaGuardia Community ing to invest in and train workers, but look College (CUNY) to develop a nationally to partner with the City to pay workers a recognized Community Health Worker living wage while they learn on the job. Apprenticeship program. Community health workers provide outreach services, Examples of the wide range of employers community education, patient advocacy, who have already committed to develop- and informal counseling within commu- ing models with the City include: nities. They are some of the most important actors in healthcare delivery today, »» Community health clinics looking for especially as demand for ambulatory and bilingual medical assistants preventative care increases. »» Tool manufacturers looking for computer controlled (CNC) machine The program combines classroom operators instruction with on-the-job learning. Throughout the program, apprentices »» Community-based organizations will work at Bronx Lebanon Hospital to looking for care managers with skills acquire the hands-on skills necessary for in serving those facing mental health this position. They will also receive re- challenges lated classroom training from LaGuardia »» Tech businesses looking for developers Community College. This program is one »» Hospital systems looking for medical of the first to provide a standard certifi- coders and billers cation and training for the Community Health Worker position through a com- petency-based learning approach. Upon successful completion of the six-month program, participants will receive a national credential from the U.S Depart- ment of Labor Office of Apprenticeships The City is working with New York and will become full-time, permanent community health worker employees at employers on setting up apprentice- Bronx Lebanon Hospital. ships to recruit new talent Over the next ten years, NYACH will work with employer, education, labor A few years after opening their first office in NYC,Spotify’s technology management, and community-based team noticed that there was a growing pool of local talent that had high partners to launch additional new appren- potential to become great developers. But many of these candidates were recent ticeships. grads of tech bootcamps or early-stage developers without much professional engineering experience. As a result of their non-traditional backgrounds, these candidates often passed under the radar of Spotify’s other hiring pipelines.

Recognizing this challenge, the team launched The Spotify New York City Technology Fellowship—a development program aimed at hiring engineers just entering the professional tech environment from a diverse set of backgrounds. Participants in the fellowship program operate as a team within Spotify for 16 weeks while receiving mentoring and personal and professional development from a broad set of employees to help them reach their full potential and learn what it’s like to work at Spotify.

The City will partner with Spotify, and other tech leaders like it, to expand and enhance similar programs that help employers fill open positions and offer a diversity of New Yorkers entry paths into tech careers. Additional Economic 101 Impacts Construction In addition to creating 240,000 construction 100,000 permanent jobs over the next ten years, jobs generated from City the City is also creating investment hundreds of thousands of additional jobs through: Indirect Over 15,000 indirect and Inducedand 17,000 induced jobs Impacts generated from the City’s investment in 100,000 jobs

375,000 jobs supported through tourism and Tourism visitor spending, driven by investments in culture, entertainment, and attractions across the fi ve boroughs 102 Green Jobs Corps Construction Industry Build It Back 103 Create and Connect The Mayor’s NYC Green Jobs Corps will Partnership Connecting New Yorkers to City economic train 3,000 New Yorkers over the next development investments, the Sandy Build The construction industry partnership three years in critical construction and It Back program placed over 800 local New Yorkers to focuses on four training programs under maintenance skills that support the City’s residents on residential rebuilding efforts. BuildNYC2030: Construction Jobs climate action agenda. The Green Jobs Using an innovative workforce development Corps will expand access to good careers »» Welding (six-month training program model, the City provided free pre-appren- New York City is in the midst of a in the building construction and mainte- in partnership with CUNY’s CityTech) ticeship training vouchers for local resi- building boom. According to the New nance trades and develop the workforce »» Electricians (cable installing program dents, placing 113 residents in full appren- York Building Congress, employment in needed to meet the mayor’s commitment with preparation to take exam to ticeship programs. These individuals are on the NYC construction industry reached to reduce citywide greenhouse gas emis- receive installer credential, approxi- a path to high-wage careers in the trades as its highest level in more than 40 years, sions 80 percent by 2050. mately 28 trainees per year) a result of City spending and programs. at 151,000 individuals in March 2017. »» Carpentry (training in building mate- This easily surpasses the number of jobs On Earth Day 2017, the City and the ConstructNYC Building Construction Trades Council rials, cabinet fabrication, and advanced created during the height of the previous ConstructNYC is designed to connect (BCTC) signed a memorandum of under- wall systems to at least 36 trainees in building boom in 2007-2008. small- to mid-sized M/WBE, veter- standing (MOU) to launch the program 2016. Carpenters make up the largest an-owned, and otherwise disadvantaged and begin identifying the first 200 can- building trades occupation in the in- Construction spending is up, with nearly business enterprises with exclusive op- didates for pre-apprenticeship training dustry and those with all-around skills $42 billion spent in 2016. Although much portunities to work on NYCEDC projects courses that will begin this summer, are in high demand) of that growth has been fueled by the through contracts of up to $1 million. leading to apprentice opportunities at strong residential market, there is also »» Green building operators and cool Firms are prequalified to work on EDC BCTC-affiliated construction unions. growth in commercial office, healthcare, roof-building to promote green/sus- projects in areas like HVAC, site improve- education, and government spending. tainable construction ments, general construction, and demoli- One of the most important green job skills After adjusting for inflation, spending in tion. These firms gain top-notch training needed to meet this goal are associated 2016 topped the level reached during the HireNYC and on-the-job technical assistance 2007 building boom. with energy efficiency retrofits to the city’s In the construction industry, HireNYC alongside valuable experience working on nearly 1 million buildings. These buildings, connects low-income workers to con- transformative NYC projects. The construction industry is a source of including municipal buildings, contribute struction job opportunities generated by jobs that are good pathways to the middle approximately two-thirds of the city’s NYCEDC and HPD projects. Qualifying class. The average annual wage is $43,576 greenhouse gas emissions. As part of the NYC Construction developers, general contractors, and and with benefits, 46 percent of con- effort, the City is leading by example and sub-contractors are required to enroll Mentorship struction jobs pay good wages of $50,000 has allocated up to $2.6 billion in work on with the HireNYC program and interview This eight-month program offered by SBS per year or more. Further, the industry municipal buildings retrofits. qualified candidates who meet the require- aims to help M/WBE certified construc- is young and diverse. Hispanic workers ments of the entry- and mid-level positions tion firms build capacity and connect to make up 40 percent of the workforce and This construction work, both public and associated with contract. Solicitations for City contract opportunities. Program ben- nearly 61 percent of workers speak a lan- private, is expected to create approxi- NYCEDC projects above $1 million and efits include a business needs assessment guage other than English as their primary mately 30,000 construction jobs over the HPD projects above $2 million require and customized three-year growth plan to language. Workers age 20-39 increased to next ten years. HireNYC obligations. help businesses succeed, one-on-one men- 44 percent of the workforce in 2015. toring from experienced firms, and bidding assistance on City contract opportunities. The industry is accessible to New Yorkers with a variety of educational backgrounds. Approximately 65 percent of the building industry workforce never attend- ed college, and 46 percent of all workers ended their education after earning a high One resident connected to a quality job is Jamel Dickerson in school diploma. Build It Back is Far Rockaway. When hurricane Sandy hit, Jamel and his family saw water rush into their Beach 25th Street home, flooding the The city’s spending on public works and creating jobs basement and causing damage. A year later, Jamel was working infrastructure will create 240,000 jobs Employment in the NYC at a call center when he heard about the City’s Sandy resident over the next ten years. training opportunity at his son’s PTA meeting. Jamel went to the construction industry reached its while rebuilding Rockaway Workforce1 Center and signed up for a pre-apprenticeship program. Today, Jamel is a carpenter apprentice in the highest level in more than 40 years, the city union. After working on high rise buildings in Manhattan, Jamel has come home to work for Build It Back, rebuilding homes in his at 145,500 individuals in March 2017. own neighborhood. 104 105 Extend the Impact of 100,000 Jobs through the Creation of 15,000 Indirect and 17,000 Induced Jobs

The 100,000 jobs the City is investing to create over the next ten years will also produce further economic impact through indirect and induced jobs.

Indirect jobs are those that occur from business-to-business spending. For example, if a business located in an office tower constructed as part of a City project buys office supplies from a wholesaler in the Bronx, the jobs supported by the transac- tion at the wholesaler are indirect jobs.

Induced jobs are those supported by the earnings of both direct and indirect workers as they spend their wages throughout the regional economy. Continuing the example above, suppose that both the tower office worker (i.e., the direct job) and the wholesale employee (i.e., the indirect job) take home wages and then go out to dinner in New York City. The restaurant jobs supported by their spending are induced jobs. Over 60 million people visited NYC in dustry events like Fashion Week and Book 2016, the seventh straight year the city has Expo, and festivals like the Governor’s Direct visitor spending Continue to Invest broken its own record for tourism. Direct Ball, the Affordable Art Fair, and various in Tourism Growth visitor spending totaled $43 billion in 2016 open studios events also draw visitors and total economic impact, including from all over. totaled $43 billion in Across the Five support services, reached $63.2 billion. The industry supports over 375,000 jobs Hotel demand has grown and generates Boroughs to (4 percent growth over the prior year), nearly 35 million hotel room nights sold, 2016 and total economic Support the Over making tourism the city’s sixth largest an all-time record for the city. These employer. These jobs on average pay revenues are estimated to contribute over 375,000 Jobs $63,000 per year. $1 billion to the city this year.

impact, including Supported by Visitor Much of the increase is driven by in- The City continues to invest in this Spending creased City investment and support important sector. This year, the City for culture, particularly across the five launched a new marketing campaign support services, boroughs. In 2015, nearly 30 million called “New York City—Welcoming the tourists visited New York City cultural World” to encourage increased interna- institutions and spent $5 billion on arts, tional tourism. The City also runs the reached $63.2 billion. recreation, and entertainment. The city’s Nonstop NYC program that includes NYC museums and other cultural institutions Restaurant Week, NYC Broadway Week, saw an increase in tourist visits from 19 Off-Broadway Week, and an NYC Attrac- to 25 million from 2004 to 2014. Major in- tions Week. Implementing the Plan 107

Overview

The New York Works plan identifi es a path to achieve three objectives: »» Invest in the creation of middle- class jobs »» Ensure those jobs are accessible to New Yorkers »» Prepare for the jobs of the future

In order to meet these objectives, the City will work closely with the private sector. The City is committing additional resources for business support and industry engagement, and has identifi ed a number of near-term milestones for future investments.

Funding already Financing the Plan committed by City toward The City has already committed over $1.1 billion to date for programs that will programs that will create create jobs. Over $250 million will be committed in the November and January good-paying jobs budgets. Additional investments toward creating 100,000 jobs will come over the next ten years.

Additional funding that the City will approve in the November and January budget plans 108 Tech 109 Create a Partnership Near-term »» Release the first cybersecurity RFP Industrial and Manufacturing Team as a Resource Milestones »» Convene cybersecurity industry leaders to advise on sector needs »» Select an operator for the South for Businesses to Brooklyn Marine Terminal The City is committed to the following »» Top out construction for the Dock 72 Connect with the City next steps within the year to begin imple- project at the Brooklyn Navy Yard »» Complete FreightNYC study menting the five strategies articulated in this plan. The City will provide an annual »» Start construction on the B. New York »» Open 1 million square feet of space at A partnership team will be run out of the incubator at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Economic Development Corporation and update on progress against these and will serve as a front door to businesses future milestones: »» Open the FutureWorks TechShop at looking to stay, expand, or relocate to Life Sciences and the Brooklyn Army Terminal New York City’s neighborhoods, incu- Healthcare »» Lease and open an additional 500,000 bator networks, and major employment square feet of industrial space at the »» Release LifeSci Hub RFEI districts. NYCEDC will: Brooklyn Army Terminal »» Launch the LifeSci NYC incubator »» Heighten outreach efforts in industries the City has prioritized to identify »» Launch the LifeSci NYC internship Creative and Cultural and support businesses coming into program the city Sectors »» Host a Digital Health Marketplace »» Open the first phase of the Steiner »» Align local, state, and regional pro- matchmaking event Studios expansion at the Brooklyn grams that promote NYC as a place to Navy Yard do business to help facilitate business growth and expansion »» Open the VR/AR Lab »» Develop strategic financing, real »» Launch the fashion support package estate, and programmatic partnerships for garment manufacturers with the private sector that advance »» Launch the Made in NY Animation growth and innovation of target Project industries »» Bolster existing international attraction efforts to measurably boost foreign direct investments in the city’s economy and businesses

Space for Jobs of the Future »» Release RFP to start HRA’s move to anchor new office development in East New York »» Select a developer for the City-owned site on Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City

Connecting New Yorkers to Good Jobs »» Launch first cohorts of ApprenticeNYC

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New York Works is the result of the Oﬃ ce of the Mayor The staff across the following work of many people who are deeply City agencies: committed to the creation of quality Alicia Glen Economic Development Corporation jobs for New Yorkers and the continued Deputy Mayor economic success of New York City. Housing and Economic Development Department of Small Business Services We believe this plan is ambitious, but Department of City Planning achievable, largely due to the continued hard work of those who contributed to its Mayor’s O ce of Media and Entertainment creation. Agency Leaders Mayor’s O ce of Workforce Development

We would especially like to thank the James Patchett Department of Information Technology following people for their support and President & CEO and Telecommunications contributions to this report: Economic Development Corporation Department of Cultural Aﬀ airs Gregg Bishop Commissioner NYC & Company Department of Small Business Services

Marisa Lago Director, Department of City Planning A special thanks to : & Chair, City Planning Commission Sandra Abeles, Lauren Andersen, David Ehrenberg Ana Ariño, Alia Avidan, Stephanie Baez, President & CEO Ana Berenguer, Rebecca Blatt, Nathan Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Bliss, Mary Clarke, Alex Costas, Kate Daly, Corporation Lakshmi Davey, Charles Euchner, Julie Menin Carolee Fink, Barry Finnerty, Commissioner Charles Gans, Shira Gans, Eric Goodnight, Mayor’s O ce of Media and Entertainment Kimberly Grauer, Jennifer Gravel, Lindsay Greene, Kelly Gu, Barbara Chang Anthony Hogrebe, Alia Jones-Harvey, Executive Director Edward Hogikyan, Eleni Janis, Eileen Jones, Mayor’s O ce of Workforce Development James Katz, Yume Kitasei, Cecilia Kushner, Anne Roest Matthew Kwatinetz, Jackie Mallon, Commissioner Kyle Marks, Thomas McKnight, Department of Information Technology Jeff rey Lee, Louis Lee, Emily Lessard, and Telecommunications Caitlin Lewis, Jessie Moore, Jeff rey Nelson, Clare Newman, Wiley Norvell, Miguel Gamino Andrew Perry, Alicia Powers, Chief Technology O cer Sophia Richter, Carl Rodrigues, Tom Finkelpearl Johan Salen, Eileen Salzig, Commissioner Mohit Shewaramani, Howard Slatkin, Department of Cultural Aff airs Lydon Sleeper, Mark Thomas, SreeKirthi Vadlamuri, Sonam Velani, Fred Dixon Nikki Yurkoski President & CEO NYC & Company In memory of Peter Wertheim.

This report was designed by: Bellweather Agency www.bellweather.agency Setting the Foundations for Growth http://www.cuny.edu/about/administration/offices/ Strengthen the City’s Logistics and Distribu- ira/ir/data-book/current/student/ug_student_pro- tion Systems through FreightNYC Notes Statistics on education spending and resulting in- file_f15.pdf creased graduation rates are found in a Chalkbeat Value of goods distributed annually ($720B), New article entitled “New York City’s education budget CUNY statistics come from internal CUNY data York’s status as the largest consumer market, the has jumped over 40 percent in 10 years. 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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey Data on crime rates are reported by the New York Plan.pdf Planning in New York City Population Projections http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/omb/downloads/pdf/ City Police Department. (2011-2015). Initial statistics on the life sciences industry come by Age/Sex & Borough, 2010-2040. typ4-17.pdf http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/stats/crime-statis- Congestion cost for NYC ($16.9 billion) and aver- from research previously conducted by NYCEDC. https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/ Percentage of business owners who are immi- tics/compstat.page age time spent in traffic comes from INRIX. https://www.nycedc.com/industry/life-sciences pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/projections_re- A report entitled “One New York: The Plan for a grants comes from the U.S. Census Bureau Amer- http://inrix.com/press-releases/los-ange- port_2010_2040.pdf Strong and Just New York” outlines the City’s plan TECH: INNOVATION ACROSS ican Community Survey (5-year sample 2011-2015). Data on the healthcare sector (number of jobs in les-tops-inrix-global-congestion-ranking/ to ensure an inclusive economy, a healthier environ- INDUSTRIES the sector more broadly, as well as job and wage Employment statistics on jobs added are based ment, more affordable housing, and more reliable Statistics on millennials and their education levels Median wage of $52,000 across rail freight, water growth in ambulatory health services) comes from on data and projections reported by Current and resilient infrastructure. are based on a report by the Office of Comptroller Introduction transport, and truck transport and percentage Bureau of Labor Statistics QCEW (2015). This re- Employment Statistics from the New York State http://www.nyc.gov/html/onenyc/downloads/pdf/ entitled “New York City’s Millennials in Recession of jobs available without a bachelor’s degree (79 All statistics about total employment, average fers to both healthcare and social assistance jobs. Department of Labor and the U.S. Bureau of Labor publications/OneNYC.pdf and Recovery” (April 2016). percent) comes from NYCEDC analysis using salary, and job accessibility in the tech ecosystem Statistics. underlying American Community Survey data. come from an HR&A report commissioned by New Vault New York City to the Forefront of Re- Progress toward the creation and preservation of Higher education institutions in New York City York City in 2014. This report defines the technol- search and Innovation in Life Sciences The percentage of foreign born workers in New affordable apartments and enrollment of children can be found through the New York State Office More information on the Marine Highway can York City is based on data from the U.S. Census ogy ecosystem as inclusive of both tech jobs in in free, universal pre-k are provided in various City of Higher Education website. A New York Times More detail on the Life Sciences initiative can be be found in the DOT America’s Marine Highway Bureau American Community Survey (2011-2015 technology industries as well as technology jobs in press releases. article entitled “America’s Greatest Working Class found at the LifeSci website and in a May 2017 Program overview. 5-year estimates). non-technology industries. http://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/about/press-releas- Colleges” discusses the upward mobility of col- press release. https://www.marad.dot.gov/wp-content/uploads/ http://www.hraadvisors.com/wp-content/up- es/2017/01/01-19-17.page leges in the United States. http://www.lifesci.nyc/ pdf/AMH_Fact_Sheet_V9.pdf The number of languages spoken in NYS is loads/2014/03/NYC_Tech_Ecosystem_032614_ http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/opinion/sun- https://www.nycedc.com/press-release/ reported by the Department of City Planning NYC WEB.pdf Median wage of $72,000 for water transportation news/192-16/with-just-two-weeks-left-apply-early- day/americas-great-working-class-colleges.html nycedc-names-mayor-s-life-sciences-adviso- Population Facts. comes from U.S. Census Bureau American Com- mayor-de-blasio-urges-parents-sign-up-pre-k- ry-council https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/data-maps/ Top entertainment venues by revenue was pub- Seed Investments in New Technologies that munity Survey. all#/0 nyc-population/population-facts.page Will Create Good-Paying Jobs and Improve the lished in Billboard, “The World’s Top 10-Grossing Drive Innovation in Healthcare to Improve Competitiveness of NYC Industries Number of truck trips eliminated in the next five 5 Strategies to Create Good Jobs for Concert Venues and the Execs Who Run Them” Delivery and Health Outcomes The number of visitors to New York City in 2016 is years (275,000) comes from NYCEDC analysis New Yorkers (September 21, 2015). reported by NYC & Company. Cybersecurity market size and projection come http://www.billboard.com/articles/busi- The number of New Yorkers that do not have a using USDOT TIGER Methodology. from a March 2016 Forbes article that cites Gartner Statistics on goods traveling in and out of New York ness/6700792/worlds-10-top-grossing-concert- regular healthcare provider is reported by the De- The Challenges of Our Time research for 2015 global cyber spending and a CREATIVE AND CULTURAL SECTORS: with methods and checkpoints are documented in venues-list partment of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Division of Market and Markets Report for expected 2020 COMMUNITY ASSET, GLOBAL BRAND the Metropolitan Rail Freight Council Action Plan. Epidemiology, derived from their 2014 Community Employment rate by education level is based on the global cyber spending. https://www.nycedc.com/sites/default/files/file- Opportunity at a Time of Change Health Survey of adults age 18+. The percentage of U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Survey. https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevemor- Introduction manager/Programs/MRFC-Action-Plan.pdf zip codes that are considered medically under- Statistics on workers below the poverty line are gan/2016/03/09/worldwide-cyberse- Country income gains by household are based on served is based on NYCEDC’s 2014 NYC Health Job count for the creative and culture sector is cal- The percentage of trucks entering the city from the based on data reported by the Mayor’s Office of curity-spending-increasing-to-170-bil- a study by the University of California Berkeley: Sector Study conducted by Oliver Wyman. culated from the sum of jobs in contributing sectors west is an estimate from industry experts. Economic Opportunity. lion-by-2020/#8a23cd868323 “Striking it Richer: The Evolution of Top Incomes in including fashion, film/television, media and design, the United States.” Growth of the home health aide (or medical assis- and music (see individual sources below). Congestion rankings by city are based on an INREX The number of workers making less than $15 per The number of current cybersecurity jobs in NYC http://eml.berkeley.edu//~saez/saez-UStopin- tant) profession are based on projections by the press release. hour (over 1.0 million) is based on data from the was estimated by NYCEDC based on informa- comes-2012.pdf. New York State DOL. Job count (183,000), average annual wage http://inrix.com/press-releases/los-ange- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey tion from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CB ($57,000), and tax generation ($2 billion in taxes) les-tops-inrix-global-congestion-ranking/ (2015 1-year sample). Insights, and survey data. Job growth projections The number and percentage of New Yorkers INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING: in the fashion industry are based on data from the were extrapolated from demand estimates from earning middle income wages are based on data POWERING NEW YORK QCEW and a report released by the New York City INTRODUCTION The number of millennial job changes before the jobs postings as collated by Burning Glass Labor from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Economic Development Corporation. age of 32 is stated in a CNN Money article entitled Insights. Introduction Survey (2005-2015 1-year estimates). Introduction “The New Normal: 4 job changes by the time you’re https://www.nycedc.com/in-the-spotlight/fashion 32.” Starting salaries for cybersecurity are based on Total jobs in the industrial ecosystem (530,000) Technological disruptions to the labor market and Loss of residents from 1970 to 1980 is calculated Estimates of $900 million in economic activity http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/12/news/econo- proxies by starting salaries for information security is based on data reported by the Bureau of Labor the impacts of automation are discussed in a report from reports on NYC Total and Foreign Born Popu- from Fashion Week were released in a number of my/millennials-change-jobs-frequently/index.html analysts in the NY-NJ Metro Area per PayScale Hu- Statistics QCEW. by McKinsey & Company (January 2017). news reports including one by Crain’s New York lation from 1970-2000. man Capital for IT analysts in NY-NJ metro area. http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/digi- https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/ Estimates of self-employed and freelance workers Median wage comes from the U.S. Census Amer- Business. tal-disruption/harnessing-automation-for-a-fu- pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/historical-popula- are based on the U.S. Census Bureau American The number of job openings for tech in the last year ican Community Survey (5-yaer sample 2011-2015). http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160914/ ture-that-works tion/1790-2000_nyc_total_foreign_birth.pdf Community Survey (2014). was collated by Burning Glass Labor Insights (this OPINION/160919960/its-fashion-week-but-new- includes technology occupations in non-technolo- The percentage of jobs not requiring a college de- data-show-why-nyc-celebrates-fashion-all-year A Global Capital Statistics on unemployment rate for New Yorkers gy sectors). gree (60 percent) and the portion of New Yorkers without a college degree are based on the U.S. (nearly half) working in industrial and manufactur- New York City’s Gross City Product (GCP) is pub- Census Bureau Current Population Survey. Demographics on students (percentage foreign ing jobs that were born outside the U.S. is based lished by the New York City Office of Management born and percent first-generation college) come on the U.S. Census Bureau American Community and Budget. from CUNY’s Fall 2015 Undergraduate Demo- Survey (5-year sample 2011-2015). graphic Profile. Number of jobs (130,000), average annual salary SPACE FOR JOBS OF THE FUTURE: Create and Connect New Yorkers ($53,000), and number of film/television series ENABLING GROWTH to Construction Jobs produced in the film and television industry are detailed in a February 6, 2017 hearing on the Eco- Introduction Data on employment in the NYC construction nomic Impact of the Film and Television Industry industry is based on NYS DOL data (seasonally The number of commercial real estate square feet on NYC. adjusted) and discussed further in reports by the in New York City is stated in a February 2017 Office https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/mome/pdf/2.6.17_ New York Building Congress. of New York State Comptroller report on New York Hearing_Testimony_CJM.pdf City’s Office Market. Construction spending (over $42 billion in 2016) https://www.osc.state.ny.us/osdc/rpt10-2017.pdf Number of jobs (125,000 in media and 44,000 in is stated in a New York Building Congress Report design) and median wages ($61,512 in media and Growth in demand for office space in New York City in May 2017. Spending by sector can be found in $87,213 in design) are based on data from the U.S. (60 million square feet in the next ten years) came a number of additional reports by the New York Census Bureau American Community Survey from an internal analysis conducted by NYCEDC. Building Congress. and the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational https://www.buildingcongress.com/outlook/ Employment Statistics (May 2014). Statistics on number of jobs relying on commercial https://www.buildingcongress.com/out- office space or office-using components came look/041316.html Number of jobs (over 31,000), average annual wage from an internal analysis conducted by NYCEDC https://www.buildingcongress.com/research/ ($90,000), and economic impact ($13.7 billion) in that uses employment information by the Bureau healthy-city/01.html the music industry are based on a report by the of Labor QCEW and occupational data from NYS Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment entitled Average annual wage ($43,576) and income DOL Occupational Employment Statistics (2015). “Economic Impact, Trends, and Opportunities distributions for construction workers are based on U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey Music in New York City.” Support Jobs Closers to Where (2011-2015 5-year estimates). https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/mome/pdf/MOME_ New Yorkers Live Music_Report_2017_DIGITAL.pdf Population growth by borough is published in the Demographics of construction workers (nation- Maintain Leadership in “Made in NY” NYC Department of City Planning (July 2016). ality, primary language, age, and education level) Fashion and Entertainment http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/data-maps/ are based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau nyc-population/current-future-populations.page American Community Survey (2011-2015 5-year Estimations for the growth of podcast networks estimates). and demand for new jobs are based on conver- The concentration of commercial office space in sations between the Mayor’s Office of Media and Manhattan is based on data reported by the New Tourism statistics (direct visitor spending, number Entertainment and the largest podcast employers York City’s Department of Finance and PLUTO of jobs supported, visits to cultural organizations, in New York City. Database. and total economic impact of tourism) are released by the NYC & Company. Public figures are available Increase of VR/AR job demand and investments Commercial office space square footage by bor- through 2015. are published in a NYCEDC press release entitled ough is based on data from CoStar. http://www.nycandcompany.org/research/ “NYCEDC and MOME Release VR/AR Lab RFP.” nyc-statistics-page https://www.nycedc.com/press-release/nycedc- CONNECTING NEW YORKERS and-mome-release-vrar-lab-rfp TO GOOD JOBS Continue to Invest in Tourism Growth across the Five Boroughs to Support the Over New York City is cited as having more designers The number of New Yorkers lacking the education 375,000 Jobs Supported by Visitor Spending than any other metropolitan area in the U.S. in the to start on a pathway to career is based on the Center for Urban Future Report “New York’s Design U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey Hotel demand, rooms sold, and revenues contrib- Economy” (May 2014). stating that 2.2M people do not have a high school uted to the city are discussed in a NYC & Company https://nycfuture.org/data/new-yorks-de- diploma and/or have low English proficiency. report. sign-economy http://www.nycandcompany.org/communications/ The number of connections to jobs (more than nyc-company-announces-total-nyc-visitors-sur- Preserve the Cultural and Entertainment 75,000) supported since the Career Pathway plan passes-60-million-for-first-tim Assets that Make NYC a Great Place to Live, was put in place is calculated using data from the Work, and Visit Mayor’s Management Report (2016) and an internal Office of Workforce Development tracker. New York City is stated as the nation’s largest http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/operations/down- public funder of arts and culture in the nation (after loads/pdf/mmr2016/2016_mmr.pdf the federal government) by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC IMPACTS http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcla/html/funding/funding.shtml Introduction

The percentage of small music venues that have The number of jobs supported in full or in part by closed in the last fifteen years was released in the tourism is calculated using direct, indirect, and Mayor’s Office for Music and Entertainment report induced visitor spending in an analysis by NYC & entitled “Economic Impact, Trends, and Opportuni- Company and Tourism Economics (October 2016). ties Music in New York City.” https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/mome/pdf/MOME_ Music_Report_2017_DIGITAL.pdf New York Works: Creating Good Jobs Printed on 100% post-consumer recyled paper recyled on 100% post-consumer Printed nyc.gov/NewYorkWorks #NewYorkWorks