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Digital Games Industry 2021 Economic Impact Study

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Opportunities for Growth: Nature-Based Jobs in NYC

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Corporate Social Responsibility – Changing the Game for Businesses of All Sizes

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has transformed our economy, our workplaces, and our world. One of the most significant changes was the relationship between corporations and the world around them. With the rise of the pandemic and its disproportionate effects on low-income and traditionally marginalized communities, the pandemic crystallized social and economic issues like inequality and […]

Circular Economies: Accelerating Sustainable Consumption through Reuse

Sustainability is one of New York City’s central goals for the next 30 years. In the OneNYC 2050 plan, the city set carbon neutrality by 2050 as a goal, seeking 100% clean electricity, elimination of single-use plastics, a carbon neutral fleet of city vehicles by 2040, mandatory organics collection, and other projects to mitigate the impacts […]

Pandemic Innovation: Lessons Learned for Small Business Support

Opportunities to innovate are rare within most organizations. It takes time and focus and is often not a top priority amid the daily, weekly, and quarterly pressures of keeping the business running. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, it was a shock and a wake-up call. Previously, theoretical risks to operations, including staff workflow […]

Scootering into the Future: Micromobility and Public-Private Partnerships in New York City Transit

In August 2021, New York City joined the scooter revolution via a pilot program in the East Bronx spanning from the neighborhood of East Chester to Van Nest. This e-scooter pilot program, in partnership with Lime, Bird, and Veo, was implemented here to reach transit deserts that are not served by existing bike-share programs, providing […]

What Can We Do to Improve Community Policing Initiatives?

Fundamentally restructuring police systems nationwide to be more emblematic of community policing models is easier said than done. Nationwide integration of community policing practices has to overcome meandering political will, a lack of standardization and accountability, and a dearth of substantive measurement and evaluation strategies. In such a large decentralized system of policing, it makes […]

What Stands in the Way of Community Policing?

Lack of Standardization In our last piece, I discussed that despite the ubiquitousness of the term community policing, it is rather ambiguous and municipalities have failed to institutionalize the practice. Looking at the history of the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) community policing efforts, I layed out that one major barrier to institutionalization has been […]

What’s the Deal with Community Policing?

Community policing is a term that is used a lot in discussion of police department reform and accountability measures. I don’t just mean that it is common amongst activists and civil rights leaders, but within police departments themselves. The term community policing has appeared in mission statements of police departments across the country and around […]

The Dog Days of Summer: Why NYC is so hot and what we can do about it

It’s hot out there New York City and the surrounding area saw a record-breaking heat wave at the end of July. Newark, New Jersey saw five straight days of temperatures over 100-degrees, the longest such streak ever. Sweltering temperatures are a real threat–extreme heat is the most common weather-related cause of death in the United […]

Kids, Baseball, and Summer in the City: Why Investing in Our Young People Matters

Summer in New York City has always meant venturing out to enjoy the warmth, energy, and life of the City. For many young people, this has meant playing sports. Whether it be heading to the nearest basketball court for a pickup game, the local park with a soccer ball, a community pool to help cool […]

Our Democracy’s Future: Democratic Innovation in New York City

Democracies are stronger when citizens are engaged. This statement holds true at the national, state, county, and city level. New York City, as part of its OneNYC initiative, has committed to strengthening public participation and inclusion through democratic innovation that makes participation a key feature of government. Democratic innovation is the process of reforming democratic […]