Proud to share this article about the Center for an Urban Future and the impact we’ve been having in NYC. @nycfuture.bsky.social @crainsnewyork.bsky.social @nickgarber.bsky.social www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-pol...

Urban population counts seem to be stabilizing in the latest 2019-2023 5-Year ACS: • Cook County, IL flat, down about 0.2% • NYC is up about 1.1% • SF is down about 4.4% over this period

Less than 10% of people in the U.S. moved in 2023, according to new data from the Census Bureau. That’s the smallest percentage since the bureau started keeping track in 1948. | Marketplace www.marketplace.org/2024/12/12/m...

For a variety reasons, you might feel starved for good news. Well, in just the last 6 months, federal agencies have reported - fentanyl deaths and overall drug overdose deaths declined - homicide rates declined - US longevity finally went up for the first time since the pandemic - obesity declined

This is wholly consistent with NYC’s experience of new housing production and demographic change - only in the neighborhoods that added the most housing did Black population increase between 2010-2020 storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/46a9...

In 2011, 47% of US male high school grads enrolled in college. Now, the share has dropped to 39%. Consequently, there's been a big drop in the number of men in college -- in 2022, there were 1 million fewer men age 18-24 enrolled than in 2011.

What happens when you make it more difficult to build new hotels, ban Airbnb, and use existing hotels to house migrants? “I don’t understand how normal people can go there,” one tourist said www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/n...

There are 1.5 million adults in NYS who have some college credits but no degree. Our new @nycfuture.bsky.social report urges state leaders to create a new program, SUNY Reconnect, to help these adults re-enroll at SUNY & get over the college finish line. nycfuture.org/research/its...

We take for granted some of our society's greatest successes.

Never married 21-36 year olds In 1965: 17% In 2017: 57% www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

In the three majority-Native districts in Alaska, the 'no' to repealing RCV won 64% to 36%, netting 2,960 votes. Statewide, the 'no' only won by 664 votes. This was not a coincidence, but result of plenty of organizing, & work by Native leaders: boltsmag.org/alaska-measu...

Newly elected Upper West Side assemblymember @micahlasher.bsky.social has launched a great new Substack and has kicked it off with an important and thought-provoking piece on the way forward for NYC Democrats:

NY among bottom 15 states for time students spend in school each year.

WOMEN'S GROWING COLLEGE ADVANTAGE Gap between young U.S. women and men getting bachelor's degree 1995: No difference (25% each) 2024: Women are now 10 points more likely to have a degree (47% vs. 37%) www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

1/ The Burning Glass Institute's latest report, on "Launchpad Jobs", is out! In tandem with American Student Assistance, my colleagues looked at non-degree jobs that offer good pay, job stability and upward mobility.

Exciting to see NYC's storefronts bounce back after so many were hit hard by the pandemic, e-commerce, and remote work. As @stefanoschen.bsky.social makes clear, restaurants are driving the recovery. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/n...