One City/One Future is the product of four years of collaboration by civic leaders, neighborhood advocates, community development organizations, labor unions, affordable housing groups, environmentalists, immigrant advocates, and other stakeholders to make economic development work for all New Yorkers.
Ours is an ambitious new vision for economic development, in which growth delivers living wage jobs, affordable housing, environmental sustainability, and livable neighborhoods. It provides an urgently needed framework for recovery from the current economic downturn. It is a vision for shared prosperity that puts the needs and voices of communities front and center. And it is a vision that is attainable, using concrete policies that can be implemented here and now.
Thank you for attending the One City/One Future Forum!
On May 14, hundreds of New York City's policy, labor, community, immigrant and environmental leaders came together for a day-long forum on economic development and recovery. Thank you to all who attended and engaged in productive and provocative discussions on how to build an economy in which all New Yorkers can thrive.
For Immediate Release: March 30, 2009
Sixty-five of the leading community, labor, housing and environmental groups released a report today detailing concrete, wide-ranging recommendations aimed at stimulating economic recovery and sustainable growth for New York City.
The One City/One Future Blueprint
One City/One Future: A Blueprint for Growth That Works for All New Yorkers provides 54 recommendations for policies following three fundamental strategies:
Raise the Standards
Government should set clear standards for economic activity in New York City, especially activity that benefits from public spending or actions. Meeting these standards -- whether they concern the quality of jobs created or the environmental sustainability of new buildings -- must be a prerequisite for anyone doing business with the city.
Invest for Shared Growth
The city and state currently spend billions keeping New York's economy humming. These investments in housing, transportation, and employment need to be designed and managed with the explicit objective of improving opportunity and strengthening neighborhoods.
Reform the Process
Planning and development must take place in an open and democratic environment, in which communities and the city work as partners, not adversaries, with the objective of building a prosperous city on the strength of livable neighborhoods.