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New York’s New Business Boom
Adam Forman, Matthew Claro and Jonathan Bowles, Center for an Urban Future  |  March 13, 2013 12:24 PM | Comments
Nearly twice as many new businesses were started in the five boroughs in 2011 than in 1991, and the lion’s share were started outside of Manhattan.
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Heads of NYC Discuss: Where’s the City Headed?
John Farley  |  February 27, 2012 4:00 AM | Comments
On Feb. 23, government, business and nonprofit leaders gathered to discuss the city's infrastructure, quality of life and higher education challenges, and possible solutions.VIDEO
Brad, Burnham, a partner at Union Square Ventures, opposes the Stop Online Piracy Act for a multitude of reasons. On Jan. 18, Burnham will give Congress a piece of his mind. Flickr/Esthr
Op-Ed: SOPA Is a Threat to NYC’s Growing Tech Industry
Brad Burnham  |  January 13, 2012 4:00 AM | Updated: Jan. 18, 2011 7:30AM | 10 Comments
A co-founder of one of New York City's largest tech venture capital firms explains why he's testifying that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) will be bad for NYC tech.
A rendering of Cornell and Technion's plan for the new tech campus on Roosevelt Island. The project is a cornerstone of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's mayoral legacy. Image courtesy of Cornell University.
A MetroFocus Special: Tech Campus NYC
John Farley  |  December 22, 2011 12:22 PM | 3 Comments
Get the story behind the new applied science campus on Roosevelt Island, with interviews of the project's major players by Rafael Pi Roman and Jane Pauley.VIDEO
A rendering of Cornell's plans for a campus on Roosevelt Island. It isn't official yet, but sources with inside knowledge of the tech campus competition have indicated Mayor Michael Bloomberg will announce Cornell as the winner on Monday. Image courtesy of Cornell University.
Cornell Wins Tech Campus Competition
John Farley  |  December 19, 2011 11:02 AM | Updated: December 20, 2011 10:00AM | 3 Comments
The mayor announced that Cornell University was the winner of Applied Sciences NYC, a competition to build a massive new tech and engineering school in NYC. VIDEO
The Digital Communications panel on Oct. 28. Panelists discussed how crowdsourcing and open source data can improve government. Photo by Andrew Schwartz/City Hall News.
The Lowdown on the Back End of NYC Tech
John Farley  |  October 29, 2011 11:55 AM | Comments
On Oct. 28, a panel of leading technology innovators met to discuss how open source and crowdsourcing initiatives are improving government, particularly in New York City.VIDEO
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The Tech Campus Cometh: How the Applicants for NYC’s Applied Sciences School Stack Up
John Farley and Bridget Leahy  |  October 28, 2011 4:00 AM | Updated: October 31, 2011 3:45 PM | 3 Comments

On Oct. 31, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the city received seven proposals to build Applied Sciences, a new innovative tech campus. Here’s a comparison of the top contenders.

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