NYC’s critical issues surrounding affordable housing persist, with there even being talk of former Deputy Mayor for Housing, Alicia Glen, starting a real estate venture that may include a focus on this area. A housing innovation known as an Accessory… Read More ›
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Is Innovation Finally Coming to Our Transit System?
Having completed its inaugural Transit Tech Lab accelerator, the joint initiative between the MTA and the Partnership for New York City known as the Transit Innovation Partnership will proceed with the next round of its accelerator program. Additionally, the MTA… Read More ›
An Interview with Minerva Tantoco, NYC’s 1st CTO: “The Next Wave of Innovators will come from New York”
Minerva Tantoco (left), Rhonda Binda (right)
Smart City Networks: The New World Order for Innovation
Rhonda Binda, Esq. Thought Piece for Cities, Geopolitics and the International Order Workshop Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania September 5-6, 2019 Urbanization has inextricably changed the global world order, giving power to cities over states, provinces and national governments…. Read More ›
Toronto v. NYC: When Government reduces Ecosystem Effectiveness
Toronto was one of NYC’s competitors for Amazon’s HQ2, making it to the final round. Although NYC ultimately won the bid along with Crystal City, Virginia (and then subsequently lost it), it is nevertheless useful to have an idea of… Read More ›
Gentrification & Inequality: A Summary of the Solutions of Enrico Moretti
Gentrification and inequality were the issues at the forefront of the opposition to Amazon’s effort to locate secondary headquarters in Long Island City, Queens. Although Mayor de Blasio was a key player in the effort to bring Amazon to Queens,… Read More ›
Our Mission
Are you Ready to Start Up? On this site we delve into the Big Picture issues surrounding NYC’s Startup Ecosystem with podcasts, articles, discussions and more. What Are NYC’s Comparative Advantages? Although we might have gotten started later than Silicon… Read More ›
