Center for Urban Research
Toward a 21st Century City for All

Toward a 21st Century City for All

Progressive Policies for New York City in 2013 and Beyond

Posted July 2018

The Center for Urban Research collaborated with New York City Councilmember Brad Lander in 2012 and 2013 to compile a set of documents that analyzed an array of urban issues facing New York City against the backdrop of the 2013 mayoral election, and that proposed reforms and recommendations to form a progressive agenda to lead New York into the 21st century. These documents were published in a book, and are linked below in PDF format.

Chapter 1: Needed: A Progressive Agenda
Chapter 2: Shifting Shares: Demographic Change, Differential Mobility, and Electoral Trends in New York City, 2000 to 2011
- Close-up: A Vision for a Stronger Immigrant New York
Chapter 3: Beyond Balance: Forward-Looking Budget Priorities for New York City
- Close-up: Elements of a Labor Policy for the Next Mayor of New York
- Close-up: Using Performance Management to Attain a Better New York City for All
Chapter 4: Economic Development: Resolving the Parallel Universe Dilemma
- Close-up: Sustainable Growth with Equity in Practice: The Example of Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles
Chapter 5: A Mayoral Agenda for Justice and Safety in New York City
Chapter 6: Policy Directions for K-12 Public Education in New York City
Chapter 7: Creating Collective Capacity: New York City’s Social Infrastructure and Neighborhood-Centered Services
Chapter 8: Promoting Work-Family Balance
- Close-up: Creating a Department of Early Childhood Development
Chapter 9: The Aging City
Chapter 10: Housing Policy for a Strong and Equitable City
Chapter 11: Rediscovering City Planning and Community Development, Together
- Close-up: How Arts and Culture Can Advance A Neighborhood-Centered Progressive Agenda
Chapter 12: A Sustainable City for All