Research

The Future of Downtown

The Newman Institute’s Downtown Future Group Study casts forward to the year 2020 using the most sophisticated modeling systems to isolate the determining factors that would enable this critical section of Manhattan to flourish.

Affordable Housing in New York City

Published in 2005 for the Office of the Public Advocate of the City of New York and the City Council.

The CUNY Urban Consortium

The CUNY Urban Consortium was sponsored by the Newman Real Estate Institute. It brought together the resources of the City University of New York’s various schools and departments that focused on urban issues. For the first time, members of these departments in a wide range of disciplines met at regular intervals to discuss planning and design issues that affect the future of the city and of the metropolitan region, and then created symposia and seminars to explore these issues in public forums.

New York City Brownfields

Published in 2005 for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Environmental Coordination.

CUNY Building Performance Laboratory

The City University of New York Building Performance Laboratory is an initiative aimed at leveraging CUNY expertise in buildings and property management to improve energy efficiency and other aspects of building sustainability throughout the region.

The Fulcrum: The Crossroads at the Heart of Queens

Published in 2005 for the Queens Chamber of Commerce in response to the New York City Economic Development Corporation.

Planning Study for the Allen AME Housing Development Corporation

The development or the redevelopment of urban communities is a focal point for new opportunities. For many years, the positive aspects of urban communities have been overlooked or ignored even though these communities had many attractive components such as infrastructure, population density, public transportation, economic capacity and an educated workforce. Southeast Queens has these attributes as well as catalytic components for progress such as committed community development organizations, churches and governmental entities that are active in marshalling resources to enhance the opportunities to maximize the neighborhood’s potential.