July 2021

The Century Foundation: Promoting a Rapid, Equitable Economic Recovery from COVID-19 for New York City

Contributors: Andrew Stettner; James Parrott; Jose Ortiz, Jr.; Daniel Edelman; Loris Toribio; Christine Auyeung; Brandon Martin

Issues Areas: Jobs

This Robin Hood-funded report from The Century Foundation explores how the COVID-19 pandemic unleashed an unprecedented jobs crisis in New York City, and recommends an all-systems strategy that accelerates hiring and invests public resources into getting more low-income New Yorkers and New Yorkers of color on the track to family-sustaining jobs with the dignity that all workers deserve and a pathway to upward professional mobility.