The Center for an Urban Future has caught the attention of city leaders with pragmatic policy ideas.

Over the past decade, Richmond, Va., has managed to cut its poverty rate by 45 percent. Many things broke right for the city, but a pair of mayors stuck with a longterm plan to make it happen.

CUF report finds downtick in chains stores across the five boroughs over the past year.

NEW YORK — To keep working, Amy Lee Funes desperately needed help paying for child care. Funes loved her job at a New York City-based child and family nonprofit, but she earned only $35,000 a year. In a city where child care can easily consume more than half of that, Funes was optimistic that she would qualify for a government-funded subsidy to help her afford the cost. She had no other real options: After moving into a Harlem homeless shelter to escape an abusive relationship, Funes was too far from her mother to rely on regular help with her baby boy.

One quarter of undergraduate students at CUNY are over age 25, and too many of them never graduate. New York City and state must expand supports so more

one thing is clear: Aging infrastructure is costing customers.

The Salt Lake City Public Library's in-house social workers and suite of other services help the unhoused find their way.

Center for an Urban Future calls for New York to launch SUNY Reconnect for working age adults who have earned some college credits but have no degree.

Center for an Urban Future calls for New York to launch SUNY Reconnect for working age adults who have earned some college credits but have no degree.

A report suggests a competition where the prize is a multimillion-dollar city contract.