MEMORANDUM

TO: New York State Congressional Delegation
FROM: Kathryn S. Wylde
RE: How to make the President's jobs plan work for New York
DATE: December 8, 2009

President Obama today introduced a plan to create jobs and spur economic growth in the United States by...

(Kathryn Wylde sent this letter to the New York Congressional Delegation on November 11, 2009).

Dear Members of the New York State Congressional Delegation,

The Partnership for New York City is an organization of business leaders who are committed to the continued success of the city and state economy. We...

Published online in the New York Transportation Journal of the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management at NYU.

Representatives of the New York metropolitan region have a special responsibility to advocate for increased federal funding for mass transit and for federal incentives aimed at reducing traffic congestion and improving...

The New York Post published this op-ed on October 15, 2009

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. yesterday announced its decision to move 1,600 jobs from Lower Manhattan to New Jersey. The news is disappointing but not surprising: DTCC is moving because New Jersey has a stronger economic-development program than...

The Impact of the Economic Crisis on NYC Business

Speech to the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce

August 6, 2009

Kathryn Wylde, President & CEO
Partnership for New York City

Today's economic and fiscal crises are best understood in historical context. Those who are old enough to remember the...

From a business perspective, nothing could be worse during this period of economic uncertainty than the chaos and instability that have characterized New York state government during the past two years.

As things stand, there is every chance that the State Senate will be paralyzed by partisan rivalries right up...

A Call for Curtains Up on "NextGen" Air Traffic Control Technology

The last time the United States modernized its air traffic control system, Dwight Eisenhower was President, Cassius Clay had not yet won a professional boxing match, and Barack Obama was still in diapers. And so word that Randy Babbitt,...

This week, Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Council Speaker Chris Quinn announced plans to introduce legislation that will require owners of 22,000 office and apartment buildings around the five boroughs to invest in building improvements that will reduce their energy consumption and carbon emissions. The announcement, which came on Earth Day,...

Last week, in a room atop a tall Wall Street building overlooking the Statue of Liberty, leaders from various sides of the heated immigration debate came together to have a discussion that was unique in at least one way -- it was constructive.

If Lou Dobbs were there, he...

Watch out for the Belgians.

If we let them get away with their sinister attempt to purchase Anheuser Busch and its iconic American brand -- Budweiser -- we may all soon be speaking Flemish and downing mussels by the barrel.

While nationalistic opposition to InBev's recent $46...