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Cornell Tech partnership and tech ecosystem growth
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Andrew Kimball highlights the ongoing partnership with Cornell Tech and its role in transforming New York City into a major global tech ecosystem.
- Cornell Tech founded in 2012 as a center for technology research and education on Roosevelt Island
- Key strategy in making NYC the second largest global tech ecosystem
- Tech sector now employs over 360,000 New Yorkers, 7% of the city's workforce
- Ongoing collaboration on growth strategies and programs
- Nearly 200 startups brought to the city through programs with Cornell Tech graduates
- Example of EDC's strategy to find piloting opportunities for urban innovation on city-controlled assets
Andrew Kimball
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Cornell Tech, founded in 2012, is a groundbreaking center for technology research and education on Roosevelt Island.
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Its creation was a key strategy to transform New York City into the second largest global tech ecosystem, employing over 360,000 New Yorkers, seven percent of the city's workforce.
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Our partnership with Cornell Tech continues to grow.
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We are working with them on growth strategies right now and programs with graduates that have brought nearly 200 startups to the city.
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This partnership is an example of EDC's strategy of finding piloting opportunities to scale urban innovation on city controlled assets.
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The East Midtown Greenway is a major public realm project that brought us one step closer to the grand vision to close the loop of the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway and provide New Yorkers with continuous waterfront open space around Manhattan.