Center for Urban Research

Urban Change: New York and beyond

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The Center for Urban Research organizes basic research on the critical issues that face New York and other large cities in the U.S. and abroad, collaborates with public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other partners to help them understand how to respond to the challenges they face, and informs the media, opinion-shapers, and the public about urban research at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). Our website provides access to dynamic maps, data sets, and research findings about New York City and other metropolitan centers.

Major projects and online resources include:

Analysis and resources for 2010 Census and related demographic data;
NYC Labor Market Information Service (LMIS) ;
the www.OASISnyc.net website ;
New York's immigrant second generation; and
CUR's Online Statistical Data Analysis website .

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Brian Lehrer show features CUR's segregation/diversity analysis
March 19, 2012: WNYC's Brian Lehrer show featured Richard Alba, acting director of the Center for Urban Research, to discuss CUR's response to the Manhattan Institute's report on "the end of segregation."

The "end of segregation"? A more nuanced view from NY.
March 2012: The Center for Urban Research responds to the Manhattan Institute's report on "The End of the Segregated Century," countering the report's bold claims about the decline of African-American segregation in America. We focus our analysis on the largest metro area in the country: New York. Through our review and comprehensive mapping of the region, we find a more nuanced story, in which the end of the era of segregation is not at hand.

Resources

The Center for Urban Research collects, analyzes, maps, and provides access to a wealth of data about the New York region and beyond. Visit our "Resource Center" to view this information online and/or download it for your own research.