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NY1 highlights Congressional maps on primary night Jun 27, 2012 June 26, 2012: NY1, New York City's 24-hour news channel, featured our Center's new interactive Congressional district maps during the station's primary night coverage on the Inside City Hall show.

CUNY Chancellor Releases Jobs Task Force Report Jun 26, 2012 CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein formed a Jobs Task Force in the fall of 2011 to examine industry and labor force trends in several industry sectors that are of strategic importance to the University and New York City’s economy including. He asked the task force members to answer three key questions. What current jobs requiring a college degree are difficult to fill? What are the jobs and skills of the future that require a college degree? How can CUNY and other institutions of higher education better prepare students for the labor market today and in the future?

Welcome to 1940s New York Jun 04, 2012 June 2012. The Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center has launched an interactive version of a 1943 "Market Analysis" of New York City, providing a window onto the city of that era as a supplement to the 1940 Census data now available and as a guide for anyone seeking to understand the city's past.

NYC Citi Bike program mapped May 17, 2012 May 2012. NYC will launch its new Citi Bike share program this summer. The Center for Urban Research has analyzed how well the bike share sites connect with existing subways and buses.

Brian Lehrer show features CUR's segregation/diversity analysis Mar 19, 2012 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. Mar 08, 2012 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.

Proposed Congressional districts for NYS available in GIS format Mar 06, 2012 March 2012: Proposed Congressional districts have been presented to the US District Court. Multiple versions of the proposed lines were submitted by the Senate and Assembly majority parties and others. The Center for Urban Research has converted them to formats compatible with computer mapping software and online maps, available for downloading.

Redistricting implications for the NYS legislature Feb 13, 2012 February 13, 2012: The new boundaries for state Senate and Assembly districts proposed by New York's legislative redistricting task force would increase the number of seats held by the majority parties in both chambers, according to an analysis by the New York World and the Center for Urban Research.

Who (might) represent you in New York State? Feb 03, 2012 February 3, 2012. New York's redistricting task force has announced its proposed district lines. Has your State Senate or Assembly district "moved"? Find out with our interactive map, developed in collaboration with The New York World.

Proposed NYS Senate & Assembly districts available in GIS format Jan 26, 2012 The New York State redistricting commission has announced proposed new lines for State Senate and Assembly districts. The Center for Urban Research has converted them to a format compatible with computer mapping software and online maps, available for downloading.