May
07

Careers at NYCEDC

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We’re hiring for more than 30 positions at the moment. Learn more about the benefits of working at NYCEDC, search our jobs, and apply through our online system. We’re currently seeking:

  • Senior Vice President – Economic Research and Analysis
    Manage and lead the Economic Research and Analysis department, part of the Center for Economic Transformation (CET). Proactively work with other departments to understand and meet research, data and analysis needs relevant to real estate development, asset management, financial incentives, industry sector analysis, and other core NYCEDC businesses.
  • Vice President – Strategic Planning
    The Vice President is responsible for guiding projects related to economic growth in New York City. The VP is the number 2 position in the department, overseeing approximately half of the group’s projects and several team members. The role is similar to that of a senior manager/associate principle in a strategy consulting firm. Responsibilities include leading problem solving, assisting with structuring of project plans and documents; attending key meetings with executive clients within the NYCEDC and at City Hall.
  • Vice President, Budgeting – Asset Management
    This Director of Budget/Reporting, Lease Administration and Risk Management will be responsible for leading a team of approximately five staff members to provide the core financial support functions to the Division Head and the Portfolio Managers within Asset Management (AM). He/she will be a direct report to the AM Division Head.

Check our careers section frequently, as open positions are posted regularly.

Apr
04
The New York Observer profiles Seth Pinsky, President of NYCEDC: “When I was in middle school I used to design cities,” Mr. Pinsky told The Observer. We were sitting down for lunch at the Stone Street Tavern, an old-school City Hall favorite, with shamrocks on the menu and Louie Prima in high rotation. “I had a city that I designed on four big pieces of tag board, where I kind of mapped everything out,” he explained, removing his ’50s-style Browline glasses. The elaborate maps used color coding to show the business district, the residential districts, subway lines. “I made up the companies that were based there,” Mr. Pinsky added of his pre-SimCity urban dreamscapes. Read the full article: “Let’s Make a Deal! How Mike’s Mild-Mannered Closer Seth Pinsky Got the City Building Again”

The New York Observer profiles Seth Pinsky, President of NYCEDC:

“When I was in middle school I used to design cities,” Mr. Pinsky told The Observer. We were sitting down for lunch at the Stone Street Tavern, an old-school City Hall favorite, with shamrocks on the menu and Louie Prima in high rotation.

“I had a city that I designed on four big pieces of tag board, where I kind of mapped everything out,” he explained, removing his ’50s-style Browline glasses. The elaborate maps used color coding to show the business district, the residential districts, subway lines. “I made up the companies that were based there,” Mr. Pinsky added of his pre-SimCity urban dreamscapes.

Read the full article: “Let’s Make a Deal! How Mike’s Mild-Mannered Closer Seth Pinsky Got the City Building Again”

Apr
02

New York tops London as city with most global clout, index shows

New York tops London as the city with the most global clout, according to the 2012 A.T. Kearney/Bloomberg Global Cities Index. This comes on the heels of four major awards and top rankings NYC has received in recent weeks on a global scale. As reported by Bloomberg News:

New York ranks first as a global business center in a worldwide survey of cities, the fourth such recognition of its influence in the past five months.

London, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong trail New York on the Global Cities Index, released today by Bloomberg Rankings. Beijing and Shanghai emerged as potential rivals within 10 to 20 years, according to the index.

The survey examined 66 of the world’s busiest commercial urban centers, judging each on the scope of its business activity; labor force; access to media and information; cultural amenities; and political influence.

Read the full article.