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Gaps In Financial Services For Low Income Immigrant Households
More than half of Mexican - and over a third of Ecuadorean - immigrants in NYC do not have a bank account, according to this study by the Department of Consumer Affairs and the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. But 80 percent of immigrant survey participants who make less than $300 a week report having savings. (April 23, 2013)

Benefits Of Extending Tuition Benefits To Undocumented Immigrants
This new report - by the New York State Youth Leadership Council and NYU Law School’s Immigrant Rights Clinic - outlines the economic and social benefits that would accompany passage of the New York DREAM Act. The act would provide that all New Yorkers, regardless of status, have access to financial assistance for higher education. (March 27, 2013)

Growing Gotham:A Survey of NYC's Minority and Women Owned Businesses
The survey by the office of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer finds that despite growth minority and women owned businesses face major hurdles. Of the 500 businesses surveyed, only 25.5% of respondents indicated they had won a single city contract, and nearly 55% of respondents reported that City government had not provided adequate support and resources to help them apply for contracts. Close to one-third of respondents said that they did not attend any workshops offered by the Department of Small Business Services (SBS), in part because the events took place at inconvenient times and locations.Nearly 45% of companies that did not bid on any contracts reported that the process is too time-consuming and hard to understand. (March 22, 2013)

Is NYC Losing Lawyers?
Employment at New York City’s law firms has declined over the past two decades, even as legal services jobs nationally—and overall private sector employment in New York—has increased significantly, according to this new report by the Center for an Urban Future. (March 5, 2013)

How Start Ups Could Benefit All
The benefits of the city's start up boom have been concentrated among those with technical and entrepreneurial skills, according to this report by the Manhattan Borough President's Office. The study offers ways the city could ensure that jobs in these industries are accessible to all. (December 12, 2012)

NYC Workforce Investment Board
Provides timely reports about New York City’s workforce and economy.
Fiscal Policy Institute
A nonpartisan research and education organization that strives to increase understanding of issues that affect the quality of life and economic well-being of New York state residents, it offers sector studies, labor market profiles, and The State of Working New York annual volumes
NY State Division of the Budget
Offers links to various executive budget documents and information and a detailed analysis of the state economy and how it affects tax revenues.
NY Federal Reserve Bank
The Fed’s regional economy section analyzes local economic growth, labor markets, real estate, and public finance issues. Also provides reports on current topics, such as the cost of homeland security.
NYC Economic Development Corporation
Offers an "economic snapshot" that highlights recent information about New York City employment, consumer spending and real estate.