Richard Florida wrote an analysis of economist Michael Mandel‘s new report for Mayor Bloomberg, on The Atlantic Cities. In it, there’s a lot of comparison and contrasts between Manhattan and Brooklyn’s tech scenes, noting the fact that Brooklyn’s is rising, showing a 21% growth in tech/media jobs from 2007 to 2012.
As part of The Atlantic‘s CityLab summit last week, I chatted with Robert K. Steel, New York’s deputy mayor for economic development. He spoke about the borough’s improved public safety, new real estate development in Dumbo, good transportation connectivity and high quality of life. He explained, “Now Brooklyn is the place where lots of the new economy companies want to be.”
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