Representatives from Weill Cornell Medical College (Clinical and Translational Science Center) meet with an early stage health technology company at Blueprint Health. 

By Julie Chan, Senior Project Manager and Chelsea Rao, Assistant Vice President, Center for Economic Transformation 

PILOT Health Tech NYC, a new initiative that provides funding of up to $100,000 each to innovative proposals to pilot new health technologies in New York City healthcare services organizations, recently held two exciting...

What makes the Big Apple the best city in the world to do business? Watch 11 “I Made It Here” NYC stories. 

New York City has inspired and produced some of the world’s most leading entrepreneurs and companies. Find out from these engaging, first person stories how these diverse owners "made it" in New York City. From fashion to the arts, manufacturing to digital and tech—get a firsthand perspective of what it took for these individuals and their companies to succeed. The City is working hard to create new business opportunities throughout the five boroughs, and companies...

By Claudia Flores, Senior Program Manager, Opportunity M/W/DBE, Contracts

NYCEDC is now accepting applications for the second class of Blueprint to Success, our innovative contractor management program that guides M/W/DBE construction businesses in developing and growing their firms to attain opportunities in public sector contracting.

Through Blueprint to Success, NYCEDC partners with selected construction businesses and provides them with in-depth business assessments, one-on-one...

NYCEDC invites developers, not-for-profits, Community Development Entities, investors, and others to the 8th Annual NYC Development Finance Conference. Over the past eight years, NYCEDC’s annual New Markets Tax Credits (“NMTC”) conference has grown from a 20-person workshop into a 500+ person conference. This year, we are expanding our focus beyond NMTC to provide a full day of programming on a wide range of development finance tools and incentives. The conference will be held at Brookfield Place (formerly World Financial Center) in the heart of New York...

NYC Department of Small Business Services and NYCEDC recently announced more than $11 million in loans approved for small businesses through the City’s Emergency Loan Fund, which was made available just days after Hurricane Sandy. Did you know:

• More than $1.5 million in matching grants have also been distributed to businesses approved for the City’s Emergency Loan. 
• A total of $15 million was made available in the fall through the Emergency Loan Fund by the New York City Economic Development Corporation, Goldman Sachs, and the New York Bankers Association. 
• Additionally, $5.5 million was immediately made available in matching...

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Industry and government agencies can significantly bolster the competitive position of JFK’s air cargo services by improving truck access, replacing outdated buildings and business practices, while also boosting promotional efforts, according to a study released today by the Port Authority of New York...

NYCEDC is pleased to announce the 2013 inaugural class of the Bio & Health Tech Entrepreneurship Lab, a training and mentorship program for new life sciences and healthcare ventures based in NYC.

Led by expert instructors Mary Howard and Eric Vieira of Design Technologies, the mini-MBA course offers participants fundamental training on venture formation, technology commercialization, and business model design in the life sciences and healthcare fields. We are excited to have several renowned leaders joining us as guest speakers in this course, including:

• George...

Move over Samsung – The Next Big Thing is almost here. We are working with CollabFinder to bring the biggest, boldest, and best BigApps ever! While we can’t divulge our secrets yet, yesterday we gave a sneak peek at Social Media Week event: “We Built this City: The State of Civic Technology, with Code for America and IDEO.”

Entering its fourth year, the NYC BigApps competition promotes government transparency and innovative new...