NYC Best For Business

NYC BEST FOR BUSINESS * NEW YORK IS THE #1 TOURIST DESTINATION IN THE UNITED STATES, TOURISM JOB GROWTH BY BOROUGH, 2002-2011 * WHILE MANHATTAN ACCOUNTS FOR THE LARGEST SHARE OF CITY'S ESTABLISHMENTS AND EMPLOYMENT AMONG THE BOROUGHS, THOSE BOROUGHS OUTSIDE MANHATTAN ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED ATTRACTING A RECORD FASTER RATES OF JOB GROWTH AND INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES IN THE PAST DECADE. 50,500,000 * NEW YORK CITY TOURISTS IN 2011 IS HOME TO 42 FORTUNE 27.4% 13.5% 500 COMPANIES 11.7% NYC ECONOMY/BUSINESS 8.5% * IF IT WERE A COUNTRY, 20.3% NEW YORK CITY FORTUNE 1.9% 500 18.1% WOULD HAVE 16.4% 15.4% , 5.7% THE WORLD'S AWARDS 3.5% 21ST LARGEST ECONOMY NO.1 MOST COMPETITIVE BRONX CITY IN THE MANHATTAN WORLD Economist Intelligence Unit 6.6% 6.3% 5.3% AMERICA'S MOST POWERFUL 4.9% 205% * THROUGH JUNE 2012, NEW YORK CITY HAS RECOVERED GLOBAL CITY The Atlantic STATEN ISLAND LEE KUAN YEW WORLD CITY BROOKLYN QUEENS 205% OF PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS PRIZE, 2012 * THERE ARE NOW MORE PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS LOST DURING THE RECESSION, BEST CITY JOBS COMPARED TO 42% IN THE NATION. 蓋 IN THE WORLD TO DO BUSINESS Euromoney IN NEW YORK CITY THAN NO.1 NYC AT ANY TIME IN THE CITY'S GLOBAL CITY HISTORY, ECLIPSING AT Kearney Global Cities Index 42% THE PREVIOUS PEAK FROM 1969 THAT WE HAD I Total Employment % Increase Between 2002 and 2011 % Private Sector Employment % Increase Between 2002 and 2011 MOST SOCIAL MEDIA SAVVY CITY HALLS IN AMERICA NEVER BEEN ABLE TO EQUAL. THE NATION * BETWEEN JAN 2002 AND MAY 2012, NYC GAINED 9.8% PRIVATE SECTOR AND 7.5% TOTAL I Total Establishments % Increase Between 2002 and 2011 Ragan's PR Daily THE PRIVATE AND THE TOTAL JOBS 9.8% (PRIVATE + GOVERNMENT) JOBS. IN COMPARISON, NATIONALLY, 7.5% NYC INCREASED BY 1.7% AND 1.9%, THE NATION RESPECTIVELY. NYC TOTAL JOBS PRIVATE SECTOR THE NATION FOR MORE INFO, VISIT WWW.NYCEDC.COM/BESTFORBUSINESS NYC BEST FOR BUSINESS * NEW YORK IS THE #1 TOURIST DESTINATION IN THE UNITED STATES, TOURISM JOB GROWTH BY BOROUGH, 2002-2011 * WHILE MANHATTAN ACCOUNTS FOR THE LARGEST SHARE OF CITY'S ESTABLISHMENTS AND EMPLOYMENT AMONG THE BOROUGHS, THOSE BOROUGHS OUTSIDE MANHATTAN ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED ATTRACTING A RECORD FASTER RATES OF JOB GROWTH AND INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES IN THE PAST DECADE. 50,500,000 * NEW YORK CITY TOURISTS IN 2011 IS HOME TO 42 FORTUNE 27.4% 13.5% 500 COMPANIES 11.7% NYC ECONOMY/BUSINESS 8.5% * IF IT WERE A COUNTRY, 20.3% NEW YORK CITY FORTUNE 1.9% 500 18.1% WOULD HAVE 16.4% 15.4% , 5.7% THE WORLD'S AWARDS 3.5% 21ST LARGEST ECONOMY NO.1 MOST COMPETITIVE BRONX CITY IN THE MANHATTAN WORLD Economist Intelligence Unit 6.6% 6.3% 5.3% AMERICA'S MOST POWERFUL 4.9% 205% * THROUGH JUNE 2012, NEW YORK CITY HAS RECOVERED GLOBAL CITY The Atlantic STATEN ISLAND LEE KUAN YEW WORLD CITY BROOKLYN QUEENS 205% OF PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS PRIZE, 2012 * THERE ARE NOW MORE PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS LOST DURING THE RECESSION, BEST CITY JOBS COMPARED TO 42% IN THE NATION. 蓋 IN THE WORLD TO DO BUSINESS Euromoney IN NEW YORK CITY THAN NO.1 NYC AT ANY TIME IN THE CITY'S GLOBAL CITY HISTORY, ECLIPSING AT Kearney Global Cities Index 42% THE PREVIOUS PEAK FROM 1969 THAT WE HAD I Total Employment % Increase Between 2002 and 2011 % Private Sector Employment % Increase Between 2002 and 2011 MOST SOCIAL MEDIA SAVVY CITY HALLS IN AMERICA NEVER BEEN ABLE TO EQUAL. THE NATION * BETWEEN JAN 2002 AND MAY 2012, NYC GAINED 9.8% PRIVATE SECTOR AND 7.5% TOTAL I Total Establishments % Increase Between 2002 and 2011 Ragan's PR Daily THE PRIVATE AND THE TOTAL JOBS 9.8% (PRIVATE + GOVERNMENT) JOBS. IN COMPARISON, NATIONALLY, 7.5% NYC INCREASED BY 1.7% AND 1.9%, THE NATION RESPECTIVELY. NYC TOTAL JOBS PRIVATE SECTOR THE NATION FOR MORE INFO, VISIT WWW.NYCEDC.COM/BESTFORBUSINESS