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NYIRN Reports on Manufacturing Issues
Ten Under Ten: NYIRN's 2007 Manufacturer's Almanac (June 2007)
Our latest, most up-to-date statistics and information about manufacturing in New York City. To celebrate NYIRN's tenth anniversary, the 2007 almanac features profiles of ten manufacturing companies that are ten years old or younger with highlights from our recent food study and our renewable energy programs.
NYIRN's 2007 Manufacturer's Almanac (7.3 mb, PDF)
More Than a Link in the Food Chain (February 2007)
Conducted jointly with the
Fiscal Policy Institute for the
Mayor's Office of Industrial and Manufacturing Businesses,
this study investigates the economic impacts of the City's vibrant food manufacturing sector,
which makes significant contributions in terms of jobs, wages, and income. From muffins to granola
to coffee, local firms are employing New Yorkers, as well as feeding the region and beyond.
The 900-plus food manufacturers in New York City are a veritable cornucopia, producing fresh bread,
spices, meat, dairy, preserved fruit, condiments, ethnic specialties, prepared foods, and beverages.
The annual output of New York City's food manufacturing industry is $5 billion, adds
approximately $1.3 billion to the Gross City Product, employs 19,200 direct employees, and supports
a total of 33,800 jobs in NYC.
Full Report (934 kb, PDF)
Press Release (31 kb, PDF)
Manufacturing Green: Producing A Sustainable NYC (July 2006)
In this report, a follow-up to the previous year's Building Green report, NYIRN and ITAC assess the New York City
manufacturing sector’s capacity to meet the growing
demand for green building products and highlight the challenges many companies face in attempting to capture
this market opportunity.
Full Report (4.4 mb, PDF)
Make It Green: NYIRN's 2006 Manufacturer's Almanac (May 2006)
A great deal of basic statistics and in-depth information about manufacturing in New York City can be found in our
annual Manufacturer's almanac. The 2006 almanac features five pages with industrial highlights from each borough and
a section about green manufacturing in New York City.
NYIRN's 2006 Manufacturer's Almanac (7.1 mb, PDF)
Response to Manhattan Institute's Up From the Ruins Report (June 2005)
New Yorkers know what they need: good jobs and affordable housing. A report released today by the Manhattan Institute calls for the elimination of five
working class neighborhoods to make way for new market-rate housing. In response, the Zoning For Jobs Coalition, a group of over fifty economic development, affordable housing, labor and
environmental justice organizations, released analysis and recommendations for how the City can encourage both new housing, including affordable housing, and protect well-paying blue-collar jobs.
Press Release (24 kb, PDF)
Critical Analysis (37 kb, PDF)
Also see the Pratt Center's response (weblink)
Building Green: New Business Opportunities for NYC Manufacturers (June 2005)
This report provides policy makers and manufacturers with information on the link between green buildings and new
opportunities for New York City manufacturers based on research undertaken jointly by NYIRN and ITAC.
Building Green: New Business Opportunities for NYC Manufacturers (for policy makers) (1.2 MB, PDF)
Building Green: A Guide For Manufacturers (1.0 mb, PDF)
Building Green Online Survey Results (17 kb, PDF)
NYC Material Selection Process (247 kb, jpg)
Press Release (36 kb, PDF)
Illegal Residential Conversions in the East Williamsburg In-Place Industrial Park (May 2004)
Over the past few years, residential uses have increased dramatically in the East
Williamsburg In-Place Industrial Park, now called the North Brooklyn IBZ. For decades, East
Williamsburg has been a thriving industrial district and the City supports the industrial
businesses in the area through its funding of the industrial park. Nevertheless, the accelerating conversion of industrial space, almost all of which is
illegal, threatens the continued viability of the industrial park.
This report identifies 27 buildings that have been either partially or completely converted illegally
inside the industrial park, resulting in a loss of approximately 500,000 sq. ft. of
industrial space and an increase in the cost of doing business for the remaining
businesses. This study documents the severity of the problem and the failure of some City agencies to
enforce the law, and recommends changes to both the zoning and the administrative
process needed to address the problem. The study also reveals a troubling inconsistency
between the City agencies charged with setting economic development and land use
policies and other agencies that must collaborate to implement those policies.
Full report (435 kb, PDF)
Printed in New York (Feb 2002)
The printing industry provides some of the highest-paying, highest-skilled manufacturing jobs in
the City’s economy. In the last twenty years, New York’s printing industry has weathered the
dual storms of the digital revolution, and New York’s transition from a mixed to a service-oriented
economy. This report draws together varying perspectives on the printing industry, and suggest strategies that could
improve the industry’s competitiveness and retain its well-paying jobs.
Full report (435 kb, PDF)
Baked in New York (Feb 2002)
The Artisan Baking Center commissioned NYIRN to undertake a study of the
economic impact and needs, particularly the workforce training needs, of the baking
industry in New York City. This report examines the state of the baking industry and summarizes
research on employment, wage and business trends throughout New York City.
Executive Summary (145 kb, PDF)
The Garment Center: Still in Fashion (April 2001)
New York’s continued strength in financial and business services and the growth of internet-related industries has increased the demand for office space that is easily accessible to midtown Manhattan.
The strong demand for new office space has led some to question the continued viability and desirability of Manhattan’s Garment Center.
This discussion has often assumed that there is little of the apparel industry, particularly production, left in the Garment Center.
Until this report, there has not been a systematic assessment of the continued presence of the garment industry in the area.
UNITE commissioned NYIRN to conduct this study of the Special Garment Center District. This report discusses the economic impact of the local apparel industry, analyzes the land use and real estate trends in the Garment Center, assesses
the City’s enforcement of the Special District, and presents strategies that could help address the space concerns of Manhattan’s apparel industry.
Executive Summary (200 kb, PDF)
Full report (384 kb, PDF)
Garment Center Employment and Land Use Maps (467 kb, PDF)
Food From New York (Dec 1999)
The report documents the economic impact of the food industry in New York City,
assesses the needs of the industry, and provides recommendations to address those
needs and capitalize on growth opportunities. It was produced by the New York
Industrial Retention Network (NYIRN) in collaboration with Columbia University’s
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, the Bronx Overall
Economic Development Corporation, the Center for an Urban Future, the New York City
Department of Employment, and the Industrial Technology Assistance Corporation.
Full Report (719 kb, PDF)
The Little Manufacturer That Could (May 1999)
This report identifies challenges to New York City's manufacturing sector and describes policies that could benefit firms and workers in the sector.
Full Report (262 kb, PDF)
Reports by Zoning for Jobs Members
The Final Frontier for Manufacturers (June 2006)
In this policy brief, the Center for an Urban Future urges the Bloomberg administration to back proposals to redevelop
two vacant government warehouses in Sunset Park (Federal Building #2 and Brooklyn Army Terminal Building A) that would
create 2 million square feet of space for manufacturers at a time when industrial firms in NYC are feeling squeezed.
Full report (95 kb, PDF)
A New West Side; a New Beginning for the Garment Center (May 2004)
The Garment Industry Development Corporation discusses the relationship between the Hudson Yards rezoning and
the apparel industry in the west midtown Garment Center district.
Report (246 kb, PDF)
Engine Failure (Sep 2003)
With economic woes that go well beyond 9/11, New York needs a bold new vision to renew the city’s economy.
As much as New York still has going for it, the city now faces profound structural economic challenges that no amount of “Capital of the World” bravado can
obscure. In this report, the Center for an Urban Future lays out a plan for growth that transcends skyscrapers and stock tickers.
Full report (718 kb, PDF)
Twilight Zoning (Nov 2003)
An article by Pratt Institute Professor Laura Wolf-Powers from City Limits
magazine, that takes a look at how the introduction of the city's
new "MX" zoning designation threatens the blue-collar jobs and
neighborhood character of Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Article (Link to webpage)
Making it in New York: Manufacturing Land Use & Zoning Initiative (June 2001)
The Pratt Center and Municipal Art Society prepared an exhaustive study of manufacturing areas in New York City.
Community-based organizations, manufacturers, environmental justice organizations, real estate professionals, and trade associations joined forces with
MAS and the Pratt Center to put forth a comprehensive set of land use and zoning recommendations in an effort to retain manufacturing areas in the city.
Many of the Zoning for Jobs campaign planks have been based on findings in this report.
Report webpage at prattcenter.net
Resources for Manufacturing, Industrial,
and other Economic Research
Center for an Urban Future (CUF)
Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI)
Good Jobs NY (GJNY)
Industrial Technology Assistance Corporation (ITAC)
Manufacturers Association of New York City (MANYC)
Mayor's Office for Industrial and Manufacturing Businesses
Municipal Art Society (MAS)
Office of the New York City Comptroller
Office of the New York State Comptroller
Pratt Center for Community Development (formerly PICCED)
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