OPINION: Selling New York to the world
New York City is the nation’s creative class capital – nearly two-thirds of our economy today is based on services like advertising, architecture and financial consulting. Now the time has come for New York to take the next step and become the nation’s export capital as well.
Think about it – a generation ago, exporting meant shipping some kind of tangible, manufactured good overseas. But technology and the marketplace have evolved, and we should, too. We need to recognize that New York City’s services – our ideas – are also exportable goods that can be sent around the globe with the click of a mouse.
All we need is a plan for boosting export businesses in Brooklyn and the other four boroughs, which is why my office last week released “ExportNYC: A Road Map for Creating Jobs Through Exports.”