2003: Room for Growth -- Long Island’s Changing Economy
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About the Survey
This survey, commissioned by the Rauch Foundation, explores issues related to economic and workforce development. Three themes emerge from the poll results. The first is the overall state of the economy. A second important theme is the recognition of the "three T's" - technology, talent and tolerance - for attracting and retaining the businesses and skills on which the new information economy depends. The third theme in this report concerns the severity of the housing crisis for Long Island’s families.
The survey was conducted by telephone between October 4 and 18, 2003. The sample on Long Island consisted of 1,200 randomly chosen adult residents of Suffolk and Nassau counties, as well as over-samples of 200 African-Americans and 100 Latinos from those counties. Another over-sample, totaling 300 interviews, includes 18-35 year old Long Islanders who are either college educated, considering leaving the region, African American, or Latino, in order to facilitate analysis of the “brain drain” – out-migration by skilled workers. In addition, 600 randomly chosen adult residents of New York City, 300 in the New Jersey suburbs, and 400 in the northern suburbs were included.
The research was supervised by Dean Edward Blakely, of the Milano School of Urban Policy and Public Management at New School University in New York City. Charney Research conducted the phone interviews.
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