"Seven months after the first case of COVID-19 in New York was confirmed, it’s clear that the city and its surrounding region are enduring one of the biggest crises we have faced in nearly a century," writes the Regional Plan Association (RPA) in the preamble to its new evidence-based report, New York's Next Comeback. "While we can’t fully know what behavioral changes will be permanent, what new industries might emerge, or how the nature of work will evolve, we know that the next economy will be different."

Tom Wright, CEO and President of the RPA and Chairman of the New Jersey State Planning Commission, joins Sam Chandan to discuss the impact of the pandemic on New York City and the key challenges in repositioning the region for renewed growth and prosperity.

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