Advocacy + Policy
The Partnership advocates for policies and programs that advance New York’s standing as a global center of economic opportunity, upward mobility, and innovation.
As a member organization of business leaders working together on behalf of the city, we work with leaders in government, labor, and civic life, bringing private-sector resources to bear on the opportunities and critical issues facing the city.
We provide our members with a unique platform to engage directly on complex issues that government alone can’t solve.
The Partnership conducts research and provides thoughtful, non-partisan perspectives through public statements and testimony, and face-to-face meetings. We convene experts from across disciplines and sectors to work collaboratively on finding solutions to critical challenges.
Coalition for New York's Future
In September 2024, the Partnership launched the Coalition for New York’s Future, inviting all New Yorkers to help shape the future of the city and state by becoming better informed and more engaged.
This new civic engagement initiative is an extension of the Partnership’s longstanding get-out-the-vote efforts. Citizens join to receive timely updates about public policy issues in New York and information about how to get involved and have their voices heard. Principal areas of focus include public safety, affordability, and quality of life.
Big Bets for NYC: An initiative to identify the policies and programs most necessary to achieve a stronger, safer, more affordable city.
Throughout 2025, the Partnership, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, is convening leaders from diverse sectors of the city to identify and build consensus around the policies and programs that will most effectively address the foremost challenges facing the city. Key issue areas include affordable housing, public safety, infrastructure and resiliency, and the overall livability of the city.
Public policy priorities
The Partnership regularly identifies policy areas where we can take the lead or play a support role in forging solutions to problems that are priorities for our member companies, their employees, and all New Yorkers.
Recent priorities include:
