NYC & Coworking Partnership
Some awesome news today out of New York City! Mayor Bloomberg is announcing a partnership with coworking spaces and others to bring investment and publicity to startups here in NYC. Tony’s currently mum on details, but he’s posted this.
Before the official announcement, it’s being reported by The NYTimes and several others:
From CNET:
According to a source in the city’s venture capital community, the agreement means that participating workspaces will provide discounted services and event space access to the city in exchange for promotion and publicity.
The source said that initial partners in the agreement include Sunshine Suites, Nutopia, and New Work City, among others.
From the NYTimes:
Under a program Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg unveiled on Wednesday, the city wants to invest $45 million in government money to retrain investment bankers, traders and others who have lost jobs on Wall Street, as well as provide seed capital and office space for new businesses those laid-off bankers might create.
