27 Quotes by Bruce Katz

I think that the smaller cities that are coming back tend to be in the shadow of metropolitan areas that are performing very well economically.

I think the Albany metropolitan (area) needs to think of itself as a unified whole. No part of it is big enough to drive the entire economy of the place.

Long Island is where we invented the modern suburb, and whether Long Island will remake itself for the 21st century, that's the challenge.

It depends on a threshold question: What are you going to rebuild? What is the federal responsibility for rebuilding a city, a metropolitan area or a region? This is where it gets really confused. Federalism is a messy business.

Melanoma is really increasing at an alarming rate. Just 10 years ago, you had a 1 in 250 chance of developing malignant melanoma; now it's 1 in 70.

The president called this the largest reconstruction program in the history of the world, but when it comes to housing, the support is almost nonexistent, ... He's just handing out land.

Whereas 10 years ago the risk of developing melanoma was one in 250, today the risk of people getting melanoma is about one in 70.

This whole sector is exploding. Cosmetic companies are rushing to get on board. They know this is the next big thing.

To be frank, I'm bewildered by what has gone on here. There doesn't seem to be a plan that was really thought out in any significant way.