Menin balances innovation and NYC's growing AI economy
Menin says the Council wants to avoid stifling innovation, notes NYC's 400,000 tech jobs and AI capital status, and supports keeping jobs, research, startups, and economic growth in the city.
At the same time, we want to ensure that we are not stifling innovation.
New York City is rapidly growing as not only a tech capital, but also the AI capital of the world with over 400,000 jobs, more than the city of San Francisco, I might add.
And we understand and we want to support keeping those jobs here in New York, supporting cutting-edge research, supporting startups, locating right here in our great city.
So we know that no matter how large or how small these various AI companies are, we know that those companies are vital to our city in terms of cutting edge research, medical breakthroughs, scientific discoveries,
and boosting economic growth.
But we cannot