Frank Braconi is an economist specializing in urban issues and real estate. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and has been a faculty member of NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate for more than 20 years. From 1993 to 2006, he served as Executive Director of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council of New York. From 2006 through 2016 he was the Chief Economist at the New York City Comptrollers’ Office. He is now the principal of Big City Economics, a consulting firm specializing in affordable housing, urban economic development, and public finance.

Publications

• 1. New York Confronts The Limits to Growth: Growth Management in a Mature City By The Stamford Review (Jun 01 2006)
• 2. Gentrification and Displacment By Journal of the American Planning Association (Feb 01 2004)
• 3. Homeowner Effects in Low-Income Neighborhoods By Economic Policy Review, FRBNY (Jun 01 2003)
• 4. In Re In Rem: Innovation and Expediency in New York City's Housing Policy By Housing & Community Development in New York City (May 01 1999)
• 5. Environmental Regulation and Housing Affordability By Cityscape, HUD (Sep 01 1996)