J.R. Reed is an Assistant Vice President in the Neighborhood Strategies department at the New York City Economic Development Corporation. As part of that team, he works on an array of planning-focused initiatives from adaptive reuse efforts to public realm improvement projects in Long Island City, Queens, the Staten Island’s North Shore, and Manhattan’s Chinatown. J.R. is excited to participate in the fellowship as a way to better understand the levers other cities are using to effectively deliver housing-focused projects. Before joining EDC, J.R. was at the New York City Housing Authority, where he worked on the Authority's Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program. J.R. received his Master's in Urban Planning at NYU Wagner, where he was a Bloomberg Public Service Fellow. Before starting graduate school in 2021, he spent five years in broadcast news. J.R.’s last post was as a field producer in CNBC's San Francisco bureau, where he covered the tech industry, small business development, major climate events, and the Bay Area housing market.