{"id":357893,"date":"2025-11-05T17:18:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T17:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/357893\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T17:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T17:18:13","slug":"new-york-ranked-the-second-best-city-in-the-world-in-new-global-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/357893\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Ranked the Second-Best City in the World in New Global Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York just scored the silver medal on the global stage, coming in as the number two city in the world in Resonance Consultancy\u2019s 2026 World\u2019s Best Cities ranking<\/a>. Yes, London hung onto the crown again, but New York City isn\u2019t exactly sulking in the corner. Our racked up praise for its cultural might, airport power moves and the kind of urban glow-up only New York can pull off, from shiny towers to subway upgrades that, miraculously, appear to be happening in real life.<\/p>\n

The report credits Gotham\u2019s \u201congoing investment in its cultural economy, massive urban infrastructure projects and global infatuation despite current politics\u201d as key to its high placement. Tourism is still a juggernaut, with nearly 65 million visitors in 2024 and about 64.1 million expected in 2025 as domestic demand powers through and city attractions expand beyond Manhattan. That spend is over $70 billion, which means the souvenir shops and omakase counters are doing just fine.<\/p>\n

The airport flex is real, too. JFK\u2019s $19-billion New Terminal One project<\/a> is barreling toward a mid-2026 partial debut and the city\u2019s airport ecosystem helped secure its\u00a0number two global ranking for connectivity. This means more gates, more lounges and fewer \u201cmy flight boards in five minutes and I\u2019m still on the AirTrain\u201d meltdowns. Fingers crossed.<\/p>\n

Beyond the runways, New York\u2019s congestion-pricing rollout<\/a> in early 2025 shaved traffic south of 60th Street and delivered a windfall of funding for the MTA\u2019s $68.4-billion capital plan<\/a>. That includes long-awaited signal upgrades and accessibility improvements at dozens of stations<\/a>. In other words, there\u2019s actual proof of transit progress, which feels as rare as a peaceful subway car at rush hour.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, cranes are practically a city mascot again. JPMorgan Chase\u2019s gleaming new headquarters now reigns over Park Avenue, and office-to-residential conversions<\/a> like the former Pfizer headquarters\u2014slated to deliver 1,602 units\u2014hint at a Midtown future where office ghosts become homes with actual lights on at night. Hudson Yards\u2019 next chapter is pivoting from casino dreams to more housing and parkland<\/a> and waterfront neighborhoods like Williamsburg are becoming climate-resilient playgrounds.<\/p>\n

Culturally, the city is leaning into its status as a superpower. The Studio Museum<\/a> in Harlem\u2019s new home and the New Museum\u2019s OMA-designed expansion<\/a> are among the high-profile openings buoying NYC\u2019s top 5 museums ranking<\/a>. And with the FIFA World Cup final<\/a> landing across the Hudson in 2026, expect a global spotlight brighter than Times Square at midnight.<\/p>\n

No one needed a report to tell New Yorkers they live at the center of the universe. But having the receipts doesn\u2019t hurt.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York just scored the silver medal on the global stage, coming in as the number two city…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":357894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,10336,405,403,10337,5226,5225,5228,5227,1072,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-357893","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-categories-things-to-do","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-news-city-life","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-things-to-do","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}