NEW YORK CITY-NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate’s divisional dean, clinical professor and Klara and Larry Silverstein chair James P. Stuckey has come a long way from his humble roots in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Throughout his career, Stuckey has completed millions of square feet of public-private commercial, residential, industrial and waterfront development projects in excess of $25 billion.

And Stuckey shows no signs of slowing down. In the public sector, he is the former president of the New York City Economic Development Corp. and currently serves at the president of the NYC Public Design Commission of New York. On the nonprofit side, he’s a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, conducting research and assisting on post-catastrophe reconstruction worldwide. Back in the US, he’s the president, CEO and founder of Verdant Properties, LLC, a real estate development, ownership and acquisitions firm.

Now in an academic role, Stuckey talks about New York City’s past, present and future.