Green Jobs Gone Missing
Video: One Man’s Path to a Green Job
Olivia Leach |
James Eleby turns discarded scrap wood into new tables at a Brooklyn factory. Learn how he got a foothold in the green economy.
Green Jobs Gone Missing
Audio: The New Math on Green Jobs
Jack D'Isidoro |
It isn’t that green jobs don’t exist. It’s that instead of new jobs materializing, existing jobs got greener.
Green Jobs Gone Missing
Why a Green Jobs Program Produced So Few Jobs
Rose Itzcovitz |
Some hoped the Green Jobs/Green New York program would produce as many as 14,000, but it appears to have generated but a few hundred. People who worked with the initiative said abundant paperwork and an under-developed market were part of the problem.
Green Jobs Gone Missing
Flaws Plagued Pioneering Plan to Upgrade Homes of the Poor
Annamarya Scaccia, Brooke L. Williams and Samuel Lieberman |
New York charted a new path to energy efficiency, using “on-bill financing” so low-income homeowners could get retrofits they couldn’t afford up front. But utility companies, lenders and ratings companies all made demands and decisions that made the approach a poor fit for households of limited means.
Economy
NYS’s Green-Energy Loans Played Hard to Get
Annamarya Scaccia and Brooke L. Williams |
Some borrowers report positive experiences—and significant savings—under the Green Jobs/Green New York program. But others had a frustrating time with the loan program’s rules and processes.
Green Jobs Gone Missing
After Hope and Hype, Green Jobs Numbers Have Proved Elusive
Maura Ewing |
A few years ago, from New York’s City Hall to the state house to the Obama administration, everyone was excited about the prospect of creating thousands of green jobs. The result differs from the rhetoric.
Albany
Albany Debate Hemmed Hopes for a Green-Work Revolution
Jessica Bal and Patrick Donachie |
When the Green Jobs/Green New York bill was signed in 2009, there was talk of delivering both energy efficiency and economic justice. But prospects for real progress were narrowed by negotiations over the law.
Mental Health
State Investigates Use of Medication in NYC Psychiatric Hospitals
Ben Hattem |
A follow-up to our December article about forced-medication practices at Bellevue finds that two entities are now taking a closer look.
AIDS
State Must Support Cuomo’s Historic Push to End AIDS
Kelsey Louie and Corey Johnson |
The governor has committed the state to an ambitious and worthy goal. Now advocates and lawmakers must support that agenda or risk New York falling short,
bike lanes
Will Expanding Citi Bike Require Taxpayer Funding?
Jack D'Isidoro |
Unlike its counterparts in other cities, Citi Bike is privately financed. But amid a push for it to serve more neighborhoods, and with city law requiring the company to publicize its finances soon, some believe a move toward partial public funding is likely.
