Bronx
Trying to Grow Jobs From A Pit In the Park
Dan Rivoli |
A water filtration facility to be built under Van Cortlandt Park could be a path for local workers to become tradespeople.
Michael Bloomberg
DESIGNED TO DELIVER JOBS,
'WECARE' YIELDS CRITICISM
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The city’s welfare agency isn’t helping the jobless nearly enough, charges a low-income advocacy group – but others claim this study isn’t thorough enough to judge.
Economy
BUILDING BLOCKED NYCHA RESIDENTS WANT THEIR JOBS
Ruth Ford |
A year ago, the New York City Housing Authority agreed to offer public housing residents apprenticeships on agency construction sites. Now the work is set to begin–but the jobs have yet to materialize.
Unemployment
Pushing Fast Jobs
David Jason Fischer |
If new job training contracts run afoul of the law, the city’s haste to finally open job centers could lead to loss of federal job training funds.
City Hall
WHEN WILL VALLONE DELIVER ON JOBS BILLS PROMISE?
Jarrett Murphy |
City Council Speaker Peter Vallone promised welfare advocates that he’d support two key workfare bills, but they say he’s taking his own sweet time.
Unemployment
BUILDING A BETTER JOBS BILL
Jarrett Murphy |
Passing a jobs bill for welfare workers in the City Council is just the first step to actually seeing it implemented–vetos and ligigation are undoubtedly in any program’s future.
Unemployment
COUNCIL WORKS ON JOBS BILL
Kathleen McGowan |
A fight is brewing between the administration and the City Council over how to spend millions in federal job-creation funds.
Manhattan
SHELTER RESIDENTS PERFORM UNION JOBS AT HOMELESS AGENCY
Kemba Johnson |
Residents of a city-run homeless shelter in Brooklyn are working at the administrative offices to do data-entry, giving them access to confidential information.
Center for an Urban Future
Jobs, Economy-Sized: A Call for Real Employment
CUF Staff |
For decades, the city has had no plan for long-term job growth other than a vague hope that big business would carry the day. The Center for an Urban Future presents a practical job creation strategy.
