Students at STRIVE in East Harlem, one of several organizations around the city working to place jobless men in work or training.
Black joblessness has defied solution for decades. But organizations in the trenches are making a dent.
The city’s Charter Revision Commission staked out broad areas of inquiry as it heads toward a possible 2010 vote to revamp New York’s government.
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