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De Blasio Heads to Albany to Fund Agenda, Fight Cuts

By Ben Max of Gotham Gazette | January 26, 2016

Thirteen days after his most recent visit, Mayor Bill de Blasio heads back to Albany Tuesday morning to testify about the city’s needs and progress, and to evaluate Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Budget.

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Doubts on De Blasio’s Gun Courts

Josmar Trujillo | January 26, 2016

The program would handle gun cases to serve one basic underlying purpose: to speed up gun convictions. Many, however, might not equate “fast tracking” with justice or due process.

Green Jobs Gone Missing

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Olivia Leach | January 26, 2016

Go inside the classroom and hear from an instructor who’s helping to train the new green workforce.

Green Jobs Gone Missing

Video: One Man’s Path to a Green Job

Olivia Leach | January 26, 2016

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 | January 26, 2016

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 | January 26, 2016

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 | January 26, 2016

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.

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NYS’s Green-Energy Loans Played Hard to Get

Annamarya Scaccia and Brooke L. Williams | January 26, 2016

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 | January 26, 2016

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.

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Albany Debate Hemmed Hopes for a Green-Work Revolution

Jessica Bal and Patrick Donachie | January 26, 2016

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.

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