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Two years after a report commissioned by Mayor Giuliani slammed City University of New York for its low graduation rates, innovative partnerships between the city public schools and CUNY have…

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May 2001

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WORK STUDY

Thousands of New Yorkers on public assistance have found jobs under the city’s welfare-to-work initiative, but pressure to hurry people off of welfare is forcing some job trainers either to…

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May 2001

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Detour of Duty

What could New York City’s long-awaited new job training network look like? Look no further than Rochester, where taking care of businesses is job one.

ByDavid Jason Fischer 0Comments

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Mar 2001

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Losing Business–The Deals and the Downfalls

What has more than $1 billion in subsidies to major corporations bought for New York City? According to a new study from the Center for an Urban Future, a lot…

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Mar 2001

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Losing Business

What has more than $1 billion in subsidies to major corporations bought for New York City? According to a new study from the Center for an Urban Future, a lot…

ByJonathan Bowles 0Comments

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Oct 2000

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JFK SNAFU

With little official support, New York City’s airports are becoming less competitive,costing the city much-needed blue collar jobs.

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Dec 1999

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Fantasy Island

Mariners Harbor was supposed to make Staten Island a manufacturing mecca. But by hunting for headlines instead of plans that create jobs, city officials are squandering the borough’s big chance.

ByJonathan Bowles 0Comments

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Nov 1999

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City Lit: Split Definitive

A book review of Solomon’s Sword: Two Families and the Children the State Took Away, by Michael Shapiro, Times Books, 320 pages, $25.

ByPeggy J. Farber 0Comments

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Oct 1999

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IT'S NOT IN OUR GENES

Negligence on the part of city and state officials has allowed New York City to fall far behind in the race to attract biotech firms, a new report has found.

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May 1999

Economy