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Household income is rising, but so is the poverty rate, on Staten Island’s North Shore, where a lack of jobs and a dearth of transportation options appear to go hand…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Sep 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Looking for the Perfect Employees? Partner with Community Colleges

‘The biggest impact in closing the skills gap will ultimately come from businesses partnering directly with local community colleges on workforce development programs.’

ByJeanne Hardy 0Comments

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Aug 2018

CLARIFY News

Apply Now: City Limits’ Fall 2018 Reporting Internship for NYC Students

Calling all aspiring journalists! City Limits is currently accepting applications from NYC high school students for its CLARIFY (City Limits Accountability Reporting Initiative for Youth) introductory internship program for the…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Jun 2018

Economy Housing and Homelessness In Depth

Can the Auto-Repair Sector Survive the Jerome Ave. Rezoning?

Every time a zoning change or development project pushes the auto industry out of one neighborhood, it gets harder to find it a new home.

BySadef Ali Kully 5Comments

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Apr 2018

Housing and Homelessness News

City Must Tackle Barriers to Career-Track Jobs in Construction, Advocates Say

The De Blasio administration has expanded partnerships with unions and amped up construction safety requirements, but advocates say the city could go farther to ensure low income residents access real…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Apr 2018

Economy In Depth Justice

Older Workers are Organizing to Fight Ageism on the Job

Age discrimination complaints are hard to litigate. So older workers in New York City and elsewhere are turning from the court of law to that of public opinion to press…

ByNicole Javorsky 8Comments

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Mar 2018

Opinion

CityViews: New York’s EDC Prez Reacts to Fears About Tech’s Impact on the City

In a letter to the editor, NYCEDC chief James Patchett responds to a CityViews op-ed that sounded alarms over the prospect of New York becoming Silicon Valley East.

ByJames Patchett 1Comment

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Jul 2017

Economy In Depth

Older Gig Economy Workers Face Unique Challenges

The popular image of a gig economy worker is of a Milennial with little interest in traditional employment. But older workers, who have left or been forced from regular jobs,…

ByArturo Conde 1Comment

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness In Depth

Labor, Law and Lessons from California: The Debate Over Local Hiring and the Rezonings

Advocates want the city to require developers who take advantage of rezonings to hire local residents for construction jobs. The city fears a legal challenge, but San Francisco and Los…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Oct 2016

In Depth

Rare Praise for City’s Build it Back Program

For all its well-documented struggles with delays, the program can also claim milestone achievements for hiring and training local workers, says one community coalition.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

A Microcosm of the City, in Desperate Need of More Transit