Promise NYC was intended to help asylum-seeker families whose immigration status makes them ineligible for other, federally-funded child care assistance. But the program, which offered subsidized care for 600 children, is only slated to continue for the remainder of the school year. “I really don’t know what I’m going to do,” said one participant with a 7-month-old son.
‘Rather than promote the pathways to success that fair and equitable employment offers for those with criminal justice histories, the current system bars opportunities at every turn.’
First the mayor moved to cancel SYEP. Then it was belatedly restored. Providers say the rush to get it up and running has made the summer harder than it needed to be.
Big Tech can succeed here, but only if its presence benefits all New Yorkers.
Waivers that exempt able-bodied adults in areas of higher unemployment from food-stamp work rules encourage dependency, conservatives say. But local experts contend the cost of withdrawing those waivers will exceed any benefit.
‘As we direct our state’s resources into renewable infrastructure, it’s critical that we invest in the workers who build it. ‘
‘For the farmworkers of New York State, the Farmworkers Fair Labors Practices Act (FFLPA) is a promising remediation to exploitative labor practices, poor living conditions and a pernicious exemption from legal protections or mechanisms to fight against it.’
‘We cannot simply hope that this economic development project organically ensures those most in need for economic opportunities are connected with them.’
In the near future, one landlord writes, rising rents will be less of a problem than the disappearance of paid work for low-income tenants who haven’t received adequate training. So let’s turn building lobbies into classrooms.
‘The biggest impact in closing the skills gap will ultimately come from businesses partnering directly with local community colleges on workforce development programs.’
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