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The governor has set an ambitious goal for directing state contracts to businesses owned by women and minorities. But why did it take so long? And who is really benefiting?

ByAdam Wisnieski 1Comment

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Oct 2014

Economy Opinion

Good News Mixed With Danger Signs for NYC's Job Market

The overall employment picture is improving. But the economy is still plagued by trouble for young workers, a lack of middle-skill jobs and lingering effects from the years of deep…

ByBenjamin Mandel and Joe Seydl 0Comments

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Jun 2014

Economy Government

Help Wanted: 10,000 More Summer Youth Job Slots

A rally today will call on the de Blasio administration to add money to the budget for summer youth employment, which has shrunk even as teen unemployment remains startling high.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2013

Economy Education Government Opinion

What Does the City's Recovery Need? More Libraries

Libraries perform a critical role in workforce development for low-income New Yorkers. But budget cuts have so curtailed service that Detroit’s libraries are now open more than New York’s.

ByDavid Giles 0Comments

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Nov 2012

Economy Justice

Protect Immigrant Work Rights—-By Making them Owners

Statistics show immigrant workers frequently suffer wage theft. One solution pioneered by a Brooklyn center is to launch cooperatives where the workers are also owners.

ByLorraine Boissoneault 0Comments

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Mar 2012

Economy Education Opinion

The GED: Public Good or Private Sector Trove?

A private corporation has just taken over the test that millions use to attain credentials outside of high school. Amid talk of rising fees, it’s time for the city to…

ByLazar Treschan 0Comments

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Aug 2011

Economy Investigations

Can Job Training Reduce Unemployment?

Governments are pouring money into job skills programs as a way of combating poverty. But what jobs are participants being prepared for?

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

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Aug 2011

Economy

The Lower Unemployment Rate: Getting Jobs, Or Giving Up?

A closer look at the national labor-market figures released last week suggest that the modest fall in the unemployment rate has more to do with people leaving the labor force…

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

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Apr 2011

Economy Government

From Welfare To Work—Until A Budget Cut Hits

Through the transitional jobs program, hundreds of former welfare recipients have performed actual city jobs—not workfare. But state budget reductions will force the program to scale back.

ByPatrick Wall 0Comments

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Mar 2011

Government

Senate, Assembly Resist Cuomo Cuts To Services

Legislators want to restore many human services that Gov. Cuomo proposed cutting. But the Senate and Assembly still differ by tens of millions of dollars on social funding, and some…