CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: City’s Solar Plan Needs Labor Focus
Mark Treyger and Daisy Chung |
What New Yorkers need is a climate plan that establishes high quality job standards and a strong workforce development system.
Green Jobs Gone Missing
Why a Green Jobs Program Produced So Few Jobs
Rose Itzcovitz |
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.
In Depth
Questions Persist About Labor Violations at Affordable Housing Sites
Kate Pastor |
Mayor de Blasio says his housing plan will create good jobs as well as affordable places to live. But limited city oversight of subcontractors, who can change their names after legal trouble or bad publicity, hampers the administration’s ability to deliver on that promise. See which contractors are currently subject to special review for labor practices.
