Construction czars aim to share jobs.More than 30 professionals in several different disciplines in the construction and design industries have been selected to serve on the Mayor's Commission on Construction Opportunity to help make sure more New Yorkers get the chance to benefit from the building boom. "New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. is at the dawn of an exciting period and we are perfectly positioned to take advantage of what we expect will be the biggest construction booms in our city's history," said Mayor Bloomberg Bloomberg A major global provider of 24-hour financial news and information including real-time and historic price data, financials data, trading news and analyst coverage, as well as general news and sports. . "We want to ensure that these solid, permanent jobs go to New Yorkers, especially minorities, women, returning veterans and new high school graduates, who have been well-prepared to succeed. "We have found 34 exceptional individuals to serve on the Commission and I am sure they will move forward aggressively to address these goals as we continue to find new ways to create opportunity for all." The Commission will explore strategies and set goals for ensuring a fair playing field for well-prepared New Yorkers who should be able to gain access to good, permanent jobs in construction, in both the private and public sectors. "With this commission, the mayor has shown extraordinary vision in meeting the needs of our industry and the city as a whole," said Edward J. Malloy, president of the Building and Construction Trades Council and a member of the commission. "It will complement efforts to recruit a diverse work force from the public high schools through Construction Skills 2000 and veterans of our armed services The Constitution authorizes Congress to raise, support, and regulate armed services for the national defense. The President of the United States is commander in chief of all the branches of the services and has ultimate control over most military matters. through Helmets to Hardhats. Both of these successful initiatives provide the training through apprenticeships that is needed to compete for long-term employment in our industry." The 34 members include private developers, contractors, minority and women-owned businesses, union representatives, advocates, and government officials. The announcement took place at District Council 9/ Painters and Allied Trades' Apprentice A person who agrees to work for a specified time in order to learn a trade, craft, or profession in which the employer, traditionally called the master, assents to instruct him or her. and Training Center in Long Island City, Queens Long Island City (often abbreviated L.I.C.) is the western-most neighborhood of the borough of Queens in New York City. It is bounded on the north and west by the East River; on the east by Hazen Street, 49th Street . "New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of stands at the brink of an unprecedented era of economic growth," said Louis J. Coletti, president of the BTEA BTEA Back to Education Allowance (Ireland) BTEA Block Tiny Encryption Algorithm , New York's largest contractor association, who was appointed to the commission. "The mayor's commission will allow our industry to continue reaching out to all New Yorkers and building our city's middle-class." The Commission will be co-chaired by Deputy Mayor for Policy Dennis Walcott and Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Daniel Doctoroff, and will include seven City agency heads. The Commission's first meeting will take place on Friday, March 18. Members will work together to identify the needs of the industry and various approaches to combine opportunities with education and support, as well as explore opportunities in both public and private construction. At dates to be determined by the Commission, it will announce a series of commitments to be undertaken to meet these goals. Jeffrey E. Levine, a veteran New York City developer and president of the 25-year-old construction company Levine Builders, was appointed to the commission. He said, "As a member of this task force, I will work to open up quality, middle-class jobs for New Yorkers of diverse backgrounds. It is important for us to develop the construction workforce now, if we are to carry out the City's ambitious redevelopment plans in all five boroughs." The major development projects throughout the City include but are not limited to the Hudson Yards, West Chelsea, Downtown Brooklyn Downtown Brooklyn is the third largest central business district in New York City (following Midtown Manhattan and Lower Manhattan), and is located in the , Greenpoint/ Williamsburg, Lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. Lower Manhattan is generally defined as the area delineated on the north by Chambers Street, on the west by the Hudson River (North redevelopment, and Upper Manhattan Upper Manhattan denotes the more northerly region of the New York City Borough of Manhattan. Its southern boundary may be defined anywhere between 59th Street and 155th Street. . The City estimates that from these projects alone, 260,000 construction jobs would be created over the next 30 years. |
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