Port Authority's cash contribution will help prepare residents to work in construction.The Port Authority Board of Commissioners has authorized funding $200,000 annually over the next three years to 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 and New Jersey programs that prepare high school students and eligible adults for valuable trade union apprenticeships. The agency has supported these programs since 2001 and participated in the development of pre-apprenticeship programs since 1995. Port Authority Chairman Anthony R. Coscia said, "Pre-apprenticeship programs have proven to be very successful in providing participants with the personal, academic and vocational skills needed to become apprentices to skilled professionals working in the construction industry. "We are pleased to support these programs so that citizens of this region can reap their benefits." Port Authority Vice Chairman Charles A. Gargano said, "These types of programs go a long way in addressing the shortage of skilled workers required to meet the needs of the construction industry in this new millennium. "A skilled workforce is extremely important to our economy. Our commitment to this cause will help us achieve and maintain regional prosperity." Port Authority Executive Director Joseph J. Seymour said, "With the Port Authority's financial assistance over the last three years, 750 residents were provided classroom training; math and reading tutorials; and on-the-job instruction in specific trade skills in preparation for the opportunity to apply for apprentice positions with highly skilled professionals working with regional construction companies. "We believe that this is proof that pre-apprenticeship programs give ambitious people the help they need to improve their lives. Their success helps to improve the region's economy which benefits all of us." In New York, the Port Authority will provide $100,000 each year to Construction Skills 2000--a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. established by the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York and the Building Trade Employers Association of New York City--to administer a preparatory training program for high school students, giving them preferred access to apprenticeship programs in the building and construction industry. In New Jersey, the agency also will provide $100,000 per year to be split equally between two similar programs operated by the New Jersey Institute of Social Justice and the Construction Industry Advancement Program of New Jersey. These programs will be funded from April 2004 until March 2007. In 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. , vocational high schools that participate in this program include The High School of Cooperative Technology; Chelsea High School Chelsea High School may refer to:
The participants in the New Jersey programs are Essex County Essex County can refer to:
Newark Public Schools, a state-operated Abbott District, enrolls approximately 45,000 students, making it the largest school system in New Jersey. ; Essex County vocational schools; New Jersey Department of Labor; New Jersey Department of Education The New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey. ; several construction industry labor unions; and community organizations such as the Essex County College Essex County College is an accredited, co-educational, two-year, public, community college located in Essex County, New Jersey. Its primary campus is in Newark. Other facilities include the West Essex Campus in West Caldwell and other satellite centers around Essex County. Wise Women's Center, the Newark Community Development Network, and La Casa de Don Pedro. |
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