File #: Res 0275-2004    Version: * Name: Create apprenticeship and job opportunity programs through which unemployed New Yorkers can participate in upcoming public infrastructure projects.
Type: Resolution Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on General Welfare
On agenda: 4/1/2004
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution calling on the City of New York to create apprenticeship and job opportunity programs through which unemployed New Yorkers can participate in upcoming public infrastructure projects.
Sponsors: Larry B. Seabrook, Maria Baez, Charles Barron, Yvette D. Clarke, Erik Martin Dilan, Lewis A. Fidler, Helen D. Foster, Sara M. Gonzalez, Letitia James, G. Oliver Koppell, Michael E. McMahon, Annabel Palma, Kendall Stewart, Albert Vann, James F. Gennaro, Robert Jackson, John C. Liu
Council Member Sponsors: 17
Attachments: 1. Committee Report, 2. Hearing Transcript
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2005*Larry B. Seabrook City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/22/2004*Larry B. Seabrook Select Committee on Community Development Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/22/2004*Larry B. Seabrook Select Committee on Community Development Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/22/2004*Larry B. Seabrook Committee on General Welfare Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/22/2004*Larry B. Seabrook Committee on General Welfare Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/22/2004*Larry B. Seabrook Committee on Economic Development Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/22/2004*Larry B. Seabrook Committee on Economic Development Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/1/2004*Larry B. Seabrook City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/1/2004*Larry B. Seabrook City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Res. No. 275

 

Resolution calling on the City of New York to create apprenticeship and job opportunity programs through which unemployed New Yorkers can participate in upcoming public infrastructure projects.

 

By Council Members Seabrook, Baez, Barron, Clarke, Dilan, Fidler, Foster, Gonzalez, James, Koppell, McMahon, Palma, Stewart, Vann, Gennaro, Jackson and Liu

 

Whereas, According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, while the seasonally adjusted national unemployment rate in February 2004 remained at 5.6%, unemployment rose to 6.5% in New York State and to 8.4% in New York City in January 2004; and

Whereas, Unemployment levels have reached 12.1% for African Americans and 9.6% for Latinos in New York City; and 

Whereas, The Community Service Society of New York (“CSSNY”) recently reported that in 2003 only 51.8% of New York’s African American men were employed; and

Whereas, In addition, New Yorkers with lower levels of education continue to face staggering rates of unemployment; and

Whereas, The economic aftermath of 9/11 has continued to adversely impact New York City and has created additional obstacles for low-income and unemployed New Yorkers; and

Whereas, Government and community based organizations created to address the aftermath of 9/11 have proposed large infrastructure projects aimed at revitalizing and rebuilding lower Manhattan and creating additional jobs for the unemployed; and

Whereas, The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation still has $1 billion in unused Community Development Block Grant funds; and

                     Whereas, The Labor Community Advocacy Network to Rebuild New York has proposed sector groups, apprenticeship programs, and a “Liberty Jobs” program that would ensure quality employment for approximately 60,000 New Yorkers; and

Whereas, These programs would allow New Yorkers living outside of downtown Manhattan to benefit from the funds provided to New York after September 11th; and

Whereas, These programs should strive to attain long-term economic revitalization for lower Manhattan as well as address the current economic crisis for many New Yorkers disproportionately suffering from poverty and unemployment; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the New York City Council calls on the City of New York to create apprenticeship and job opportunity programs through which unemployed New Yorkers can participate in upcoming public infrastructure projects.

 

 

 

 

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