The President’s FY 2018 Budget Blueprint: Implications for Workforce Development and Education in New York Last week, the White House released its budget blueprint for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. The...
March 6, 2017
Youth Services and Finance Committees Joint Preliminary Budget – March 6, 2017 Good afternoon, Chairpersons Eugene and Ferreras-Copeland, and other distinguished Council Members of the Youth Services and Finance Committees....
February 3, 2017
FORWARD, NOT BACKWARD A Statement from JobsFirstNYC on the Nominations of Andrew Puzder and Betsy DeVos JobsFirstNYC urges the United States Senate to vote no on both Andrew Puzder's confirmation...
January 4, 2017
Yesterday, Governor Cuomo announced a proposal to offer free college tuition to State University of New York (SUNY) and City University of New York (CUNY) students whose families earn $125,000...
December 20, 2016
Last Friday, December 16, 2016, JobsFirstNYC held "What's Next: A Post-Election Discussion", a forum for national policy experts, public and nonprofit leadership, philantropy, and employers to discuss the economic challenges...
November 28, 2016
Youth Services Committee Hearing on Oversight - Disconnected Youth: Out of Work and Out of School Int. No. 708 and Int. No. 709 Good afternoon, Chairman Eugene and other distinguished...
November 18, 2016
Dear Colleagues, In the days that have followed last week's historic election, JobsFirstNYC has spoken with the field about what this outcome means for the national workforce and training system,...
July 28, 2016
On July 20, 2016, JobsFirstNYC convened together 175 employers, business intermediaries, trade associations, nonprofits, public agencies, and local philanthropies to consider how New York City businesses can adapt to advances...
June 9, 2016
Yesterday, Mayor de Blasio and New York City Council Speaker, Melissa Mark-Viverito announced their agreement on the $82.1 billion budget for fiscal year 2017 that will begin on July 1st of...
May 31, 2016
This month, Measure of America, a research project of the Social Science Research Council, issued a report entitled, High School Graduation in New York City: Is Neighborhood Still Destiny?, which documents...
