WCNY, By Susan Arbetter, July 31, 2013. ALIGN: Stands for Alliance for a Greater New York and it is a community and labor organization that is basically working for regular people like you and me. They issued a report back in May, actually, about New York State's economic development efforts, which they equate to a wager – a $7 billion wager – and we have talked about this before on the show. Today we welcome their Executive Director Matt Ryan on the show.
PolicyMic, By Mijin Cha, July 26, 2013. A few years ago, Urban Agenda (now ALIGN) and the Center for American Progress released the New York City Green Collar Jobs Roadmap, the culmination of a 1.5 year long process called the New York City Green Collar Jobs Roundtable. The process analyzed several aspects of the green economy, bringing together unions, community-based organizations, workforce development providers, environmental justice organizations, progressive businesses, and others to develop a shared vision for how an inclusive and thriving green economy could be implemented in New York City.
The Albany Times Union, By Rick Karlin, July 11, 2013. I had a piece last week on the state’s annual report about Public Authorities and now the Getting our Money’s Worth Coalition which includes taxpayers, small businesses and unions that have been critical of Industrial Development Agencies, has drilled down into data about IDAs and found what they say is a poor record of job creation.
WBAI, By Mark Hannay, July 1, 2013. In our interview segment this week, we will be taking a look at the new Caring Across Generations campaign that is happening nationally and here and in New York. It is designed to address the needs of both long term care patients and the workers who care of them. Joining us is Melanie Willingham-Jaggers, who is an organizer with The Alliance for a Greater New York, also known as ALIGN.
