At the opening of a career center in the Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza Tuesday Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the city is opening Workforce1 Career Centers at its public libraries to help more [...]
A Rutgers University study indicates that only seven percent of American workers surveyed believe they have recovered from the recession. Thirty-six percent felt that that they have experienced a major setback that has left them [...]
Sixteen years ago Roberto Gill, the founder and owner of CASA Kids Design Company, moved from TriBeca to Brooklyn because his rent was too high. He discovered he was not alone. Brooklyn has become a [...]
It’s not hard to guess Bernard McClain had something to do with the performing arts. He is tall, standing at 6 foot 2. He speaks with a resonating voice and moves elegantly along the corridor of the Bed-Stuy apartment where he lives with his wife and two children.
On Thursday Mayor Bloomberg and Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation President Andrew Kimball announced that 300 local jobs will be created at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports. The location is currently [...]
It happened so quickly, and its effects have lasted for so long. Two years after the recession ended, upwards of 100,000 people in Brooklyn are still without work. We know the numbers. But who are [...]
Unemployment drags on for one Bensonhurst resident
For the tens of thousands of unemployed in Brooklyn, losing their jobs was beyond their control. Rick on the other hand chose to leave his job to look for a better one. Little did he know, he had walked away from a steady income just as the worst economic crisis in decades was about to hit.
When Brad Estabrooke was laid off from his job in financial services, he opened the Breuckelen Distilling Company, Inc.
By Alex Eriksen As the holiday season begins, there’s one place in the Fulton Street Mall that’s busy as ever: the unemployment office. Every day, people wait in line at the New York Department [...]
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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