New York State to open first certified offshore wind training school on Staten Island
“Let’s mobilize folks to the waterfront and establish the next generation of skilled workers."
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“Let’s mobilize folks to the waterfront and establish the next generation of skilled workers."
Comptroller Brad Lander said the pension funds adopted a measurable and transparent plan that could serve as a model for other investors.
Called “Iftar On The Go”, the newly-announced event will distribute numerous zero-cost halal meals at Brooklyn’s Muslim American Society Youth Center over the course of four evenings in March and April.
City contracts are huge economic drivers, but minority and women-owned businesses, known as MWBEs, have largely been cut out of the procurement process.
According to the latest Comptroller's report, Black and Latino‐owned businesses each received under 2 percent of city contract dollars in fiscal year 2022, and only 5 percent of all new city contracts and purchase orders registered during that same period went to city‐certified minority or women‐owned business enterprises.