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14 FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Mayor Adams Announces $15 Million Investment

to Connect 1,500 Justice-Involved and Impacted

New Yorkers To Job Opportunities

Community Resource for Employment and Development to Connect

New Yorkers to Paid Internships in In-Demand, Emerging Sectors

OUR BUREAU reduction in Black and Latino unem-
ployment since the start of the Adams
NEW YORK, NY
administration. To find job opportu-
ew York City Mayor Eric Ad- nities, free training, and employment
ams has continued “Jobs Week resources, New Yorkers can visit the
N ” by announcing the Commu- Jobs NYC website.
nity Resources for Employment and The administration has also
Development (CRED) initiative, a launched and advanced transformative
new $15 million workforce program projects in all five boroughs to support
for participants, ages 18-40, involved job creation, including projects ranging
in the criminal justice system who are from the Kingsbridge Armory in the
at risk of involvement in community Bronx, to the Brooklyn Army Termi-
violence or residing in communities nal and Brooklyn Marine Terminal in
with the highest rates of gun violence. Brooklyn, to SPARC Kips Bay in Man-
Overseen by the New York City De- hattan, to Willets Point in Queens, to
partment of Youth and Community the North Shore Action Plan on Staten
Development (DYCD) and its net- Island. Cumulatively, these projects
work of providers, CRED will offer will create tens of thousands of perma-
work readiness training, occupational nent and temporary construction jobs,
training, and internships for in-de- justice-impacted New Yorkers enter ceive up to 24 weeks or 600 hours of generate more than $100 billion in
mand, emerging sectors for up to 24 the workforce,” said Mayor Adams. paid training and internships at $20 long-term economic impact for the city,
weeks, as well as job placement within “All New Yorkers — no matter their per hour in high-demand career fields, and cultivate good-paying, 21st-centu-
a three-month follow-up period. past — should be able to receive the including: ry job opportunities.
CRED offers holistic support to training and resources they need to New Yorkers interested in partic- Additionally, last year, NYC Tal-
participants, providing access to men- secure a job. Our ‘Jobs Week’ is high- ipating in CRED should visit DYCD’s ent announced the city delivered more
tal health counseling, housing, aca- lighting that a job is more than just a homepage for updates beginning in than 15,000 apprenticeship opportuni-
demic support, and health care access. way to earn a living — it provides pur- mid-February. ties to New Yorkers in less than three
Today’s announcement comes as the pose, a sense of pride, and the means The Adams administration has in- years — more than halfway to the ad-
city, last week, celebrated breaking to keep people on the right path.” vested hundreds of millions of dollars ministration’s moonshot goal of cre-
the all-time high jobs record for the “DYCD is excited to introduce in creating good-paying, family-sus- ating 30,000 apprenticeships by 2030
eighth time and unemployment going CRED to our robust workforce de- taining, public- and private-sector announced in Mayor Adams’ 2023
down across all demographics, since velopment programming and expand jobs for New Yorkers. The New York State of the City address. Further,
the start of the Adams administration. those opportunities to include New City Mayor’s Office of Talent and last summer, NYC Talent announced
This week, the Adams administration Yorkers who are exposed to communi- Workforce (NYC Talent) announced expanded workforce services for New
is celebrating “Jobs Week,” highlight- ty violence, have been justice-involved, that, last year, nearly 8,500 job-seek- Yorkers with disabilities and celebrat-
ing the city’s efforts to ensure job or reside in Gun Violence Task Force ing New Yorkers were connected to ed a hiring milestone for the commu-
opportunities reaches every borough, priority precincts,” said DYCD Com- employment, free training, and work- nity. Finally, Mayor Adams, also last
block, and neighborhood and advanc- missioner Keith Howard. “Public safe- force development resources over six summer, announced the city’s first-ev-
ing Mayor Adams’ 2025 State of the ty and ensuring New York is the best months through the through Mayor er community hiring effort, which
City commitment to make New York place to raise a family are top prior- Adams’ “Jobs NYC” initiative. Jobs leverages more than $1.2 billion in city
City the best, more affordable place to ities of Mayor Adams, and programs NYC is a multi-pronged citywide ef- contracts to create job opportunities
raise a family. like CRED—offering a variety of paid fort to reduce barriers to economic for underserved New Yorkers. Com-
“The best deterrent to crime and trainings, internships, and opportunity opportunities and deliver workforce munity hiring allows the city to use
keeping communities safe is simple: for full time employment—are doing development services directly to com- its purchasing power, set hiring goals
a good-paying job. CRED is that de- just that.” munities across the five boroughs that across city procurement contracts, and
terrent, investing in communities most CRED is expected to serve 1,500 are experiencing high unemployment. build on the success of existing project
impacted by gun violence and provid- participants over Fiscal Year (FY) Thanks to efforts like Jobs NYC, the labor agreements and agency-specific
ing the holistic support needed to help 2025, and FY26. Participants will re- city has celebrated an over 20 percent hiring programs.

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