NYC remembers program with job opportunities that helps the city after the passage of Ida – Telemundo New York (47)

The program was launched by Mayor Bill de Blasio in April as a move to seek an economic recovery inspired by the New Deal and that creates 10,000 jobs to make the Big Apple the cleanest and greenest city in the country.

This is part of the plan Recovery for All of New York City and is modeled after the U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) of the New Deal, which hired thousands of unemployed Americans from across the country to improve public lands, forests and parks during the Great Depression. The federal stimulus approved by President Biden is used to fund the program.

“In 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt built the nation’s economic recovery by improving infrastructure, putting Americans back to work, and restoring civic pride in our public spaces. Today, New York City is leading the way to do it again, ”said Mayor Bill de Blasio when he announced the initiative in April. “Building a recovery for all of us means creating thousands and thousands of jobs that will make our city a safer and more beautiful place to live, work and play. That mission has never been more important. Together, we will provide the kind of recovery that New Yorkers deserve. “

Hiring began in April with 1,000 New Yorkers hired and continues to grow to 10,000.

The contracting will be carried out with 10 city agencies, including the Department of Parks and Recreation, (Parks), the Department of Transportation, (DOT, for its acronym in English), the Housing Authority of the City of New York, (NYCHA), and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

Employees as part of the CCC program will focus on revitalizing New York City’s public spaces and neighborhoods, beautifying parks and green spaces, and bringing art to the city’s open spaces. This will include a citywide graffiti removal campaign, sidewalk pressure washing, mural design, community garden care, and open street maintenance.

The CCC’s work will focus on key areas identified by local communities and elected officials, business districts and the 33 neighborhoods most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic identified by the City’s Task Force on Equity and Inclusion. racial.

The official CCC logo and posterDesigned in-house, they were inspired by Roosevelt-era New Deal imagery and the original US CCC logo.

To look at the job opportunities offered by the city and send an application visit the website of the program on this website.

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