A Green Way to Building Career Opportunities, The Intervine Story by Mary Kathryn Fisher
What do you get when you combine sustainability, criminal justice, and workforce development? Meet INTERVINE, a social enterprise that is building a greener New York City by providing opportunities to New Yorkers. Some of you may be familiar with The HOPE...
A New Waste Management Plan to Make NYCHA Grounds Visibly Cleaner and Pest Free by 2025 by Favio German
On April 22, the NYC Housing Authority (NYCHA) released the NYCHA 2.0 Waste Management Plan, which is a comprehensive approach to making NYCHA properties visibly clean and free of pests. The NYCHA 2.0 Waste Management Plan includes 12 initiatives that are designed to...
The Consensus Is in: City Approves Plan for Sustainable Garment Center Development
For more than a century, the Garment Center has been the home for clothing manufacturing in New York, not to mention the epicenter of the fashion world. An innovative steering committee report will help keep it that way. Last month, the City Council voted to approve a...
June Newsletter: Ending Spring as a NYS certified WBE with a published report and a growing team
In this issue, we’re thrilled to announce our NYS WBE status, share our recently published case study on the NYC Center for Youth Employment, welcome new additions to our growing team – and did we mention that we’re hiring too? Public Works is now a...
Increased Service, Improved Outcomes Among Change Capital Fund Grantees
Our work was featured in the Change Capital Fund's Newsletter this month. Check out the full article below, discussing how we evaluated improved outcomes among their grantees in the areas of workforce development, youth and adult education, and housing. Since...
Local Business Engagement with a Purpose – Creating Actionable, Sustainable Development Plans
Last week, our client the Long Island City Partnership released the first phase of the first-ever Long Island City Comprehensive Plan. This report presents findings from a wide-ranging research effort, and recommends strategies for guiding LIC’s development to not...
“Career Pathways”: A New Vision for New York City’s Workforce Development System
Public Works Partners was proud to attend Mayor de Blasio’s announcement of a new vision for New York City’s workforce development system. It was the culmination of a six month engagement with the Mayor's Office of Workforce Development, the Economic Development...
New Report: “Small Business Success: A Blueprint for Turning More of New York City’s Small Businesses into Medium-Sized and Large Businesses”
We’re pleased to announce the release of the Center for an Urban Future report, “Small Business Success: A blueprint for turning more of New York City's small businesses into medium-sized and large businesses.” One of our principals, Mark Foggin, was the report’s lead...
New Report on NYC Capital Project Management
Public Works Partners is pleased that our study A Survey of Capital Project Management Among New York City Government Agencies, which we researched and wrote for the advocacy group New Yorkers for Parks, has just been released and is garnering serious attention from...
Helping Community Development to Incorporate Economic Development
Earlier this year, Public Works Partners was engaged by Larisa Ortiz Associates to help our client, the Association of Neighborhood Housing Developers, to explore opportunities for local community development organizations (which typically focus on developing...