As people of conscience, as elected leaders of the greatest democracy in the world, we ask ourselves, is there not a need for a new war on poverty or a Great Society plan similar to that enacted by President [Lyndon B. Johnson]?" read [Jesse Jackson]'s statement. "Dr. [Martin Lutherl King's cry for a Poor People's Campaign has come full circle. There must be a sense of urgency to address this moral and economic crisis. In Stimulus I, we have watered the leaves. We need Stimulus II to water the roots. David R. Jones, Esq., of the Community Service Society of New York, expressed distress at what America has become and hopes that the poor of the country will not be forgotten like he feels they usually are. "We are seeing a new poor - previously middleclass or working-class people who had...
In response to this problem, two of New York Cityfc congressmen, Charles Rangel and Jerrold Nadler, have introduced bills in the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressman Rangel has introduced RR 7066, legislation to create a federal tax credit for employors to hire disconnected youth. The bill is the direct result of CSSIs work with Congressman Rangel. "Community organizations such as the Community Service Society of New York, led by [David R Jones], have long championed the cause of disadvantaged youth," said Ranget "Their outstanding work has given me and my congressional colleagues a better understanding of the costs that this nation will bear if we fail to simply give these young men and women a helping hand. Congressman Nadler has introduced RR 7063, entitled the "Transportation...
News Advisory: The statistics are staggering. In New York City alone Black men have steadily lost ground in job holding relative to other groups. According to a report by the Community Service Society of New York (CSSNY) in 1993/1992, the Black male job holding rate was 14.6 percent points below that of whites; by 2004/2003, it has grown to 19.9 percentage points. The HIV/AIDS epidemic is growing rapidly amongst African-American men. One in three African American males between the ages of 20 to 29 is currently under some form of criminal justice supervision. Further, the drop out rate among Black youth has increased.
The report, A Crisis in Black Male Employment: Unemployment and Joblessness in New York City, 2003, finds that the percent of black men with a job dropped by 12.2 percentage points since 2000. As a result, jobholding by black women exceeded that of black men for the first time, 57.1 percent against 51.8 percent. In 2003, 75.7 percent of white men held a job, 23.9 percentage points higher than black men. (View the report, on our website: www.cssny.org.) The 48.2 percent of black men who are without a job computes to 286,000 people, larger than the population of Jersey City. Joblessness of this magnitude harms individuals, destroys families, and is corrosive to communities. It ultimately creates problems for all New Yorkers. There may not be a simple solution to this problem, but that can...
...A new report by the Community Service Society reveals that only 51.8 percent of ...
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The Fiscal Policy Institute, which studies budget and tax issues in New York State, pointed to several factors contributing to income inequality in the state: the decline in manufacturing jobs, globalization, the expansion of low-wage service jobs, immigration, the erosion of the minimum wage, and weakened unions. The result is wage stagnation for the lowest-earning 70 percent of the state's workforce, those without a college degree. The state should also ensure that the private sector pays its fair share in taxes. Over the last 25 years, revenues from the state's main tax on corporations fell by more than 50 percent relative to the size of the state's economy. Workers' wages have increased by 14 percent in this decade compared to a 65 percent increase in corporate profits. Meanwhile, h...
...Policy Responses. The Community Service Society's labor market reports and survey ...
Two recently released studies had some sobering news for everyone - not just for the black community - because what happens there has tremendous implications for the rest of society. First, an Urban Institute study found the national graduation rate is 68 percent. But blacks, Hispanics and American Indians are graduating at a rate of only 51 percent. Then a study was released by the nonprofit Community Service Society showing that in New York City last year, nearly half of working-age black men were unemployed.
Next Tuesday, November 8, New York City's voters will go to the polls to elect a mayor. You've probably heard from a number of sources the importance of voting. It is the primary requisite of a democracy: the people elect their own leaders. But you've also been told that the race isn't close, the decision already ordained. So why bother to vote? This is a city where 40 percent of black men are jobless, where over 170,000 of our young people are neither in school nor in the job market - disconnected from any structure that could provide them with a future - in the only large city that saw an increase in poverty in the last year. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, about 1.6 million New Yorkers are living in poverty. In our latest survey of low-income New Yorkers, acquiring job skills th...
... influence wielded by a voter bloc, a community with likeminded values and concerns, is in direct ... latest survey released by the Community Service Society, low-income New Yorkers expressed their di...
... He was a graduate of the City College of New York, where he became a member of Kappa Alpha Psi frate...Romero began his career with the Community Service Society of New York and devoted most of hi...
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