City opens Workforce1 Sandy Recovery Career Center in Coney Island
Department of Small Business Services (SBS) Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Housing Recovery Operations (HRO) Amy Peterson, and New York City Council Member Mark Treyger, today announced the opening of a new Sandy Recovery Workforce1 Career Center, located at 1906 Mermaid Avenue in Coney Island. The Coney Island Sandy Recovery Center is part of the administration’s commitment to expedite economic recovery in Sandy-impacted neighborhoods by training and connecting individuals to recovery and resiliency-related career opportunities. In addition to the new Center, Sandy Recovery Workforce1 services will be available at the existing Far Rockaway and South Shore of Staten Island Workforce1 Career Centers by early May.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery Program (CDBG-DR), Workforce1 Sandy Recovery Career Centers will connect Sandy-impacted residents to employment with Build it Back employers, local small businesses, and employers in various sectors citywide. The Center will also offer training opportunities for skills needed to fill positions with Build it Back contractors performing rebuilding and recovery work.
“As we continue to help communities recover from Hurricane Sandy, we must also ensure that we connect local residents to jobs with family-supporting wages and real career pathways,” said Maria Torres-Springer, Commissioner of the NYC Department of Small Business Services. “We are thrilled to be opening a Workforce1 Career Center in Coney Island to help ensure that Sandy impacted residents have access to training and local recovery jobs in their neighborhood, and I thank Amy Peterson and Council Member Treyger for their leadership and partnership on behalf of this community.”