Council to pump $500,000 into day laborer centers
Mark-Viverito announces funding in Bensonhurst
Employment centers that find jobs for immigrant day laborers will be getting $500,000 in city funding, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and other officials announced in Bensonhurst on Monday.
Mark-Viverito was joined by Councilmember Julissa Ferreras-Copeland (D-Elmhurst-Corona), chairman of the Committee on Finance, and Councilmember Carlos Menchaca (D-Sunset Park-Red Hook), chairman of the Committee on Immigration, when she made the announcement at the Bay Community Center on the waterfront at Bay and Shore parkways.
“Day laborers play a fundamental role in the construction, development and growth of our great city,” Mark-Viverito said. “Beyond their hard work day in and day out, these laborers contribute so much to the vibrancy and richness of New York. The funding for this initiative will continue to validate these centers as epicenters of workforce development for this community of workers.”
The funds are being allocated in the Fiscal Year 2016 budget through the Day Laborer Initiative and will be used for the expansion and development of day laborer centers.