OPINION: Still your New York
Today, we face an affordability crisis that threatens New York’s very soul. Everywhere I go, people tell me they feel their ability to remain here slipping away. On Monday, I devoted my annual State of the City speech to telling New Yorkers about how we are tackling affordability and to deliver a simple message: This is still your city.
But for that to remain true, we will need more good jobs so New Yorkers can stay New Yorkers. Our goal is to create through direct investment 100,000 permanent jobs paying at least $50,000 a year over the next decade. We will focus on industries where we already have an edge, like film and television, life sciences and tech.
Entrepreneurs are creating businesses in these sectors right here because they love the talent we have and the opportunities our dynamic, international marketplace offers. And every industry I named has an average salary in the $50,000- to $75,000-a-year range.
Brooklyn Boro
View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.