Press conference with low-income New Yorkers testifying about personal experiences living in poverty in New York City. Speakers include welfare recipients and unemployed New Yorkers. Group will call on Mayor Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs, the Commission for Economic Opportunity (CEO) and City agencies to make a real commitment to addressing poverty and joblessness in the city by better coordinating the workforce development system, expanding paid transitional jobs programs, investing in career-ladder training programs, and talking directly to low-income New Yorkers. Group will sing its version of Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” highlighting the other side of New York and hand out information about the CEO to passersby.
