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A mayor's life : governing New York's gorgeous mosaic
The former mayor--the son of a barber and a domestic who grew up in Harlem and Trenton--discusses his journey to becoming the 106th mayor of New York City.
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Keynote Address: Nea Twentieth Anniversary Luncheon
The National Economic Association's role in involving African American economists in the US' economic development is very important because African American economists are uniquely able to analyze national and regional trends from the perspective of communities that are often the hardest hit by shifts in the economy.
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NEW YORK FORUM ABOUT FAMILY At Least, Save The Children
Improve the salary structure for preventive service workers. The turnover rate among staff of \"voluntary\" (that is, private) preventive service programs was 48 percent last year. That is largely because these professionals earn less than their city counterparts. Last year's city budget recognized serious salary inequities and appropriated $300,000 which, combined with $1.2 million from the state, closed 40 percent of the gap between the average salary in voluntary agencies and the starting salary of city workers. The remaining gap can be filled with a $450,000 contribution from the city, which will generate a $1.8 million match by the state. Providing preventive services is not only humane, it is cost effective. The annual cost of preventive services is $2,000 per child, compared to the $10,000 to $12,000 cost of maintaining a child in a foster boarding home, and the $25,000 to $35,000 cost of maintaining a child in an institution.
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NEW YORK FORUM ABOUT POLITICS A Full Voice For Minorities
Alternatives to the Board of Estimate could seriously hurt minority representation in this city. Increases in the number of minority representatives on an expanded City Council would be offset by the dilution of their power within a larger body. Should the Board of Estimate lose some of its power, or worse, be abolished, the loss of elected minority representation would be more severe. The vast number of cases decided under the Voting Rights Act and, to a lesser extent, the one person, one vote provision, have involved legislative assemblies, where the sheer number of minority representatives elected was the predominant, perhaps the sole, consideration. However, in this case, the actual empowerment of minorities is the key consideration, not how many representatives minorities elect. The Board of Estimate is an elected body, but it is not a legislative assembly. Given its multiple roles, the Justice Department can be expected to examine all factors relating to the board's operations and the effectiveness of minority members. They will measure the ability of minority members to represent broad constituencies, their capacity to enhance the quality of services in minority communities, and especially the visibility of minority leadership in the city.
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NEW YORK FORUMABOUT TOWNAn Industry Under Siege
More than 76,000 of the city's manufacturing jobs are in the graphic arts, an industry that encompasses printers, lithographers, typesetters, engravers, platemakers, bookbinders, ink and paper manufacturers and paste-up artists. More than 80 percent of such workers are in Manhattan alone, earning more than $1.9 billion in annual wages - more than legal services or the insurance industry, which bring in $1.6 billion each. Many of New York's leading industries, including finance, advertising, insurance and communications, cannot function without the services of printers. The city can act now to protect the graphic arts industry in the same way. I plan this year to fund a study of the real estate problems of the graphic arts industry. Modeled on the garment center study that preceded new zoning for that industry, it would consider zoning issues, labor needs of the industry and the impact of changing technology, and recommend appropriate government action for Board of Estimate consideration. With many graphics industry leaders already considering leaving the city, we must move quickly to keep them in Manhattan.
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City Auctions Block Affordable Housing Selling public land to the highest bidder makes anything but luxury housing built on those sites unfeasible economically
Developers badly want to build here and are willing to pay top dollar because of the returns they can make on luxury residential and high-rise office buildings. But no one can pay top Manhattan market values for in rem property and then promise to build low or even middle-income housing. Consequently, when publicly owned parcels in this borough that once housed poor and middle-income families are sold, they are lost as a housing resource to those income groups forever. Where do those families go? The increased rent levels caused by the higher land costs, coupled with several other factors, forced me to decide against the project and to call on my colleagues in the Board of Estimate to oppose it. At the last minute, anticipating defeat, the mayor withdrew the project, saying he would scrap present plans and sell the land to the highest bidder. With land values in a constant spiral on the West Side, the highest bidder will never be able to afford to build moderately priced rental apartments. [Clinton] will lose much of its character, moderate-income people will lose a residential opportunity in Manhattan and the city will lose another chance to build affordable housing. The city must also take responsibility for the significant role it plays - for better or worse - in determining Manhattan housing costs. By insisting on top dollar for its in rem properties, the city is making a conscious decision to encourage high-rise luxury developments - and in the process ultimately destroy viable, mixed-income communities. Such gentrification will affect people's lives forever.
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Can We Prevent A Fire Next Time? Only by spending to defeat inequality, not for defense
THIS PAST WEEK has been difficult for us all, as the injustice of the Rodney King verdict pierced the hearts of millions of Americans. We watched with horror and sadness as the violence in Los Angeles unfurled on our television screens. That violence has now subsided, but we must be careful not to mistake the calm as a sign that all is well. As the Rev. Martin Luther King taught us, \"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.\" Reducing the deficit is a worthy goal, but as The Washington Post noted in a recent editorial, \"The budget deficit is not the only one that has built up in the last 11 years. A social deficit has accumulated as well.\" Los Angeles was a painful reminder of that other deficit. You can federalize the National Guard to escort children to greater opportunity, as John Kennedy did at the University of Alabama, or you can federalize it to escort children to jail, as George Bush was forced to do in Los Angeles. I have no doubt that, given the choice, the president would prefer to do the former. Yet when he needed $500 billion to bail out the S & Ls, he found the money. When he needed billions to fight Saddam Hussein, he found the money. Where are the billions needed to save our children?
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ABOUT SHELTERDignity While They're Waiting
Some critics charge that by supporting apartment-style transitional housing I have wavered in my commitment to permanent housing. Nothing could be further from the truth. The transitional housing I have proposed is an alternative to placing children and families in rat-infested welfare hotels, not an alternative to permanent housing. To support transitional housing without at the same time working to develop permanent homes into which the homeless can move is not only irresponsible, but robs the term \"transitional\" of its meaning.
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The Board of Estimate: Yes
The Board of Estimate is composed of the mayor, the City Council president, the comptroller and the five borough presidents. The borough presidents have one vote each and the three citywide officials have two votes each. Thus, the Board of Estimate offers each borough an effective voice while maintaining greater representation for the city as a whole. The Board of Estimate also serves the tremendously important function of giving voice and body to each of the five boroughs of the city. Borough presidents help to unify and strengthen borough identification by virtue of being elected by the entire borough. In a city of 7.5 million people with a budget of $24.4 billion, it is imperative that citizens have the intermediate level of representation and accountability. Acting as sounding boards and advocates for Community Planning Boards, neighborhood groups, City Council members and other borough officials, the borough presidents' vote in the Board of Estimate offers a structure for soliciting and acting on community opinion. While recent events do point out the need to review our system of awarding city contracts, including the role of the Board of Estimate, I dissent from the view that the board does not serve an important and necessary function. Indeed, it may be wise at this juncture to consider allowing the Board of Estimate increased powers of investigation so it will have as much information as possible on the contracts it must approve. This means granting the Board of Estimate the authority and resources necessary to do its job.
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CITY POWER / Kelly Doesn't Deserve Heat on Cop Hiring
LIKE MANY PEOPLE, I was somewhat dismayed to learn that my friend, Lt. Eric Adams, who leads 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, has recently singled out Police Commissioner Ray Kelly for criticism on the recruitment of minorities for police training. Dismayed because Ray Kelly, whom I respect as the consummate law enforcement professional, has an outstanding, well-documented record on race-related issues. I appointed Ray Kelly police commissioner in 1992, his first tenure in the post. After having served as first deputy to Commissioner Lee Patrick Brown, the architect of our \"Safe Streets, Safe City\" initiative, Kelly provided the analysis that formed the basis of that initiative and was instrumental in its implementation. Commissioner Kelly recognized then that the 7,000 hirings we projected represented a unique opportunity to recruit African Americans, Latinos and other minorities to the Police Department. I am disappointed that Lt. Adams views Commissioner Kelly's outreach to the African-American community as \"superficial.\" On the contrary, I believe that Ray Kelly has a clear appreciation of the significance of the black church and other institutions in the conduct of social discourse. And it is for that reason that, after years of disregard and worse treatment on the part of the previous administration, he brought his minority recruitment message to St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Harlem this past Sunday, Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Harlem earlier this month and to the NAACP before that.
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