The recommendations of the Behavioral Health Task Force focus on ensuring that, when appropriate, individuals with behavioral health needs: 1) do not enter the criminal justice system in the first place; 2) if they do enter, that they are treated outside of a jail setting; 3) if they are in jail, that they receive treatment that is therapeutic rather than punitive in approach; and 4) that, upon release, they are connected to effective services. This plan sets out concrete and immediate next steps, a forward path to address those issues not yet ready for implementation, and the vehicle to ensure expeditious and effective operations and reliable assessments of what is working, at what cost, and with what benefit.
The City of New York aims to improve the condition of manufacturing zones citywide by making industrial areas greener, safer, stronger and more resilient to climate change. These widely distributed districts are home to hundreds of businesses across all sectors and are also the only locations where essential and sometimes unenclosed heavy industrial uses are permitted to operate. These unenclosed businesses, open industrial uses (OIUs), perform a critical, but often overlooked role in the City's economy. The City seeks to continue to support these businesses as they provide valuable and necessary functions, employment opportunities in each borough, and opportunity for high wages employment for a broad profile of New Yorkers.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a major shift in workforce development to better train New Yorkers for good-paying jobs and help secure job placements in fast-growing fields. Based on a report,Career Pathways, the administration will invest in middle-skill job training for up to 30,000 people each year, prioritize good-paying full-time job placements at workforce agencies, and require companies doing business with the City to move New Yorkers to the front of the hiring line.