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The new York city mayor bill da Blasio announced that over the next ten years, the city will create 100 thousand new jobs.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the creation of jobs with income of more than 50 thousand dollars a year the city plans to allocate $ 1,35 billion.
«Our goal is to raise the bar, to prove that the lifestyle of the middle class is really affordable for everyone,» the mayor said at a press conference.
It is planned that the new jobs primarily will appear in the field of technology, industry and manufacturing, as well as in the sphere of culture and art. Special attention will be given to vacancies in the sector of cyber securityto protect the company from hackers.
The mayor found support not at all. For example, Kathryn Wylde, President and Executive Director of the organization «Partnership for new York city» stated that the city was already 150 thousand jobs, many of which remained vacant due to the lack of specialists.
«Most jobs require low-income residents, often unskilled,» said Jesse Laymon, Director of policy and advocacy at the center for employment and training in new York.
It is estimated that around 25% of new work places will be available for applicants who have not completed College education, but, in the words of mayor de Blasio, «for those who have not graduated from high school, this is not the best option.»
The level of unemployment in the city is, at last count, 4.3 percent, but the mayor said that jobs would benefit the city, «regardless of what happens in the economy.»
