Bronx sees 2200% increase in unemployment claims
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New Port Morris center trains for jobs in tech sector
Cognizant’s Bronx Training center opened on Sept. 18. It offers a training program called Platform, which is Cognizant’s solution to the skills gap—technical roles with specific skillsets that companies have a hard time filling.
Non-profit trains residents for tech jobs
What makes The Knowledge House unique is that its classes encourage students to solve community problems with tech.
SoBRO names new CEO
The South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp. (SoBRO) announced that it has hired a replacement for its longtime director Philip Morrow, who retired last March. Steven Brown, who has spent his whole career running nonprofits geared towards affordable housing and job training, was named president and CEO of the organization this month.
Business bootcamp teaches the value of numbers
The two-day class is geared towards helping local small businesses manage their finances, from bookkeeping to balance sheets, and even taxes.
Summit raises hopes for South Bronx to become tech hub
Political and business leaders want the South Bronx to become the next technology hub for New York City, and are brainstorming new ways to bring tech companies – and the jobs and energy that come with them – to the area.
Workers rally for higher wages, benefits
A project to build affordable housing in Melrose is drawing fire from union workers and Councilman Rafael Salamanca Jr., who say the nonprofit developer behind the plan has a track record of underpaying workers and providing inadequate health benefits at other local sites.
Group to launch composting initiative in June
GreenFeen, a social enterprise and environmental consulting firm that uses HipHop to promote sustainability as