HeyJaredThe NYC Workforce Drop with NYCETC’s Gregory J. Morris
The NYC Workforce Drop is a podcast series from the New York City Employment and Training Coalition (NYCETC). Hosted by CEO Gregory J.
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Council Member Althea Stevens on Youth Employment, Nonprofit Power, and Equity for The Bronx (opens the original)
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What does it mean to represent a community that is continually asked to do more with less? Gregory J Morris (NYCETC CEO) sits down with New York City Council Member Althea Stevens (D-16) as she reflects on more than two decades in youth development and the nonprofit sector, the young people who encouraged her to run for office, and how that experience shapes her leadership as Chair of the Council’s Committee on Children and Youth. Council Member Stevens discusses persistent youth unemployment, e
Maria Torres-Springer on Public Service, Economic Opportunity, and Making Government Work (opens the original)
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Greg sits down with Maria Torres-Springer, President of the Charles H. Revson Foundation and former New York City First Deputy Mayor, for a conversation about public service, economic opportunity, and building a city that works for working people. Maria reflects on growing up in a working-class immigrant family and how those experiences shaped more than two decades of leadership in city government and philanthropy. Greg and Maria discuss the systems that determine whether government can deliver,
Comptroller Mark Levine on AI, Fiscal Stewardship, and New York City’s Workforce (opens the original)
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Greg sits down with New York City Comptroller Mark Levine for a wide-ranging conversation about public service, economic uncertainty, nonprofit infrastructure, and preparing New York City for the next economy. Mark reflects on his path from teaching bilingual math and science in the South Bronx to founding Neighborhood Trust Federal Credit Union in Washington Heights, serving in the City Council and as Manhattan Borough President, and becoming New York City Comptroller. At the center of the conv
Lauren Melodia on the True Cost of Care and New York City’s Economy (opens the original)
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Greg sits down with Lauren Melodia, Director of Economic and Fiscal Policy at the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School, for a conversation about child care, affordability, economic justice, and building an economy that works for working New Yorkers. At the center of the conversation is New York City’s child care system and the workers holding it together. Lauren and Greg examine the realities facing home-based providers, many of whom are immigrant women and women of color earning f
Degan Mercado Leopold on Building Better Talent Pipelines (opens the original)
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"Don’t ask what’s needed of you. Find the need and fulfill it.” That idea has shaped Degan Mercado Leopold’s career across social impact, public service, diversity recruiting, philanthropy, politics, and now her work as Chief Partnerships Officer at the New York Jobs CEO Council. In this episode of The NYC Workforce Drop, Greg Morris sits down with Degan to talk about what it takes to build a workforce system that creates real pathways to opportunity - not just one-off connections. The conversat
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