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Job and Business Centers can be made more widely available to New Yorkers through a commitment to being multi-lingual, extended hours, expansion of child care availability, and the use of new technology. They should also help applicants gain access to other benefits like a free interview suit offered by a not-for-profit, or pre-kindergarten programs throughout the City to alleviate socioeconomic pressures that might otherwise hinder the jobseeker

We can build “THE Creative City” with a strong creative core through a mix of targeted tax incentives, program campaigns, and education. For one example, we should continue tax incentives like the New York City Film Tax credit, expanding it to other creative industries such as the technology sector and then keep it current with competing incentives from other cities.

Especially in an economic crisis, the City needs all the talent within the five boroughs to spur economic growth. A new “Senior Service Corps” (SSC) is one way to tap into one of our City's major "natural" resources, the hundreds of billions of dollars worth of experience and intelligence held in the brains of the tens of thousands of retired business leaders who could work with City agencies and companies to assist with workforce and business development. Economic development programs like incubators would benefit from the life-long experience of senior business people who volunteer as chief financial officer, accountant, attorney, or other technical advisor, working with the a start-up firm once every week or two. Companies would gain valuable technical services and SSCs would develop a ground floor relationship with what might be the next Google or Amazon. Active SSCs who have become knowledgeable about City, State and Federal programs could be called upon to serve as economic ambassadors to attract or keep talent or companies in the New York City marketplace.