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NYT: How Bill DeBlasio Changed New York

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Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York chose 2014 in November. Then the opponents of the Democratic candidate said that de Blasio could not cope with the problems of the city. And now journalists of the influential newspaper nytimes.com found out that the mayor in practice proves his right to successfully run New York.

Amid national and global concerns about economic decline, New York is in a better financial position. Additional jobs have appeared in the city. In two years, 248 thousands of New Yorkers got a job. Such high rates of growth have not been in the last half century, confirms the State Department of Labor. At the same time, the mayor raised wages, built several houses and office buildings, constantly developing urban services to increase the number of tourists.

Journalists of the publication write that some residents of the city are forced to give most of their income for rental housing. But we must not forget that de Blasio almost coped with the problem of the homeless.

Bill de Blasio replaced the ex-mayor of New York Bloomberg, who began to rebuild the city in all directions. Even in the election program, de Blazio promised to raise taxes for corporate executives in order to more actively finance social programs.

“Contrary to fears in the business community, the city's economy has been growing since the mayor took office and continues to perform well,” said Catherine Wild, director of the Partnership for New York City.

According to Wilde, in New York, mayors usually do not interfere much in economic matters that do not concern the city’s budget.

“What do we expect from mayors? So that they stimulate the economic activity of the private sector. I can appreciate de Blasio's effectiveness. It’s clear he didn’t screw it up,” Wild said.

The author of the article gives specific numbers of achievements of the mayor’s office:

- a record number of jobs - 4,2 million;

- a record number of working residents - 4 million;

- a record number of tourists - 2015 million people visited New York in 58,3;

- coverage of the working population is 58%.

In the early years of recovery, most of the residents were involved in low-paying industries. But this led to stability on Wall Street, the construction of new facilities and even an increase in production.

The salary increase affected not only white-collar workers. According to the chief economist of the Fiscal Policy Institute, James Parroth, the average wage at all levels grew faster than inflation.

Anthony Roman after several months of searching for a job got a job in the marketing department of a restaurant chain. The young specialist said that he could not find a job because there is a huge competition among professionals in the city. Even if you have a degree, it does not guarantee anything, says Anthony. The guy lives with his parents, because he himself can not afford to rent an apartment in New York.

The director of the restaurant chain Euripides Pelekanos could not rent a room for his business in Harlem. He was forced to look for points of sale of products outside the country, for example, in Tokyo. Pelekanos opposed the mayor’s initiative to raise the minimum wage to $ 15.

 

“I don’t think the mayor fully understands the impact of such a reform on local businesses, on small businesses. This decision will force restaurants to raise prices and reduce staff,” said the director of the restaurant chain.

Mayor de Blasio is promoting an initiative that involves raising salaries for civil servants to $ 15 per hour by the end of 2018 (at present, statewide at least $ 9 per hour).

“The mayor may not have won over all the doubters yet. But he scored points as a very fiscally responsible mayor,” Ms. Wilde said, citing the mayor’s budgeting process and his relationship with unions.

De Blasio seeks to develop not only Manhattan. He creates jobs in other cities. Largely due to this, the unemployment rate gradually decreased to 5,3% in January 2015.

36-year-old Bronx resident Mulu Amelson decided to leave the office and go to college. Then, at the university, she received a nursing degree. But to find work in the hospital, she spent several months looking for her. Mulu already wanted to leave New York, but accidentally found out about a training program funded by the city. Successfully completing her studies, she got a job in Manhattan. Now the woman is happy with her life. She receives over $ 70 thousand per year.

“Now my husband and I can finally pay off our mortgage,” said the New York resident.

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