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November 21, 2003
US, France and the Crisis Over Iraq
A roundtable discussion moderated by Charlie Rose. Participants included Pascal Bruckner, essayist; Christopher Caldwell, The Weekly Standard, Ariane Chebel d’Appollonia, Institut d’Etudes Politiques; Gerard Grunberg, Institut d’Etudes Politiques; Jim Hoagland, The Washington Post; Tony Judt, NYU; Sylvia Kauffmann, Le Monde; Denis Lacorne, Institut d’Etudes Politiques; Ezra Suleiman, Princeton University.
There was a general consensus that President Jacques Chirac and Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin overplayed their hands in the winter of 2001 because of some kind of vanity.
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November 07, 2003
Crain’s New York Business Breakfast: Meet Amanda Burden, Chair of the City Planning Commission of the City of New York.
Amanda Burden gave a speech and was questioned by Crain’s journalists Greg David and Stephan Friedman.
Ms. Burden gave the goal of saving manufacturing lip service, but wasn’t too excited about the garment district. Interestingly, she said they were developing an industrial policy to support manufacturing. I thought this was a poor choice of words.
Burden said that developing Downtown and the Far West Side were not incompatible goals. compared to the immediate construction plans for Lower Manhattan, the Far West Sidevs development goals are being framed over a 40 year period of time. The reporters expressed the skeptical view that the Far West Side plans are not that real and are window dressing for the city’s bid to get the Olympics.
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New York’s Labor Market: Where Are the Jobs?
Occurring hours before the latest unemployment figures were released, the panelists had a positive outlook on the job market. In fact, James Brown of the NY Labor Department predicted an oncoming labor shortage. Erica Groshe of the New York Federal Reserve noted that despite a stagnant economy, those with jobs were experiencing wage growth.
Fact: OTC stands for On the Job Training. Although a majority of jobs require this, federal programs do not support OTC.
Fact: New York City has a high concentration of jobs in industries like social services, legal, museums, and securities that are expected to grow rapidly in the US.
Participants: Dr. Erica L. Groshe, Assistant Vice President, The Federal Reserve Bank of New York; James P. Brown, Labor Market Analyst, New York State Department of Labor; John Tepper Marlin, Chief Economist, New York City Office of the Comptroller; and Bonnie Potter, Executive Director, New York City Employment and Training Coalition.
The event was organized by the New York City Employment & Training Coalition and hosted by Citigroup. NYTC is an association of community-based organizations, educational institutions and labor unions that provide job training and employment services to over 300,000 New Yorkers.
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