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(AP \/ Albin Lohr-Jones)\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wethepeoplenyc_rally_ap_img.jpg?scale=896&compress=80\u0022 alt=\u0022New York Anti-Trump Protestors\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cp class=\u0022caption\u0022\u003EDemonstrators hold aloft signs at the conclusion of a rally near Trump Tower in New York City on November 12, 2016. \u003Cspan class=\u0022credits\u0022\u003E(AP \/ Albin Lohr-Jones)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/aside\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cdiv style=\u0022clear:both\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cp\u003EThis fall\u2019s election highlighted a deep undercurrent of anxiety that the American Dream is eroding.\u003Caside class=\u0022ad right most-popular-plus-ad grey_back\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003Cdiv id=\u0022ad-halfpage-237283-0\u0022 class=\u0022sailthru_class_form\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/advertising-policy\u0022 class=\u0022ad-policy\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAd Policy\u003C\/a\u003E\n\t\t\t\u003C\/aside\u003E\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Caside class=\u0022left takeaction indent action_tout_remove_gallery\u0022 id=\u0022action_tout\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/cities-rising\/\u0022 class=\u0022clickeable\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cities_Rising_img.png\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 \u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003C\/aside\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EPeople have real reason to be worried. New data from Stanford\u2019s Raj Chetty illustrates that with every passing decade since the 1940s, Americans have become less and less likely to out-earn their parents.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EDonald Trump tapped into that anxiety to great effect. But blaming immigrants, weakening labor unions, eliminating health-care coverage for millions of Americans, privatizing infrastructure, and rolling back financial-sector regulation won\u2019t restore upward mobility. Trump\u2019s voters will be sorely disappointed.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EStill, it\u2019s not enough for progressives to highlight the flaws in Trump\u2019s economic policies. We must lead the way with policies that do better to create and share economic opportunity\u2014with immigrants, people-of-color, and white working-class families alike. Chetty\u2019s new data holds the key: It shows that downward economic mobility is due primarily to the rise of inequality, even more than slower growth. The way to restore upward mobility is through more equal growth.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EIn New York City, that\u2019s exactly what we are working to do. Over the last four decades, New York City has faced similar challenges to other cities across the nation: stagnant wages, disinvestment, the loss of assembly-line manufacturing, rising health-care costs, and more. But our answer has not been to fear change, blame immigrants, or build walls. Instead, we are combining strategic investments and progressive regulation to forge the path to a thriving and more equal economy.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EHere\u2019s what that looks like on the ground, in New York City:\t\t\n\u003Ch6\u003E1) Investing in sectors for inclusive growth\u003C\/h6\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the economy has shifted, we have responded by investing in sectors that have real potential for growth\u2014including applied sciences, technology, and modern manufacturing\u2014and that create good jobs that are accessible to workers of all backgrounds and skill levels.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EWe are building a major new applied-sciences campus on Roosevelt Island, initiated during the Bloomberg administration and on track to open later this year with groundbreaking new programs in health technology and connective media. We will invest $500 million to spur thousands of new jobs in New York City\u2019s emerging biotech and life-sciences industries.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EWe are transforming the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Brooklyn Army Terminal (once part of America\u2019s military infrastructure) into modern industrial parks by providing state-of-the-art, affordable work space for hundreds of companies employing tens of thousands of New Yorkers in manufacturing, technology, design, and film\/TV production. 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In 2010, immigrant-founded small businesses produced more than $775 billion in sales and $100 billion in income\u2014and paid over $126 billion in payroll taxes. It\u2019s no wonder the crowd cheers every night on Broadway, when Hamilton and Lafayette declare: \u201cImmigrants, we get the job done.\u201d\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EMayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito have made clear that we will continue to welcome and protect immigrants. Being a \u201csanctuary city\u201d doesn\u2019t just mean refusing to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) target New York City immigrants for deportation. It also means helping to make sure they have real access to economic opportunity.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EThat\u2019s why we\u2019re investing in programs like the Tech Talent Pipeline, which fosters the digital skills of New Yorkers of all backgrounds, and IN2NYC, which helps international entrepreneurs attain visas that allow them to bring innovative companies to New York City. New York City is ensuring that people of all backgrounds have the skills and opportunities to realize the American dream.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EThrough a comprehensive overhaul of our contracting process, we\u2019re ensuring that Minority and Women-Owned Businesses (MWBEs) have a more equal chance at competing for city projects. And we\u2019re also expanding manufacturing jobs that are accessible to thousands of New Yorkers of different skill levels and language proficiencies, creating pathways to and through the middle class.\t\t\n\u003Ch6\u003E3) Revitalizing neighborhoods through public investment\u003C\/h6\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThough New York City has grown dramatically over the past decades, too many neighborhoods have been left behind. Some of our communities face systemic challenges that stem from decades of disinvestment. Inwood, Jamaica, the South Bronx, and Far Rockaway are geographically close to affluent hubs, but chronic unemployment, decaying infrastructure, and lack of transit have deprived local residents of the opportunities they deserve.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003ETo turn this around, the City of New York is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in traditionally underserved neighborhoods. We are creating affordable housing units and new parks, improving infrastructure and connections to transit, and bringing new health-care access to New Yorkers who need it most. \u003Cstyle\u003E\n .cta.primary.hQxcSErGgC{\n background: #cc0e0e !important;\n color: #ffffff !important;\n }\n .cta.primary.hQxcSErGgC a:hover\n {\n color: #cc0e0e !important;\n background: #ffffff !important;\n }\n \u003C\/style\u003E\n \u003Caside class=\u0022siderail__item full cta primary right article_action_right hQxcSErGgC\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022item__content\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ch3\u003EGET A DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION \r\nFOR JUST $9.50!\r\n\u003C\/h3\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022 https:\/\/ssl.palmcoastd.com\/06601\/apps\/ORDOPTION1LANDING?ikey=I**ALL \u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022btn\u0022\u003ESubscribe\u003C\/a\u003E \n \u003C\/div\u003E \n\u003C\/aside\u003E\n\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EThese neighborhood investments also include incentives for local small businesses which hire more New Yorkers in quality careers. And we are requiring businesses that receive those incentives\u2014and, increasingly, anyone who does business with the City\u2014to use our targeted hiring program to provide jobs for local residents.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EIf the president wants to make a real commitment to infrastructure, he should help us target investments to underserved communities yearning to share in our nation\u2019s prosperity and productivity.\t\t\n\u003Ch6\u003E4) Insisting on good jobs\u003C\/h6\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EInvestments in inclusive growth are good launching pads\u2014but on their own, they won\u2019t do enough to narrow the income gaps that Chetty\u2019s team identified. So New York City is also adopting progressive regulation to insist that corporations improve traditionally low-wage jobs.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen fast-food workers launched their first \u201cFight for $15\u201d strike four years ago, few took them seriously. But we were proud to support them\u2014and the path they blazed has already helped more than 22 million workers across the country get a raise through minimum-wage increases, with 10 million (including those in New York City) on a path to $15 per hour.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EOur next step in New York is to put an end to unfair scheduling practices in low-wage sectors, and to make sure fast-food and other retail workers have a \u201cfair work week.\u201d With $15 an hour, two weeks advance notice of their schedules, paid sick days, the ability to seek flexibility for caregiving and emergencies, and a path to full-time hours, fast-food and other low-wage workers have a real chance to make ends meet.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EWe\u2019ve worked with New York City\u2019s labor unions to develop policies to protect car-wash and industrial laundry workers from dangerous chemicals and from wage theft, and to make sure that building-service, grocery-store, and hotel workers are not unceremoniously fired when a new operator takes over.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EBetter jobs aren\u2019t just good for workers and their families. Economist Zeynep Ton has shown that this \u201cgood jobs strategy\u201d\u2014paying a living wage, providing benefits, and investing in workers\u2014works for businesses too, even in traditionally low-wage retail and service sectors. And workers with higher wages and more job stability are better for the neighborhoods where they live, and for our city as a whole.\t\t\n\u003Ch6\u003E5) Fighting discrimination that blocks opportunity\u003C\/h6\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESince we can\u2019t rely on the Trump administration to protect the civil, labor, and employment rights of New Yorkers, we\u2019re ramping up New York City\u2019s ability to do so.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EWe\u2019ve strengthened New York City\u2019s Human Rights Law to prohibit employment discrimination against New Yorkers with criminal records, to ban employment credit checks that lock out people with poor credit histories (often through no fault of their own), and to better protect immigrant, LGBTQ, transgender, and pregnant New Yorkers from workplace discrimination.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EWe\u2019re making sure employers don\u2019t ask salary histories before a job offer\u2014a practice that discriminates against women. We\u2019re putting in place new policies to support the growing ranks of gig-economy workers who lack critical protections, rights, benefits, and the ability to organize. New York City\u2019s \u201cFreelance Isn\u2019t Free Act\u201d is the first bill of its kind to protect freelance workers from being stiffed.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd we\u2019ve created a new Office of Labor Standards and Policy to enforce rights granted by New York City law (like paid sick leave) and to make sure workers know their workplace rights under state and federal law, and have access to groups to help enforce it.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EStrategic investments and smart regulation go hand in hand to guide more equal growth. We\u2019re already seeing the results. More than 65,000 New Yorkers climbed out of poverty in 2014 and 2015. Median incomes rose to their highest levels since the 2008 recession. New York City employers have created 276,000 new jobs since 2014 in both traditional and emerging sectors. And we\u2019re just getting started.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EBy creating pathways to and through the middle class for working families, by opening up our economy to the city\u2019s full and vibrant diversity, by investing in neighborhoods, by insisting on good jobs, by preventing discrimination\u2014this is how we equip New Yorkers with the opportunities not only to weather change but to thrive in and benefit from the growth of our city.\t\t\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the long run, of course, the challenges of building a more equal economy demand national solutions. 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