In Support of Community Hiring and Compensation Standards for Assisted Housing Development Projects in New York City

On October 28, 2024, NELP Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst Hannah Chimowitz testified before the New York City Council’s Committee on Civil Service and Labor in support of a bill, the Construction Justice Act, that would establish community hiring and compensation standards for city-assisted housing development projects. The bill is a critical and commonsense first step in raising the floor for NYC Housing Authority (NYCHA) residents and can help create opportunities for New Yorkers with records to access good construction jobs. View our testimony and letter of support calling for policies that create wage and benefit floors as essential to creating a good-jobs economy.