De Blasio Rolls Out Jobs Task Force

Jill Colvin

Mayor Bill de Blasio this morning unveiled the 30 members of a new task for aimed at retooling the city’s workforce training efforts.

“Jobs for New Yorkers” leadership team includes several close de Blasio confidantes, including Vinny Alvarez, the president of the New York City Central Labor Council–an umbrella group of the city’s unions, Jennifer Jones Austin, the head of the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, who co-chaired the mayor’s transition efforts, and Kyle Kimball, the president and CEO of New York City Economic Development Corporation.

Also on the panel: Carlo Frappolli, the head of talent at JPMorgan Chase, Leo Hindery Jr., the managing partner of InterMedia Partners, a series of private equity funds, who formerly served as an economic and trade advisor to President Barack Obama when he was a candidate, and venture capitalist Fred Wilson.

Mr. de Blasio stressed the group’s goal would be to figure out how to help people build skills to land high-paying jobs, with opportunities for advancement, instead of just funneling them to minimum wage slots.

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