U.S. mayors tackle the income gap: Goar

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told a conference of U.S. mayors that "income inequality is the core crisis of our time."

U.S. mayors tackle the income gap: Goar
By: Carol Goar Star Columnist, Published on Thu Jun 26 2014

As the American economy pulls out of its protracted stall, the country’s urban leaders are rolling up their sleeves to repair the damage left by the recession.

From Dallas to Seattle, mayors are raising civic wages, tackling the dearth of affordable housing, rebuilding neglected inner city schools and expanding access to pre-school care.

At last weekend’s annual meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors in Dallas, one theme dominated the speeches, panels, plenaries and corridor conversations: the urgency of addressing income inequality.

Here is taste of the deliberations:

“Income inequality is the core crisis of our time” – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who will lead a task force called Cities of Opportunity to draft a post-recession urban agenda to help people who are falling behind.