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CUF in the News

Mile-long under-line market backed for Harlem, Crain's New York Business, July 30, 2010
'High Line for Harlem' Plan Gains Support, DNAinfo, July 29, 2010
Report calls for "A High Line for Harlem", The Real Deal, July 29, 2010
Think Tank Wants Harlem High Line That Isn't Actually a High Line, Curbed NY, July 29, 2010
Brian Lehrer Show Discusses An Aqueduct Alternative, WNYC, July 20, 2010
Nonprofit groups make just a handful of dollars off street fairs throughout city, New York Daily News, July 19, 2010
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Low-Wage Jobs

This edition of New York by the Numbers reveals that nearly a third of all adult workers in New York City are employed in low-wage jobs. While the percentage of low-wage workers is high across the city, the Bronx is in a league of its own, with 42 percent of the boroughs workers in low-wage jobs.

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RELATED PRESS
Gains in National Job Figures Dont Mean Bronx Resurgence, by Shreeya Sinha, The Bronx Ink, April 2, 2010
Boro has most low-wage workers in city: Study, by Philip Newman, Queens Times Ledger, January 28, 2010
In Kingsbridge: Will Derailing a Bad Project Lead to a Good One?, by Joan Byron, Gotham Gazette, January 22, 2010
Bronx Battle Line: Development on City's Dime Must Push Up Wages, by Mischa Gaus, Labor Notes, January 7, 2010
The Bronx May be Up But Its Wages Are the Lowest, by Tom Robbins, The Village Voice, December 23, 2009