Category Archives: Labor

12/22/2011

Stimulus money creates green jobs in South Bronx

Text and photo by Ted Regencia In the borough where the unemployment rate hovers around 12.3 percent—the highest in the state–“green-collar” jobs in heating, cooling, and window retrofitting are still experiencing modest growth. That’s due in large part to 2010 … Continue reading →

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11/04/2011

The shoe shiner on 5th Ave. and 42nd St.

By Ted Regencia NEW YORK — A short radio profile of Georgia native Robert Robinson, 69, who works as a shoe shiner in Manhattan on 5th Avenue and 42nd Street. “The main objective is to shine shoes. Not to be … Continue reading →

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