BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 2, 2017 19 STILL YOUR NEW YORK BK SNAP S BOGART STREET, BUSHWICK. Photo by Robin V. Marion Send us your photos of Brooklyn and you could see them online or in our paper. Submit them to us via Instagram, Twitter and Facebook by using the hashtag #HRPix; or email them to [email protected]. GUEST OPED Today, we face an affordability crisis that threatens New York’s very soul. Everywhere I go, people tell me they feel their ability to remain here slipping away. Last Monday, I devoted my annual State of the City speech to telling New Yorkers about how we are tackling a ordability and to deliver a simple message: This is still your city. But for that to remain true, we will need more good jobs so New Yorkers can stay New Yorkers. Our goal is to create through direct investment 100,000 permanent jobs paying at least $50,000 a year over the next decade. We will focus on industries where we already have an edge, like fi lm and television, life sciences and tech. The good news is we don’t have to wait. Forty thousand of our 100,000 new jobs will be ready over the next four years. That's because we’ve already put in motion a lot of what we need to do. Our life sciences initiative will bring 9,000 jobs with an average salary of $75,000 a year, plus another 7,000 construction jobs. At the Brooklyn Navy Yard, we’re investing to create 10,000 more jobs. And now, we’ve announced an important new initiative in Sunset Park Brooklyn, our Made in New York campus. This new business hub will create 1,500 permanent jobs. This is personal for me, because my grandparents came here from Italy and worked in the garment industry. Like today’s New Yorkers, my grandparents weren’t asking for a free lunch. All they wanted was a chance to succeed. They worked hard. They struggled. In the end, they made it. That is the story of this city. Our job, our responsibility, is to honor that history by giving the next generation the same opportunity our ancestors had. Bill de Blasio is mayor of the City of New York. THE HOT TOPIC BY MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO STORY: Vendor inside 86th Street subway to close by end of month to accommodate coming elevator SUMMARY: News broke last week that a vendor that’s been operating for years out of a hole-in-the-wall at the 86th Street subway station in Bay Ridge will be closing up shop for good come February’s end. That closure, offi cials said, will accommodate an brand new elevator that will be installed in the station over the next two years. Readers had mixed reactions. REACH: 6,948 people (as of 2/17/17) Nominations now open for the annual Dime Best of Brooklyn BY MEAGHAN MCGOLDRICK MMCGOLDRICK BROOKLYNREPORTER.COM Brooklynites are a proud bunch and competition for the love of their favorites is intense! Our readers know Brooklyn better than anyone and the Dime Best of Brooklyn competition is your chance to determine which businesses are the most outstanding when it comes to everything from arts and entertainment to services and shopping. The competition — now sponsored by Dime Community Bank — has grown to be a coveted award for Brooklyn’s best businesses. The Dime Best of Brooklyn program allows the public to nominate and then vote for the best businesses in Brooklyn in a wide range of categories and sub-categories. Hundreds of businesses are nominated and thousands of Brooklyn residents vote each year. But nominations are only open through midnight on Friday, March 3. From there, the top 10-15 nominees will advance to the o cial ballot, voting for which will begin March 24. One winner in each category will be crowned Dime Best of Brooklyn to stand out from the competition and gain unparalleled bragging rights. To be a part of Dime Best of Brooklyn, simply nominate your business at besto k.com.
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