New York Training Program Gets Poor Reviews

The Center for an Urban Future, a Manhattan-based think tank, gave poor reviews to New York's training program in a recent evaluation report. It's a portrait of a "fragmented" system whose pieces have "little, if any clear guiding policy or principle to connect them," said the report.

The report, which was co-authored by the New York Association of Training and Employment Professionals offers a four-page matrix outlining the state's $1.3-billion system. It's a complex array of overlapping services, multiple providers and overlooked customers, especially employers.

And to make matters worse, few job seekers and business owners know where to turn for help, since programs go unpublicized.

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