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Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative

Cornell grant expands education for incarcerated students

Spectrum
Jodi Anderson, director of technological innovation for ILR’s Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative, shares his perspective on Cornell’s Prison Education Program and on reducing barriers to employment for people who have been incarcerated.
Cornell grant expands education for incarcerated students

Pessimism, Cost of Living Are on the Rise, New York at Work Report Finds

Cornell Chronicle
Studying two decades of data collected through the Empire State Poll, researchers have found that the cost of living dominates respondents’ key concerns, eclipsing other priorities, such as the environment.
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Pessimism, Cost of Living Are on the Rise, New York at Work Report Finds

“Labor in New York in 2026” Presented in Albany

Experts from the ILR School met with Senator Jessica Ramos and Assemblymember Harry B. Bronson, New York State Chairs of the Committee on Labor, to discuss the current state of labor in New York.
Esta Bigler presents to Senator Jessica Ramos and Assemblymember Harry B. Bronson in Albany.
“Labor in New York in 2026” Presented in Albany

Toolkit Helps Job Seekers With Records Pursue Second Chance

Cornell Chronicle
CJEI's updated Criminal Record Online Toolkit consolidates relevant federal, state, and local laws and forms across jurisdictions in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts.
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Toolkit Helps Job Seekers With Records Pursue Second Chance

Cost of living a major concern for New York workforce

Cornell Chronicle
Now in its fifth year, the 2024-25 New York at Work report draws on ILR expertise, research-based data and policy analysis on a broad range of key issues affecting the state’s workers, unions, communities and employers.
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Cost of living a major concern for New York workforce

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