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Overview of the Blueprint for Economic Recovery
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Commissioner Gross provides information about the Blueprint for Economic Recovery, its goals, and how SBS assesses its performance in relation to the blueprint.
- The Blueprint for Economic Recovery is a policy document outlining the city's post-pandemic recovery strategy
- It provides guidance to city agencies, including SBS
- Key efforts include supporting entrepreneurship, connecting New Yorkers to quality jobs, and reactivating the public realm
- One in five small businesses operating today opened during the current administration
- Job recovery is approaching 950,000 private sector jobs, with total jobs exceeding 4,800,000
- The baselining of NDD grants allows for continued interventions in future years
Oswald Feliz
1:07:30
Okay.
1:07:32
The preliminary plan includes a baselining of $5,300,000 for bid formation as a grant program under the blueprint for economic recovery.
1:07:41
Can you give us more information about the blueprint for recovery, its goals, and how SBS assesses its performance?
Dynishal Gross
1:07:49
Happy to do so Chair Felice.
1:07:52
The blueprint for economic recovery was a you know a policy document that outlined the city's post pandemic recovery and it provided guidance to city agencies including SBS.
1:08:07
Some of the efforts that we've carried forward are is work to support entrepreneurship and connecting New Yorkers to quality jobs and also investments in the in reactivating the public realm.
1:08:21
So we're proud to share and I did in my testimony that one in five small businesses operating today has opened during our administration and we're also experiencing unprecedented job growth with the jobs recovery approaching 950,000 private sector jobs and jobs exceeding 4,800,000.
1:08:43
So many of the portions of the blueprint that relate to SBS have been successfully deployed and with the baselining of the NDD grants this year we look forward to being able to continue those interventions forward into the out years.