James Patchett Archives - Harlem World Magazine

James Patchett Announces Departure From de Blasio Administration (Update)

New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) President James Patchett today announced his plans to depart from the de Blasio administration, effective in early March.Continue reading

NYC Ferry To Extend Astoria Route To Serve Upper Manhattan

New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) today announced the extension of NYC Ferry’s Astoria route to serve the East 90th Street landing in Upper Manhattan.Continue reading

City Scales Up Homemade Testing Capacity And Antibody Tests First Responders

Mayor de Blasio announced today that the first “Made in NYC” test kits are now in use at NYC Health + Hospital community testing sites citywide. Continue reading

Uptown Council Member Rodríguez And Others Announce City’s Progress On Inwood NYC Action Plan

Deputy Mayor Vicki Been, NYCEDC President and CEO James Patchett and City Officials from NYC Parks, Department of Cultural Affairs, Department of Education, Department of Small Business Services, Continue reading

New York City Launches First Blockchain Initiatives

Kicking off CoinDesk’s annual flagship Consensus conference as the opening keynote, NYCEDC President and CEO James Patchett today announced plans to plant a flag in New York City’s growing blockchain industry.Continue reading

De Blasio And Council Member Rodriguez Announce Uptown As Next Location For NYCx

The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), the Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (MOCTO), and Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez (pictured) today announced the next site for NYCx Co-Labs programming will be located in the neighborhood of Inwood, located in Northern Manhattan.Continue reading

City Launches First Program As Part Of $5M Investment To Create 450 Apprenticeships

NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) Commissioner Gregg Bishop (pictured) and New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) President...Continue reading

NYC Hits Record Low Unemployment, Grows Wages and Jobs From Harlem To Hollis

New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) today announced key signals that New York City’s economy is thriving, hitting a record low unemployment rate of 4.2%, the lowest since 1976, which is the earliest available data from the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL). Continue reading

Cybersecurity Companies Bringing Jobs To NYC, Following de Blasio’s Cyber NYC Initiative

From the stage of Cybertech TLV, one of the world’s largest convenings of the cybersecurity industry, NYCEDC President and CEO James Patchett made the case for New York City as a second home for international firms and announced a swell of new expansions from major industry players.Continue reading

Mayor de Blasio Announces Jobs And Construction Of Lower East Side NYC Ferry Dock

Mayor Bill de Blasio and community leaders today celebrated the start of construction on the Lower East Side’s new NYC Ferry landing.Continue reading

Harlem Site Could Become City’s Life Sciences Hub

Patch reports that a large city-owned site in East Harlem has been identified as the possible new home of a $100 million science facility, city officials announced Tuesday.Continue reading

City Of NY And Uptown Council Member Rodríguez Release Updated Inwood NYC Action Plan

NYCEDC President James Patchett and uptowns Council Member Ydanis Rodríguez released an updated Inwood NYC Action Plan, a comprehensive strategy for protecting affordability, investing in infrastructure, and connecting residents to good jobs.Continue reading

City Council Approves Harlem African Burial Ground Development In East Harlem

Patch reports that the New York City Council approved zoning applications for a massive development on an East Harlem site home to the former 126th Street bus depot and a 17th century African burial ground, the city Economic Development Corporation announced Wednesday.Continue reading

Mayor de Blasio Wants To Hire Someone For The Coolest Job From Harlem To Hollis

NY Daily News reports that club kids, barflies and punk rockers, it’s time to brush off your resumes and start working for the man.Continue reading

President Bill Clinton Headlines Groundbreaking In Harlem

Madison Square Boys & Girls Club (“Madison”), a youth development organization that provides after-school, Saturday and summer youth development programming to young people ages 6 to 18 in under-resourced neighborhoods from Harlem to Hollis, broke ground on its new Clubhouse at the intersection of West 155th Street and Bradhurst Avenue in Harlem. Continue reading