By Diana Testa Out of Alignment, a new report recently released by Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress, shows that the majority of jobs being created in the Hudson Valley do not pay enough for people to afford living in the region. Higher paying jobs are disappearing while the number of […]
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Data Visualizations used for the SUNY New Paltz “Low Wage Living in the Hudson Valley” project By Casey Silvestri Percentage of Persons in Poverty, 2015 Create column charts Minimum Wage vs. Living Wage Create line charts Is Your Unpaid Internship Illegal? Create your own […]
By Bryce Eckwall Bill Meade lives alone in a camper on his mother’s property with his German Sheppard named Kaiser. The fifty-year-old cook makes his way to work about an hour south, five days a week serving up the likes of 34-ounce porterhouse steaks for two and roasted duck. […]
By Rosalba Corrao On a recent weekday morning, Gonzalez led children to a green door. “Get in line, come on, get in line,” she said. The teachers and assistants were moving the 12 children from the green music room to the red classroom. The children, all about three years old, […]
By Holly Lipka It’s 4:45 p.m. on a Wednesday at The Gilded Otter. The large west-facing windows create a beautiful background for the diners as the sun sets behind the Shawangunk Ridge. It’s a relaxed evening before the dinner rush, with only a few people sitting at the wooden […]
By Nick Tantillo There is a laminated sign that hangs in the rear of the Convenient Deli in New Paltz. What used to read “Overnight Shift” has been scribbled out with a black marker and replaced with “Overwatch Shift,” a video game reference. Beneath the black zig-zag is a list […]
By Michael Rosen After Mario Prainito, 22, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in media programming and management, he couldn’t find a full-time job. He did get an unpaid internship in Kingston, a short commute from New Paltz. Prainito stayed in New Paltz, paying rent for the house he has been […]
By Marisa Losciale Just by looking at 23-year old Elena Kilcullen, you’d have no idea she was struggling to feed herself and her unemployed boyfriend. Kilcullen is tall and thin with a charred-burgundy, slightly overgrown pixie cut—which conveniently hides her undercut from her professional life. She also has begun a […]
By Anthony Mitthauer-Orza Janet Yusko never would have saw her life go from a having full-time job to seeing her father pass away and returning home to care for 82-year-old mother with dementia. At age 55, Yusko finds herself caught in a bind. After holding high-level administrative jobs in Ulster […]
By Mike Timpert Eleanor Candee was lying on the floor of her housemate Erica’s bedroom in tears. She didn’t want to smell like the place anymore, that scent of coffee and microwaved bagels that clung to her clothes and never left. She didn’t want to spend her weekends consumed with […]
