Economic Readiness

Communities that are equipped with the quality education and employment preparation needed for residents to succeed in the economy. Residents discussed economic readiness as a driver of economic security, as well as an indicator of the community investment and opportunity necessary to community safety.

Areas within Economic Readiness that residents found to be most important for safety and thriving.

The following indicators are meant reflect the conditions underlying community safety and thriving.

Disconnected Youth

Youth struggle to access quality education and other extracurricular opportunities that might expose them to academic and professional pathways, and disconnection from those activities can contribute to engagement in activities that undermine community safety.

Disconnected youth

Responsible NYC/Gov Agency: NYC Opportunity

Description: Number of young people ages 16-24 who are neither working nor in school

Public Data Available? Yes.

Included in ONS Neighborhood Navigator: No.

Data Concern/Recommendation: Public data should be released by geographic and demographic-level information.

 

Drop-out rate

Responsible NYC/Gov Agency: DOE

Description: New York City public high school students who had dropped out after four years or six years of instruction.

Public Data Available? Yes.

Included in ONS Neighborhood Navigator: No.

Data Concern/Recommendation: Public data should be released by geographic and demographic-level information.

 

NIS Measuring Community Safety in NYC

Look beyond Crime. Explore Community Safety Within 15 NYC Neighborhoods.

The NYC Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) Neighborhood Navigator contextualizes safety by looking beyond crime metrics as the sole indicator of safe communities. Safety is Multidimensional.

ONS Neighborhood Navigator

How residents talk about Economic Readiness

If I see two people fighting, we have to find a way to understand why. People don't just walk up to each other and fight. There's either going to be something like jealousy, there's also going to be, I guess, insecurities there whether it's about a man or woman, and all these things happen because of how they view themselves. Even when it comes to people robbing. All these are neighborhood safety issues. When you think about that, you think about, ‘Oh, why are they robbing people?’ Well, because they don't have any money. ‘Why they don't have any money.’ ‘Oh, because they don't have a job.’ ‘Why they don't have a job.’ ‘Oh, because they're not qualified for the jobs.’ ‘Oh, why they don't qualify for the jobs?’ ‘Because they don't have the resources to qualify for the jobs so that they can get qualified for the jobs.’
...if we had some job training, some employment opportunities for our young people too, because many of our young people don't have money. They need money. They need money and they need to be able to earn money. They need to be able to have good relationships with older people. Maybe some kind of mentorship programs would be helpful, I think. A lot of times when youth standing around idle and you have nothing to do and nowhere to go, that leaves you exposed....Doing things that maybe you wouldn't want to do, but you might feel like you have no other alternative.
...people want money. We need more jobs because, at the end of the day, this world nowadays wraps around money. If we could manage to give them some type of program that gives them a little stipend or helping them get a job, I feel like it'll help them not only get off the street but better their future as well. Because, really think about it, all my affiliate alumni about this too, we always getting that little a hundred-dollar three-hundred-dollar stipend, we felt like we was on the top of the world, didn't we?

How residents feel about Economic Readiness?

Social Media Analysis 

SAFElab Social Media Tool

FAQ

Q: Is this data available?
A: All the data provided in the data explorer can be downloaded from the NYC Open Data Portal. All of the other data included as samples or recommended for data collection can be sourced from the NIS report but is not readily available.

Q: What are some actionable steps as a NYC resident?
A: First, we encourage you to review the NIS Safety and Metrics report. Second, encourage the relevant NYC agencies to improve data collection efforts, quality, frequency, and granularity. Third, hold government accountable around safety by pushing accountability across all agencies – every agency discussed has some role to play in co-producing safe and thriving communities.

Q: Who should I contact if I see errors or concerns in the data explorer?
A: Please email map@cityhall.nyc.gov with the subject “ONS Neighborhood Navigator Issue.” Someone from our team will get back to you 🙂

Q: When will the social media data be made available?
A: The SAFE Lab Social media tool is currently under research and development but will be made available in 2022. To keep up to date, please revisit this site for more information.

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