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Worker-Owned Co-ops Get $1 Million in NYC Spending
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of Yes! Magazine


Yes! Magazine, June 27, 2014
Posted: July 7th, 2014
http://www.yesmagazine.org/commonomics/worker-owned-co-ops-g...

New York Citys budget for the 2015 fiscal year includes a new item that supporters of a fairer economy will want to celebrate: $1.2 million set aside for the development of worker-owned cooperative businesses. The spending is a small fraction of the $75 billion budget, which the City Council approved on June 26. But, according to a statement by U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives, it's the largest investment in the sector ever made by a city government in the United States. Cooperative businesses are both owned and operated by employees. They focus on maximizing value for all their members as well as creating fair and quality jobs. This is a great step forward for worker cooperatives, Melissa Hoover, executive director of the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives, said in a press release. According to Hoover the co-op funding received widespread support from city council members, which shows that they understand cooperatives can be a viable tool for economic development that creates real opportunity." Heres how the citys newly adopted budget describes the program: "Funding will support the creation of 234 jobs in worker cooperative businesses by coordinating education and training resources and by providing technical, legal and financial assistance. The initiative will fund a comprehensive citywide effort to reach 920 cooperative entrepreneurs, provide for the start-up of 28 new worker cooperative small businesses and assists another 20 existing cooperatives."

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