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Katie Zilcosky examines what we’re currently doing and what needs to change to in order to get people into childcare careers.

Scott Willis checks in with three agencies to find out how they’ve weathered the tight labor market, and what they’re doing to attract and keep employees.

Tarryn Mento explains the struggles in hiring around Central New York for the summer season.

John Smith looks at the advancement of Career and Technical Education and whether it can help fill the job vacancy void.

Tarryn Mento explores the nature of remote work for both employees and employers.

Katie Zilcosky examines how new job training programs are looking to improve in their effort to stabilize the workforce.

Scott Willis looks at how the pandemic has created a labor shortage in Syracuse.

The next chapter of City Limits will focus on the working dilemma facing Central New York. City Limits: A Working Dilemma, launches Tuesday March 1st.

To increase diversity, equity and inclusion training the Syracuse City School District tried something different, and turned directly to its students.

According to the National Equity Atlas, workers of color are disproportionately affected by economic inequality. They tend to be concentrated in low-wage jobs with little opportunity for economic security or upward mobility. And with far less income to work with and limited to no access to capital, Black and brown Americans find it difficult to acquire the assets that can improve their overall net worth.

Transportation is something most of us take for granted. Most of us are able to hop in the car to run an errand or go to work. A few may walk or bike. But for everyone else, there’s public transportation. In Central New York, that’s Centro. City residents make up most of its passengers, and most are from black and brown communities. 75 percent of riders live below the poverty line. In this episode of City Limits – Winds of Change, we explore how those communities are served, and growing momentum for one idea that could improve accessibility and efficiency for everyone.

On this episode of City Limits: Winds of Change, Chris Bolt looks at how the number of people of color getting coronavirus vaccinations trails behind the overall community rate due to both access and vaccine hesitancy. State leaders and community members are trying to make things more equal and equitable.

As the nation has grappled with a pandemic, the cries for racial and social justice have also grown in solidarity. On this episode of City Limits: Winds of Change, how are places of higher education responding to ensure diversity, equity and inclusion? How are they dealing with bias, racial issues and ethnic attacks?

The Interstate 81 project is inching closer to action with the anticipation of a public comment period and final environmental impact statement expected this year. Federal and local leaders say they want the project to uplift the Black community members who had their livelihoods ripped from them when the viaduct was first built.

The calls for racial, social, and economic justice that rang out across the nation and in Central New York are echoing through the halls, offices, and boardrooms of corporate America. Those who work in the diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI field have taken notice, and have a renewed sense of purpose to make race part of everyday conversation in the office. In this episode of City Limits: Winds of Change, Scott Willis introduces us to two women who work with company leaders and employees to tackle DEI issues …and who bring personal perspectives to their roles."

One of the reforms Syracuse's People’s Agenda for Policing coalition called for is the removal of police from city schools. They say that security resource officers, commonly referred to as SROs, cause more harm than protection to black and brown students. This call for removal is not a new one, but this time it was propelled by racial justice demonstrations in Syracuse and across the country after multiple killings of Black people by police in 2020. For City Limits, Katie Zilcosky takes a look at what the school board is doing in response and potential alternatives.

In this edition of City Limits: Winds of Change, we begin with how Georgia State University has dramatically narrowed the achievement gap by increasing the graduation rate by 74-percent within 15 years. Author Andrew Gumbel discusses how the college dramatically turned things around for Black, low-income students. We’ll then have a look into Syracuse area programs that guide students through school and lead them on a pathway to college or job readiness skills.

With $1 million earmarked for capacity building among black led non-profits in Syracuse, a local foundation now waits to assess the impact of its grant-making. In this episode of City Limits Winds of Change, we examine how first round grant recipients of the Central New York Community Foundation’s Black Equity and Excellence fund are using their awards to strengthen their operations adapt to the challenges caused by the global pandemic.

The echoes of protests, marches and rallies have gone quiet in Syracuse. But one issue a the center of the uproar, police conduct against people of color, has not. The killing of George Floyd sparked public outcry but numerous issues of police reform have been in the works for years. What was gained from the movement against policing seen as racist? On this episode of City Limits Winds of Change Chris Bolt looks at the progress being made and whether it's enough for those feeling racial injustice.

Millions of Americans flocked to city centers across the country demanding racial justice after the killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis. As a response to the call, the Central New York Community Foundation launched its Black Equity and Excellence Fund.