US senator from NY pushes to help unemployed vets
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Thousands of military veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan are living in New York City with no jobs — when they could be paid for skills learned in the military or be retrained, a U.S. senator said Sunday.
"Too many of our troops who risked their lives protecting our country are returning home to an alarming rate of joblessness," Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand told a news conference at her Manhattan office.
Nationwide, the New York Democrat said more than 20 percent of veterans ages 18-to-24 were unemployed in 2010.
As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gillibrand is sponsoring the Hiring Heroes Act of 2011. The legislation would help veterans through training, personal employment assessments and workshops on how to write resumes and conduct interviews.
The senator was joined by a group of the city's veterans; Paul Rieckhoff, executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, the largest new veterans group headquartered in New York City; and Wesley Poriotis, founder of Veterans Across America, a nonprofit dedicated to helping veterans find jobs.
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US senator from NY pushes to help unemployed vets
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