Live Work Spend

A $150 million shopping center -- bringing in massive retailers such as ShopRite, Alamo Draft House Movie Theater, GameStop, housing over 60 retailers in 460,000 square feet -- is is another big construction project that isn't going to local Staten Island residents! Please visit our website at www.liveworkspend.com to find out what you can do to help!

https://therealdeal.com/2017/05/03/shoprite-alamo-drafthouse-to-anchor-150m-staten-island-mall/

ShopRite, Alamo Drafthouse to anchor $150M Staten Island mall UPDATED, May 4, 8:45 a.m.: Kimco Realty landed grocery chain ShopRite and Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas as anchor tenants for its planned $180 million Boul

So much construction is happening on Staten Island, but unfortunately local Staten Island residents aren't getting any of this new work, like Riverside Galleria. Riverside Galleria is planned as a large upscale retail complex, over 580,000 square feet, located in the Charleston section of Staten Island -- one of New York City's most affluent neighborhoods.

This is just one example of upcoming projects on SI that will create thousands of construction jobs over the next several years. Currently none of these jobs are aimed at local residents. Where local communities and local unions have worked together, Staten Island residents have prospered.

We need developers to commit to hire contractors who, in turn, would hire local residents for jobs that pay good wages with health insurance, retirement security, and investments in training and education. Please sign our petition to urge local politicians to hire local residents to build Staten Island! https://actionnetwork.org/letters/live-work-spend

For more information about our Live Work Spend in Staten Island campaign, please view our website: www.liveworkspend.com

http://www.silive.com/southshore/index.ssf/2016/12/approval_process_for_riverside.html

Support Local Hire On Staten Island! Where local communities and local unions have worked together, Staten Island residents have prospered. For every $100 million spent in construction, it generates between 90 and 110 construction jobs. As highlighted with Empire Outlets and the New York Wheel, hundreds of North Shore residents were ac...