Peter Phillips

    May 1, 2019 – Building Skills New York, a non-profit organization working to provide underserved New Yorkers with good paying jobs, announced today its first ever Manhattan Worker of the Month, Peter Phillips. Phillips was unemployed before he found Building...

    Parrish West

    “Building Skills is by far the best in connecting New Yorkers with great employers in the construction field” Bronx native Parrish West was out of a job for months when he reached out to Building Skills New York (BSNY). “Building Skills...

    Ronald Lawyer

    “I want to succeed and be a role model for my daughter, and I will achieve it because Building Skills has my back” When Ronald Lawyer, at the time 20 years old and working in the restaurant business for minimum...

    Latoya Richardson

    “When Many Doors Closed on Me, Building Skills Never Gave Up on Me”   A native New Yorker from Brooklyn, Latoya Richardson has always been a hard worker. Her first job was at a local summer youth program at the age...