Launching the Charles B. Rangel Infrastructure Workforce Initiative

In a political career spanning 46 years, retired U.S. Congressman Charles B. Rangel was a trailblazer who left the House of Representatives with a huge legacy in his relentless push for inner-city development. Five years after leaving the House in 2017, Rangel’s mission continues with the launch of the Charles B. Rangel Infrastructure Workforce Initiative (RIWI) at The City College of New York. The program, which aims to address the lack of modern infrastructure jobs in Rangel's old congressional district, gets underway with $1.5 million in federal funding. CUNY had earlier allotted $400,000 to the project.