Veteran developer takes on new commission role.

Jeffrey E. Levine, a veteran New York City developer and president of the 25-year-old construction company Levine Builders, has been appointed to the Mayor's Commission on Construction Opportunity.

Announced by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and U.S. Congressman Charles B. Rangel, the Commission will work to ensure that all New Yorkers, especially minorities, women, returning veterans and new high school graduates, will have access to permanent construction jobs as the industry prepares for an unprecedented building boom over the next decade.

"I am honored to be appointed to the Mayor's Commission and to serve with the construction industry's most influential leaders," said Levine. "As a member of this task force, I will work to open up quality, middleclass jobs for New Yorkers of diverse backgrounds. It is important for us to develop the construction workforce now, if we are to carry out the City's ambitious redevelopment plans in all five boroughs."

Levine will serve on the Commission on Construction Opportunity along with 34 members consisting of private developers and contractors, union representatives, advocates and government officials. The Commission will be co-chaired by Deputy Mayor for Policy Dennis Wolcott and Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Daniel Doctoroff and will include seven City agency heads.

The City estimates that 260,000 construction jobs will be created in the next 30 years based on several major redevelopment projects including the Hudson Yards, West Chelsea, Brooklyn, Greenpoint/ Williamsburg, Lower and Upper Manhattan.