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Bettina Damiani is the Director of Good Jobs New York, a project of Good Jobs First and the Fiscal Policy Institute, which seeks to make economic development subsidies more accountable. At Good Jobs New York, Damiani brought more transparency and public participation to development projects, including the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan after the attacks at the World Trade Center on 9/11 and the new Yankee Stadium in the South Bronx. Damiani joined Good Jobs New York with experience in community organizing and progressive public relations. She has a bachelor’s degree in communications and peace studies from Manhattan College, a master’s degree in urban affairs from Hunter College, and was a 2006-2007 recipient of the Revson Fellowship at Columbia University.