Bronx youth rallied outside Yankee Stadium hours before the All-Star Game on July 15, calling for more and better jobs, and emphasizing the stark contrast between the largely publicly-funded new Yankee Stadium and the daily lives of many poor Bronxites.

More than 30 youth from the Sistas and Brothas United, the youth affiliate of the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC) were joined by speakers from the Urban Justice Center, the Retailers Union and the Fordham Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Media outlets and local politicians have been saying the “Bronx is Booming” over the past year. Indeed, there is significantly more development and less crime in the nation’s poorest urban county than 31 years ago, when the Yankees last hosted the All-Star Game.

But the resurgence — including large developments at the Kingsbridge Armory, the Gateway Center at the Bronx Terminal Market and the new Yankee Stadium – has not provided living-wage jobs ($10 an hour plus benefits as defined by the City Council) to the northwest Bronxites, according to the report “Boom for Whom?” published by the Urban Justice Center and the NWBCCC.

The report, based on Census data and a survey of 351 residents, found that in the northwest Bronx a third of adults are not employed, three-quarters of teenagers are looking for work and nearly 80 percent of unemployed people have been out of work for at least six months.

“A great deal of the new jobs that have been created in our district in recent years have kept families at or near the poverty line,” Bronx Congressman Jose E. Serrano said in a statement. “[W]e must ensure that there are quality jobs for Bronx residents.”

The report also found that residents did not know about job centers, thought there should be more job training in high school and more job centers, and better connection to union jobs.

“We want jobs and need them,” said Stephanie Ventura, an 18-year-old from Fordham. “A lot of 14- and 15-year-olds need to help their parents in the house and pay the rent.”