Astoria’s Tongue Point Job Corps Center welcomes back students

Astoria’s Tongue Point Job Corps Center welcomes back students

Not too long ago, Mac McGoldrick, the director of Tongue Point Job Corps Center in Astoria, was figuring out where around 20 students and more than a dozen staff were going to live if the center closed.The center faced the threat of an immediate shutdown in May after the Trump administration abruptly announced it was shutting down the program, a move that impacted 99 Job Corp centers. Job Corps serves disadvantaged youth, providing training acro…