NYC Summer Youth Program Gives Tens of Thousands Their First Jobs
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Updated · amNY · Aug 6
NYC Summer Youth Program Gives Tens of Thousands Their First Jobs
2 articles · Updated · amNY · Aug 6
Summary
Tens of thousands of young New Yorkers are starting first jobs this summer through New York City’s Summer Youth Employment Program, working at businesses, hospitals, museums, parks, nonprofits, construction sites and city agencies.
More than a paycheck, the program is pitched as a response to shrinking entry-level and part-time openings, which now leave teenagers competing with adults for jobs that once served as a first step into work.
The city says those placements build workplace skills, confidence and access to mentors while exposing participants to careers and neighborhoods they might not otherwise encounter.
Run for more than 60 years by the Department of Youth and Community Development, the program is also framed as a public-safety and affordability investment aimed at widening opportunity for young people across New York.