Two-time SYEP participants Carissa Ho, 19, (left), and Dan Tran, 17, (right), reapply to the program this summer at the Chinese-American Planning Council in Lower Manhattan.
State budget cuts have dug deep into an important avenue for getting kids into the job market, the summer youth employment program. Hear from some of teens who might miss out.
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