Youth advocates and SYEP participants say cancelling the program this summer will be a financial hit to low-income youth who rely on those jobs.
Has the city already lost more than a million jobs?
An orthopedic surgeon tosses pizza dough. An engineer with a doctorate drives for Uber and Lyft. They are among thousands who arrived here with advanced educations but can only find low-skill work.
An advocacy group says the Summer Youth Employment Program, a valuable but limited tool, ought to be improved and expanded to increase the connection between what city kids study in the classroom and their entry into the job market.
The five boroughs are outpacing the 50 states when it comes to output, and unemployment rates have fallen for all five boroughs. But there was also a record drop in the number of New Yorkers who are either in a job or looking for one.
New York continues to rank among the states with significant decreases in its unemployment rate and increases in job numbers.
And that’s distressing, given the increasingly robust economy—and the likelihood that the Fed will soon tap the brakes.
An improving job market looks less inviting to those with little education or an inconsistent work history. But there are ways to navigate around those obstacles.
Blacks, Asians and older Americans were more likely to be long-term unemployed. But one’s level of education didn’t affect the risks.
The overall employment picture is improving. But the economy is still plagued by trouble for young workers, a lack of middle-skill jobs and lingering effects from the years of deep unemployment.
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