{"id":40813,"date":"2026-07-07T14:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T14:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=40813"},"modified":"2026-07-07T14:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T14:36:16","slug":"mayor-mamdani-kicks-off-summer-youth-employment-program-providing-more-than-100000-young-new-yorkers-with-jobs-and-paid-work-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/40813","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Mamdani kicks off summer youth employment program, providing more than 100,000 young New Yorkers with jobs and paid work experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEWYORK: Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani kicked off the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), as 100,000 young New Yorkers prepare to step into workplaces across the five boroughs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From community organizations and small businesses to hospitals, cultural institutions, and government agencies, SYEP offers work experience at thousands of workplaces across the city, allowing young New Yorkers to hone professional skills while earning a paycheck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor so many young New Yorkers, a summer job is more than just a way to pass the time, it\u2019s a step towards their future. For years, SYEP has helped thousands of New Yorkers start their careers, hone their professional skills, and give back to the neighborhoods they call home \u2013 all while allowing them to earn money,\u201d said\u00a0Mayor Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to the newest members of the SYEP cohort. We hope you not only learn new skills at work, but new things about yourself this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The road to professional and personal success is paved by programs like SYEP that provide young New Yorkers the experience they will need in the future,\u201d said\u00a0Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Dr. Helen Arteaga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSYEP does not just develop skills in the workplace, it also provides education in key areas, like financial literacy, and to high-risk communities, so those young New Yorkers are afforded the opportunity to achieve long-term economic success and stability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCelebrating its 63rd year as the nation\u2019s largest youth employment program, SYEP continues to create career pathways and expand opportunities for young people to explore their interests, gain meaningful work experience, build professional skills and earn a paycheck. By connecting participants to employers, mentors and real-world experiences, SYEP helps prepare the next generation of New York City\u2019s workforce while investing in communities across the five boroughs,\u201d said\u00a0NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) Commissioner Sandra Escamilla-Davies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlongside Summer Rising, Saturday Night Lights, Summer Night Lights, and other free DYCD programs, SYEP provides young people with safe, engaging opportunities to build lasting relationships, develop skills, discover new possibilities and create experiences that will shape their futures long after the summer ends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SYEP is a six-week program, running from July to August, that allows participants to jumpstart their careers at thousands of worksites across the city. SYEP advances the City\u2019s vision of making New York City more affordable by helping young people earn income, gain valuable and transferable skills, and build pathways to long-term economic opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The program offers tailored experiences to thousands of young New Yorkers who often face barriers to summer jobs, including young people at the highest risk of gun violence, NYCHA residents, homeless youth, youth with disabilities, and those who are justice-involved, or in foster care.<\/p>\n<p>SYEP participation outcomes cited in studies include improved school attendance, connections to new skills, reduced incarceration rates, and keeping teens and young adults safe\u2014including youth who would not otherwise have access to paying jobs. Additional research indicates summer jobs save lives, reduce\u202fcrime and strengthen\u202fcommunities.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, Lyft provides 1,200 free two-month Citi Bike memberships for SYEP participants, enabling young people to get to their jobs, explore their city and have fun. The company also hosts SYEP interns on their Social Impact team; participants gain exposure to careers in the private sector while building their leadership and communications skills as Citi Bike community ambassadors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re proud to continue partnering with the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development because we believe access to transportation is access to possibility. Since 2022, Lyft has provided free Citi Bike memberships and hands-on experience to help young New Yorkers build real skills \u2014 and real confidence. Because when young people move, cities move with them,\u201d said\u00a0Inbar Kishoni, senior manager, Community &amp; Equity Programs, Lyft Urban Solutions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYORK: Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani kicked off the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), as 100,000 young New Yorkers prepare to step into workplaces across the five boroughs. From community organizations and small businesses to hospitals, cultural institutions, and government agencies, SYEP offers work experience at thousands of workplaces across the city, allowing young New Yorkers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":39660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1469,31,1378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york","category-news","category-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40814,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40813\/revisions\/40814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}