Lack of funds means lack of summer jobs for teens
Quick ReadHundreds of teen job applicants have received notice that the $8-an-hour positions they hoped to obtain in early July will not be funded.
Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan | Alec DeLise, 14, of Wading River, just found out that a summer custodian job at Shoreham-Wading River High School was cut due to a lack of funding by the town. (June 25, 2010)
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Summer job openings for Long Island teens and young adults have shrunk by more than 1,900 in the public sector this season, compared with last year, because of a precipitous drop in federal and state funding.
In the past week, hundreds of job applicants - 14 and older - have received notice that the $8-an-hour positions they hoped to obtain in early July will not be funded. The notices have...
