The strongest job market New York City has had in decades has not helped the city?s youngest workers find jobs, leaving them at risk of becoming permanently unemployable, according to a report an anti-poverty group released yesterday. The report from the group, Community Service Society, an advocacy group for low-income New Yorkers, cited sharp decreases in employment among residents aged 16 to 24 from 2000 to 2006, a period in which employment rose for most other groups. Slightly more than one-third of all city residents 16 to 24 held jobs last year, down from 44 percent in 2000, according to the report, which was based on federal census and labor statistics.
See "Youngest Workers Lose Ground in City?s Strong Job Market", Patrick McGeehan, The New York Times, February 26, 2007