New York state will spend $27.5 million to put young workers from low-income households to work this summer.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday funding for the Summer Youth Employment program that will put more than 18,000 to work. Those in the program will work at school districts, nursing homes, senior citizen centers and in other areas.
The program is for people ages 14 to 20 who come from households with income below 200 percent of the poverty level. For example, the governor”™s office said, the income for a family of three must be less than $39,060 a year.
Here is a list of funding amounts for local counties:
Dutchess ”“ $314,249
Nassau ”“ $729,842
New York City ”“ 14,453,761
Orange ”“ $411,661
Putnam ”“ $45,485
Rockland ”“ $279,648
Suffolk ”“ $957,538
Westchester ”“ $737,924
