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Urban Fellows Program

Urban Fellows Program

  • City Council Passes Bill Codifying Public Service Corps Program

    Council Member Ung, with Speaker Adams (photo: Emil Cohen/NYC Council Media Unit)


    The New York City Council on Wednesday passed a bill that would codify the city’s Public Service Corps program, which offers undergraduate and graduate students paid internships at city agencies to introduce them to careers in civil service. The bill, and accompanying legislation, are aimed at recruiting more diverse young people into the city’s workforce.

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  • Save the NYC Urban Fellows Program, Prepare the Next Generation of Public Service Leadership

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    Mayor de Blasio at a ceremony (photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)


    This is not the time to cancel the NYC Urban Fellows Program, as the de Blasio administration appears on the verge of doing. It is a time to inspire young people to work in government. We need more opportunities for young people to work in government, not fewer. It is misguided and short-sighted to cut a program that managed to survive the 1975 fiscal crisis, and every New York City budget crisis that has followed.

    The New York City Urban Fellowship is a very popular public service

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