Monday, December 13, 2010

Only One In Four Young Black Men In New York Have A Job: Study

Only One In Four Young Black Men In New York Have A Job: Study: A new study paints a bleak portrait of the unemployment landscape faced by young black men in New York City.

The headline of the report, filed by the Community Service Society of New York reads, 'Only One in Four Young Black Men in New York City Have a Job.'

The study finds that the unemployment rate for African-American men in New York, between the ages of 16 and 24, was 33.5 percent from January 2009 through June 2010.

By comparison, the jobless rate amongst all New Yorkers in that age range was 24.6 percent.