SYEP is a major flop this summer and is in desperate need of reformation.
Before I start, I am located in the Bronx and I'm doing SYEP with MMCC.
I've been doing SYEP for about 3 years now. Last summer was fun outside of the pay card scams going around. This year is a huge mess. Applying was easy, but orientation was so unorganized. I recall going into the orientation and there were lines everywhere. No one directing us to the different worksite group tables. ID pictures were getting taken the same day and they rushed everyone because the guy that had to take the photos (off a iPhone mind you) was clocking out at 8PM and it was 7:50PM by the time they rushed everyone.
It seems like the employees at MMCC don't know how to do their job in a timely manner yet I'm supposed to believe these people live in NYC? pfft. Not to mention their lack of professionalism. It's a bunch of 20-something men and women that don't know how to do anything. To me it seemed like they needed SYEP more than us.
Then you had to book an appointment for fingerprint scanning only for the one location to be at 36th St during office lunch hours the next day. WTH? After all of that, My worksite (Marble Hill) had the worst communication ever. They aren't open on Fridays and texted me 20 minutes before they close on Thursday that my papers I gave them 4 days in advanced had not been cleared and I would be working 6PM-11PM. What little kids are in summer camp at that time?? Not to mention they already told my SYEP group that when you are given "the late shift" they will send you home and you wont be paid. Its a bunch of BS.
I tried contacting MMCC but they claimed they aren't changing worksites at the time. Ridiculous corporate answer. Mamdani needs to shut them down.
Parents don't want their kids stuck in the house all summer and yet these youth programs cant even provide and work with the youth like they're supposed to. My plans to do SYEP next summer are officially cancelled thanks to the impression they left off on me this year.
