Summer Youth Employment Programs Survived The Budget, But Are Short On DetailsPress / July 1, 2020 Mayor Bill de Blasio, who initially planned on scrapping summer youth employment programs in this year's budget, at a SYEP event in 2016. MICHAEL APPLETON/MAYORAL PHOTOGRAPHY OFFICE Article Excerpt: In the grim budget passed by the City Council late on Tuesday night, the partial, $115 million restoration of the Summer Youth Employment Program, rebranded as the SYEP Summer Bridge program, was one bright spot. Read Full Story