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Wong asks about outreach to youth and college grads

New York City Council · Oct 27, 2026 · starts 0:37:08 · 55 sec

Wong asks what outreach is done to high school and college graduates who do not go to college, saying he had never heard of the Office of Community Hiring before today.

Phil Wong

will be covered by community hiring thank you um my follow-up questions regarding uh

Phil Wong

outreach because you take any person, grad

Phil Wong

graduated from college or from high school that decides not to go to college.

Phil Wong

How are you, what kind of outreach are you doing to let them know, here you can work for these city vendors and here are the ways to get hold of them?

Phil Wong

What exactly is being done?

Phil Wong

Like, I've never heard of until today, New York City Talents Office of Community Hiring.

Phil Wong

This is total news to me, and I can tell you that a lot of community-based organizations in my district would certainly want to reach out to you.

Phil Wong

Either they need looking for talent or they want to be part of this community hiring process.