What Parents Should Know About NYYC Teen Job Flyers in Queens
South Jamaica, Jamaica, Queens
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Summary
- Flyers in Queens are advertising jobs for the New York Youth Club, targeting teenagers as young as 13 for door-to-door sales work. The group has faced legal issues in the past, including charges of child endangerment and fines for employing minors without proper documentation.
Timeline
Parents who are approached, or who see the flyers, may want to research the group and speak with their teens before responding.
A supervisor faced 11 counts of child endangerment in a similar 2010 case, and the state Labor Department fined the group in 2008 over a child under 14 working without working papers, the Long Island Press reported. The group's attorney has said the criminal cases were all dismissed.
That model has drawn repeated legal trouble. In October 2018, Nassau County police charged two men with endangering the welfare of children after finding minors ages 11 to 16, some from Brooklyn and the Bronx, left unsupervised selling candy for the group in cold weather, according to NBC New York and CBS New York.
The flyers recruit teenagers as young as 13 for what they call part-time work, promising recruits can "determine your own pay" of $100 to $400 or more a week, along with prizes like phones and sneakers and free trips. The group's model relies on sending teens out to sell products door to door.
Parents in Queens may be seeing bright flyers advertising "teen club" jobs for the New York Youth Club, and they are worth a closer look before a teen signs up.
Incident reported at South Jamaica.
Parents who are approached, or who see the flyers, may want to research the group and speak with their teens before responding.
A supervisor faced 11 counts of child endangerment in a similar 2010 case, and the state Labor Department fined the group in 2008 over a child under 14 working without working papers, the Long Island Press reported. The group's attorney has said the criminal cases were all dismissed.
That model has drawn repeated legal trouble. In October 2018, Nassau County police charged two men with endangering the welfare of children after finding minors ages 11 to 16, some from Brooklyn and the Bronx, left unsupervised selling candy for the group in cold weather, according to NBC New York and CBS New York.
The flyers recruit teenagers as young as 13 for what they call part-time work, promising recruits can "determine your own pay" of $100 to $400 or more a week, along with prizes like phones and sneakers and free trips. The group's model relies on sending teens out to sell products door to door.
Parents in Queens may be seeing bright flyers advertising "teen club" jobs for the New York Youth Club, and they are worth a closer look before a teen signs up.
Incident reported at South Jamaica.
Parents who are approached, or who see the flyers, may want to research the group and speak with their teens before responding.
A supervisor faced 11 counts of child endangerment in a similar 2010 case, and the state Labor Department fined the group in 2008 over a child under 14 working without working papers, the Long Island Press reported. The group's attorney has said the criminal cases were all dismissed.
That model has drawn repeated legal trouble. In October 2018, Nassau County police charged two men with endangering the welfare of children after finding minors ages 11 to 16, some from Brooklyn and the Bronx, left unsupervised selling candy for the group in cold weather, according to NBC New York and CBS New York.
The flyers recruit teenagers as young as 13 for what they call part-time work, promising recruits can "determine your own pay" of $100 to $400 or more a week, along with prizes like phones and sneakers and free trips. The group's model relies on sending teens out to sell products door to door.
Parents in Queens may be seeing bright flyers advertising "teen club" jobs for the New York Youth Club, and they are worth a closer look before a teen signs up.
Incident reported at South Jamaica.
Parents who are approached, or who see the flyers, may want to research the group and speak with their teens before responding.
A supervisor faced 11 counts of child endangerment in a similar 2010 case, and the state Labor Department fined the group in 2008 over a child under 14 working without working papers, the Long Island Press reported. The group's attorney has said the criminal cases were all dismissed.
That model has drawn repeated legal trouble. In October 2018, Nassau County police charged two men with endangering the welfare of children after finding minors ages 11 to 16, some from Brooklyn and the Bronx, left unsupervised selling candy for the group in cold weather, according to NBC New York and CBS New York.
The flyers recruit teenagers as young as 13 for what they call part-time work, promising recruits can "determine your own pay" of $100 to $400 or more a week, along with prizes like phones and sneakers and free trips. The group's model relies on sending teens out to sell products door to door.
Parents in Queens may be seeing bright flyers advertising "teen club" jobs for the New York Youth Club, and they are worth a closer look before a teen signs up.
Incident reported at South Jamaica.
Parents who are approached, or who see the flyers, may want to research the group and speak with their teens before responding.
A supervisor faced 11 counts of child endangerment in a similar 2010 case, and the state Labor Department fined the group in 2008 over a child under 14 working without working papers, the Long Island Press reported. The group's attorney has said the criminal cases were all dismissed.
That model has drawn repeated legal trouble. In October 2018, Nassau County police charged two men with endangering the welfare of children after finding minors ages 11 to 16, some from Brooklyn and the Bronx, left unsupervised selling candy for the group in cold weather, according to NBC New York and CBS New York.
The flyers recruit teenagers as young as 13 for what they call part-time work, promising recruits can "determine your own pay" of $100 to $400 or more a week, along with prizes like phones and sneakers and free trips. The group's model relies on sending teens out to sell products door to door.
Parents in Queens may be seeing bright flyers advertising "teen club" jobs for the New York Youth Club, and they are worth a closer look before a teen signs up.
Incident reported at South Jamaica.
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