NEW YORK, NY May 29, 2008 —This recent spate of youth related gun violence has elected officials worried about the impact this summer of budget cuts to teen employment programs.

WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

Since 2004 the Bloomberg Administration has increased the city's share of support for summer youth jobs by 50 percent to $48 million. But this year, citing a slowing economy it cut back even as the number of kids looking for work skyrocketed. Brooklyn Councilman Lou Fiedler.

FIEDLER: I look with a great deal of concern for the summer and the fact that 103,000 kids , which is a record number, applied for summer jobs and the mayor's budget cut 6,000 slots. So one out of three kids looking for work this summer will actually get a New York City summer job."

REPORTER: There is support in the Council for restoring the cuts. The applications deadline has passed for teens looking for work. Over the next few week winners of the summer job lottery will get the results.

For WNYC I am Bob Hennelly.