Brandon Johnson: “This year we hired almost 28,000 young people. That's a 32%…”

“You know, this summer we made a commitment to hire young people. The two summers that I've been in charge of Chicago, we've had a 32% increase in summer youth employment. This year we hired almost 28,000 young people. That's a 32% increase since I've been in office. Six weeks of paid time, not internships like the Generation X. You know, you could fool us into working for free. This generation, you can't do that.” (28:06–28:13)

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