âI donât think we have anybody who lost their job who was rehired yet,â said Andrea Goodman, director of a jobs program for people with special needs at the Marlene Meyerson J.C.C. Manhattan, one of about 15 organizations surveyed by the Center for an Urban Future for its report âFirst Out, Last Back,â released on Friday.
In 2017, Zachary Lichterman, who has a learning disability and psychological issues, got a job through the J.C.C. program with a catering contractor. âI would set up events and clean up after them,â said Mr. Lichterman, 36. At the New York City Bar Association, he said, âI loved doing the beer fridge â I was good at it.â He was furloughed in March and laid off in September.