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14 JUNE 06, 2025

Mayor Adams Announces $13 Million

Investment in Upstream Community

Safety Initiatives for Young People

Expanded Summer Hours at Select Beacon, Cornerstone, and Saturday Night Lights

Locations Will Ensure Young People Have Safe Spaces to Thrive During Summer Months

OUR BUREAU

NEW YORK, NY
ew York City Mayor Eric
Adams, New York City De-
Npartment of Youth and
Community Development (DYCD)
Commissioner Keith Howard, and
Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice
(MOCJ) Director Deanna Logan
have continued the “We Outside
Summer” by announcing $13 million
in funding toward upstream com-
munity safety measures, including
expanding youth-focused summer
safety initiatives to provide activities
for young New Yorkers to partake in
as the city enters the summer months.
Part of Mayor Adams’ Fiscal Year
2026 Executive Budget — commonly
referred to as the city’s “Best Budget
Ever” — the Adams administration
is permanently investing in a range
of programs to support at-risk youth,
justice-involved New Yorkers, and
people living in neighborhoods with
high rates of violence.
For a second straight summer,
Mayor Adams is investing $2 million
to offer nearly 400 hours of program- misdemeanors an option to engage to do. As part of our ‘Best Budget like the Summer Youth Employment
ming across select Beacon, Corner- in voluntary community-based pro- Ever,’ we are announcing $13 million Program, Summer Rising, and Satur-
stone, and Saturday Night Lights gramming to resolve their cases, and in funding to support at-risk youth, day Night Lights. With select commu-
programs, with a focus on New York announced an investment of $6.5 justice-involved New Yorkers, as well nity locations open seven days a week,
City Police Department (NYPD) million toward other innovative re- as people living in neighborhoods until 11 PM — focused on programs
precincts with the highest levels of storative justice programming. with high rates of violence. Summer in neighborhoods with the highest in-
gun violence. Mayor Adams also an- “In order to make our city a place in our city should always be a time of cidents of gun violence — every day,
nounced $500,000 toward the Flip of peace and the best place to raise joy and fun for our young people, so this summer, the city is connecting
the Script program, offering young a family during the summer months, we’re going to use every one of the young people and other New Yorkers
adults in Brownsville apprenticeships we need to reach our young people tools we have to ensure we’re keep- to safe places so they can play, learn,
in the film industry, providing them before they fall into the rivers of vi- ing every New Yorker safe.” and stay engaged,” said DYCD Com-
with skills and safe spaces to flour- olence,” said Mayor Adams. “This “Under the leadership and for- missioner Howard. “DYCD looks
ish. Further, he announced $4 mil- summer, we are going to make sure ward vision of Mayor Adams, DYCD forward to collaborating with our
lion in permanent funding to extend our young people have fun and stay has made tremendous strides in sister agencies, and Beacon, Corner-
Project Reset, to offer young people safe by investing in upstream solu- keeping the city safe through historic, stone, the Crisis Management System,
who were issued with desk-appear- tions that provide them with things upstream investments in initiatives Continued on next page... >>
ance tickets for eligible non-violent
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