Thank you for once again being in this shared space with me. And I would like to turn it over to Mayor Eric Adams. Six to 700 [foster care children] were aging out every year. Six to 700. We knew they were going to deal with homelessness, mental health issues, victims of crime, participating in crime, not getting their high school diplomas. (07:40–07:43)
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Asserts that 600 to 700 foster care children age out of the system annually.
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