Eric Adams: “We're targeting several communities that [are] high crime…”

“In April, you announced an ambitious plan to bring afterschool for all throughout New York City and to make it a reality. What's been the update? How's the progress been coming along moving forward? We made an announcement today that We're targeting several communities that [are] high crime areas [and] did not have after school programs. in the locations. English as a second language in some of the locations. So we're very targeted as we expand. We want university, we want to reach to the point of 179,000 of our children getting to that mark.” (00:21–00:30)

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