Zellnor Myrie: “I've proposed 50,000 more summer youth employment slots.”

“But I also have proposed that we increase the resources for the CCRB so that they can have what they need in order to hold police officers accountable. And we gotta invest in crime prevention as well. You know, I've proposed 50,000 more summer youth employment slots. My first job ever was syep. And we often tell our kids, all right, don't do this, don't do this, don't do this. And then we don't give them a thing to do, right?” (26:50–26:54)

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