John McCarten
A pro-SYEP rally on the City Hall steps in 2018. The de Blasio administration had expanded the program, but its move to cancel and then restore it this year is still rippling through the youth services sector.
First the mayor moved to cancel SYEP. Then it was belatedly restored. Providers say the rush to get it up and running has made the summer harder than it needed to be.
‘If safe streets are still front and center of the Vision Zero mayor’s mind, why not forward stricter policy and regulatory measures that makes similar demands of automobiles and their manufacturers?’
The boroughs BIDs says COVID-19 hasn’t swamped most business. The question is how long they can tread water.
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