NEW YORK CITY—Mayor Eric Adams announced on April 29 that a further $331 million will be invested in creating and maintaining after-school programs by the end of fiscal year 2028.
Adams made the announcement at a press event in front of a schoolyard playground in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. The mayor opened the event by relating universal after-school programs to his message of making the city safer.
“To make New York City the best place to raise a family, we need to make sure our young people and families have opportunities to thrive, and that is why we are launching a big, bold vision to achieve universal after-school for free for all students who want it,” Adams said….