Mayor's Press Conference
I spent the morning today at City Hall for a press conference announcing a new set of juvenile justice reforms. I was there because one of the reforms that Mayor Bloomberg highlighted was the City's new alternative-to-detention program, with a special focus on our program in Queens. We supplied four former participants from QUEST, all of whom had a life-transforming experience in our after-school program. The kids did great, even with dozens of cameras and microphones in their faces.
Unfortunately, much of the press coverage emphasized a separate initiative to hold weekend arraignments in criminal court for young people charged with delinquency, but that's life.
Here is the story on NY1.
Here is the story from AP/1010 WINS.
Here is the story from Metro.
Here is the CityRoom blog from New York Times.
