Eugene fights to restore funding to summer camp program
More than 30,000 kids will be left on city streets with nothing to do this summer due to a serious lack of funding for youth programs, elected officials and advocates charged.
Councilmember Mathieu Eugene (D-Kensington) recently joined with representatives of the group Campaign for Children and hundreds of young people who had previously attended summer camp programs for a rally outside City Hall to call on Mayor Bill de Blasio to restore funding for summer programs in schools.
Eugene, chairman of the council’s Youth Services Committee, said the mayor’s executive budget for Fiscal Year 2017 does not include funding for summer youth programs.