Donovan Richards's Department Of Youth

 

 QNS

In an effort to get more young people involved in civics, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards has created a new advisory panel known as the Youth and Young Adult Council to introduce the “youngest and fiercest” community advocates to both community service and organization.

Members of the advisory body will advocate concerns through means of community engagement by participating in one of two cohorts. The first will be made up of high school representatives between the ages of 13 and 17, while the second cohort will be comprised of young adults between the ages of 18 and 25.

“Our youth are the leaders of tomorrow, and as such, they deserve to have a seat at the table as well as opportunities to be civically engaged,” Richards said. “I’m thrilled to engage our younger community members in envisioning Queens’ future, and working together to create the blueprints to make that a reality.”

The young adults cohort will feature advisors, who are expected to have at least five years of experience working with youth, preferably in Queens. Advisors will be tasked with empowering participants to make independent decisions and will utilize their networks to introduce and connect participants with people and organizations that will further expand their vision and borough-wide initiatives.

The cohorts will meet monthly, and each will develop proposals to make Queens a more inclusive borough for young people. Each cohort will present its proposals to the borough president. Members of the council will serve for a year and applications will be open to new members at the end of each school year, but current members will not have to reapply until their terms are up.

Gang brutally beats up boys and steals their bikes at Atlas Mall

WARNING, GRAPHIC: 5 boys viciously attacked by gang of 10+ grown men at @ShopAtlasPark. Bikes were stolen. @NYPD104Pct @NYCMayor @QnsBPRichards @CBSNewYork @NY1 @NBCNewYork @ABC7NY @fox5ny @PIX11News @nypost @NYDailyNews pic.twitter.com/s19YRJJSBs

— Juniper Park Civic (@junipercivic) November 1, 2021

Bike riot kids harass woman and monopolize the street

Police Activity @CitizenApp

Juniper Blvd N Yesterday 6:07:18 PM EDT

Apologies for the "hidden" video but YouTube slapped an age restriction on it because of the language.

 

 

Here's what the dears look like:

 This culture of reckless stunt street biking is getting more obnoxious and dumber every day.

Don't bring your kids to town, ma'am. Leave the kids at home, sir. Don't bring your kids to town

 

 NY Post

Hey, remember the children? We used to say things about them like, “They’re the future,” or “They should be exposed to culture,” or even “They should definitely go to school.” But the last 17 months have seen our society put kids dead last again and again. Now New York City is seemingly looking to banish them from public spaces altogether. 

Announcing a “new approach,” called the “Key-to-NYC Pass,” the mayor decreed that unvaccinated persons won’t be able to participate in most indoor activities in Gotham.

Hizzoner explained it thus: “The key to New York City. When you hear those words, I want you to imagine the notion that because someone’s vaccinated, they can do all the amazing things that are available in this city. This is a miraculous place, literally full of wonders. And if you’re vaccinated, all of that is going to open up to you. You have the key. You can open the door.”

Left unsaid: Children will be waiting outside the door of this miraculous place of wonders. The mayor’s announcement included no exceptions for kids, leaving city parents, as well as potential tourists to New York, in limbo once more.

Asked about the announcement, Dr. Dave A. Chokshi, the city’s health commissioner, gave the impression that children were simply forgotten when the policy was crafted — neglect that is fully in line with how kids have been treated throughout the pandemic.

“Many of them are settings where there won’t be children involved,” Chokshi said. “For those that may involve children, this is something that we have to take into consideration.” Children will be taken into consideration after the announcement of a policy whose formulation didn’t take them into consideration. Got it.

 

Middle Village man savagely beaten down by gang of teenagers by Juniper Park

 

 

 NY Post

 This is the moment a vicious teen mob beats up a man walking his dog in a Queens park, disturbing new video shows.

The sickening attack happened at around 9:55 p.m. Friday in Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village, according to police.

At least 100 teens were hanging out in the park — drinking, smoking and playing loud music when the man was attacked, according to GOP mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels who was alerted to the incident by residents who he said are now asking his group to step up patrols there.

The young mob can be seen closing in on the victim, who puts up his dukes as his dog barks in protest to protect its master.

“Give him a shot! Give him a shot! Give him a shot!” one teen implores, the terrifying video shows.

“Yo, what the f–k!” shouts a stunned onlooker as the unidentified victim is pummeled on the pavement.

111,000

 

 

 Queens Eagle

More than 21,000 Queens students experienced homelessness at some point during the most recent school year, even as the coronavirus pandemic forced kids to complete their classwork remotely, according to an annual report published Tuesday by the organization Advocates for Children of New York.

Overall, more than 111,000 students — roughly 85 percent of whom were Black or Latino — experienced homelessness across New York City during the 2019-2020 school year. That’s roughly one in 10 students citywide and the fifth consecutive year that more than 100,000 New York City schoolchildren experienced homelessness, the organization said.

The persistent crisis of child homelessness coincides with the dual public health and economic impacts of COVID-19, which have put even more families at risk of eviction and displacement, said AFC Executive Director Kim Sweet

“If these children comprised their own city, it would be larger than Albany, and their numbers may skyrocket even further after the state eviction moratorium is lifted,” Sweet said. “The city must act now to put more support in place for students who are homeless.”

AFC analyzed state Department of Education enrollment data to identify the number of public and charter school students who experienced homelessness. There were 21,266 such students in Queens’ seven school districts last school year, the data reveals.

Homelessness doesn’t mean that a student slept in a car or shelter — though nearly 4,000 did in Queens, AFC found. Advocates and researchers consider a family to be experiencing homelessness if they live “doubled up,” meaning they do not have a permanent address where their names appear on a lease or contract and they can be evicted at any time with no rights to the location.

About 77 percent of the students who experienced homelessness in Queens were living “doubled up.”

This is why de Blasio is adamant about in person learning. Even while the COVID-19 case levels is currently 2% higher than the initial threshold for school closings.

de Blasio lied, public housing's kids got poisoned

NY Post 

  Newly surfaced documents reveal damning details about the scale and scope of what NYCHA knew of its serious lead issues in housing units with kids — all while Mayor Bill de Blasio downplayed the health crisis.

Local Health Department inspectors found lead in 222 NYCHA apartments across 93 developments — more than a quarter of all complexes citywide — between 2010 and 2018, according to records that City Hall only produced after The Post sued it under the state’s Freedom of Information Law.

Experts have said there is a high likelihood of finding lead in other apartments in a building where it has already been discovered.

Yet NYCHA was able to avoid making any repairs to 158 of the 222 lead-tainted apartments thanks to appeals to the city DOH, the documents show.