Queens Girl Fatally Shot on Bus Wasnât Target, Police Say →
Dâaja Robinson, 14, was killed after nine bullets struck a Q6 bus on Saturday night as she returned home from a birthday party in Queens.
So much violence and tragedy in one weekend. How can we make our city safer for everyone??
Spreading the word from the heart of NYC!
Hard at work planning NYC’s first ever Youth-Led Mayoral Debate!
Civil rights advocates seek to sway young voters to vote for mayoral candidates who oppose stop-and-frisk →
The stop-and-frisk movement is banking on Brooklyn and the Bronx to sway the race for mayor to the left.
Youth voice matters! Youth vote counts! According to this article, “Voters under the age of 30 made up 4% of the ballots cast when Mayor Bloomberg snagged his third term in 2009, according to an estimate by the New York City Campaign Finance Board.”
New York Council Approves Paid Sick-Leave Measure →
The bill, which passed with a large enough majority to override an expected veto, will initially require New York businesses with at least 20 employees to pay for five sick days.
Big victory yesterday: paid sick leave bill approved by NYC Council!
Have questions about what the mayor can do for employment in NYC?? Ask at http://www.youthvoicenyc.com!
New York City Specialized High School Complaint | NAACP LDF →
“In school districts across the nation, talented African Americans and other students of color are denied a fair opportunity to gain access to the life-changing educational experiences provided by specialized schools for high-achieving students and gifted/talented education programs.”
Does this worry you?? Ask the next mayor what he or she plans to do to level the playing field!
Mayoral Candidate Forum May 9 on Community Safety
Candidate Forum on Community Safety
Thursday, May 9 at 5 p.m.
The Riverside Church
490 Riverside Drive in Manhattan
Democratic candidates Sal Albanese, Bill de Blasio, John Liu, Christine Quinn and Bill Thompson and Republican candidates John Catsimatidis, Joseph Lhota and George McDonald squared off in a debate presented by the 92Y and The New York Observer on March 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Read more: http://live.nydailynews.com/Event/2013_NYC_Mayoral_debate_at_the_92Y#ixzz2SIFqOzRC
Changemakers! Four weeks until NYC’s first ever Youth-Led Mayoral Debate!
The Hunted and the Hated: An Inside Look at the NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk Policy
We as young people and communities together have to know how these “laws” are being put into action. And this is why stop and frisk needs to stop!
Hey think about it, What do you want your next mayor to focus on? This is what I want to focus on. STOP! Stop and Frisk. This is a serious topic. Some cops take it way out of hands and it needs to stop. And when people in the city hear about this stop and frisk they will have further knowledge about what is going on in their city.
