DYCD in the News - By Topic or By Date

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• Press Release, 9/21/2010 -  NEW YORK CITY NAMED ONE OF THE NATION’S 100 BEST COMMUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BY AMERICA’S PROMISE ALLIANCE AND ING  
• Mayor's Press Release, 1/24/2008 - Mayor Bloomberg Announces New York City Named Among America's 100 Best Communities for Young People for Second Consecutive Year  (in PDF )
• New York Nonprofit Press, 1/25/2007 - NYC Among 100 Best Communities for Young People (in PDF)

• New York Amsterdam News, 11/2/2006 - City, Community Groups Launch Student Literacy Initiative (in PDF)
• City Limits, 10/30/2006 - Literacy Effort Finds the "Missing Middle"

• Brooklyn Courier, 5/21/2008 – Literacy unlocks a whole new world (in PDF) 

• Press Release, 10/22/09 - NYC DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT JOINS PARENTS AND NON-PROFIT PARTNERS TO HELP KEEP “LIGHTS ON AFTERSCHOOL” (inPDF )
• New York Nonprofit Press, 7/6/09 – Beacons: Building Community by Engaging All in Service
• The Robotic Realm, 6/14/09 - DYCD Tournament at Polytechnic Institute.. (inPDF)
• Youth Today, 6/1/09  - Service Movement Creates Opportunities for After-School

• NY1, 3/7/09  – Teacher helps students during after-school (DYCD Commissioner Mullgrav interviewed)

• Southeast Queens Press, 1/16/2007 - Businesses Go Back to School at York (in PDF)

• NY Post, 3/7/2011  – BLOOMBERG, STOUDEMIRE ANNOUNCE OPENING OF NEW BASKETBALL COURT FOR KIDS IN BROOKLYN
• Press Release, 3/3/2011 - MAYOR BLOOMBERG, NEW YORK KNICKS’ AMAR’E STOUDEMIRE AND NIKE DEDICATE NEW BASKETBALL COURT AT THE TAYLOR-WYTHE COMMUNITY CENTER IN BROOKLYN  
• Press Release, 10/22/09 - NYC DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT JOINS PARENTS AND NON-PROFIT PARTNERS TO HELP KEEP “LIGHTS ON AFTERSCHOOL” (in PDF ) 
• Bronx Times, 4/16/09 – Former director tapped to lead Edenwald CC (in PDF)
• Mott Haven Herald, 3/24/09  - Mott Haven community center is reborn (in PDF ) 
• Staten Island Advance, 3/5/09 - Staten Island Center Now Run by JCC Reopens (in PDF)

• NY1 News, 6/16/2012 - CITY HELPS DADS WITHOUT CUSTODY RECONNECT WITH KIDS
• DNAinfo.com, 1/17/2012 - DADS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS BOND WITH THEIR KIDS AT CHUCK E. CHEESE'S
• NY Daily News, 6/20/10 - Bronx men learn how to be dad at young age thanks to Visiting Nurse Service of New York (in PDF)
• DNAinfo, 6/18/10 – City to Encourage Dads with Parenting Classes (in PDF)
• Gothamist, 6/18/10 – A "Fatherhood Services Coordinator" For NYC 
• The New York Times, 6/17/10 – Helping Dads Become More Fatherly 
• NY Daily News, 6/17/10 - Mayor Bloomberg's No Piano Man 
• Canarsie Courier, 9/10/09 - Dad Takes Kids to PS 272 to Kick Off New School Year 
• Queens Courier, 6/27/2008 – Program Rehabs Non-custodial Dads 
• Gotham Gazette, 6/16/2006 - Every Day is Father's Day (in PDF)

• New York Daily News,  4/16/09 - Get free help at 5-boro event by Citizenship Now! (in PDF) 
• New York Nonprofit Press, 9/2/2008 – Strengthening Families: Immigrant Services 
• Jewish Press, 5/11/2007 - DYCD Honors Prominent New York Immigrants (in PDF)
• NY1 News, 4/18/2007 - City Honors Immigrants at Federal Hall

• Press Release, 10/22/09 - NYC DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT JOINS PARENTS AND NON-PROFIT PARTNERS TO HELP KEEP “LIGHTS ON AFTERSCHOOL” (inPDF )

• NY1 News, 2/27/2007 - Coverage of DYCD Internet Safety Conference (in Word)

• Crain's New York Business.com, 1/09/2011 -  Commissioner Mullgrav's Letter to the Editor 
• Staten Island Advance,  6/14/09 -Hey! Have fun with fund-raising
• Staten Island Advance,  4/21/09 - Staten Island Community Groups Help Boost Volunteerism 
• Epoch Times, 4/20/09 - Mayor Bloomberg Launches New Volunteer Initiative 
• Washington Post, 4/20/09 - New York City Musters Power of Its Volunteers (in PDF) 
• El Diario, 2/5/09 - Como prevenir la violencia domestica(in PDF ) 
• Canarsie Courier, 8/29/2008 – New Funding for Youths Comes Canarsie’s Way (in PDF ) 
• Staten Island Advance, 2/14/2008 - Island reaps benefits of Boston's giant loss (in PDF)
• El Diario, 2/13/2007 - Un Cupido sin maltratos (in PDF)
• Jewish Press, 5/11/2007 - DYCD Honors Prominent New York Immigrants (in PDF)

• Mayor's Press Release, 8/09/10 - Mayor Bloomberg Mayor Bloomberg Celebrates Graduation of 2010 NYC Ladders for Leaders Students 
• Bronx Times, 8/21/2008 – Climbing the ladder of success 
• Staten Island Advance, 8/8/2008 – 7 Islanders using ‘Ladders’ to climb corporate world 
• Bronx Times, 3/20/08 – CB 10 Youth Receive Scholarships (in PDF)

NYC Ladders for Leaders builds on the success of the CAPITAL (Corporate Allies Program of Internships, Training and Leadership) and NYC GirlsREACH and BoysREACH programs.

• New York Beacon, 5/10/2007 - Business Leaders Introduced to CAPITAL at Breakfast (in PDF) 
• New York Carib News, 7/17/2006 - Inaugural Class of CAPITAL Interns Celebrate Graduation (in PDF)
• City Limits, 7/10/2006 - Summer Jobs Go to Madison Avenue
  
• Newsday, 3/1/2007 - GirlsREACH Celebration (in Word)
• Mi Zona Hispana, 3/16/07 - Guía de pasantías para estudiantes de NY (in PDF)
• Caribbean Life, 11/7/2006 - First Annual NYC GirlsREACH Program Celebrates Graduation (in PDF)

• New York Nonprofit Press, 11/23/09 - DYCD Gets $100K Gift for New OST Initiative
• New York Times, 11/02/09 - Letter to the Editor - After School Programs in New York
• The Villager, 6/30/09 -Through The Door, finding a place to grow and learn
• The Robotic Realm, 6/14/09 - DYCD Tournament at Polytechnic Institute.. (in PDF)
• Youth Today, 6/1/09  - Service Movement Creates Opportunities for After-School
• Bay News, 4/1/09 - New Tecnology Lab Debuts at Lincoln H.S.
• New York Nonprofit Press, 3/4/09 - TACS's Superheroes of After School (in PDF)
• Jezebel, 1/4/09 - Snoopy On Ice (in PDF )
• Canarsie Courier, 5/29/2008 – Bergen Beach Students Perform At Spring Spectacular (in PDF )
• NY Daily News, 4/23/2008 – Hizzoner stays after school for PS 36 kids (in PDF ) 
• Brooklyn Eagle, 3/14/2008 - Young Dancers in Repertory Program Ramps Up the Arts
• New York Post, 10/19/07 - After-school Program to Add Kids
• HOY, 10/19/07 - Fondo para programas escolares (in PDF)  
• Staten Island Advance, 7/24/2007 - Students learn to succeed through dance
• New York Times, 3/30/2007 - Commissioner Mullgrav Letter to the Editor
• New York City Housing Authority Journal, 11/2006 - Out-of-School Time Program: Opportunities for Youth Citywide (in PDF)
• Staten Island Advance, 10/13/2006 - Students rally in support of after-school programs
• WABC Eyewitness News, 10/20/2005 - Mayor Announces Expanded After-School Programs
• New York Nonprofit Press, 7/2005 - Editorial (in PDF)
• The Villager, 6/17/2005 - City provides last-minute funds for I.S. 89 after school (in PDF)
• New York Nonprofit Press, 6/14/2005 - OST Program Selections Announced (in PDF)

• The Queens Courier, 11/22/2010 - PREVENTING HOMELESS LGBTQ YOUTH
• New York Nonprofit Press, 10/6/09 - Mayor Names Commission for LGBTQ Runaway and Homeless Youth
• Mayor's Press Release, 10/5/2009- MAYOR BLOOMBERG APPOINTS MEMBERS OF CITY’S COMMISSION FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUESTIONING RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH
• Chelsea Now, 4/9/2007 - New Chelsea shelter a refuge for homeless youth

• Crain's New York Business.com, 1/09/2011 -  Commissioner Mullgrav's Letter to the Editor 
• Brooklyn Courier, 9/18/09- SYEP Teens Are Ready For their Close-up
• Queens Tribune, 8/20/09  -Mayor Gets Hands Dirty In Jamaica
• Staten Island Advance, 8/7/2009 - A Good Day for a Good Deed
• Amsterdam News,5/14/09 - Federal stimulus creates more summer jobs
• New York Nonprofit Press, 5/11/09 - Stimulus Adds $17 Million for 17K SYEP Jobs
• Metro, 5/11/09 -  Summer jobs for teens
• Hudson Valley Press Online, 5/11/09 - Nearly $100 Million in Federal Funding for Youth Employment
• NY1 Noticias, 5/10/09 - Trabajo seguro para los jóvenes
• The New York Times, 5/10/09 - Stimulus to Pay for More Summer Jobs in N.Y.
• wivb.com, 5/10/09 - Summer jobs for teens
• El Diario, 4/24/09  - Trabajos de verano a la vista (in PDF)
• Staten Island Advance,  4/21/09 - Staten Island Community Groups Help Boost Volunteerism
• Youth Today, 3/1/09 - How To Provide Summer Employment (in PDF )
• Employment Training Review, 9/8/2008 – NYC Summer Jobs Make Big Gains in Placement Sites (in PDF )
• Gotham School, 8/28/2008 – NYC’s summer employment program a model for cities nationwide (in PDF )
• NYC Workforce Weekly, 8/8/2008 - Summer Jobs Are A Year-Round Occupation (in PDF)
• Youth Today, 6/29/2008 - Summer Jobs: Ditch the Paychecks and Paper (in PDF)
• Queens Gazette, 4/9/08 - Flushing Summer Youth Job Program Ready To Start Up
• Youth Today, 6/4/2007 - Sweating Summer Jobs (in PDF)
• El Diario, 5/6/2007 - Jobs for teenagers
• Hora Hispana, 5/3/2007 - Mejor que las vacaciones (in PDF)
• El Diario, 4/10/2007 - Empleos para jóvenes vía internet
• Staten Island Advance, 4/5/2007 - It's cool to get paid
• NY1 News, 8/11/2006 - Groundswell Unites Young Women to Paint Public Murals
• El Diario, 7/11/2006 - Young people go to work for the summer

• NY1 News, 8/12/11 - CITY TEENS EMBARK ON "SUMMER OF SERVICE"
• NY1 News, 8/5/11 -  STUDENTS BRING GREENMARKET TO WEST BRIGHTON
• Manhattan Times, 8/2/11 - SUMMER OF SERVICE FOR NORTHERN MANHATTAN YOUTH
• Press Release, 7/27/11 - SUMMER OF SERVICE PARTICIPANTS CLEAN UP GRAFFITI IN WOODSIDE 
• Brooklyn Eagle, 7/19/11 - CITY KICKS OFF "SUMMER OF SERVICE" WITH SUNSET PARK CEREMONY 
• Queens Tribune, 8/20/09 - Mayor Gets Hands Dirty In Jamaica
• Staten Island Advance, 8/7/2009 - A Good Day for a Good Deed 

• Press Release, 10/22/09 - NYC DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT JOINS PARENTS AND NON-PROFIT PARTNERS TO HELP KEEP “LIGHTS ON AFTERSCHOOL” (inPDF )
• New York Sun, 7/1/2007 - Commissioner Mullgrav Letter to the Editor

• Mayor's Press Release, 4/21/2009- MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES MAJOR PROGRESS FOR NEW YORK CITY ANTI-POVERTY STRATEGY UNDER CENTER FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY (in PDF )
• Our Time Press, 4/16/2009 - They Dig this Space
• City Limits, 2/18/2009 - Will FEDS Get Behind a National 'CEO' Approach?
• Southeast Queens Press, 9/19-25/2008 - Young Adult Program Puts Lives Back Together (in PDF )
• NY Daily News, 4/22/2008- City effort gives at-risk teens job skills
• Queens Chronicle, 3/13/2008 – Internships Raise The Bar For Queens At-Risk Youth
• Queens Times Ledger, 3/13/2008 – Southeast Queens interns build future
• The New York Times, 12/30/2007 - Bloomberg Seeks New Way to Decide Who Is Poor (in PDF )
• NY Daily News, 12/28/2007 - Mayor's anti-poverty team aids poor (in PDF )
• The New York Sun, 12/28/2007 - City Program Will Place Young Adults in Paid Internships (in PDF )
• Staten Island Advance, 12/28/2007 - Program gets Islanders minimum-wage internships (in PDF)
• WNYC – Public Radio, 12/28/2007 - Looking at the City's Anti-poverty Programs One Year Later  (in PDF)
•  Mayor's Press Release, 12/27/2007 - Mayor Bloomberg Announces The Successful Launch of 31 Anti-Poverty Programs In Center For Economic Opportunity's First Year  (in PDF )