Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is giving $20,000 grants to each of 10 community groups that applied for funding for youth programs aimed at tamping down gun violence.
The groups, operating in seven neighborhoods and 11 public housing projects, will work on a variety of initiatives. Some will train teens as community activists focused not only on gun violence, but also on environmental and voting campaigns. Others will lead financial literacy or therapy sessions, among many other activities.
“Gun violence is my number one priority,” said Bragg at a meeting with the 10 groups at the DA’s office in Harlem on Thursday. “We’re not going to prosecute our way out of this. Wearing a button reading ‘I Am Peace,’ Street Corner Resources founder Iesha Sekou speaks at the DA’s meeting, July 28, 2023. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY
Michael Jacobson, executive director of the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance and a consultant for the program under both Vance and Bragg, said the new district attorney’s selections marked a shift. Justin Nappler, of the East Harlem organization Not Another Child, said his group planned to use the grant money to work with 10 young men who have pending gun charges. Each will be involved in formulating and implementing an individualized work or education plan over 10 weeks, and receive counseling and a $1,500 stipend.
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