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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Mark Merino, Borough Director for the Bronx from New York Edge
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Mark Merino, representing New York Edge, testified about the organization's funding requests and the importance of after-school and summer programming. He highlighted the need for increased funding to reflect the organization's growth and to support their social-emotional learning initiatives.
- New York Edge is seeking $1,200,000 for after-school enrichment and $250,000 for social-emotional supports for students.
- The organization serves over 33,000 students across more than 130 schools in 37 of 51 city council districts.
- New York Edge offers a wide range of programs including academic enrichment, sports, arts, STEM, and college and career readiness.
Mark Merino
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Hi.
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Good afternoon, everyone.
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My name is Mark Renoburg, director for the New York Edge for the Bronx Band.
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I'm speaking on behalf of Rachel Gadzik, for the New York Edge.
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And I just hear my point.
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So thank you today, for giving me this opportunity to speak on behalf of New York Edge.
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As you know, we prioritize our priorities to focus on 26 citywide funding request.
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And we are currently seeking 1,200,000.0 under this council's after after school enrichment initiative and 250,000 under the council's social emotional supports for students initiative.
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After school enrichment funding has enabled us to enrich and expand our school year and summer programs and has allowed us to develop and implement new, unique, and engaging programs.
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Our funding, however, has remained at $11,000,000 for the past fifteen years despite the fact that we have tripled in size and and have significantly increased the number of children served.
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Increased funding, will reflect our growth and will help mitigate some of the challenges we have occurred as a result of city's passport system and resulting contract registration and payment delays.
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Social emotional supports for students funding will enable us to support our current SEL programming providing high quality evidence based social and emotional learning assessments, curriculum, and resources for all our partner schools and our students and their families.
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New York Edge is the largest provider of after school and summer programming, serving over 33,000 students across more than a 30 schools in 37 of 51 city, council districts, including four Beacon centers, 20 one century schools twenty first century schools, and four food pantries.
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We proudly, offer culturally responsive programming rooted in academic enrichment, sports, health and wellness, visual and performing arts, STEM, leadership, college and career readiness with social emotional learning intentionally woven throughout everything we do.
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New York Edge, its students, and its families are extraordinarily grateful for the thirty three years of support from the