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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Scott Daly, Senior Director of New York Junior Tennis and Learning
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Scott Daly, Senior Director of New York Junior Tennis and Learning (NYJTL), testifies about the organization's free tennis and education programs for kids throughout New York City. He requests increased funding to continue and expand their services, highlighting the program's impact on underprivileged youth.
- NYJTL serves 10,000 unique kids annually, with 70% of participants aged 10 and younger
- 75% of participants are Black, African American, Latino, or Asian, and 80% are from low-income families
- The organization is seeking $1 million under the physical education and fitness initiative, an increase of $200,000 from their current funding level
Scott Daly
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Afternoon, chair Stevens, chair Brannan.
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Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to testify and submit testimony to this committee.
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NYJTL, my name is Scott Daley.
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I'm the senior director of the New York Junior Tennis and Learning.
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For the last fifty years, we've been a partner here with the city.
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We provide free tennis and education for kids throughout the city.
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We receive our funding under the physical education fitness initiative as we have, and I'll get to that in a moment later on.
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What do we do?
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Free tennis in all 51 council districts throughout the year.
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We are in we provided for kids five to 18 years of age.
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Excuse me.
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I got distracted.
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Five to 18 years of age.
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We have district 75 kids that we provided to special populations.
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We provide free SAT and SHAT prep classes.
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We bring our programs into the school.
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We train gym teachers on how provide tennis to kids who otherwise can't get out to the large tennis sites that we run.
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We're always looking for new expansions and where to go.
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You know, I can go on and on about the good of our program, but what sports gives to kids, we do it we let kids be kids.
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We let them get out and play.
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We give them a safe haven.
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Couple of the numbers.
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We've been talking about numbers.
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10,000 unique kids last year.
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70% of our participants are 10 years of age and younger.
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From five to 70%, that's the target group.
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75% are black, African American, Latino or Asian.
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Eighty percent are in the low income based on the AMI of the city of New York.
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Our coaches come from our programs.
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The testimony I have submitted, you'll see all the numbers and demographics.
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This year, we are seeking $1,000,000 under the physical education and fitness initiative.
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We need that increase of $200,000.
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We're stuck at this number for the last seventeen years.
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No one has to tell anyone here about the cost and what's gone up over the last seventeen years.
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The funding will help us to continue.
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We pay our staff, our beginning staff, $18 an hour.
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We have to get new equipment.
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We need new locations.
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We can give additional hours.
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We can do more Saturday program.
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We will increase enrollment.
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City of New York and the city council has been our partner and help us accommodate, accomplish our mission.
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We believe that tenants can transform the lives of the poor.
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We could not do what we do without the continuing support of the council.
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I wanna thank you all for all you do, for the kids of the city.
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Thank you.