Pediatric and youth concussions and free summer programs courtesy of City Parks Foundation and the Police Athletic League.
NY Daily News - NYPD receives advice on youth-to-youth crime from New York high schoolers
(Photo Credit: Jefferson Siegel)
The NYPD received some advice on how to reduce youth-on-youth crime — from those most affected.
DNA Info - Kids Will Rule City Streets During PAL's Summer Playstreets
NEW YORK CITY — Summer vacation is nearly here and city streets are being turned over to the kids for safe playing.
Brooklyn Daily - Taken to court! Police, kids play friendly basketball basketball game
It’s the one time you can steal from a police officer!
About 30 cops and teens squared off in a friendly-but-intense game of hoops at the Kings Bay Y in Sheepshead Bay on June 11. Teams — composed of a mix of youth from the Police Athletic League and officers from the 61st, 63rd, and 69th precincts — went head to head to foster sportsmanship and a better relationship between adolescents and officers, and it was a slam dunk, the event’s host said.
Harlem World Magazine – Manhattan Youngsters Enjoy Police Athletic League’s Annual Junior Police Jamboree
On Thursday, June 9, 2016, kids from Police Athletic League (PAL) Centers from Harlem to Houston joined over 150 children, ages 8 to 12, from PAL Centers across the five boroughs at the NYPD Candidate Assessment Center for the 8th Annual Junior Police Jamboree.
NY Daily News - Cops take on Harlem kids in gym refurbished with drug money
Cops and kids squared off in a basketball game Tuesday in a refurbished city housing gymnasium in Harlem — and the players have a bunch of drug dealers to thank for it.
NY1 - Tamani Wooley Interview with Frederick J. Watts, PAL Executive Director
Spring has sprung and the kids will be out of school before you know it. And rather than have them spend the summer on the couch why not get them involved in some activities. NY1's Tamani Wooley sat down with the Executive Director of the Police Athletic League Frederick Watts to talk about what the organization has to offer this summer.