NYC to Invest $331 Million More in Universal After-School Programs

Mayor Eric Adams says universal after-school access key to making NYC family-friendly.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks at a press conference on universal after-school programs, outside the Anna Silver School in Manhattan on April 29, 2025. Oliver Mantyk/The Epoch Times

NEW YORK CITY—Mayor Eric Adams announced on April 29 that a further $331 million will be invested in creating and maintaining after-school programs by the end of fiscal year 2028.

Adams made the announcement at a press event in front of a schoolyard playground in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. The mayor opened the event by relating universal after-school programs to his message of making the city safer.