Daily News: Beloved afterschool Beacon programs slated to close this summer as part of draconian city budget cut
Beloved afterschool Beacon programs slated to close this summer as part of draconian city budget cut
April 1, 2012
By Clare Trapasso, Mark Morales and Corinne Lestch
Once an answer to the Crown Heights, Brooklyn riots in 1991 to create safer streets and spaces, the Beacon afterschool program is now facing drastic cuts that will shutter seven sites across the city.