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NYSED asks to sustain outreach funding after citing 12,000 annual users on Staten Island
Summary
Mike DeVito, executive director of NYSED mediation center, told the board the agency serves about 12,000 New Yorkers annually (about 80% on Staten Island) and credited recent borough support for equipment that aided outreach; he asked for continued resources to maintain services.
Mike DeVito, executive director of NYSED, said the mediation center serves roughly 12,000 New Yorkers a year and partners with city agencies to provide conflict‑management, youth employment and violence‑interruption work across Staten Island, Brooklyn and the Bronx.
He said borough funding last year supplied generators for outdoor movie events and roughly 20 high‑end portable chargers for outreach staff. "About 80% of those people are on Staten Island," DeVito said, describing how chargers and equipment kept outreach workers connected while traveling across the borough.
DeVito asked the board to consider continued support so NYSED can maintain staff and supplies essential to floor‑level outreach and crisis‑intervention programs. He said grant dollars often do not cover day‑to‑day items and rising personnel costs make borough and council supplements critical.
The board briefly discussed logistics and was invited to inspect outreach equipment after the presentation. No formal funding decision was made during the session.
