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Council hears request to partner with WJCS on free youth programs
Summary
Jonathan Zamora asked the council to approve an MOU with Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) for an NCLEUR youth program that would provide free social, recreational and wellness programming in city facilities and parks; council members welcomed the proposal and cited WJCS's program experience.
Neighborhood and youth programming was on the Sept. 15 agenda when Jonathan Zamora requested permission to enter a memorandum of understanding with Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) to bring NCLEUR programming — free social, recreational and wellness services for high-school youth — to Peekskill.
Zamora told the council the program would supply curriculum, instructors and positive role models at no cost to the city and could operate at community centers and parks. "So for your permission, I'd like to create an MOU with this group to bring the programs to Peekskill," Zamora said. A council member with prior experience working with WJCS said the organization "has some wonderful programming and some good funding."
Why it matters: Partnering with an established provider could expand free youth offerings in Peekskill without immediate city expense and help support at-risk or socially isolated teens through structured programming.
Next steps: Council members expressed support; staff will prepare the MOU and bring the resolution for council action as appropriate.
