NYPD’s Saturday Night Lights kicks off with free sports programming in the Bronx

By Dean Moses

Posted on March 28, 2022

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Mayor Eric Adams and police officials joined together in the Bronx Saturday evening to welcome the return of the NYPD’s Saturday Night Lights program.

Last year the NYPD partnered with the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD), the City’s District Attorneys, and community-based organizations in order to renovate and open 100 new gyms across the city to provide free summer youth sports programming on Saturday nights.

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NYPD’s Saturday Night Lights kicks off with free sports programming in the Bronx

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