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Bronx residents rally against funding cuts to Renaissance Youth Center

By Emily Swanson Posted on

More than 100 people packed the recital room at Renaissance Youth Center (RYC) in Morrisania to protest city funding cuts totaling nearly $800,000 that put its afterschool and school-based programming at risk.

Several staff members, alumni, and Bronx families who rely on RYC spoke passionately against the cuts, saying that the decision was made without explanation and despite the organization’s 25-year track record of service to the community. 

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Bronx residents rally against funding cuts to Renaissance Youth Center

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