New York CIty Council Member Ben Kallos

PIX11 NYC Council holds hearing on free after-school care by Ayana Harry

NYC Council holds hearing on free after-school care

MANHATTAN — City Councilman Ben Kallos is fighting for legislation that would create universal, free, after-school activities for all New York City public school students.

"After-school activities are literally thousands of dollars a year and that's just money most families don't have," Kallos told PIX11 News inside City Hall Tuesday.

"New Yorkers are working longer than anyone else in the country, and that is leaving kids

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