Inzerillo shares student civic action examples

We do.

We get the word out community as well.

We had a elementary school student that was very concerned about some of the cannabis dispensaries.

There was one that was relatively close within the 500 foot.

And the student discovered it depends on how you measure those 500 feet.

That student not only researched it.

But they were so politically astute where they reached out to NYPD.

They reached out to some of the local elected, reached out to my office.

There were over 200 people that were at that cannabis dispensary just to learn more about like, hey, what's going on over here?

We share that same concern.

So it is spreading.

It is reaching.

We had another student at PS 173 where the water fountains weren't working.

So they reached out to the New York City Parks Commissioner, sent them a letter.

And the New York City Parks Commissioner contacted me, the principal, and the student to say, not only do we fix it, but I would love for you and your class.

meets to just check on it and make sure that it is working.

So when we talk about partnerships, we have our students that reach out to the New York City Parks Department, Sanitation Department, the Building Department, all other departments within

New York City so that they can learn more about that and continue to create those partnerships, ask those great questions, and hold us all accountable.

When I do principal performance observations, the principals will now

Warn me.

I love it, though.

They'll say, I want to let you know, Anthony, we have this civics group or the student organization group that are going to have some questions for you.

So I think that is awesome.

Thank you to all of you for supporting that.

I know that you visit the schools and you get peppered by questions with students, but you're sharing the democratic process, ways in which students can get engaged.

So thank you so much for that.

We greatly appreciate that.