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Salaam discusses employment and mentorship; Dessimore agrees on opportunities

New York City Council · Oct 26, 2026 · starts 1:13:39 · 22 sec

Salaam says meaningful employment and visible examples help young people change course. Dessimore agrees that DOP needs to give opportunities and show young people what is possible.

Stacey Dessimore

Changing and making modifications to their behavior.

Stacey Dessimore

So what do they want?

Stacey Dessimore

What do they need?

Stacey Dessimore

Also for the parent, how can we help you?

Stacey Dessimore

How can we work together?

Stacey Dessimore

And it's a team approach.

Stacey Dessimore

And also with our community-based organizations, we are pulling them in to help us with that process.

Stacey Dessimore

We know that the arrest rate is very high, but we are on a path to tackling that.