by Jennifer Mirsky | Feb 21, 2024 | News & Announcements, Stories
“I grew up in the inner city. Hanging around with friends doing teenage stuff. That’s how I ended up getting in trouble. Police officers in Brooklyn wanted to arrest young kids for anything they did. Writing on a door with a marker. They’d arrest me and then I’d have...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Feb 16, 2024 | News & Announcements, Stories
“If I had to choose one, I would go with Los Tres Golpes,” says Kerwin Ledesna, LSSNY’s General Counsel, when asked for his favorite Dominican recipe. He adds that he only eats this from time to time vs. every day. “Otherwise I’d have a heart attack,” he...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Feb 8, 2024 | News & Announcements, Stories
There are urgent needs such as a three-day supply of emergency food and then monthly food assistance for families in need. At LSSNY’s New LIFE Center in Uniondale, NY, we stock our food pantry with breakfast, lunch, and dinner options, including: · Cereal,...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Feb 1, 2024 | News & Announcements, Stories
This past weekend, our recreational coordinator Hailey DelValle engaged the residents of Vanguard House — our newest sanctuary site — in vision boarding activity. All ages participated, browsing, cutting, and pasting images onto their boards. One person made two — one...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Dec 30, 2023 | News & Announcements, Stories
The New LIFE School Barber Shop Barber Chair at Seneca House Snip, snip, snip goes the scissor…buzz, buzz, buzz goes the buzzer… These were the sounds of our barbering program at The New LIFE School in the Bronx, a therapeutic school which served special needs...
by Jennifer Mirsky | Dec 30, 2023 | News & Announcements, Stories, The New LIFE School
Earlier this year, we made the difficult decision to close The New LIFE School and placed 110 students in other educational programs. Of our 2023 senior class, 17 students graduated, two were accepted to college, and four obtained barbering licenses. We saw increased...
