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03/26/2007 Archived Entry: "New York Gym Closing May Yet Recover"
New York Gym Closing May Yet Recover
By Alan Gray, NewsBlaze
A few hours after publishing the story New York Gym Credited With Keeping Countless Kids Off The Streets to Be Closed, NewsBlaze received an email from NYC Department of Parks & Recreation Director of Public Affairs, Warner Johnston.
Johnston said that an alternative location was offered to the boxing club and they rejected it. He also said the after-school program that is to use the Gym's space "is extremely popular with local youth and we were able to double the size... In order for us to increase our program, we were required to move the boxing program."
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