Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson issued a plea on Thursday, following the deaths of two small children. In the span of just two days, 3-month-old Genevieve Comager and 6-year-old Jalaeyah Eason were found lifeless. ShoshBedrosian reports.
They say Genevieve was shaken to death by her father and placed in a garbage bag that was later disposed in the woods, while Jalaeyah was found bruised and unresponsive in her mother's apartment.While both tragedies have shaken Bronx communities, numbers show incidents like these are all too common.
"In order to address the trauma, we want them to feel comfortable," said Catherina Mykytiuk, the program director at Changing Futures Program at Kingsbridge Heights Community Center. Trauma therapy programs like Changing Futures at Kingsbridge Community Center offers non-traditional approaches like art and gardening. It's a free long-term treatment options for kids in the community. A person named Mykytiuk said they treat about 200 childcare between the ages of 3-18 every month.
Meanwhile, in Mott Haven, with the demand so high for help, Barrier Free Living also assists all domestic violence survivors relocation into permanent housing.
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Damion Comager and Ivana Paolozzi, parents of 3-month-old Genevieve Comager whose body was found in the Bronx, appear in courtWednesday, they appeared at Bronx Criminal Court, where prosecutors said the night of May 13, Damion Comager shook his daughter, 'causing her to be unresponsive, resulting in her death.'
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