{"id":22205,"date":"2024-07-02T00:52:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T04:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/?p=22205"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:51:15","slug":"bensonhurst-residents-outraged-by-illegal-street-vendors-and-garbage-dumping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/bensonhurst-residents-outraged-by-illegal-street-vendors-and-garbage-dumping\/","title":{"rendered":"Bensonhurst Residents Outraged by Illegal Street Vendors and Garbage Dumping"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York City Mayor Eric Adams\u00a0and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)\u00a0Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan\u00a0released a\u00a0data\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0exploring social media use and its impact on\u00a0users\u2019\u00a0mental health and found few surprises: social media helps to create “a toxic environment.”<\/p>\n

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The report\u00a0\u2014 a\u00a0first\u00a0in-the-nation\u00a0from a public health agency\u00a0\u2014\u00a0includes the results of two new surveys aimed at exploring the social media habits and mental health status of caregivers and their children, according to a news release.<\/p>\n

The survey was completed by 22,484\u202fparents, guardians\u00a0or other caregivers of a child or teen\u00a0between the\u00a0ages of\u00a05\u00a0and\u00a017\u00a0residing\u00a0in New York City.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe results\u00a0of this\u00a0survey\u00a0provide yet another confirmation of what we have long known:\u00a0Social media platforms\u00a0help to\u00a0create a toxic environment that has detrimental effects on our young people,\u201d said\u00a0Adams.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur administration is committed to supporting our youth and bettering their mental health by launching programs like TeenSpace and by increasing access to mental health clinics in our public schools, as well as by taking on social media companies that are using their platforms to harm our children. As this week\u2019s actions by the U.S. surgeon general demonstrate, we must all act to quickly combat this detrimental issue, or our children will be the ones who continue to suffer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parents of New York City\u00a0teens who use social media are more likely to report that their\u00a0teen has an anxiety diagnosis (27%),\u00a0or depression diagnosis (14%), than parents of\u00a0teens who do not use social media.<\/p>\n

Parents who use social media are also more likely to have indicators of depression or anxiety, compared with those who do not.\u00a0Frequency of mental health diagnoses and symptoms increase with rates of use.<\/p>\n

Among\u00a0teens who report using social media daily, 90% report worrying in general\u00a0and 56% report\u00a0at least some depressive symptoms.<\/p>\n

Most\u00a0teens surveyed report turning to social media to be entertained, to learn new things\u00a0or out of boredom. Those who report boredom as their top reason\u00a0are more likely to report worrying about the future compared with those who do not report boredom as their top reason.<\/p>\n

Rates of use and impacts vary by neighborhood, poverty and type of school attended.\u00a0Teens who live in areas of\u00a0very high\u00a0poverty report using social media\u00a0more than their counterparts who live in wealthier\u00a0neighborhoods,\u00a0representing\u00a0a\u00a0nearly 10% difference between the two groups.<\/p>\n

Children who attend public or charter schools are more likely to use social media than their counterparts in private school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York City Mayor Eric Adams\u00a0and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)\u00a0Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan\u00a0released a\u00a0data\u00a0report\u00a0exploring social media use and its impact on\u00a0users\u2019\u00a0mental health and found few surprises: social media helps to create “a toxic environment.” The report\u00a0\u2014 a\u00a0first\u00a0in-the-nation\u00a0from a public health agency\u00a0\u2014\u00a0includes the results of two new surveys aimed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5904,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3461,2870,3040,2717],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-development","category-education","category-health","category-bk-news"],"yoast_head":"\nBensonhurst Residents Outraged by Illegal Street Vendors and Garbage Dumping - 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