NYC Correction, cops help give away hundreds of bikes to needy kids: ‘It keeps the positivity going’

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Hundreds of needy Big Apple kids got free bikes at an event hosted by city Correction officers and the NYPD on Friday — as parents from hardscrabble areas gushed that the giveaway helped youngsters feel less fearful of figures in uniform.

Roughly 400 kids and teens got brand-new bicycles, donated by Department of Correction workers, at the event dubbed “Christmas in July” at JHS 231 in Springfield Gardens, Queens.

NYPD workers provided the venue — the department’s summer youth police academy — and helped teach bike safety…

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