Rapper JAY-Z has linked New York officials in an effort to transform the city's congested streets into traffic-free playgrounds.
The hip-hop mogul met with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday (07Aug08) to announce the kick-off of Summer Streets, a new programme that will close 11.3 kilometres (seven miles) of city roads spanning from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park.
The native New Yorker is hoping his engagement will invigorate teens to get involved in more than positive activities, according to the New York Post.
The programme, which will ban cars from streets spanning the east face of Manhattan, is scheduled to run every Saturday until 23 August (08).
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