Nonprofits
Funding
The New York Community Trust awards more than $7.7 million to 39 nonprofits
Grants went to providers delivering migrant services, cancer care, supporting people with disabilities and the arts sector.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Taking the next step after New York City’s Intensive Mobile Treatment initiative
Seeking an information-seeking and constructive approach to deliver results
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Addressing public safety requires true collaboration between community organizations and government
A look at the innovative Project Restore pilot program.
Nonprofits
Personality
Living a testament to humane, criminal justice reform efforts
An interview with Stanley Richards, a formerly incarcerated man of color now leading the Fortune Society.
New York City
Funding
MWBEs to benefit from $500,000 in grants administered by NYC Small Business Resource Network
The funding will expand the network’s Open+Online initiative, connecting business owners with digital business tools.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Keep NYC after-school programs affordable, while still paying workers fair wages
Here’s why we must advocate for increased funding.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Helping New Yorkers age with autonomy, dignity and community
An Interview with JASA CEO Kathryn Haslanger
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Who is making immigrant youth in NYC a priority?
Homeless agencies are, but they are at their breaking point and need more resources.
Nonprofits
News
Mobilization for Justice employees stage one-day strike
The workers joined by New York Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani on the picket line demanded higher wages following high inflation and post-pandemic work.
New York City
News
Report: New Yorkers are waiting longer for cash assistance
The mayor’s preliminary progress update for the year showed dismal wait times for cash assistance and continued sluggishness for food assistance.
New York City
News
'The whole world is literally looking at us:' How New York City is using the migrant crisis as a catalyst for change
Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom and Department of Social Services Commissioner Molly Wasow-Park detail the city’s shift away from the “right-to-shelter” mandate at the annual Upstream Symposium hosted by HELP USA.
Immigration
Personality
Gale Brewer calls for supporting asylum-seekers at City and State’s 50 over 50 celebration
The New York City Council member was among several Icon Award winners at the event honoring “age disruptors” at the Manhattan Penthouse.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
“Literary Science” preps high school students for social ventures that address local challenges
New York Nonprofit Media interviews Chidi Asoluka, founder and CEO of the community design studio NewComm.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
How misinformation hinders the early identification of child human trafficking victims
Budy Garcia-Whitfield, assistant vice president of behavioral health and wellness for Westchester programs at JCCA, weighs-in on what is being done to help youth subjected to sexual trauma and abuse.
Opinion
Opinion
Commentary: Seizing the opportunity to improve contracting
A look at New York City’s transition from HHS Accelerator to PASSPort
New York State
Personality
Social equity has been the biggest success of New York’s cannabis rollout
A Q&A with Tremaine Wright, chair of the state Cannabis Control Board.
New York State
Personality
New York’s equity provisions for cannabis continue to lead the country
A Q&A with state Sen. Liz Krueger on what other states are learning from New York.
New York State
Opinion
Opinion: To judge a society, look at how it treats its children
An argument for implementing the Raise the Age act.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Investing in the Bronx’s next generation
A call for recruits to mentor the borough’s youth from Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Is climate resilience an issue of equity?
An interview with Cortney Koenig Worrall, CEO and president of the Waterfront Alliance, discussing its Climate Informed Communities initiative and protecting New York’s most vulnerable regions.
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