Personality
Personality
Connecting young people in foster care with a mentor who will stick by them
An interview with Tracy Jenkins, co-executive director of Fair Futures
Nonprofits
News
Grant helps Birch Family Services increase access to digital books and adaptive learning for kids
The funding from City Council Member Farah Louis helped the nonprofit purchase 75 electronic tablets.
New York City
News
NYC Council grills Adams admin budget director on proposed cuts
The council held a hearing to push back on City Hall’s budget projections.
Opinion
Opinion
Commentary: Here’s how to create new pathways for unretirement success
Retirees returning to work thrive when they have support landing the right job.
New York City
News
City Council members balk at $4.5 million in cuts to supportive housing rental subsidies
The Adams administration defended the proposed reduction as “right-sizing.”
New York City
News
New York City Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer and Schools Chancellor David Banks on strengthening workforce development post COVID-19
The members of the Adams administration highlighted public-private partnerships as an answer at the 2023 NYCETC Conference at Civic Hall.
Personality
Personality
Acacia Network builds on a legacy of Latino pioneers
The Bronx-based organization has preserved and continued the work of activists, community leaders and other nonprofits since it was founded nearly two decades ago.
New York City
News
Coalition fighting right to shelter changes to rally in Albany and NYC
The group has expanded its ranks in the last month.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Enforcing the law means engaging today’s youth
The perception that police are an occupying force worsening the struggles in young people’s lives must be reversed.
New York City
News
A historic goal: Creating a New York City Freedom Trail
Jacob Morris, head of the Harlem Historical Society, wants to highlight the history of the Underground Railroad and a New York City Council bill may make his vision a reality.
New York City
News
Ask the experts: Are the Adams administration’s budget cuts necessary?
Experts weigh in on the state of the city’s financial crisis and explore how the city should be dealing with it.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Helping New Yorkers in need of food
An interview with Jilly Stephens, CEO of City Harvest.
New York City
Personality
Manhattan’s Meatpacking District emerges a pedestrian-oriented neighborhood
Jeffrey LeFrancois, the business improvement district’s executive director, discusses his work on the historic area’s pedestrian-first streetscapes and its resiliency after COVID-19.
Nonprofits
News
Going ‘in-depth’ to understand the potential of Black owned businesses
The Brooklyn Communities Collaborative and Hunter College collaborated on a study to understand the experiences and challenges of such entrepreneurs and their local impact.
Nonprofits
News
The Brotherhood-Sister Sol grows with demand in West Harlem community
The organization’s new home is one of the few nonprofit spaces in New York City to be one hundred percent dedicated to “community-educational use.”
Opinion
Opinion
Commentary: The second miracle of East Harlem
Explaining this summer’s dramatic reduction in teen violence in our local community.
New York City
News
Democrats and Republicans turn out for opening of Brooklyn facility for older New Yorkers
The new Bay Ridge Center was celebrated with a show of bipartisan support that helped make the facility possible.
New York City
News
Tech start-up incubator heralded as sign of things to come
New York City Mayor Eric Adams called the new Civic Hall in Manhattan’s Union Square, a “laboratory for the entire country."
Opinion
Opinion
OPINION: Making a case for diversity of thought in policing
Here’s how to create a police force that truly mirrors the needs and expectations of modern society.
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