The latest from Rockefeller Foundation ... Community Service Society ... NYC contracts
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A new report from the Community Service Society examines evictions in New York City. The report, released on Sept. 12, finds that in 2017, landlords filed more than 200,000 eviction petitions in city housing court. About 20,000 of these requests were then executed by City Marshals, according to the report. What is not known, is how many people were effectively evicted by landlords by pressuring them into unfair settlements in housing court, the report states. The report then seeks to examine the relationship between evictions and homelessness, while also tying in how state and city policies affect housing evictions.
Acacia Network Housing has received a $6.4 million contract from the New York City Department of Homeless Services. The money will fund shelter services for homeless families through June 2022 at a facility located at 585 Wales Avenue in the Bronx. Bowery Residents’ Committee received a $16.5 million contract to fund a safe haven for chronically homeless adults at 315 Bowery in Manhattan.
The Rockefeller Foundation has a new managing director and senior data scientist. Tariq Khokhar will take on the new position after serving in a similar role at the World Bank, according to a Sept. 12 press release. “I’m a mathematician and computer scientist by training and a pragmatic optimist by nature. I’ve spent my career working in start-ups and large organizations using technology, data analysis, and partnerships to solve development problems in over 30 low and middle-income countries,” he said in the press release.
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer may have set a record for most purple selfie taken at a nonprofit’s 125th anniversary event. She appeared at the event to honor Henry Street Settlement on Sept. 13, alongside two others from the local community in a photo almost devoid of any other color besides a mix of purple and blue – something for nonprofits to think about next time they are thinking about how their event’s ambience comes out in photographs.
@HenryStreet 125th Anniversary Gala Dinner with Chair and District Manager @communityboard3 ! Congrats to Henry St Settlement! Sep 13 2018 /GAB pic.twitter.com/jarlGnGNaZ
— Gale A. Brewer (@galeabrewer) September 14, 2018
Bloomberg Associates Principal Linda Gibbs has something to say about how cities use data to effect change. She appeared on an episode of “What’s the [Data] Point? along with Maria Doulin of Citizens Budget Committee and Ben Max of Gotham Gazette to discuss how Bloomberg Associates has led a $1 billion data-driven effort to improve cities.