New York City

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Nonprofit ED warns city budget cuts threaten services for domestic violence survivors

Nicole Branca, executive director of New Destiny Housing, expressed concerns in an interview with New York Nonprofit Media.

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Three decades of leadership, activism and lessons learned leading The Fortune Society

The organization’s executive director JoAnne Page sat down with New York Nonprofit Media to discuss her tenure at the nonprofit and what’s next.

New York City

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Building YIMBY support for affordable housing in NYC

A discussion with Annemarie Gray, executive director of the nonprofit Open New York.

New York City

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What brings Nicole Malliotakis together with Justin Brannan? A senior center in Bay Ridge

The Bay Ridge Center raised $5 million and secured a major grant to go from operating out of a church basement for nearly half a century to occupying a newly renovated 21,000 square foot building.

Interviews & Profiles

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Helping kids post-COVID-19: A Q&A with Partnership With Children’s new CEO Wesner Pierre

The exec looks back at his own childhood and can relate to the challenges New York City’s youth face moving forward from the pandemic.

Interviews & Profiles

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College admissions, post-affirmative action

PeerForward CEO Gary Linnen discusses his work helping students of color into higher education in an interview with New York Nonprofit Media.

Interviews & Profiles

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Formerly incarcerated and fighting for prison reform

Jose Hamza Saldana, director of Release Aging People in Prison, in a conversation with New York Nonprofit Media, discusses how to effect change in the face of an Albany scared of seeming soft on crime.

New York City

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How Murad Awawdeh has helped New York City asylum-seekers through the crisis

The New York Immigration Coalition leader talked about what the city, state and federal governments can do differently to best serve the immigrant population.

Interviews & Profiles

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Nonprofit ESL program serving New Yorkers for more than half a century seeks financial help to continue

HANAC Director of Programs and Development Andrea Jerves spoke to New York Nonprofit Media about the services the organization is trying to save.

New York City

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Jennifer Raab says goodbye to Hunter College after nearly a quarter century

The exiting college president sat down with City & State to discuss her impact on the school and the legacy she leaves after more than 22 years of service.

Interviews & Profiles

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Building a legacy of sports and love for community

An interview with Danielle Madden-Buck, executive director of America SCORES New York

New York City

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You think this is hot?

Two climate experts weigh in on how New Yorkers can stay safe and healthy in our ever more scalding future

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Promoting three pillars of prevention for animal welfare in NYC

Bideawee President and CEO Leslie Granger talks prevention, problem solving and the human-animal bond – and how it prevents animal abuse and homelessness.

Interviews & Profiles

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Continuing a legacy of solving food insecurity

An interview with Leslie Gordon, president of Food Bank for New York City

Procurement

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Interview: Conquering procurement reform

A discussion with Jennifer Geiling, former executive director of the Nonprofit Resiliency Committee formed in 2016 by Mayor Bill de Blasio

Nonprofits

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2023 Nonprofit Trailblazers Awards honorees

These leaders have spent their careers improving New York City and state.

New York State

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Slow cannabis market ‘the product of a choice’ says state weed czar

New York has been criticized for a sluggish licensing process, but Chris Alexander said that’s necessary to achieve equity.