Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Southampton cannabis dispensary takes shape to support Shinnecock Nation

Chenae Bullock, managing director of Little Beach Harvest, discusses how the Long Island marijuana operation will deliver on social and economic equity.

Infrastructure

Personality

Regional Planning Association CEO on 100 years of shaping NY’s urban planning

Tom Wright details the RPA’s work over the years as it unveils a new exhibit of its regional plans at Grand Central Terminal.

Nonprofits

Personality

The evolution of the Fund for Public Health NYC with Sara Gardner

The ED’s 15 years of leadership at FPHNYC makes her no stranger to crisis management.

Power List

Personality

The 2022 Nonprofit Power 100

The public officials, philanthropic leaders and nonprofit executives leading the sector in New York.

Nonprofits

Personality

The largest city-based workforce development association has a new CEO

Gregory J. Morris will now take on NYCETC’s efforts to respond to the city’s current economic crisis

Nonprofits

Personality

Maritza Silva-Farrell on leading ALIGN

The ED discusses advocating for workers’ rights, battling Amazon’s corporate power, and building coalitions for renewable energy.

Health Policy

Personality

Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn is on a mission to make it safer to be pregnant in New York

In her latest maternal health bill, the Brooklyn Assembly member wants to ensure women are able to have a fetus removed from their body after a miscarriage.

Personality

Personality

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council announces new president

Craig T. Peterson has been a cultural programmer for over three decades

Personality

Personality

Tech nonprofit celebrates 10 years of providing educational programming to marginalized girls and non-binary students

Through its vast national and global programming, Girls Who Code aims to close the gender gap among entry-level tech jobs by 2030.

Personality

Nonprofit founder named Obama Foundation Scholar

First Tech Fund co-founder Josue De Paz hopes to close the digital divide faced by underserved youth.

Nonprofits

Personality

Leader to Leader: Nora McCarthy

The nonprofit leader discusses stepping down from Rise, the magazine she launched in 2005 for parents who are involved in the child welfare system, and moving on to start the Family Policy Project.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

SUNY Downstate is still in debt after serving as a ‘COVID-only’ hospital during the pandemic

President Wayne Riley said the state needs to recognize the institution’s contributions to Brooklyn and beyond.

Personality

Working Families Party

The WFP’s Bill Lipton on state Senate Democratic reunification

The Working Families Party's New York state political director Bill Lipton said that while he supports reunification and the ascension of Andrea Stewart-Cousins to lead a united Senate Democratic conference, the WFP is sticking with its endorsements of candidates challenging members of the Senate Independent Democratic Conference.

Personality

John DeFrancisco

John DeFrancisco, the underdog

State Sen. John DeFrancisco: The underdog

Personality

New York State Senate

All the times people have been outraged by state Sen. Marty Golden

Brooklyn Republican state Sen. Marty Golden's staffer comparing pro-gun control students to Nazis is just the latest.

Personality

Donald Trump

Trump’s dwindling supply of personal lawyers

President Donald Trump is struggling to attract and retain legal talent.

Personality

Kathy Hochul

Kathy Hochul says there’s something women need to realize

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul on her political rivals – like Rep. Chris Collins and New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams – and the challenges facing women in politics.