Interviews & Profiles

Interviews & Profiles

At Transportation Alternatives, holding down the fort until a new leader is found

An interview with the nonprofit’s interim co-executive directors, Elizabeth Adams and Megan Eiss.

New York City

NYC DOT Commish Ydanis Rodríguez is staying ‘laser-focused’

Rodríguez said he’s happy to be able to move forward with Greenpoint’s McGuinness Boulevard redesign after the city’s sudden reversal on the project.

Interviews & Profiles

Taking a closer look at New York Law School’s Center for New York City and State Law

An interview with Dean Anthony Anthony W. Crowell and Executive Editor and Program Director Ben Max about the “one-of-its-kind civic engagement hub”

Interviews & Profiles

Fighting for bilingual doula services for new migrants

An interview with Maya Hernandez, a founding member of Doulas en Español.

Interviews & Profiles

Standing up for low-income New York families facing the courts

An interview with Tehra Coles, executive director of the Center for Family Representation in New York

Interviews & Profiles

Fighting to meet children's needs for almost two decades

Jennifer March, executive director of the Citizens’ Committee for the Children of New York, steps down after 17 years on the job.

New York City

Pitching Eric Adams’ City of Yes on affordable cooperative housing

An interview with the coalition pushing to include coops in the mayor’s housing proposal in Manhattan’s Midtown South.

Nonprofits

Funding community groups to help them create meaningful change

An interview with North Star Fund Executive Director Jennifer Ching

New York City

Overcoming ageism in the world of art

An interview with Marlena Vaccaro, curator and director of the Carter Burden Gallery.

Personality

Creating opportunities for youth, on and off the court

An interview with Udai Tambar, president and CEO of New York Junior Tennis & Learning.

Interviews & Profiles

Combating period poverty in New York City

An interview with Carrington Baker, founder and CEO of For Women, By Women, Period.

Interviews & Profiles

Offering early childhood education for more than a century

Brooklyn Kindergarten Society’s STEAM Curriculum instills social emotional learning skills to the borough’s youngest residents