Interviews & Profiles
Personality
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
Personality
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
Personality
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
Personality
Antonio Reynoso wants to make Brooklyn the safest place to have a baby
The borough president focused on maternal health in his fiscal year 2023 capital budget.
New York City
Personality
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
Personality
Building a legacy of sports and love for community
An interview with Danielle Madden-Buck, executive director of America SCORES New York
Personality
Personality
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.
New York State
Personality
Why did Catalina Cruz sponsor Clean Slate? ‘Believe it or not, it was being a survivor of a crime’
The Assembly member talked about what’s still left to do now that the law is on the governor’s desk.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Continuing a legacy of solving food insecurity
An interview with Leslie Gordon, president of Food Bank for New York City
Personality
Personality
Denise Rosario Adusei is on a mission
The new executive director of the Bronx Children’s Museum in a Q&A talks about the institution’s top priorities under her leadership.
Interviews & Profiles
News
How NYC is streamlining MWBE contracting
Lisa Flores, chief procurement officer and director of the Mayor's Office of Contract Services, discussed efforts that have improved how MWBE vendors interact with the city in a Q&A at City & State’s Diversity Summit
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Leader to Leader: Nolvia Delgado
A discussion with the executive director of the Kaplan Educational Foundation, an organization that she herself benefited from as an undergraduate
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Identifying and confronting LGBTQ hate
Beverly Tillery, executive director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project, discusses findings from a new report on anti-LGBTQ incidents reported by the organization’s affiliates nationwide.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
How low-income New Yorkers will be affected by the end of pandemic-era emergency benefits
NYN Media spoke with Public Health Solutions Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer Zachariah Hennessey on how the state can mitigate SNAP benefit losses and reduce strain on food pantries.
Cultural nonprofits
Personality
Empowering young artists in New York
Nicole Fenichel-Hewitt, executive director of The Art Effect, spoke to New York Nonprofit Media about promoting student growth and the upcoming Reel Exposure International Teen Film and Photography Festival.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Could New York lead in movement for reparations?
In a Q&A with state Sen. Jabari Brisport, the lawmaker discusses establishing a commission that would explore reparations for Black New Yorkers.
Nonprofits
Personality
JCC of Mid-Westchester gets a new chief executive officer
Elise Dowell comes with two decades of communications and operations experience.
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.
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.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Solving NYC’s affordable housing crisis, even during a pandemic
How Project Renewal pressed on to serve its clients during COVID-19.
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