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Opinion
Opinion
Editor’s note: There’s a cure for the post-election blues, doing service
The “day of service” at this year’s Somos Conference was a welcome relief for electeds and other volunteers after the presidential election.
New York City
News
9/11 day of service calls for unity against backdrop of polarized nation
Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado joined thousands to pack meals and remember the spirit of working together that followed Sept. 11 on the 23rd anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
New York City
Personality
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.
New York City
Personality
Jennifer Raab’s journey from academia to ‘rustic, cowboy things’ and stem cell research
The former Hunter College president is now leading the New York Stem Cell Foundation.
New York City
Opinion
Editor’s note: It’s housing, stupid
New rental vacancy numbers should spur political leaders to act fast to build more units.
Personality
Personality
Wayne Ho on Chinese-American Planning Council support for 2023 Somos
The organization’s CEO talks about partnering with the state Assembly AAPI Task Force, community partners and others to bring an energy-charged event to the annual conference in San Juan Puerto Rico.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Ninfa Segarra on Somos 2023
An interview with the former New York City deputy mayor for education and human services under Rudy Giuliani, who also sits on the board of the annual event in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
New York City
News
Democrats and Republicans turn out for opening of Brooklyn facility for older New Yorkers
The new Bay Ridge Center was celebrated with a show of bipartisan support that helped make the facility possible.
New York City
Personality
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.
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
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
Nonprofits
News
Housing Works opens New York’s first recreational marijuana dispensary
Proceeds go towards helping the nonprofit fulfill its mission. Here’s everything you need to know.
Nonprofits
Funding
MWBE lender takes community-based approach
Lendistry, the sole administrator of the New York State COVID-19 Pandemic Small Business Recovery Grant Program, focuses on closing the wealth gap created by barriers and lack of access to small business financing.
Courts
Opinion
Editor’s Note: Adult Survivors Act needs all the attention it can get
The law opens a one-year lookback window for survivors to come forward with legal claims against their alleged abusers.
Education
Funding
Hunter College receives historic $52 million donation
Billionaire Estée Lauder heir Leonard Lauder made the gift to the school, the most ever given to a CUNY institution, for a new nurse practitioner program.
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.
Policy
News
Nonprofits provide plan for ending “crisis on Rikers Island”
Freedom Agenda, HALT Solitary, Jails Action Coalition, Visionary V, VOCAL-NY and Women’s Community Justice Association provided a list of demands to the Board of Correction.
Nonprofits
Opinion
Editor’s Note: Missing the 9/11 Tribute Museum
The museum’s location in lower Manhattan was closed just about a month before this year’s observance of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Immigration
Opinion
Editor’s Note: Migrants arriving in NYC deserve their day in court
Nonprofits working with the new arrivals have received hundreds of improperly addressed asylum hearing notices.
Breaking News
Funding
Procurement progress: NYC pays out $4.2 billion
Officials announced a new initiative had begun addressing the backlog of payments owed to contractors, primarily nonprofit service providers.
