Union Settlement Timeline

…is a precursor to today’s Senior Services, and consists of recreation, meals and literacy activities. 1943 Union Settlement opens School-Age Day Care for children of working mothers. 1955 A Community…

September 23, 2015

September 23, 2015

…every day deserve significantly more.” There are more than 400 centers across the city serving nearly 40,000 infants and toddlers for 10 hours a day, 12 months a year, providing…

October 27, 2020

October 27, 2020

…Council Member Diana Ayala, Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer and Union Settlement today announced that $2 million in grant assistance has been provided to over 150 East Harlem businesses…

Silence for the Poor

…better than the main auction room at Sotheby’s that one night in May, with bidders in their seats and on the phone, and The Scream sitting silently on an easel,…

Learn about May’s story…

…years old. “I felt very alone. I didn’t like to just sit around all day.” May was living in Franklin Plaza Apartments, a Mitchell Lama co-op development in East Harlem….

February 6, 2014

February 6, 2014

…earn about $9,000 more per year than he does today. Once he earns his master’s degree, he’ll lose out on about $12,000 annually because he isn’t in a public school….

May 5, 2015

May 5, 2015

and crafts, ethnic cuisine, and educational activities for all ages. From the twirling batons of the New York Stars Marching Majorettes that kick off the day-long event to the closing…

August 28, 2017

August 28, 2017

…– Union Settlement (www.unionsettlement.org), the oldest and largest social service provider in East Harlem, today announced the launching of “East Harlem 360°”, a community development program intended to revitalize the…

Spring/Summer 2018 Newsletter – Executive Director Note

…able to attract a sufficient number of certified teachers and other educators to meet staffing requirements. This situation creates tremendous hardship for the low-income families that we serve in the…

May 13, 2015

May 13, 2015

…Director Beth Finkel kicked off the 2015 Shred Day event series in front of the Union Settlement Association in East Harlem on Monday. In a 2014 report, AARP New York…