December 20, 2013

December 20, 2013

…food that started with each letter, such as watermelon for the letter “W.” There’s a replica of the NYC Green Carts that sell fruits and vegetables on the street in…

2020 Spring Benefit Sponsors

…Ph.D. Bronze Sponsors Bloomberg Philanthropies Kalaivani & T.J. Duane Charles P. Durkin, Jr. Kekst CNC David Nocenti & Andrea Shapiro Davis Dawn Zappetti & Patrick Sullivan Friends AvalonBay Communities Lisa…

News Archive 2009

…Needs The Guardian (UK) – This feature article includes a profile of a Union Settlement student in a citizenship class. October 23rd, 2009 Students Receive Lesson in ‘Green‘ Eating NY1 – Local first graders visit…

April 15, 2020

April 15, 2020

…wellbeing. The company works with cities and not-for-profits to build green, affordable and mixed-income housing, along with cultural, health and educational infrastructure. Since its founding in 1989, the firm has…

2021 Benefit Honoree

…first green transit plan, and was a commissioner on Governor Cuomo’s NYS 2100 Commission, tasked with identifying strategies for the long-term resilience of NewYork State’s infrastructure post-Hurricane Sandy. Mr. Rose…

November 16, 2015

November 16, 2015

…complex barriers to employment. This third year of funding will add a third staff member to the Career Academy team, which will strengthen the program’s impact and expand the number

March 17, 2014

March 17, 2014

…not have specific details on how the disbursement of funds would work, but said his office is coordinating with a number of organizations such as the Red Cross, Union Settlement,…

April 14, 2014

April 14, 2014

…attempt at answering some of those plaguing questions. What are the odds of getting a seat? The numbers are daunting. The city has just 20,000 pre-K spaces at the moment;…

May 5, 2015

May 5, 2015

…May 5th – Cinco de Mayo – will have a Mexican theme both because of its date and because East Harlem is a portal community for large numbers of new…

May 13, 2015

May 13, 2015

…Comptroller’s office and AARP New York—now in its second year—will nearly double the number of Shred Day Events throughout the city “Identity theft is a very real threat – it…