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…expects to serve a minimum of 40 adolescents and young adults at three locations; Washington Houses Community Center, Jefferson Community Center, and Gaylord White Community Center. The program will operate…

2021 Benefit Honoree

…vision, program and growth, developing award winning new projects, investment funds and city plans to model solutions integrating the issues of affordable housing, community development, culture and the environment. The…

December 8, 2023 – Toy Store Comes to East Harlem

December 8, 2023 – Toy Store Comes to East Harlem

Union Settlement returned this holiday season to host our annual Book and Toy Drive with a twist. We turned our community room into a toy store, complete with a photo…

Spanish Harlem in the ’80s Book Launch at Museum of the City of New York

…Rodriguez (published by powerHouse Books). Click HERE for tickets – use code UNION and save $5! When Brooklyn-raised photographer Joseph Rodriguez first debuted his body of work shot in Spanish…

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…

…One day, when she was not feeling very well, she went to get her blood pressure taken by a nurse at the Union Settlement NORC (Naturally Occurring Retirement Community) office….

April 28, 2015

April 28, 2015

First Lady Aims to Renew Focus on Youth Mental Health in City Schools (includes video) Time Warner Cable News NY1 The number of mental health clinics in schools has plunged…

2022 Benefit Honoree

…important work of a variety of nonprofit organizations. He has been honored to receive a number of recognitions for his work. In 2021 he was invested as Archon Grand Orator…

June 6, 2014

June 6, 2014

Union Settlement Association Celebrates 50th Anniversary of its College Readiness Program Mayor Bill De Blasio Proclaims June 7 “Union Settlement College Readiness Day”…

February 2, 2020

February 2, 2020

…passionate advocate for the needs of underserved communities. Established in 1895, Union Settlement provides a broad array of education, wellness and community-building programs to over 10,000 East Harlem residents each…