Winter 2018 Newsletter – Career Academy

…and other complex barriers to employment (such as criminal justice system involvement and housing instability) improve their ability to competitively enter and remain in the workforce. This is accomplished through…

2020 Toasting Union Settlement Honoree

…insurance and healthcare. Earlier in her career, Pat clerked for the Honorable Whitman Knapp, U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York, and practiced health law at…

2019 Benefit Honorees

…the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Prior to joining the NYCEDC, Pinsky was an associate at the law firm of Cleary Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in the Real Estate practice and…

February 6, 2014

February 6, 2014

…people said. Meanwhile, many college students who are interested in teaching preschool pursue other tracks because of the limited number of well-paid pre-K slots at public schools, said Harriet Fayne,…

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;…

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

…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…

September 14, 2015

September 14, 2015

…funding commitment that will be increase the number of art classes at Union Settlement from three to five days per week. The ceremony also featured the first look at a…

September 14, 2015

September 14, 2015

…will be increase the number of art classes at Union Settlement from three to five days per week. The ceremony also featured the first look at a mural created by…