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A project to upcycle vacant lots, transforming them into vibrant farmland.
FABnyc is a team of artists and organizers working to preserve, sustain, and grow the cultural vibrancy of the Lower East Side neighborhood. FABnyc was founded in 2001 by...
Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) is a clinical, research, and educational enterprise located on a campus in northern Manhattan.
Think!Chinatown was started by Chinatown neighbors that got to know each other through community events. Now, we’ve grown to a network of dedicated volunteers from a broad spectrum of professional...
The Cooper Square Committee works with Lower East Side residents to contribute to the preservation and development of affordable, environmentally healthy housing and cultural/community spaces so that the community...
Restoration relentlessly pursues strategies to close gaps in family and community wealth to ensure all families in Central Brooklyn are prosperous and healthy.
Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association, Inc. is a 40-year-old community development organization and mutual housing association.
Addressing cultural, civic, and academic needs of the largely low-income, Northern Manhattan immigrant community of Washington Heights/Inwood.
The Bed-Stuy Gateway BID, located in central Brooklyn, is one of Brooklyn’s most prominent commercial and cultural focal points. We represent a growing, eclectic community of entrepreneurs, nonprofit and...
Ryan Gilliam
Executive Director, FABnyc
Ryan is an artist and organizer with three decades of experience working in the Lower East Side on community art projects and public space activations. She is a co-founder...
The 34th Street Open Streets Coalition facilitates an outdoor community center and micro mobility corridor in Jackson Heights.
Sung Kim
Assistant to the Director, James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center
Alongside JBOLC's founder Ray Pultinas, Sun Kim has helped form the nonprofit, create and steward the garden spaces, manage the website, and serves as a board member.
Ari-Duong Nguyen
Programs Assistant, FABnyc
Originally from Hanoi (Vietnam), Ari-Duong Nguyen (they/she) is a recent graduate with an MA in Media Studies from The New School. They write criticism of cinema and time-based media,...
Yin Kong
Director/Co-Founder,
Think!Chinatown
Yin Kong 邝海音 is a community-based designer and curator living and working in Manhattan’s Chinatown. Think!Chinatown is the culmination of her work in urban design, museum, culinary & cultural...
The mission of University Neighborhood Housing Program (UNHP) is to create, preserve, and improve affordable housing and bring needed resources to the Northwest Bronx.
Founded in 1978, Loisaida, Inc. is a Puerto Rican multidisciplinary community development organization located in the Lower East Side area of Lower Manhattan. We stand firm on our original...
Megan Brosterman
Chief Operating Officer, Gotham Park
A New Yorker since 2001 and a Lower Manhattan resident since 2008, Megan has a background in finance, corporate law, sustainable fashion, regenerative gardening and soil health.
Brendan Parker
Associate Director, Red Hook Farms
Brendan joins the farm team a varied career in public school garden education, market farming, and community gardening. He has been farming since 2010. He holds a Bachelor of...
Asian Americans for Equality is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization based in New York City. Founded in 1974 in Manhattan’s Chinatown to advocate for equal rights, AAFE has transformed...
Yazan Mansi
Community Engagement Manager, Grand Street BID
Born and raised in Queens, Yazan’s passion for public spaces and placemaking was cultivated by the community he grew up in.
Abigail Ellman
Director of Planning and Development,
Cooper Square Committee
Abigail Ellman is an urban planner and action researcher with experience in affordable housing, equitable economic development, sustainable infrastructure, health equity, and community organizing.
Evelin Caballero Omana
N360° Project Manager, La Colmena
As La Colmena’s N360° Project Manager, Evelin leads commercial revitalization initiatives in Port Richmond.
Rosa Chang
Co-Founder & President, Gotham Park
Rosa Chang is a community advocate who is deeply engaged in issues of climate change, education, community support, the deep importance of place and how our built environment builds...
Equality for Flatbush (E4F) is a Black Lives Matter organization that has fought gentrification, displacement and police violence in Brooklyn, NY since 2013. They have only two goals: to...
Leslie Ramos
Executive Director, 82nd Street Partnership
Leslie A. Ramos joined the 82nd Street Partnership in October 2014 as Executive Director. She has extensive experience working with small businesses, City agencies, and the Latino community; bringing...
A project to upcycle vacant lots, transforming them into vibrant farmland.
Founded in 1974, the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC) unites diverse peoples and institutions to fight for racial and economic justice.
Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan Inc. d/b/a Gotham Park is a New York State not-for-profit founded in 2021 with the goal of establishing and supporting a new kind of hyper-urban public...
Librería Barco de Papel is a community center and the last Spanish-language bookstore in New York City.