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NYCHA is a public-benefit corporation, controlled by the Mayor of New York City, and organized under the State's Public Housing Law. [6] [11] The NYCHA ("NYCHA Board") consists of seven members, of which the chairman is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Mayor of New York City, while the others are appointed for three-year terms by the mayor. [12]
East New York: 19 8 and 14 1,586 June 30, 1958: Long Island Baptist Houses: East New York: 4 6 233 June 30, 1981: Louis Heaton Pink Houses: East New York: 22 8 1,500 September 30, 1959: Marcus Garvey Houses Brownsville: 3 6 and 14 321 February 28, 1975: Marcy Houses: Bedford-Stuyvesant: 27 6 1,705 January 19, 1949: Marcy-Greene Avs. Houses ...
One of New York's highest-profile Jewish leaders, Councilman David Greenfield, announced in July 2017 that he would not run for re-election in order to assume the leadership of the Met Council and restore its role as the central Jewish charity in New York. [10] He joined the organization as CEO on January 1, 2018, and has already instituted new ...
The main Section 8 program involves the voucher program. A voucher may be either "project-based"—where its use is limited to a specific apartment complex (public housing agencies (PHAs) may reserve up to 20% of its vouchers as such [11])—or "tenant-based", where the tenant is free to choose a unit in the private sector, is not limited to specific complexes, and may reside anywhere in the ...
Pages in category "Non-profit organizations based in New York City" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 481 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
The organization helped Senator Dick Durbin write the Fair Elections Now Act. [23] The Brennan Center advocated for the passage in 2010 of New York's law ending prison-based gerrymandering, and was part of a coalition of organizations that sought to defend that law from a court challenge. [24]
On March 19, 2010, The New York Times reported that ACORN was on the verge of filing for bankruptcy; 15 of the group's 30 state chapters had disbanded over the previous six months, and other chapters (including the largest, in New York and California) renamed themselves and severed all ties to the national organization. [7]
The New World Foundation is a left-wing foundation, [1] based in New York. [2] It supports organizations that work on behalf of civil rights and that seek to encourage participation of citizens in American democracy. [3]