Compiled by Angelique Molina-Mangaroo Wednesday, July 05, 2023 |
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Opinion: Cities should consider revitalization through adaptive reuse
Fostering a lively downtown is one of the pivotal responsibilities of municipal leaders. Downtowns may look different in every community, but they all represent public and private investments in the long-term health of the community. When a city has a bustling central hub, it creates economic opportunities, spurs growth, and fosters a sense of belonging among residents.
Improving or revitalizing a city’s downtown doesn’t have to follow the typical playbook. Indeed, more and more municipal leaders throughout New York are choosing an alternate route: adaptive reuse. That is, realizing their downtown’s full potential by creatively rethinking and reusing existing infrastructure.
Read more here. – Melissa Lee |
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The benefits include costs savings and improved quality of life | Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/Lightrocket via Getty Images |
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Ember Charter Schools joyously celebrated its first graduating senior class of 100% BIPOC, first-generation students. With a remarkable 100 percent of students set to attend college in the fall, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District Breon Peace celebrated the teens’ accomplishments and delivered words of wisdom as the teens enter adulthood. This is a major milestone for this Afro-centric and culturally responsive K-12 school that opened its doors in 2011 and follows a unique teaching model that seeks to nurture new social entrepreneurs, engineers, and global leaders from among students who typically have the least resources but the most promise.
With the 2022-2023 academic year having ended, the NYC Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) hosted graduation ceremonies for youth in juvenile detention. ACS has been keenly focused on improving educational outcomes for youth in detention and, most recently, created new dedicated ‘school liaisons’ at each secure facility, who help encourage students to attend school and complete their coursework. This year, 7 students in juvenile detention participated in a middle school graduation ceremony, 12 students participated in a high school graduation ceremony and 14 students participated in a graduation ceremony for completing their GED.
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Homeless Services: The agency awarded $467,858,423 to Help Social Service Corporation for shelter facilities for homeless single adults. |
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3,300 rising sixth graders were given their own college savings accounts for the 2017-18 academic year. Collectively, they have banked $1.26 million for college in New York City Scholarship Accounts since then. That works out to an average of slightly less than $400 per child, although one child in the program has put away $1,747 – still not enough to cover college tuition, perhaps, but there is time. The nonprofit managing the program, NYC Kids RISE, projects that the average kindergartner’s account could easily be worth around $3,000 by the time he or she graduates from high school (New York Times) … A Rikers Island detainee awaiting a court hearing died in an incident involving “procedural violations,” according to the New York City Department of Correction (Gothamist) … The federal approval of the MTA’s congestion pricing tolls last month means some drivers will take a hit – but it also means major upgrades are coming to New York’s mass transit networks (Gothamist) … Federal housing officials are moving full speed ahead this year with new rules that will require public housing tenants deemed “over income” to pay significantly higher rent (The City)
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New migrants have a year to apply for asylum. Many won’t make it (New York Times) |
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To Andrew Friedman, BerlinRosen senior vice president … and belatedly to Cassandra Agredo, executive director of Xavier Mission
MOVING ON: Jennifer White-Reid has been promoted to chief of staff and senior adviser to the CEO at Urban Resource Institute
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A guide to setting your nonprofit's website goals (Nonprofit Pro) |
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