Citizens Committee for New York City Announces $236,950 in Grants to 73 Community Groups Responding to COVID-19 and Community/Police Relations

Sheryll Durrant works alongside Kelly Street Garden Committee in providing opportunity for all community members to take part in gardening.

Marissa Gutiérrez-Vicario has worked alongside several non-profit organization before creating her own, Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE).

Our second COVID-19 Conversations is a special edition where we discussed the murder the George Floyd, the protests that gripped the nation afterward, and the push to end police brutality and systemic racism in America.

A few weeks ago, the U.S. Census Bureau announced September 30th as the new deadline for officials to complete the 2020 Census survey, one month earlier than planned. That means there are two weeks left to get every New Yorker counted. At a time when we are already struggling to recover from COVID-19, we as a city, cannot risk losing additional federal and state funding.

Brooklyn native Amma Oloriwaa! works with Egbe Iwa Odo'kunrin Egbe Iwa Odo'binrin in preparing and empowering youth in New York City to assume age appropriate responsibilities.

Uplifting the voices of the community leaders in New York.

Citizens Committee for New York City Announces $250,800 in Grants to 64 Community Groups Responding to COVID-19

Rodney Deas, aka "Radio Rahim" is a long-time activist in Brooklyn. He has been in the entertainment industry for decades, involved in radio and producing; he was involved in the beginning of the Occupy Wall Street movement and co-founded the Paul Robeson Freedom School in Bedford Stuyvesant.

Our grantees are shifting gears to meet the most urgent needs of their community. Here is API&!’s story.

Danielle Sullivan is an administrative aide by day, community organizer by night and parent to an amazing child with special needs around the clock. She unites parents from all walks of life and engages conversation about the needs, wants, and growth of our children.

West Side Community Fund Announces COVID Relief Grant Program Supporting Small Businesses in Chelsea, Hudson Yards, Hell’s Kitchen Neighborhoods

Our grantees are shifting gears to meet the most urgent needs of their community. Here is iDig2Learn’s story.

Organizer, and preservationist, Zulmilena Then is the founder of Preserving East New York (PENY) an organization whose mission is to advocate for historic preservation for the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York and its subsections.

Survey conducted by Citizens Committee reveals greatest needs, challenges among the New York City's most vulnerable communities

Anthony Posada is an artist, activist, and lawyer. Aside from his job as public defender at the Legal Aid Society, he is the founder of Project Attica, an organization devoted to engaging youth and under-served communities in social justice issues through art-based activities.

A multi-disciplined performing artist, Christine Yvette Lewis, is an actress, poet, musician, organizer, activist, and member of the Domestic Workers United (DWU).

Resources and services that we have gathered from various sources to help you navigate the COVID-19 crisis

Citizens Committee for New York City (Citizens Committee) has announced the appointment of its new CEO, Dr. Rahsaan Harris, effective March 16.