Title: 161 Street BID

URL: http://161bid.com/

Description: "The 161 Street Business Improvement District is committed to improving the community for those who live, work, visit and shop on 161 Street in the Bronx. Our goal is to keep the streets clean, promote commerce and enrich the area through special events and cultural projects. 161 Street is an exciting area for tourists, residents and employees alike. It is a neighborhood best known for Yankee Stadium, but it’s also filled with great restaurants, recreation sites, municipal resources and unique shops and services."

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Subject:   Economic development

Title: Astor Place

URL: http://astorplace.nyc/

Description: "As a 501(c)3 non-profit Business Improvement District covering 44 blocks of central Greenwich Village, the Village Alliance works with area property owners, businesses, residents, cultural and academic institutions to ensure the district continues to grow and succeed. Our mission is to enhance the neighborhood’s quality-of-life by creating a cleaner, safer, greener and more enjoyable environment for all who live in, work in and visit Greenwich Village."

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: BAMRA, Bleecker Area Merchants' and Residents' Association

URL: http://bamranyc.org/

Description: "BAMRA was formed in 1992 to serve the residents and merchants from Houston Street to West Third Street and from Mercer Street to Avenue of the Americas. An all-volunteer not-for-profit organization, we provide a wide range of services and support for our neighbors and businesses."

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Subject:   Neighborhood planning,  Community development

Title: Bayside Village BID

URL: http://baysidevillagebid.com/

Description: "Welcome to Bayside Village BID, the commercial corridor of one of Queens’ oldest and friendliest neighborhoods. Bayside Village BID was created in 2008 in support of our local businesses. We host street fairs and events, sponsor holiday decorations, and provide additional sidewalk cleaning throughout the BID. "

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Subject:   Economic development,  Community development

Title: Bed-Stuy Gateway Business Improvement District

URL: http://bedstuybid.org/

Description: "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 arts organizations, families, artists, advocates who are proud to call Bedford-Stuyvesant--home. Since 2009, we have partnered with our neighbors and stakeholders to enrich our community through economic development while promoting our cultural diversity."

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Subject:   Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.),  Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Brooklyn Housing Preservation Alliance

URL: http://brooklynhpa.com/

Description: "The Brooklyn Housing Preservation Alliance is non-profit organization of local residents committed to preserving the residential zoning of homes from illegal conversions by educating the community."

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Subject:   Housing,  Historic districts--Conservation and restoration

Title: Church Avenue BID

URL: http://churchavenue.org/

Description: "The Church Avenue BID covers thirteen blocks along Church Avenue from Flatbush Avenue to Coney Island Avenue and contains approximately 150 merchants. The BID is located in the heart of Flatbush, a vibrant multi-cultural neighborhood in central Brooklyn. The BID has been in operation since 1984. The Church Avenue BID provides supplemental services to the merchants and property owners within the district. These services include: sanitation, marketing, business development, streetscape improvement, and advocacy. Additionally, the BID gives merchants and owners an opportunity to be active in their community and take responsibility for making Church Avenue a better place to shop and do business."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Community development

Title: Center for New York City Neighborhoods

URL: http://cnycn.org/

Description: "We promote and protect affordable homeownership in New York so that middle- and working-class families can build strong, thriving communities."

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Subject:   Housing,  Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Columbus Amsterdam Business Improvement District

URL: http://columbusamsterdambid.org/

Description: "The Columbus/Amsterdam Business Improvement District (BID) was created to increase commercial activity and create a more vital and active business center along Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues from W. 96 Street to W. 110 Street by providing services and initiating capital improvements to make the neighborhood cleaner, safer and more prosperous."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Campaign for Community-Based Planning

URL: http://communitybasedplanning.wordpress.com/

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Subject:   Neighborhood planning,  City planning

Title: Cooper Square Committee

URL: http://coopersquare.org/

Description: The Cooper Square Committee’s mission is to work with area residents to contribute to the preservation and development of affordable, environmentally healthy housing and community/ cultural spaces so that the Cooper Square area remains racially, economically and culturally diverse."

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Subject:   Cooper Square (New York, N.Y.),  Community development,  Housing

Title: 47th Street BID | The Diamond District

URL: http://diamonddistrict.org/

Description: "The Diamond District Partnership is a not for profit tax exempt organization that was formed in 1997 by the Diamond District’s merchants and landlords to enhance the economic development activities of New York’s Diamond District. The goal of the 47th Street Business Improvement District is to make the Diamond District safer, cleaner and more beautiful for merchants and consumers who work and shop in the Diamond District. "

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Subject:   Economic development

Title: East Harlem Preservation

URL: http://eastharlempreservation.org/

Description: "East Harlem Preservation, Inc. (EHP) is a volunteer-driven, non-commercial, 501(c)3 advocacy organization founded in 2005 to promote and preserve the neighborhood’s history and diversity. EHP seeks to empower underserved low-income, and working families in East Harlem/El Barrio and surrounding areas by providing free and unfiltered local news and information about local programs and upcoming events through our popular social media accounts, website, and monthly newsletter."

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Subject:   Historic districts--Conservation and restoration,  Neighborhood planning,  Community development

Title: East Village Community Coalition

URL: http://evccnyc.org/

Description: "The East Village Community Coalition works to recognize, support, and sustain the built and cultural character of the East Village. This character includes a diverse population; low-rise, human scale blocks and affordable buildings with historic and architectural significance; a multitude of community gardens; indigenous stores and businesses; and the neighborhood’s history and ongoing tradition as a haven for those seeking freedom to express artistic, creative, and social concerns."

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Subject:   Neighborhood planning,  Historic districts--Conservation and restoration,  Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration,  Historic preservation

Title: Forest Avenue BID

URL: http://forestavenuebid.com/

Description: "The Forest Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) was formed to support businesses along Forest Avenue between Broadway and Hart Boulevard. Since it’s founding in 2004, the Forest Avenue BID has played a key role in maintaining a clean, safe and inviting environment for it’s community. With creative budgeting for sanitation, graffiti removal, public safety, landscaping, marketing and advocacy, the BID continually strives to enhance Forest Avenue’s position as Staten Island’s premiere neighborhood."

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Subject:   Economic development

Title: Garment District NYC

URL: http://garmentdistrict.nyc/

Description: "We serve New York’s storied Garment District, in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. Working in partnership with local building owners and businesses, we improve the quality of life and economic vitality in this authentic New York neighborhood. The Garment District Alliance, formerly the Fashion Center BID, is a not-for-profit corporation, established in 1993."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund

URL: http://gcefund.org/

Description: "The Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund (GCEF) is a joint program of the New York State Office of the Attorney General and Department of Environmental Conservation. The GCEF program is an environmental grant program created by the State of New York with monies obtained through a settlement with ExxonMobil over its Greenpoint oil spill."

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Subject:   Historic districts--Conservation and restoration,  Community development--Environmental aspects,  Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Gowanus by Design

URL: http://gowanusbydesign.org/

Description: "As a reaction to significant community concerns with the planning process in the Brooklyn neighborhoods around the Gowanus Canal, Gowanus By Design uses the web as a vehicle to propose design solutions and comment on the ongoing clean up and development proposals."

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Subject:   Urban renewal,  Neighborhood planning,  Community development,  Canals,  Gowanus Canal (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Graham Avenue Business Improvement District

URL: http://grahamavenuebid.net/

Description: "The Graham Avenue Business Improvement District, on Graham Avenue (the Avenue of Puerto Rico) from Broadway to Boerum St. including Moore St., Flushing Avenue, Debevoise St. and all the main streets side streets, is the largest, uniquely affordable, and growing shopping area in Williamsburg. The Graham Avenue BID supports retail growth by encouraging new stores and restaurants to locate here and expand its customer base from the surrounding communities.

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Subject:   Community development,  Economic development

Title: Greenpoint Chamber

URL: http://greenpointchamber.com/

Description: "Our mission is to unite and advocate for the varied businesses of Greenpoint, Williamsburg and Bushwick around the shared goal of improving the community's commercial landscape and stimulating the local economy."

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Subject:   Community development,  Historic districts--Conservation and restoration,  Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Jamaica BID, Jamaica Center BID

URL: http://jamaica.nyc/

Description: "Much of Downtown Jamaica’s commercial district is managed, beautified, and promoted by the nonprofit Jamaica Center Business Improvement District “BID”. Our nonprofit seeks to make the Jamaica Center business district a thriving business hub and an enjoyable destination to shop, work, live and visit."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Community development

Title: NoHo BID, NoHo Business Improvement District

URL: http://noho.bid/

Description: "The NoHo Business Improvement District (BID) is a non-profit organization of property owners, businesses, residents, and government officials working to improve NoHo's quality of life and promote its economic and cultural vitality."

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Subject:   Neighborhood planning,  Economic development

Title: Pratt Center for Community Development

URL: http://prattcenter.net/

Description: "As a department within Pratt Institute, Pratt Center for Community Development works closely with faculty and students from multiple disciplines, leveraging the Institute's architecture, planning, and design resources, in support of community-driven plans for a more sustainable and equitable New York City."

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Subject:   Sustainable urban development,  City planning,  Community development

Title: Red Hook Initiative

URL: http://rhicenter.org/

Description: "In 2002, Red Hook Initiative (RHI) began as the Red Hook Health Initiative, a community health project of a local hospital. It was formed in response to the severity of health and social issues in Red Hook, as well as a belief in the community's strengths... In 2006, Red Hook Initiative (RHI) became a independent 501(c)3 in order to expand in scope to better meet community needs. As RHI's programming bloomed, and our roots in the community deepened, RHI's vision and mission clearly emerged as youth development supported through community building efforts."

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Subject:   Community development

Title: Resiliency Innovations for a Stronger Economy, RISE : NYC

URL: http://rise-nyc.com/

Description: "RISE : NYC is a Superstorm Sandy business recovery and resiliency program that helps New York City small businesses adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change through the use of innovative technologies. The competition funds projects at Sandy-impacted small businesses to prepare their buildings, energy systems, and telecom networks for extreme weather. RISE : NYC launched in January 2014 and received over 200 applications from over 20 countries around the world."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Hazard mitigation,  Coastal zone management,  Climate change mitigation,  Hurricane Sandy, 2012

Title: Kings Highway Business Improvement District

URL: http://shopkingshighwaybid.org/

Description: "The Kings Highway BID serves 225 businesses on 25 blocks between Ocean Avenue and Ocean Parkway, including part of Quentin Road, from Coney Island Avenue to East 13th Street. This stretch of Kings Highway is unique; a “regional commercial center” in a sea of dense residential development, it also forms the boundary between Brooklyn Community Districts 14 and 15. Historically, this commercial corridor was considered part of Flatbush. Over time, consensus has shifted its location to Midwood, though Homecrest and Madison lie immediately adjacent."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Community development

Title: Soho Strut

URL: http://sohostrut.com/

Description: "Soho Strut is a network that connects SoHo-based business owners, retail managers and residents through a robust online community and monthly & quarterly meetups. Soho Strut promotes local businesses and the unique charm of New York City’s SoHo district via business interviews and reviews, as well as special events that bring together the neighborhood business community."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: South Bronx Unite

URL: http://southbronxunite.org/

Description: "South Bronx Unite is a coalition of South Bronx residents, organizations, and allies working together to improve and protect the social, environmental and economic future of the South Bronx."

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: East New York Farms!

URL: http://ucceny.org/enyf/

Description: "The mission of the East New York Farms Project is to organize youth and adults to address food justice in our community by promoting local sustainable agriculture and community-led economic development. East New York Farms! is a project of the United Community Centers in partnership with local residents."

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Subject:   Neighborhood planning,  Community gardens

Title: Village Alliance

URL: http://villagealliance.org/

Description: "The Village Alliance has been a leading advocate for the Village community for over twenty years. As a Business Improvement District, the Alliance works with area residents, businesses, cultural and academic institutions to ensure the district continues to grow and succeed. Our mission is to enhance the neighborhood's quality-of-life by creating a cleaner, safer and more enjoyable environment."

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Vision Long Island

URL: http://visionlongisland.org/

Description: "Vision joins with others to prmote livable, economically sustainable and environmentally responsible growth on Long Island through Smart Growth. Smart Growth focuses on infill re-development and open space preservation. It supports mixed-use, mixed-income communities that are convenient, attractive, pedestrian-friendly and make affordable housing and public transportation desirable and realistic."

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Subject:   Sustainable development,  Community development--Environmental aspects

Title: Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation

URL: http://whedco.org/

Description: "The Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDco) is a community development organization founded on the radically simple idea that all people deserve healthy, vibrant communities. We build award-winning, sustainable, affordable homes--but our work is not over when our buildings are complete. WHEDco believes that to be successful, affordable housing must be anchored in strong communities that residents can be proud of."

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: 125th Street Business Improvement District

URL: http://www.125thstreet.nyc/

Description: "Our mission is to: Expand sustainable economic activity in the area including the creation or expansion of businesses and the development of jobs for community residents; Maximize the ability of local residents, businesses and institution to benefit from any and all opportunities created by commercial revitalization efforts; and Improve the quality of life in the community."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: 165th Street Mall Improvement Association

URL: http://www.165thstreetmall.com/index.php/en/

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Subject:   Economic development,  Community development

Title: 34th Street Partnership

URL: http://www.34thstreet.org/

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Subject:   Economic development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Welcome to 82nd Street – Jackson Heights & Elmhurst, Queens

URL: http://www.82ndstreet.org/

Description: "Founded in 1990 and based in Jackson Heights, Queens, the 82nd Street Partnership is an award-winning neighborhood development organization governed by a board of directors comprised of property owners, commercial tenants, government officials and community leaders. A not-for-profit entity, the Partnership is responsible for managing and promoting the local business improvement district (BID), which covers four blocks and includes 44 properties, a triangle plaza, and nearly 200 businesses."

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Subject:   Community development,  Economic development

Title: Architecture for Humanity

URL: http://www.architectureforhumanity.org/

Description: Nonprofit group providing "architecture, planning and project management services including construction management and post-occupancy analysis" founded in 1999--announced bankruptcy on January 22, 2015, although some volunteer-run chapters persist.

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Subject:   Community development,  Disaster relief,  Sustainable design

Title: Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District

URL: http://www.atlanticavebid.org/

Description: "Representing over 300 businesses in Brooklyn’s vibrant Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill and Cobble Hill neighborhoods, the Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District (AABID) is dedicated to promoting the Avenue’s long-term economic development thereby creating a thriving boulevard that attracts both residents and visitors to its vast array of services, shops and dining, while preserving the Avenue’s rich history and diverse character."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Breaking Ground : building and restoring lives

URL: http://www.breakingground.org/

Description: "At Breaking Ground, we believe that everyone deserves a home. That's why, since 1990, we have been providing permanent affordable housing for individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Beginning with a single building, we are now New York City's largest provider of supportive housing. We own and/or operate 19 properties with a total of 3,530 transitional and permanent apartments in New York City and beyond."

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Subject:   Shelters for the homeless,  Housing

Title: Belmont Business Improvement District

URL: http://www.bronxlittleitaly.com/

Description: "The mission of the Belmont Business Improvement District is to promote and expand the economic well being of the business community, and the community at large, by promotion of the “Little Italy in the Bronx” brand, our strong ethnic heritage and leadership in the culinary marketplace, and by leveraging the mercantile, social, political and cultural assets within and around our community."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Bronx Shepherds Restoration Corporation

URL: http://www.bronxshepherds.org/

Description: "Since its incorporation in 1980, the Bronx Shepherds Restoration (BSR) has been a leading force bringing much needed services to the residents of the Bronx. Our membership today consists of approximately 40 member churches, 99% of which consist of minority congregations."

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Subject:   Community development

Title: Chinatown Partnership

URL: http://www.chinatownpartnership.org/

Description: "Chinatown Partnership has been working with the Chinatown Business Improvement District to engage the community and lead efforts to improve the neighborhood’s physical environment through the Clean Streets initiative, streetscape improvements, enhanced lighting gateways, and wayfinding projects such as the NYC Dept. of Transportation's WalkNYC."

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Chinatown Working Group

URL: http://www.chinatownworkinggroup.org/

Description: "The Chinatown Working Group (CWG) was formed in October 2008 as a community-based planning initiative on the future of Chinatown in New York City. The goal was to support the community's residents, workers, businesses and visitors. Chinatown Working Group members include Chinatowns stakeholders representatives of community groups, Community Boards #1, 2 & 3 and interested parties. The effort focused issues of shared concern throughout Chinatown including but not limited to affordability, preservation, revitalization and the social and economic well being of families, seniors and youths."

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhood planning,  Chinatown (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Clinton Housing Development Company

URL: http://www.clintonhousing.org/

Description: "Clinton Housing Development Company (CHDC) is a non-profit housing organization committed to developing New York City's Clinton community and surrounding neighborhoods through the provision of permanent affordable housing. Since 1973, we have developed and expanded existing and new programs to provide comprehensive housing services from renovation to management to social services."

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Subject:   Housing,  Community development

Title: Columbus Avenue Business Improvement District

URL: http://www.columbusavenuebid.org/

Description: "The Columbus Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization representing merchants and property owners along our tree-lined avenue, from West 67th to West 82nd Streets."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: East Brooklyn Business District

URL: http://www.eastbrooklynbid.org/

Description: "The East Brooklyn Business Improvement District (EBBID) is the first and one of the oldest industrial business improvement districts in NYC. The EBBID is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization formed in 1983 by property owners, businesses, and other interested groups in this community. The EBBID is primarily comprised of light manufacturing and distribution businesses. The EBBID provides a wide variety of services to member businesses, including ombudsman and district maintenance services, which are designed to make the EBBID a better place to live, work and visit."

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: FAB Fulton – Fulton Business Alliance

URL: http://www.fabfulton.org/

Description: "The Fulton Area Business Alliance (FAB FULTON) is a non-profit organization that advocates for and collaborates with small businesses and property owners along Fulton Street in Brooklyn’s neighborhoods of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill to maintain a safe, clean, and welcoming community while securing resources and partnerships for initiatives that enhance and promote the district. FAB FULTON is one of New York City’s 76 Business Improvement Districts (also known as BIDs) that acts as a liaison between the City government and neighborhood while supplementing the support that the City government provides to these areas."

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Subject:   Community development,  Economic development

Title: Flatbush Development Corporation

URL: http://www.fdconline.org/

Description: "Flatbush Development Corporation (FDC) is dedicated to meeting the needs of a diverse Brooklyn community. FDC identifies and responds to these needs by creating programs, campaigns, and partnerships through economic development, housing, youth, immigration and other initiatives that promote enhanced quality of life, safety, and preservation of our community."

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Subject:   Housing,  Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: 5th Avenue BID, Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District

URL: http://www.fifthavenuebid.com/

Description: "Twenty years ago, a group of Fifth Avenue property owners and retailers contributed funds for a clean up crew consisting of just two part-time employees. The purpose of that nascent Clean Team was to show how we could improve the appearance of our neighborhood and thereby encourage others to support the creation of a Business Improvement District (BID) that would keep our area clean, safe and welcoming. Today, our 40 member staff provides supplemental security and sanitation services; we also assist tourists and act as an advocate for Fifth Avenue from 46th Street to 61st Street and 57th Street from Madison Avenue to Avenue of the Americas."

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Subject:   Fifth Avenue (New York, N.Y.),  Economic development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Grand Central Partnership

URL: http://www.grandcentralpartnership.nyc/

Description: "Founded in the mid 1980s, the Grand Central Partnership (GCP) manages one of the largest business improvement districts in the world, comprising 76 million square feet of commercial space in a 70-block area with irregular borders stretching from 35th Street to 54th Street and from Second Avenue to Fifth Avenue. With the Beaux Arts masterpiece Grand Central Terminal as our geographic anchor, the neighborhood offers the very best of New York City--it is a bustling center of commercial activity by day, and a destination for fun and culture by night."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Neighborhood planning,  Grand Central Terminal (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Hudson Square Connection

URL: http://www.hudsonsquarebid.org/

Description: "Since July 2009, the Hudson Square Connection has overseen the transformation of Manhattan's former Printing District into a thriving creative hub ... The area we manage is generally bounded by West Houston Street on the north, Canal Street on the south, 6th Avenue on the east, and Greenwich Street on the west."

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Subject:   Neighborhood planning

Title: Alliance for a Human-Scale City & Human-scale NYC

URL: http://www.humanscale.nyc/

Description: "We, the undersigned residents of New York City, call for an end to the violence that real estate developers have inflicted on our skyline, parks, public areas, and cityscape with the proliferation of dramatically over-scaled buildings that ignore the historic context of our city."

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Subject:   Historic preservation,  Historic districts--Conservation and restoration,  Real estate development,  Community development

Title: Jerome-Gun Hill Business Improvement District

URL: http://www.jeromegunhillbid.org/

Description: "Managed by MPC, the Jerome-Gun Hill Business Improvement District (JGHBID) gives support to over 200 businesses within its catchment area, which runs along Jerome Avenue between Mosholu Parkway and East Gun Hill Road and East Gun Hill Road between Jerome and Webster avenues."

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Kingsbridge BID

URL: http://www.kingsbridgebidnyc.org/

Description: "The Kingsbridge BID was founded in 2001 and signed into law by Mayor Giuliani. The mission of the Kingsbridge BID is to improve the shopping district for merchants, property owners and visitors. The BID provides daily sanitation services, monthly graffiti removal, street banners, holiday decorations, shopping maps, advertising, bus shelter posters and landscaping."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Community development

Title: Kingsbridge Riverdale Van Cortlandt Development Corporation, KRVC Development Corporation

URL: http://www.krvcdc.org/

Description: "Founded in 1981, the Kingsbridge-Riverdale-Van Cortlandt Development Corporation (KRVC), a not-for-profit organization, aims to encourage and support local initiatives that will build and enrich our community through social, cultural, environmental, health, housing, educational and business enterprises. Our target area is the business and residential community comprised of Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights, Marble Hill, Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, Fieldston, Woodlawn and Van Cortlandt Village. KRVC expands our work to other programs and communities when appropriate."

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Lincoln Civic Block Association

URL: http://www.lcbabklyn.com/

Description: "The Lincoln Civic Block Association's mission is to maintain the beauty and cleanliness of our area, to obtain improved public services for the community. To aid in awareness and enforcement of various laws and regulations affecting housing, sanitation services and public safety by working with the appropriate City, State and Federal agencies and to maintain and foster the development of the community interest in civic affairs."

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Lincoln Square Business Improvement District

URL: http://www.lincolnbid.org/

Description: Founded in 1996 by local, visionary property owners, businesses and not-for-profit institutions, the Lincoln Square Business Improvement District (BID) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit that improves the quality of life in Lincoln Square, a world-famous cosmopolitan area on Manhattan's Upper West Side ... The Lincoln Square neighborhood begins at Columbus Circle at 58th Street and extends north to West 70th Street. On the east, it's bordered by Central Park and on the west by Amsterdam Avenue."

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Subject:   Lincoln Square (New York, N.Y.),  Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Meatpacking District

URL: http://www.meatpacking-district.com/

Description: "The Meatpacking Business Improvement District (BID) is the not-for-profit business alliance of the area whose mission is to support the business community and to keep the area clean, safe and beautiful for locals and visitors alike. "

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhod planning

Title: Metropolitan Organization for the Real Expansion of New York City, MORENYC

URL: http://www.morenyc.org/

Description: "MORENYC--the Metropolitan Organization for the Real Expansion of New York City--works to expand the population and built environment of New York City in order to create jobs, lower housing costs and save the environment by encouraging more people to live in an urban environment of lower per capita energy use."

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Subject:   Housing,  Community development

Title: Queens Civic Congress

URL: http://www.nycqcc.org/default.aspx

Description: "Queens Civic Congress is an organization devoted to the betterment of Queens by listening to the people of Queens and taking action. Formed in 1997 through the merger of the United Civic Council of Queens and the Eastern Queens Civic Council, the Queens Civic Congress represents more than 100 civic and other community organizations throughout the borough of Queens. "

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Subject:   Community development

Title: White Plains Road Business Improvement District

URL: http://www.pelhamparkway.com/

Description: "The White Plains Road District Management Association (WPRDMA) doing business as the White Plains Road Business Improvement District (BID) was established May,1994, as a not-for-profit community economic development organization with a mission to maintain and enhance business conditions in a four-block area in the Bronx with over 100 stores. The area extends from Bolton Street east along Pelham Parkway South to White Plains Road and south for three blocks to Brady Avenue."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council

URL: http://www.phndc.org/

Description: "The Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council (PHNDC) assesses and represents the needs and concerns of the Prospect Heights community in terms of housing, economic development, physical environment, safety and security, and social services."

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Queens Civic Congress

URL: http://www.qcc.nyc/

Description: The Queens Civic Congress [is] an organization devoted to the betterment of Queens by listening to the people of Queens and taking action. Formed in 1997 through the merger of the United Civic Council of Queens and the Eastern Queens Civic Council, the Queens Civic Congress represents more than 100 civic and other community organizations throughout the borough of Queens."

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Citizens' Institute on Rural Design

URL: http://www.rural-design.org/

Description: "The Citizens' Institute on Rural Design is a National Endowment for the Arts leadership initiative in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Project for Public Spaces, Inc., and the Orton Family Foundation ... CIRD works with a geographic cross section of communities that demonstrate community capacity and strong partnerships, a commitment to diverse participation and engagement of all the demographic groups present in their community, and the potential to achieve actionable results. Each of the communities that has hosted a CIRD workshop has identified design issues of immediate relevance not only to their town, but to other rural communities as well."

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Subject:   Rural development,  Community development

Title: #SaveNYC

URL: http://www.savenyc.nyc/

Description: "#SaveNYC is a grassroots, crowd-sourced, DIY movement to raise awareness and take action for protecting and preserving the diversity and uniqueness of the urban fabric in New York City."

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Subject:   Small business,  Rent control,  Gentrification,  Chain stores,  Chain restaurants

Title: Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation

URL: http://www.sbidc.org/

Description: "Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation (SBIDC) provides advocacy and services to help businesses in the Sunset Park, Red Hook and Gowanus neighborhoods grow and create employment opportunities for local residents."

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: HUB 3rd Avenue BID

URL: http://www.shopthehub.com/

Description: "The mission of the HUB Third Avenue Business Improvement District, (BID) is to promote the growth, vitality and visibility of our local business community. The BID’s cost effective public safety and sanitation program services has not only developed a strong working partnership with city agencies, elected officials and local organizations but has also helped to improve quality of life conditions throughout the business district. The BID extends from 148th Street to 153rd Street on Third Avenue and also included areas on Willis Avenue between 148th Street and 149th Street. Also included are areas on 149th Street and Westchester Avenue between Third and Bergen Avenues and Elton Avenue between Third Avenue and 180 feet north of a 153rd Street. The district is comprised of 47 properties and 107 businesses ranging from major chains to locally owned Mom & Pop establishments." Succeeded by: https://thirdavenuebid.org/

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: SoHo Broadway Initiative

URL: http://www.sohobroadwaybid.org/

Description: "The BID for SoHo’s Broadway seeks to foster a unique, vibrant, mixed-use district with enhanced maintenance and public safety, effective advocacy and administration, technical and professional services for its members, and strategic capital improvements." Succeeded by: http://sohobroadway.org/

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Subject:   Economic development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Sustainable South Bronx

URL: http://www.ssbx.org/

Description: "Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx) works to address economic and environmental issues in the South Bronx--and throughout New York City--through a combination of green job training, community greening programs, and social enterprise."

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Subject:   Vocational training centers,  Sustainable urban development,  Community development

Title: SustainableNYCT.org, New York & Connecticut Sustainable Communities

URL: http://www.sustainablenyct.org/

Description: "The New York-Connecticut metropolitan region includes New York City, Long Island, the lower Hudson Valley, and the coastal region of Connecticut stretching from Stamford to New Haven ... The Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program supports metropolitan and multijurisdictional planning efforts that promote coordinated housing, land use, economic and workforce development, transportation and infrastructure investments in a manner that empowers jurisdictions to consider the interdependent challenges of these issues specific to their region."

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Subject:   Housing,  Transportation,  Regional planning,  Sustainable urban development,  Sustainable development

Title: Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District

URL: http://www.sutphinblvdbid.org/

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Subject:   Economic development,  Community development

Title: West Harlem Development Corporation

URL: http://www.westharlemdc.org/whdc/

Description: "The mission of WHDC is to promote increased economic opportunities and quality of life to sustain a vibrant West Harlem community ... WHDC is a model organization that effectively manages the Community Benefits Agreement with Columbia University through organizational collaborations and leveraging of resources to make significant contributions to the lives of the people of West Harlem."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: West Shore BID

URL: http://www.westshorebid.org/

Description: "In May 2012, Staten Island Economic Development Corporation (SIEDC) was selected by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) to assist in developing a new industrial business improvement district on the West Shore of Staten Island. Since its inception in July 2015, the West Shore Business Improvement District (WS-IBID) has provided much needed services including private maintenance, private security, signage and wayfinding, advocacy on behalf of property owners and important infrastructure improvements. The ultimate goal of the WS-IBID is to transform the West Shore into a premier industrial corridor for Staten Island and the City."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Community development

Title: Woodhaven Business Improvement District

URL: http://www.woodhavenbid.com/

Description: "Woodhaven's Jamaica Avenue, from Dexter Court to 100th Street, is a bustling commercial zone in the heart of the dynamic Woodhaven community ... The Woodhaven Business Improvement District (WBID) is a band of property owners, business men and women, as well as community leaders, dedicated to improving Woodhaven commerce."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Woodside on the Move

URL: http://www.woodsideonthemove.org/

Description: "Woodside on the Move is a grassroots community organization dedicated to making Woodside and Western Queens a better place to live and learn. Our services include one-on-one help with affordable housing, pro bono legal clinics, after school and summer camp, adult ESOL and computer classes, and public events including street fairs and art festivals. Our monthly tenant meetings and rallies are gathering spaces where immigrants, seniors, and other residents can bring their questions, concerns, and voices to the table and act on citywide campaigns for rent stabilization and right to counsel."

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Subject:   Community development

Title: Westchester Square Business Improvement District

URL: http://www.wsbid.org/

Description: "The mission of the Westchester Square Business Improvement District (WSBID) is to make the Westchester Square district cleaner, safer, more beautiful and to undertake enhancement projects. We focus our efforts on the supplemental sanitation, promote and market the area's diverse business and cultural offerings."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: 86 Street Bay Ridge Business Improvement District (86BID)

URL: https://86bid.org/

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Subject:   Community development,  Economic development

Title: African American Planning Commission

URL: https://aapci.org/

Description: "The African American Planning Commission (AAPC) Inc., is a New York City-based 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization committed to reducing homelessness and addressing the related issues of domestic violence, HIV/AIDS, mental illness, substance abuse, shortage of affordable housing, and unemployment in the communities in which we live and serve."

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Subject:   Housing,  Community development

Title: Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development

URL: https://anhd.org/

Description: "The Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development (ANHD) is the umbrella organization of 100 non-profit affordable housing and economic development groups, serving low- and moderate income residents in all five boroughs of New York City. Since its founding in 1974, ANHD has been key in making NYC’s community development sector among the most effective in the US, providing comprehensive training, robust capacity-building and apprenticeship programs, and high-impact policy research. In the past 25 years, ANHD’s non-profit members have built over 120,000 units of affordable housing in our city’s most distressed neighborhoods."

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Title: Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative

URL: https://bcdi.nyc/

Description: "The Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative (BCDI) is a community-led effort to build an equitable, sustainable, and democratic local economy that creates wealth and ownership for low-income people of color—what we call economic democracy."

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Subject:   Community development,  Economic development

Title: Brighton Beach Business Improvement District, Brighton Beach BID

URL: https://bidbrightonbeach.com/

Description: "The Brighton Beach District Management Association (DMA) ... is a not-for-profit organization with the Board of Directors comprised of Brighton Beach property owners, commercial tenants, residents, government officials and civic leaders all working together to make Brighton Beach Avenue a better place to live, work, shop and visit. The Brighton Beach Business Improvement District (BID) is a program of the DMA. The BID provides additional services beyond those already provided by the city. These include sanitation, maintenance and security, holiday lighting, promotion, advertising, marketing, special events and more."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities

URL: https://caaav.org/

Description: "CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities works to build grassroots community power across diverse poor and working class Asian immigrant and refugee communities in New York City. Currently, we have three programs organizing low-income Asian immigrants in Chinatown and Queensbridge Public Housing for racial, gender, and economic justice."

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Subject:   Housing,  Asian Americans

Title: Canarsie Strong

URL: https://canarsiestrong.wordpress.com/

Description: "The Canarsie Strong Community Engagement Project is a program of FCOCI (Foresee Community Outreach Center) which creates public events, community networking, activities and forums for engagement to empower and assist the community to establish its voice to assess, plan, create and implement sustainable solutions to address its unmet needs, issues and concerns post disaster."

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Subject:   Community development,  Emergency management,  Disaster relief,  Canarsie (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Community Development Venture Capital Alliance – Private Equity for the Public Good

URL: https://cdvca.org/

Description: "The Community Development Venture Capital Alliance (CDVCA) is the network for the field of community development venture capital (CDVC) investing. CDVC funds provide equity capital to businesses in underinvested markets, seeking market-rate financial returns, as well as the creation of good jobs, wealth, and entrepreneurial capacity."

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Subject:   Community development,  Economic development

Title: Center for Active Design

URL: https://centerforactivedesign.org/

Description: "The Center for Active Design is the leading non-profit organization that uses design to foster healthy and engaged communities. We take a multi-disciplinary approach to translating research into practical design solutions. We guide the creation and implementation of initiatives that respond to unique community priorities, and result in measurable outcomes. Our mission is to transform design and development practice, ensuring equitable access to vibrant public and private spaces that support healthy communities."

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Subject:   Community development,  Housing and health,  Urban health,  Evidence-based design

Title: CHPC New York City, Citizens Housing Planning Council

URL: https://chpcny.org/

Description: "For over 80 years, CHPC’s research has helped to shape public policy to improve the City’s housing stock and quality of life in NYC’s neighborhoods. Our methodologies combine data analysis, policy analysis, case studies, and interviews."

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Subject:   Housing,  Community development

Title: City Club of New York

URL: https://cityclubny.org/

Description: "The City Club of New York promotes thoughtful urban land use policy that responds to the needs of all New Yorkers. We provide a forum for public discussion of development issues affecting the urban environment and advocate vigorously for solutions that best serve the greater good."

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Subject:   Community development,  Land use

Title: DUMBO BID

URL: https://dumbo.is/

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: East Harlem/El Barrio Community Land Trust, EHEBCLT

URL: https://ehebclt.nyc/

Description: "The East Harlem/El Barrio Community Land Trust (EHEBCLT) works to develop and preserve community-controlled, truly and permanently affordable housing, commercial, green and cultural spaces in East Harlem/El Barrio that prioritizes households of extremely low to low incomes."

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Subject:   Housing,  Land trusts

Title: Flatbush Avenue BID

URL: https://flatbushavebid.com/

Description: "Formed in 1988, the Flatbush Avenue Business Improvement District provides services to keep Flatbush Avenue from Parkside Avenue to Cortelyou Road clean, safe, and profitable for its businesses. The BID is supported through a special tax assessment levied on properties within the BID which pays for supplemental sanitation seven days a week; a security program; holiday lights, banners, and advertising promoting the Avenue as a shopping destination; donations to local charities that benefit the Flatbush community; and administrative costs, like salaries, rent, and office equipment."

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Subject:   Community development,  Economic development

URL: https://flatironnomad.nyc/

Description: "Since our founding in 2006 as the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership, our organization has helped transform the bustling and diverse neighborhood we represent into a vibrant and shared place for residents, commuters, visitors, and an ever-growing business network. In January 2022, our service area expanded from Flatiron proper to include all of NoMad and extend to 20th Street and Sixth Avenue. We’re thrilled to continue serving this larger community as the Flatiron NoMad Partnership."

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Fordham Road Business Improvement District, Fordham Road NYC

URL: https://fordhamroadbid.org/

Description: "The Fordham Road BID focuses on sanitation, marketing and promotions and capital improvement projects for the Fordham Road area. Our sanitation services include both street cleaning and snow removal services seven days a week, graffiti removal for street furniture, and community beautification projects, including tree plantings, banner installation and annual holiday lighting."

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Cooperative Economics Alliance of New York City| Closing the Wealth Gap

URL: https://gocoopnyc.com/

Description: "The Cooperative Economics Alliance of New York City (CEANYC) strengthens and expands community-led, democratically-controlled initiatives — from worker, financial and consumer co-ops to community land trusts and gardens, mutual housing, and low-income housing co-ops. Our goal is to build an economy based on values of social and racial justice, ecological sustainability, cooperation, mutualism, and democracy."

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Subject:   Community development,  Housing

Title: Cooperative Economics Alliance of New York City

URL: https://gocoopnyc.org/

Description: "The Cooperative Economics Alliance of New York City (CEANYC) strengthens and expands community-led, democratically-controlled initiatives — from worker, financial and consumer co-ops to community land trusts and gardens, mutual housing, and low-income housing co-ops. Our goal is to build an economy based on values of social and racial justice, ecological sustainability, cooperation, mutualism, and democracy."

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Subject:   Community development,  Housing

Title: Greenpointers

URL: https://greenpointers.com/

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Subject:   Neighborhood planning,  Community development

Title: Village Alliance

URL: https://greenwichvillage.nyc/

Description: "The Village Alliance has been a leading advocate for the Village community for over twenty years. As a Business Improvement District, the Alliance works with area residents, businesses, cultural and academic institutions to ensure the district continues to grow and succeed. Our mission is to enhance the neighborhood's quality-of-life by creating a cleaner, safer and more enjoyable environment."

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Subject:   Neighborhood planning,  Community development

Title: Hell’s Kitchen Neighborhood Coalition, HKNC

URL: https://hknc.nyc/

Description: "The Hell’s Kitchen Neighborhood Coalition (HKNC) was formed in 2020 by residents, block associations, local organizations, business improvement districts and small business owners to address the dramatic change to our community in the wake of COVID-19. As a historic neighborhood in the heart of Manhattan, we believe that Hell’s Kitchen still plays a vital role in the life of our City. HKNC believes that the City must ensure public health and safety throughout the district for all permanent and temporary residents and guarantee that vulnerable residents receive the social services they need."

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Subject:   Hell's Kitchen (New York, N.Y.),  Community development

Title: Industry City

URL: https://industrycity.com/

Description: "Industry City is an innovation ecosystem that serves to benefit its tenants and the wider community. Its 35 acres is located on the waterfront in Sunset Park, Brooklyn."

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Subject:   Economic development,  Industrial sites

Title: Kew Gardens Civic Association

URL: https://kewgardenscivicassociation.org/

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Lower East Side

URL: https://les.nyc/

Description: "The Partnership’s mission is to enhance the unique and diverse character of the Lower East Side by improving overall quality of life and supporting the continued growth and vitality of the local economy."

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Subject:   Community development,  Neighborhood planning