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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
Group: Community development
Creator: Lower East Side Partnership
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Madison Avenue BID extends from East 57th to East 86th Street on Madison Avenue and also encompasses the commercial areas of its adjacent side streets. The district is comprised of approximately 250 buildings, 500 cooperatives and condominium units and over 800 businesses, and includes some of the world’s most celebrated boutiques, galleries, restaurants and hotels."
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Subject: Madison Avenue (New York, N.Y.), Economic development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Madison Avenue Business Improvement District
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: The Montague Street Business Improvement District covers a three-block commercial area in Brooklyn Heights.
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Subject: Economic development, Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: Montague Street Business Improvement District
Coverage: Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Neighbors United Below Canal (NUBC) represents thousands of stakeholders in the diverse and unique communities of Lower Manhattan. NUBC comprises residents, organizations, businesses, community activists, and elected officials. NUBC members have come together to speak with a unified voice against Mayor de Blasio’s proposal for a new jail at the Louis J. Lefkowitz building on 80 Centre Street in Lower Manhattan."
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Subject: Jails -- Design and construction, Community development, Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Group: Community development
Creator: Neighbors United Below Canal (Organization : New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The NoMad Alliance [NOrth of MADison Square Park] is a not-for-profit organization committed to building a better community and growing local business."
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Subject: Economic development
Group: Community development
Creator: NoMad Alliance (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The mission of the North Brooklyn Chamber 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, Economic development
Group: Community development
Creator: North Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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Subject: Community development, Economic development
Group: Community development
Creator: North Flatbush Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Center for an Urban Future is a public policy organization dedicated to improving the overall health of New York City and serving its long-term interests by targeting problems facing low-income and working-class neighborhoods in all five boroughs."
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Subject: Community development, City planning, Planning, Quality of life, Community organization
Group: Community development
Creator: Center for an Urban Future (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "OneNYC 2050 is a strategy to secure our city’s future against the challenges of today and tomorrow. With bold actions to confront our climate crisis, achieve equity, and strengthen our democracy, we are building a strong and fair city. Created under the requirements of Local Law 84 of 2013, OneNYC 2050 is New York City’s long-term strategic plan."
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Subject: City planning, Sustainable design, Housing, Education, Transportation
Group: Community development
Creator: New York (N.Y.). Office of the Mayor
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Status on live web: Unavailable
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Group: Community development
Creator: Open New York (Organization)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Our mission is to support the businesses, property owners, residents and institutions on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope by: enabling community engagement and creativity; fostering innovation and growth; advocating for inclusive economic sustainability; and enhancing quality of life for all!"
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Subject: Economic development, Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: Park Slope Fifth Ave Business Improvement District
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Coalition to Protect Chinatown and LES is an association of community groups, elected officials, senior centers, small business, students, workers and families. We are uniting for fight displacement and take control of our community––Chinatown and the Lower East Side."
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Subject: Community development, Real estate development, Zoning
Group: Community development
Creator: Coalition to Protect Chinatown and LES (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Chinatown (New York, N.Y.), Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
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Subject: Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.), Housing, Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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."
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Subject: Economic development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: SoHo Broadway Initiative (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Steinway Astoria Partnership, as it is now known, continues the work started in 1991 as the Steinway Street Business Improvement District, addressing the issues of the property owners and over three hundred businesses of Steinway Street."
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Subject: Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: Steinway Astoria Partnership
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Queens
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "TakeRoot Justice provides legal, participatory research and policy support to strengthen the work of grassroots and community-based groups in New York City to dismantle racial, economic and social oppression."
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Subject: Community development, Housing, Legal aid
Group: Community development
Creator: TakeRoot Justice (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Bed-Stuy Gateway BID, located in central Brooklyn, is one of Brooklyn’s most prominent commercial and cultural focal points."
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Subject: Community development, Economic development
Group: Community development
Creator: Bed-Stuy Gateway Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The NoMad Alliance [NOrth of MADison Square Park] is a not-for-profit organization committed to building a better community and growing local business."
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Subject: Economic development
Group: Community development
Creator: NoMad Alliance (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Point Community Development Corporation is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) dedicated to youth development and the cultural and economic revitalization of the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx. We work with our neighbors to celebrate the life and art of our community, an area traditionally defined solely in terms of its poverty, crime rate, poor schools and substandard housing."
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Subject: Hunts Point (New York, N.Y.), Historic districts--Conservation and restoration, Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: The Point Community Development Corporation (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Union Square Partnership is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that works to ensure the Union Square district's continued growth + success by providing a wide-range of services + programs including sanitation, public safety, economic development, marketing + events, and by investing in the beautification of Union Square Park."
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Subject: Economic development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Union Square Partnership (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Westbeth Artists’ Housing was conceived in the 1960’s as a partial solution to the acute need to provide affordable housing and studios for artists and their families. In so doing, it became one of the first examples of adaptive reuse of industrial buildings for artistic and residential use in the United States."
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Subject: Housing, Artists’ studios
Group: Community development
Creator: Westbeth Artists' Housing (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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Subject: Community development, Economic development
Group: Community development
Creator: 165th Street Mall Improvement Association (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Queens
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "505BX is a community space for work and play located in the heart of the Riverdale/Kingsbridge community at 505 West 236th Street."
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Subject: Community development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Kingsbridge-Riverdale-Van Cortlandt Development Corporation
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "ART ON THE AVE NYC is a community-based non-profit organization founded by school teachers in the summer of 2020. We are dedicated to the elevation of local artists and the revitalization of neighborhoods. Art on the Ave uses both vacant storefronts and existing businesses to create street-facing exhibitions for all to enjoy."
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Subject: Community arts projects
Group: Community development
Creator: Art on the Ave NYC (Organization)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The mission of the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation (AALDC) is to further economic development, historic preservation, and cultural enrichment on Atlantic Avenue, in Brooklyn, New York, from Fourth Avenue to the Waterfront and the surrounding community."
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Subject: Community development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Bay Ridge 5th Ave Business Improvement District (BID) serves 5th avenue, between 65th and 85th streets. The BID is a partner to local property owners and businesses to improve neighborhood conditions for the success of our commercial corridor."
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Subject: Community development, Economic development
Group: Community development
Creator: Bay Ridge 5th Avenue BID (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "BRC recognizes that the effort to end homelessness requires more than passion and experience, but also a sense of organizational responsibility and the strength to manage professionally. In the nearly 50 years that BRC has provided housing and treatment services to homeless adults in New York City, we have demonstrated continuing expertise in developing and delivering services with efficiency and positive outcomes."
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Subject: Bowery (New York, N.Y. : Street), Community development, Housing, Homelessness
Group: Community development
Creator: Bowery Residents' Committee (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Bridge Street Development Corporation (BSDC) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, the mission of which is to build partnerships with businesses, government, and other community stakeholders to provide civic and economic opportunities to the residents of Central Brooklyn with a focus on low to moderate-income households."
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Subject: Community development, Economic development, Housing
Group: Community development
Creator: Bridge Street Development Corporation (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Chinatown Working Group is a broad coalition of community organizations with the common goal of protecting and preserving the culture and diversity of Chinatown and the Lower East Side from displacement and over-development, and of supporting the people who live and work among us. Our focus is on issues of shared concern throughout Chinatown and the Lower East Side including but not limited to affordability to people of low income, preservation and the social and economic well-being of families, seniors and youths."
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Subject: Chinatown (New York, N.Y.), Neighborhood planning, Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: Chinatown Working Group (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Cities Alliance is a global coalition of cities and their development partners committed to scaling up successful approaches to poverty reduction."
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Subject: Sustainable development, City planning, Cities and towns--Forecasting
Group: Community development
Creator: Cities Alliance
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Our mission is simple: to help New Yorkers —especially those in low-income areas— come together and improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods. "
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Subject: Community development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Citizens Committee for New York City
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "CityLand provides in-depth coverage of land use applications undergoing public review in New York City. We focus on the major players, including the City Council, City Planning Commission, Board of Standards & Appeals, and Landmarks Preservation Commission, and report on related legal challenges. Our articles highlight the most newsworthy actions, and include relevant public testimony, comments from elected officials and commissioners, and other crucial information not readily available elsewhere."
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Subject: City planning, Land use
Group: Community development
Creator: New York Law School. Center for New York City Law
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Coalition for the Homeless is the nation’s oldest advocacy and direct service organization helping homeless individuals and families. We believe that affordable housing, sufficient food and the chance to work for a living wage are fundamental rights in a civilized society. Since our inception in 1981, the Coalition has worked through litigation, public education and direct services to ensure that these goals are realized."
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Subject: Homelessness, Housing
Group: Community development
Creator: Coalition for the Homeless (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The mission of the Alliance for Downtown New York is to provide service, advocacy, research and information to advance Lower Manhattan as a global model of a 21st century Central Business District for businesses, residents and visitors. The Downtown Alliance manages the Downtown-Lower Manhattan Business Improvement District (BID), serving an area roughly from City Hall to the Battery, from the East River to West Street."
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Subject: Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: Alliance for Downtown New York
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Flatbush Nostrand Junction Business Improvement District, commonly referred to as “The Junction BID,” is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization founded in 2007. Managed by the Flatbush Nostrand Junction District Management Association, Inc., the Junction BID serves as an information source, providing its constituents with business support and access to cost-saving programs. The BID represents “The Junction” throughout the borough, city and state.
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Subject: Community development, Economic development
Group: Community development
Creator: Flatbush Junction Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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Subject: Housing and health, Urban health, Evidence-based design
Group: Community development
Creator: Fitwel (Organization)
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Downtown Flushing Transit Hub Business Improvement District (BID) or "Flushing BID" is a not-for-profit organization that was formed in September 2003 by property owners, businesses, residents and community leaders with a stake in the downtown Flushing community."
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Subject: Community development, Economic development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Downtown Flushing Transit Hub Business Improvement District
Borough: Queens
Description: "The name GatewayJFK was chosen by the Board of Directors in the September of 2017 to help craft a neighborhood identity. Gateway was chosen because we are a major port of call for goods shipped through JFK airport, and because of our proximity to the Gateway National Recreation Area."
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Subject: Economic development, Community development, John F. Kennedy International Airport
Group: Community development
Creator: Greater JFK Industrial Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Queens
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "GNCJ was founded as a racially and socioeconomically diverse coalition to elevate the voices of the Gowanus community in New York City’s planning process for Gowanus, Brooklyn. Over the past 5 years, GNCJ actively organized to ensure that the NYC DCP rezoning of Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood would further fair housing, as well as environmental, racial, and economic justice. "
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Subject: Community development, Gowanus Canal (New York, N.Y.), Housing
Group: Community development
Creator: Gowanus Neighborhood Coalition for Justice
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Grand Street Business Improvement District (BID) is a nonprofit economic and community development organization serving Grand Street and its businesses from Union to Bushwick Avenues in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The mission of the Grand Street BID is to create a vibrant commercial district and improve the quality of life for the community. Its principal activities include supplemental sidewalk cleaning, graffiti removal, the promotion and marketing of local businesses and community activities in order to provide a clean, safe and inviting district, making it a great place to live, work and shop."
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Subject: Community development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Grand Street Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement, Inc. (HCCI) is committed to the holistic revitalization of Harlem. We provide economic development and empowerment opportunities to help Harlem residents rebuild and sustain their community. "
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Subject: Community development, Harlem (New York, N.Y.), Economic development
Group: Community development
Creator: Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance (HYHK) is a not-for-profit neighborhood business improvement district. The HYHK district is broadly defined as West 42nd Street to the north, Eleventh Avenue to the west, West 30th Street to the south and Ninth Avenue to the east. Our work involves supplemental sanitation services, streetscape improvements, neighborhood horticulture and beautification projects, and assistance to our small businesses. In addition, we are the NYC Parks Department's official maintenance and operations partner for Bella Abzug Park, located in Hudson Yards."
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Subject: Economic development
Group: Community development
Creator: Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Metropolitan Council on Housing is a tenants’ rights membership organization made up of New York City tenants who believe in our motto of “housing for people, not profit.” We formed 60 years ago to fights for a city where everyone has access to safe, decent, affordable housing. We organize tenants to stand up not only for their individual rights, but also for changes to our housing policies."
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Subject: Housing, Apartment dwellers, Landlord and tenant
Group: Community development
Creator: Metropolitan Council on Housing (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Neighbors United Below Canal (NUBC) represents thousands of stakeholders in the diverse and unique communities below Canal Street and the surrounding area. We are community organizations, businesses, activists with support from our elected officials. NUBC’s members have a unified voice against Mayor de Blasio’s proposal to build the tallest jail in the world, standing 490 ft. tall at 124-125 White St, currently occupied by The Tombs and the Manhattan Detention Center, immediately adjacent to Chung Pak low income senior residence."
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Subject: Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.), Community development, Jails--Design and construction
Group: Community development
Creator: Neighbors United Below Canal (Organization : New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "NY Renews is a coalition of nearly 200 environmental, justice, faith, labor, and community groups, and the force behind the nation’s most progressive climate law. "
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Subject: Environmental justice, Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: NY Renews (Organization)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Open New York is a member-driven pro-housing organization. We advocate for equitable development that expands all housing options for New Yorkers, including both affordable and market rate housing. Affordable housing means affordable housing for everyone: those earning minimum wage, working families, public servants, immigrants, young people, seniors, those who recently arrived and the longtime residents – all New Yorkers."
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Subject: Housing
Group: Community development
Creator: Open New York (Organization)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Pitkin Avenue Business Improvement District is comprised of 16 blocks between Howard Avenue and Mother Gaston Blvd extending along Rockaway Avenue between Glenmore and Belmont Avenues. The BID delivers services to our many merchants and owners and has a meaningful impact on our community through quality of life initiatives."
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Subject: Community development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Pitkin Avenue Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Flushing Willets Point Corona LDC is a nonprofit organization that serves the Flushing, Willets Point and Corona communities. We focus on initiatives in housing, health and wellness, open space, environmental remediation, and transportation."
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Subject: Community development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Flushing Willets Point Corona LDC
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Queens
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Rebuild by Design uses collaborative, design-driven problem-solving to help communities and cities build resilience. Communities can overcome existing creative and regulatory barriers by cultivating collaboration between designers, researchers, community members, government officials and subject-matter experts."
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Subject: Climate change mitigation, Sustainable design
Group: Community development
Creator: Rebuild by Design (Project)
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "In response to the passage of LL18 and the regulations set out by OSE, a group of one- and two-family homeowners have united to form a group, RHOAR. Our diverse coalition currently comprises hundreds individual homeowners. We live in all five boroughs and represent 75% of all City Council Districts. We advocate for the return of our rights and autonomy, so we have the flexibility of short-term rentals to afford and maintain our homes. RHOAR is a self-funded, self-organized grassroots group not affiliated with Airbnb or any home sharing platform."
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Subject: Homeowners, Rental housing
Group: Community development
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "We inspire all generations of Rockaway residents to care for their environment and community. We provide civic engagement and youth development programs that advance social equity and the physical well-being of our vibrant coastal neighborhood in Queens, New York."
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Subject: Sustainability, Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability & Equity
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Queens
Description: "Rockaway Business Alliance will initiate efficient community programming in addition to providing business resources and tools to operate and grow with community-oriented mechanisms, while offering an empowering collective to share input on community and business needs, supporting one another through collaboration."
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Subject: Rockaway (New York, N.Y.), Community development, Economic development
Group: Community development
Creator: Rockaway Business Alliance
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Queens
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Since 1993, the Staten Island Economic Development Corporation (SIEDC) has served as the lead advocate for economic development on Staten Island. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, SIEDC’s mission is to enhance Staten Island’s economy by promoting public and private investment, and encouraging responsible and sustainable development, all of which improve the quality of life and provide broad and diverse employment opportunities in the borough."
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Subject: Economic development, Community development, Sustainable development
Group: Community development
Creator: Staten Island Economic Development Corporation
Coverage: Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Staten Island
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The mission of the Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District is to invigorate and enrich the economic life of the neighborhood by creating a safe, welcoming and dynamic commercial district in Sunnyside, Queens."
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Subject: Community development, Economic development
Group: Community development
Creator: Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Queens
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Founded in March 1995, the BID has provided services and programming aimed at making Sunset Park 5th Ave a better place to live, work, and shop. It is funded through a special assessment that is paid by district business and property owners."
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Subject: Community development
Group: Community development
Creator: Sunset Park Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Third Avenue Business Improvement District, established in 1988, promotes the growth, vitality and visibility of the Bronx’s most trafficked commercial corridor ...Our programs include economic development and retail services, sanitation and security departments that augment the city’s own services, streetscape improvements, horticulture installations, event planning, and Visitor Services. 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. "
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Group: Community development
Creator: Third Avenue Business Improvement District (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Bronx
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Times Square Alliance, founded in 1992, works to improve and promote Times Square - cultivating the creativity, energy and edge that have made the area an icon of entertainment, culture and urban life for over a century."
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Subject: Economic development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Times Square Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Founded in 1966, UPROSE is Brooklyn's oldest Latino community-based organization. An intergenerational, multi-racial, nationally recognized community organization, UPROSE promotes sustainability and resiliency in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood through community organizing, education, indigenous and youth leadership development, and cultural/artistic expression."
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Subject: Community development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Uprose (Organization : New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "We’re working to ensure a complete cleanup of the toxic development sites in Gowanus to protect current and future residents, by demanding that Gov. Kathy Hochul guarantee that these sites be cleaned according to State law. "
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Subject: Community development, Gowanus Canal (New York, N.Y.), Environmental protection, Zoning, Contaminated sediments, Urban development
Group: Community development
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Brooklyn
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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
Group: Community development
Creator: Woodhaven Business Improvement District (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.)
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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