Henry Street Settlement opens doors of opportunity for Lower East Side residents and other New Yorkers through social service, arts, and health care programs.
When major development projects come to neighborhoods, they bring change. Property values may fluxuate, construction can disrupt daily life and local residents may feel that their concerns are ignored. The Lower East Side Employment Network (LESEN) – an organization co-founded by Henry Street Settlement and University University Settlement in collaboration with Community Board 3 –… Read More »
Henry Street is extremely grateful to the 200 volunteers who came from 11 partners to make our holidays so much brighter. Thank you so much to our partners, Allen & Overy LLP, American Express, CAIS, CME Group, Credit Suisse, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Fir Tree Partners, Hill + Knowlton Strategies, Macy’s, Mizuho Bank, Morgan… Read More »
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio selected Henry Street Settlement’s youth building as the venue to announce his latest appointment on Sunday – Gladys Carrión will be the new head of the Administration for Children’s Services. Stories about the press conference announcing the appointment appear in dozens of news outlets, but here’s the story you won’t see… Read More »
Betsy Smith, Director, Vladeck Cares NORC, received a Mid-Career Leader award by the National Association of Social Workers, New York City Chapter at its Seventh Annual Leadership Awards Dinner. The event – attended by hundreds of social workers – was held on December 5, 2013, at Jin Fong Restaurant in Manhattan’s Chinatown. Betsy, and the… Read More »
Good Companions Senior Center serves delicious meals six days per week to Lower East Side seniors, and Thanksgiving was no exception. Seniors and their guests — 81 visitors in total — enjoyed a traditional holiday meal of turkey with gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes and more at the Center, all served by Henry Street… Read More »
Henry Street’s Senior Companions program held their Winter 2013 Holiday Recognition Party at NYU’s Kimmel Building on Thursday. The catered event (with a Hawaiian Luau theme!) was attended by Manhattan Borough President-elect Gale Brewer and District 1 City Council Representative Margaret Chin, and featured music and dancing. Henry Street Executive Director David Garza welcomed everyone… Read More »
Though mayor-elect of New York City Bill de Blasio won’t step into his new role until Inauguration Day on January 1st, the mayor of Henry Street’s Boys and Girls Republic, 12-year-old Brianna Rodriguez has been in office for two weeks. The Boys and Girls Republic (BGR), a Henry Street community center on Avenue D and… Read More »
Nearly one year after the Dash Snow Initiative raised more than $1 million for Henry Street’s Boys & Girls Republic (BGR), members of the Initiative broke bread (and chicken and risotto) with the young people benefiting from the funds at a celebratory dinner. The evening brought together the BGR youth – many of whom live… Read More »
Henry Street after-school youth were featured front and center at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday for a 210-foot wide CITYarts mural painted by community members at Henry M. Jackson playground, located across the street from 301 Henry Street, the Settlement’s main youth building. Dozens of enthusiastic Henry Street youth danced and crowded around WABC-TV News… Read More »
Is 87 the new 70? In Richard Abrons’s case, maybe so. Although retired from his career in investments, Abrons isn’t one to sit home in the rocking chair. (Or take the seats he is offered when he rides the subway.) Instead, his new play (and his fifth to be mounted) is in previews at the… Read More »
