New NYPD Group Formed to Mentor Asian-American Police Officers

The Asian American Police Executives Council was formed this month to mentor and encourage Asian-American police officers to take on more leadership positions within the NYPD, according to a report translated from World Journal. 

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In Private Projects and City’s Housing Plan, Co-Living Spaces Claim a Bigger Place

Co-living is picking up steam in the private sector as the de Blasio works to make a shared-living pilot program part of its affordable housing initiative.

Voting Rights Could Improve Conditions, Reduce Violence in NY Prisons

‘Without voting rights, prisoners nationwide are waging nonviolent direct action to fight for better conditions.’

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Who’s Afraid of Police Transparency? History Says There’s Little to Fear

The de Blasio administration is hedging on reform to 50-a, the state statute that cloaks police discipline in secrecy. But an experiment 20 years ago that threw NYPD hearings into public view did not lead to any of the problems the city says it is concerned about.
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A Long Overdue Report Card on Racial Inequality in New York City

‘The city has changed and racial inequality has increased but neither happened in the way nor with the outcomes that we anticipated.’ Read findings from a new anthology and watch video of contributors discussing their research.
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Center for an Urban Future

Education & Workforce Fellow

The Center for an Urban Future (CUF) seeks a full-time Education & Workforce Fellow with exceptional writing skills to lead new research on expanding economic opportunity in New York City. CUF is a leading New York City–based think tank whose reports, commentaries, and data briefs serve as a catalyst for smart and sustainable public policies to reduce inequality, increase economic mobility, and grow the economy in New York.

Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative
Executive Director

T​he Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative (BCDI) is a community-led effort to build an equitable, sustainable, and democratic local economy that creates shared wealth and ownership for low-income people of color—what we call economic democracy.
We are looking for an Executive Director to lead BCDI’s ongoing efforts to develop, coordinate, and implement strategies, partnerships, and projects to realize our vision for systems change in the Bronx, where people share ownership over the resources in their community and participate equitably in deciding how they are used.

Pratt Center for Community Development
Director of Policy and Planning

Pratt Center currently seeks to hire a Director of Policy and Planning (DPP) to lead in the development of our policy & advocacy initiatives on issues including economic and workforce development, transportation, sustainability and environmental justice, land use, and community development. The DPP will supervise a staff of urban planners and GIS specialists who manage data-driven research projects, community planning technical assistance projects, and other collaborations with research and community-based partners. The DPP will lead the development of new grant-funded or client-based policy and urban planning projects; and will oversee project implementation and development of deliverables including community plans, data visualizations, and policy platforms. The DPP is responsible for the delivery of all of Pratt Center’s policy-related communications, including positions and testimony, policy reports and issue briefs, and other communications. 

Inclusiv
Senior Program Officer

The Senior Program Officer will play a critical role in expanding Inclusiv’s impact by leading key programs and initiatives that expand financial inclusion in underserved communities with and through our community development credit union network. Reporting to the VP of Strategic Initiatives, the Senior Program Officer will oversee and grow existing programs and help shape new initiatives that seek to improve the financial health of low-income people.

Inclusiv
Communications Officer

We seek a dynamic communications professional to execute our national marketing and communications strategy, and to engage and cultivate stakeholders among the media, a diverse practitioner field, and social impact investors. The Officer will be an excellent writer, effective at communicating clearly with diverse audiences and stakeholders across multiple channels.