Dave Hughes

JULY 25, 2024 – Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., today announced the eight community-based organizations selected to receive $20,000 each from the Manhattan D.A.’s Office for initiatives to prevent youth gun violence. The Office’s funding allows community-based organizations to pay young New Yorkers stipends over the summer to participate in meaningful programming – […]

Joanna Weiner (Senior Counsel, NYC Health + Hospitals) has been elected to University Settlement’s Board of Directors, the nation’s first settlement house announced today. Joanna has worked as a health care lawyer for more than 20 years, serving as in-house counsel for non-profit hospitals and as outside counsel for a variety of not-for-profit health care

Marie-Laure Romney (Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, New York Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital) has been elected to University Settlement’s Board of Directors, the nation’s first settlement house announced today. At NYP/Lower Manhattan, Dr. Romney manages day-to-day operations, oversees operating and capital budgets, and implements clinical strategy. She joined NYP in 2018, and previously served

The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund has awarded The Creative Center at University Settlement a significant grant over two years, the nation’s first settlement house announced today. The Creative Center was founded on the belief that “medicine cures the body, but art heals the spirit.” Its programs include Hospital Artists-in-Residence (AIR) that bring arts instruction

Headlined “A False Choice on Families in New York City,” the piece begins: New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration would have you believe that we must choose between funding social services and assisting asylum seekers. This is a false choice, because making real, permanent investments in our social services infrastructure and workforce would be

Read full coverage in The Village Sun    After being closed since the pandemic, the Houston Street Center has finally reopened its swimming pool and conference center. It’s big news since the city’s Parks Department currently operates only two recreation center pools south of 42nd Street. So the affordable pool at the Houston Street Center,

Funded by the Solon E. Summerfield Foundation, The Carmel Hill Fund, and the Gray Foundation   University Settlement’s College Passport and Families Thriving programs will receive a $950,000 collaborative grant from the Solon E. Summerfield Foundation, The Carmel Hill Fund, and the Gray Foundation over three years, the nation’s first settlement house announced today. The