Budget Talks: How can the City’s FY 2021 budget shape recovery?
New York City is at a crossroads. The convergence of a public health crisis, an economic crisis of as yet unknown proportion, and a long-overdue national awakening to the reach and impact of systemic racism has led to unprecedented scrutiny of the allocation of City...
#10YearsofPublicWorks: Catching up with the Lower East Side Employment Network
For the third installment of #10YearsofPublicWorks, we spoke with Gaspar Caro, Partnership Director at the Lower East Side Employment Network. In 2006, as developers began looking at the Lower East Side, Chinatown, the East Village, and the Two Bridges neighborhood...
Recap: Our conversation with leaders of emerging firms
On June 4, Public Works Partners brought together Jeanette Nigro of Perch Advisors, Michael Crowley of LaPlaca Cohen, Schillivia Baptiste of Laland Baptiste, and Sunil Narayan of Urbane Development for a virtual panel discussion to share and examine efforts to respond...
Takeaways from our Second Convening of Workforce Leaders
Public Works and the Workforce Professionals Training Institute (WPTI) co-hosted “Continuing the Conversation: Organizational Recovery Post-COVID-19,” on May 20th, the second event in our series focusing on the challenges faced by workforce development organizations...
The Impact of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Generation Work Initiative
For the second installment of #10YearsofPublicWorks, we spoke with Allison Gerber, Senior Associate at the Annie E. Casey Foundation and our client for our work on Generation Work. Generation Work is a national initiative spearheaded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation...
Need a new book? We’ve got you covered.
We've missed getting recommendations from each other at the office, so we rounded up what the Public Works team is loving right now. Allison: I spent last weekend binging Never Have I Ever, the new Mindy Kaling show on Netflix. It’s a coming-of-age show about a...
Navigating COVID-19: A Conversation with Emerging Firms
DATE: Thursday, June 4 at 10 AM EDT | Virtual Panel Discussion The novel coronavirus has rocked the global economy, shifting the focus of businesses, government agencies, and nonprofits to navigating the pandemic’s unprecedented challenges. Small and emerging firms...
Continuing the Conversation: Organizational Recovery Post-COVID-19
Join us at our second convening of workforce development leaders to discuss how COVID-19 is impacting our organizational missions, and how we can meet the needs of program participants and staff in a changing context. At our first convening, Overcoming Challenges and...
Virtual Forum on the Impacts of COVID-19 on the Culture and Media Sectors
BuroHappold will host a virtual panel focused on the impacts of COVID-19 on the Culture and Media sectors on Tuesday, May 19th at 12:30pm EDT. The panel will look at how groups within the Culture and Media sectors in NYC have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and...
Key Takeaways from our Discussion with Workforce Development Leaders
On April 22nd, Public Works and the Workforce Professionals Training Institute (WPTI) convened 55 workforce leaders in a virtual forum to discuss the realities faced by nonprofit providers during this crisis. Participants shared their experiences over the past two...