Land use, workforce, and voting! It’s all in our November 2020 newsletter.
Decoding ULURP As we expand our Community Health practice into supporting environmental review processes, we needed to grow our expertise in the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), an essential yet often confusing tool that guides all major land use decisions...
ULURP 101
In New York City, most major urban planning projects such as rezonings and developments on City-owned land will undergo a Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) and a pre-ULURP environmental review (EIS). Projects that do not undergo ULURP include those that follow...
October 2020 Newsletter: We’re always working toward an equitable future
#10YearsofPublicWorks: Laying the groundwork for a cohesive neighborhood identity Long Island City is one of NYC’s most dynamic mixed-use neighborhoods, and that is no mistake. Back in 2013, the Long Island City Partnership engaged us as they worked to establish their...
#10YearsofPublicWorks: Long Island City Partnership Business Census and Comprehensive Plan
For this month’s installment of #10YearsofPublicWorks, Celeste Frye sat down with Elizabeth Lusskin, President of the Long Island City Partnership (LICP), to look back on Public Works Partners’ work with the nonprofit to conduct a business census and build out a...
Supporting Palisades Parks Conservancy’s 2020 Annual Benefit
On September 9th, Public Works Partners had the distinct pleasure of helping Palisades Park Conservancy host its first virtual gala to honor the Palisades Interstate Park system’s staff and hold its annual fundraising benefit. We provided logistical, technical, and...
How Public Works Partners creates solutions for our clients
At Public Works, the solutions we create for our clients take many forms, from documents like strategic plans, case studies, and evaluations to engagement activities like public meetings, focus groups, and trainings. While the solution differs project to project and...
Inclusive Writing: What We’re Learning
There is a collective imperative to directly address issues of racial equity and inclusion in our country, cities, communities, and workplaces. Equity and inclusion have been implicit values of Public Works Partners since its founding. However, to meet this moment, we...
September 2020 Newsletter: How we’re building anti-racism and equity into everything we do.
Creating Inclusive Workplaces: What Public Works Partners is Learning Public Works Partners has been committed to advancing anti-racism, equity, and inclusion since our founding, but we've come to realize that an implicit commitment isn't enough. While our mission is...
Flexing our values: 4 steps to strengthening our cultural competencies
Public Works Partners has always valued equity and inclusion. Still, amid the public health crisis, we are taking a moment to flex our values by finding ways to explicitly incorporate racial and cultural awareness into our day-to-day work and processes. This summer,...
July 2020 Newsletter: How did the PPP loans impact your neighborhood?
The reach of Payroll Protection Program loans in NYC The release of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan data by the Small Business Administration (SBA) earlier this month inspired us to take a look at how the loans were distributed across the City. We were...