Emergency Food Assistance Program Helps New Yorkers in Need
Thank you Mayor Bill de Blasio, Melissa Mark Viverito, Julissa Ferreras, Stephen Levin,  Barry Grodenchik, and Darlene Mealy for ensuring that New York's Emergency Food Assistance Program (#EFAPhelps) continues to address hunger in the 2017 budget year.
Neighbors Together members paint mural
Neighbors Together members painted a mural during a "Weekly Get Together" group in late May. Neighbors Together offers members a few different creative workshops, including art therapy and creative writing.
Meet Our Board Members: Marian Knowles
“I volunteered to serve a meal at the Cafe and fell in love with the place!”
Bruce Springsteen supports Neighbors Together with a special shout-out
Bruce Springsteen featured Neighbors Together at his concerts on April 23rd and 25th at Barclay's Center in Brooklyn. Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers who collected donations and to Bruce's generous fans who helped to raise thousands in support of our work...
The New York Times: New York City Council to Review 5 Bills Reining In ‘Three-Quarter’ Homes
It's a huge day for the Three-Quarter House Tenant Organizing Project! New York City Council members will be introducing 5 bills to improve the conditions of the three-quarter housing industry, which deliberately preys upon the vulnerability of low-income New Yorkers....
New York Times: Flophouse Operator Is Arrested in a Scheme to Defraud Medicaid
Today, in a moment of housing justice for members of Neighbors Together's Three-Quarter House Tenant Organizing Project, one of the most notorious operators of three-quarter houses was arrested for money laundering and Medicaid fraud charges. From The New York Times:...
Come see us at the Bruce Springsteen concerts at Barclay’s this month!
We will be fundraising at Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band’s sold-out concerts at Barclay’s Center on Sat. 4/23 and Mon. 4/25. Make sure to stop by if you're attending either concert. Bruce will be doing a special shout out to Neighbors Together! Won’t be at...
Members attend health education workshop
Nine Neighbors Together members, as part of a regular group meeting, attended a workshop led by a nutritionist about health education facilitated by the Greater Brooklyn Health Coalition. The workshop focused on diabetes, hypertension, and obesity.
Meet Our Board Members: Robert Dunn
“I especially love that the wonderful people who work at Neighbors Together are on the front lines of fighting hunger and poverty daily.”
Neighbors Together members visit The Museum of the City of New York
On Feb. 17, four Neighbors Together members went to The Museum of the City of New York on the upper east side with NT staff member Cassiah Sahl. We saw exhibits about the history of Activism in NYC, art by an artist named Chris "Daze" Ellis who began as a graffiti...