2021

• De Blasio Administration Partners With Ali Forney Center to Launch Nation's Largest Workforce Program for Lgbtqi Runaway And Homeless Youth
  April 20, 2021
  The de Blasio administration and the NYC Unity Project, the administration's citywide LGBTQI policy and programming initiative, today announced that the City has partnered with the Ali Forney Center, the nation's largest LGBTQI homeless youth service provider, to launch a new program, NYC Unity Works.

• A Recovery for All of Us: Mayor de Blasio, Chancellor Porter, DYCD Commissioner Chong Announce Innovative Summer Rising Plan
  April 13, 2021
  Mayor Bill de Blasio, Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter and Department of Youth & Community Development (DYCD) Commissioner Bill Chong today announced Summer Rising, the City's free, summer plan for any child in grades K-12 who wants to participate.

• A Recovery for All of Us: Mayor de Blasio Announces Applications are Open for the 2021 Summer Youth Employment Program
  March 22, 2021
  Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced that New York City young people between the ages of 14 and 21 can apply through April 23 for the 2021 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP).

• A Recovery for All of Us: City Announces Public-Private Partnership Has Delivered Wi-Fi and Broadband Upgrades at Cornerstone and Learning Labs Programs in 50 NYCHA Community Centers
  March 4, 2021
  Mayor Bill de Blasio, the New York City Mayor's Office of the Chief Technology Officer (MOCTO), the New York City Department of Education (DOE), the New York City Department of Youth & Community Development (DYCD), and the COVID-19 Public-Private Partnership Czar today announced a public-private partnership with The Information Technology Disaster Resource Center (ITDRC), The Rockefeller Foundation, Zoom, Cielo Scholarship Foundation, and EducationSuperHighway has delivered Wi-Fi and broadband upgrades to ensure that students learning remotely in the Learning Labs K-8 component of Learning Bridges at DYCD-funded Cornerstone Community Centers have access to free high-speed connectivity.

• State of the City Preview: Mayor de Blasio and Taskforce on Racial Equity and Inclusion Join NYC Acquisition Fund to Announce New Focus on M/WBEs and Nonprofits
  January 21, 2021
  Today, Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Taskforce on Racial Inclusion & Equity join the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), Housing Development Corporation (HDC), Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (Enterprise), the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), along with a coalition of public, private and philanthropic partners, to announce that the New York City Acquisition Fund (NYCAF) will now exclusively serve Minority and Women-Owned Businesses (M/WBEs) and nonprofit developers in its mission to support affordable and supportive housing development.

• Mayor de Blasio Announces Efforts to Help Young Adults Overcome Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic
  January 19, 2021
  Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced a series of steps his Administration is taking to support New York City youth and young adults - both current students and those who are out of school and unemployed - as they weather the effects of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

• Mayor de Blasio Appoints Daniele Baierlein and JL Paniagua Valle as Co-Executive Directors of the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City
  January 19, 2021
  Mayor Bill de Blasio today named Daniele Baierlein and JL Paniagua Valle as Co-Executive Directors of the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City.