Goldman Grants

Congressman Allocates Federal Funds to Lower Manhattan Non-Profits

Battery Park City Day Nursery Celebrates 30 Years

Battery Park City Day Nursery was the first preschool in Battery Park City. It opened in 1986 was known as Joy McCormack’s All Day Nursery. Ten years later, the Nursery was purchased by Denise Cordivano and Karen Klomp and renamed Battery Park City Day Nursery. Karen retired in 2007, but continues to stay interested in...
Some of the early graduates of Battery Park City Day Nursery

A Call to Alms

LMHQ, the collaborative workspace catering to companies in the technology, advertising, media, and information (TAMI) industries, is offering free event and meeting rooms to nonprofit organizations. Located at 150 Broadway, near the corner of Liberty Street (where it occupies the entire 20th floor), LMHQ is operated by the Downtown Alliance, as part of that organization’s...
LMHQ, the collaborative working space operated by the Downtown Alliance, is opening is doors to nonprofit organizations, free of charge.
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February 2

1377 – Cardinal Robert of Geneva (anti-pope Clemens VII) starts term 1690 – First paper money in America issued (colony of Massachusetts) 1740 – Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily 1825 – Dutch North Sea coast floods 1882 – Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo...

Give It the Old College Tie

New York-based luxury neckwear company David Fin-which designs and manufactures high-end neckwear in New York City (through their factory in Chelsea), sourcing the finest silk from Como, Italy, made on the same mills as high-end brands such as Brioni, Zegna, and Ferragamo but at a fraction of the price-is partnering with John Allan’s Downtown to...

Driving Ambition

At a moment when the federal government seems poised to target immigrants to America, one local leader is making the case for empowering them. City Comptroller Scott Stringer, who is a likely candidate in the upcoming mayoral election, has released an analysis making the case that granting New York State driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants...
City Comptroller Scott Stringer (shown here at a 2016 meeting of Community Board 1) is pushing for New York to grant driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants, in part because it could results in a windfall of tens of millions of dollars in new revenue for both the City and the State.