New York City to Spend $4 Billion From Pension Funds on Affordable Homes

Super smart approach via NYC Comptroller @marklevinenyc.bsky.social to find creative ways to use city's massive multi-layers pension system “do good and do well at the same time.”

New York City to Spend $4 Billion From Pension Funds on Affordable Homes www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/n...

Mamdani plan for NYC to open an East Harlem grocery store gets mixed reviews from locals The mayor plans to open five city-owned grocers overall.

I LOVE this idea, and its a seemingly smart spot. But hope this pivots into something with some/more community engagement pieces. Set target areas (with industry inputs), but then use some time to gauge interest/want (which I assume will be high).

Maybe use #CBs or #PB process? Everyone wins.

New York must catch up to AI: Hochul and Mamdani have to stay ahead of thinking computers In November 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT and ignited an AI arms race. Google, Meta, Anthropic, and a Chinese startup called DeepSeek all raced to compete. In barely three years, AI has gone from a no...

Yes! We need real regs around AI (like now!) AND get people educated fast.

"Some will argue that regulation alone is the answer...But regulation is not a substitute for comprehension."

@governor.ny.gov and @mayor.nyc.gov have to stay ahead of thinking computers
www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/22/n...

Op-ed: Mamdani can reset how NYC treats nonprofits These organizations have spent the past four years fighting for scraps of progress from City Hall.

Millions of NYers rely on nonprofits to perform essential community supports, all while the City refuses to #JustPay workers or cover the true cost of services.

@mayor.nyc.gov lets hit reset, and start treating nonprofits as the critical partners we are.
www.crainsnewyork.com/op-ed/op-ed-...

Digital upgrade for City Hall: The next mayor’s most urgent task Dear Future NYC mayor, When you take office on Jan. 1, you will inherit a city that is world-class in culture, finance, and technology but constrained by outdated systems and practices. New York Ci…

"Every day, ordinary New Yorkers feel the pain of a government stuck in analog mode...These are not glitches — they’re structural failures that waste time, income, and patience."

Digital upgrade for City Hall: The next mayor’s most urgent task www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/26/d...

🚨@hsany.bsky.social just released our 1st ever endorsements for Mayor/Comptroller general election! Backing candidates who will fight for the human services sector & millions of NYers we support.
www.humanservicesaction.org/2025-endorse...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
@marklevinenyc.bsky.social

NYC #Nonprofits support communities AND are major economic drivers.

13,000 nonprofits org
18% of all City workers
Contributing $78B p/yr to economy
Via @nff-news.bsky.social
@trinitychurchnyc.bsky.social
@hscny.bsky.social @hsany.bsky.social

Inspired yesterday to join a few hundred #nonprofit leaders literally making our city and neighborhoods safer, stronger, healthier, and more resilient.

This work is essential, and supporting this work is essential.
@trinitychurchnyc.bsky.social @nycfuture.bsky.social @hscny.bsky.social

Goldman reintros Michelle Go Act bill Go was pushed to her death in front of an approaching New York City subway by a schizophrenic man in 2022.

No silver bullet for addressing our multi-layered #mentalhealth crisis, but this approach via @repdangoldman.bsky.social for funding expanded services + more psychiatric beds is a huge piece of the puzzle.

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$241 Million Later, Brand-New Bellevue Hospital Jail Unit Sits Empty A 104-bed facility for seriously ill detainees is mostly finished but unopened — three years late and nearly double its original cost — because the Department of Correction says it lacks enough office...

Setting aside the 2x price tag and years late - If NYC DOC isn't able to put these beds to use NYC DOHMH or NYS OASAS should take it over and put to immediate help with chronic street SUD/SMI pop!

$241 Million Later, Brand-New Bellevue Hospital Jail Unit Sits Empty www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/21/2...

Our neighbors need us, lets #InvestInSettlementHouses!

@govkathyhochul.bsky.social + @briankavanagh.bsky.social
@bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social @deborahjglick.bsky.social
pls include $5m for Settlement House Program in the final budget!
w/ @unhny.bsky.social #SettlementHouseStrong

City nonprofits squeezed at both ends by late payments, federal threats The nonprofits that New York City relies on to care for its most vulnerable residents are being squeezed at both ends — by worsening late contract payments from city government and potential cutbacks ...

Nonprofits are being squeezed from all sides. The City continues to delay payments on contracts for critical services, while potential federal funding cuts loom.

Read more in @crainsnewyork.bsky.social, with input from HSC’s Executive Director Michelle Jackson: www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-pol...

@govkathyhochul.bsky.social's budget proposal broke our hearts. 💔 Instead of a full 7.8% investment in human services, she proposed a 2.1% “inflation adjustment,” falling short of the wages and funding we deserve.

Email your State legislators before 2/14: bit.ly/JustPay-Valentine

City Hall Contracts Lag Got Worse, Comptroller Audit Finds The data from mayoral hopeful Brad Lander’s office reiterates what THE CITY has been reporting for over a year.

No other biz sector wld put up with this.

Late payments to #nonprofits went from 88.5% in FY23 to 90.7% in FY24. Almost 40% of contracts are over a year late. Time for @hsany.bsky.social

City Hall Contracts Lag Got Worse, Audit Finds www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/06/n... Via @katiehonan.bsky.social

Rpt on Critical Role of #Nonprofits via
@nyscomptroller.bsky.social @tomdinapoli.bsky.social

“Policymakers need to ensure state agencies process contracts and payments for nonprofits on time, so they can carry out the work on which so many New Yorkers rely."
bit.ly/3WdAbj4

@hscny.bsky.social

Yes, please!
@doriskgoodwin.bsky.social on dream idea to get us past community/political siloing and polarization = #nationalservice requirement.

Shared service to country. Meeting/seeing new and different people/places. Being part of something bigger than oneself.
@meetthepress.bsky.social

It Was a Haven for New York Families. Now They Can’t Afford to Stay. Families in Washington Heights are being pushed out by rising rents and costs, and New York City is losing its youngest demographic group.

“It’s one thing to go into debt for college, it’s another to go into it for child care.” Rebecca Bailin, of New Yorkers United for Child Care.

We gotta fix this = econ dev + econ mobility.

It Was a Haven for New York Families. Now They Can’t Afford to Stay. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/n...

HAPPENING NOW: We’re kicking off our Human Services Mayoral Candidate Forum at Civic Hall!

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👉 Tune into the livestream to hear from mayoral candidates about their views on issues facing the human services sector: www.youtube.com/live/RFmINOK...