Lower East Side Community Hero nominated by Ryan Gilliam, FABnyc & Downtown Art A native of Philadelphia, Debra came to NY to seek her fortune in the motion picture business...

University Settlement partners with 40,000 New Yorkers on the Lower East Side and in Brooklyn every year to build on their strengths as they achieve healthy, stable, and remarkable lives....

from Village Preservation and Loisaida, Inc   The Loisaida Inc. Center Architect CBJ Snyder was a prolific designer of New York public school buildings, completing more than 350 schools in...

Lower East Side Community Hero Nominated by Ariana Allensworth, International Center for Photography photo by Whitney Browne  Michael Casiano is the Dean of Student Life at New Design High School....

by Imani Vieira As part of a series honoring Black Histories in the LES Education for enslaved people in New York during Antebellum America was a rarity. But there were...

The Henry Street Settlement is America’s oldest settlement house. Founded in 1893 by American Nurse and social worker, Lillian D. Wald, at a time where few public assistance resources existed. Since then it has served as a community center and a public resource to those settling and living in the