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Our mission is simple: to help New Yorkers—especially those in low-income areas—come together and improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods. 

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Environment

Q Gardens

Flatbush

Q Gardens is converting the abandoned, trash?strewn lot on the outside of the Q train at Church Avenue into a neighborhood driven community garden.

Food & Health

Sunset Park CSA

Sunset Park

The Sunset Park CSA is building community and increasing their sustainability by conducting outreach and engaging low income community members who have limited access to fresh fruits and vegetables

Arts & Culture

Dr. Antonia Pantoja Mural Project Committee

East Harlem

The Dr. Antonia Pantoja Mural Project is creating a mural in the neighborhood to honor an education activist.

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In 2014, Citizens Committee...

Distributed $662,445.

Worked in every borough & OVER 108 different neighborhoods.

Mobilized more than 7,320 NYC residents.

Supported 366 grassroots projects.

349 generous donors and partners made this possible.

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