CitizensNYC CEO Julie L. Shapiro published an op-ed in City Limits on October 21st about the importance of the first-step funding for hyperlocal changemakers.
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City Limits | October 23, 2025 CEO Julie Shapiro in City Limits: Funding The First Step to Community-Led Change
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New York Daily News | October 23, 2025 CEO Julie Shapiro in The New York Daily News: N.Y.ers can make our own solutions to problems
CitizensNYC CEO Julie L. Shapiro penned an op-ed in the New York Daily News on October 5th about the ways New Yorkers are solving their neighborhood problems.
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PBS News Hour Weekend | May 10, 2020 Little libraries become food pantries during COVID-19
When the coronavirus emerged in the U.S., people who share books on a small-scale, the stewards of little free libraries, saw a new need. Adding food and other supplies suddenly transformed many of their tiny library boxes into pantries.
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BronxNet | May 08, 2020 #AtTheirService Interview with CEO, Rahsaan Harris, PhD
Host, Rhina Valentin speaks to the Citizens Committee for New York City CEO, Dr. Rahsaan Harris about the organizations #AtTheirService Campaign that will help raise funds for industry workers.
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Chelsea Community News | May 01, 2020 West Side Small Business Grants Program Offers Help to the Economically Hurt
The COVID-19 precautions of sheltering in place and social distancing bring with them both the burdens of entropy and the opportunity for evolution.
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AMNY | April 24, 2020 West Side Nonprofit Offers Grant Money to Struggling Small Businesses
The West Side Community Fund is now offering grants to help small businesses in Chelsea, Hudson Yards and Hell’s Kitchen stay alive during the COVID-19 pandemic and the stay-at-home order that has shuttered many neighborhood businesses
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Spectrum NY1 | April 04, 2020 West Side Small Business Grants
The West Side Community Fund is offering grants of up to $10,000 for small enterprises in Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen and Hudson Yards.
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