Shortlists have been released for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice and the new Goddard Riverside / CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice. The winners of both prizes will be announced on October 29 online at the Goddard Riverside Annual Gala. The youth prize recognizes nonfiction books for children and […]
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Goddard Riverside Partners with Fairstead and Down to Earth Farmers Markets to Launch New Market in Harlem
NEW YORK, Aug. 13, 2020 / — As part of its ongoing efforts to enhance social services and provide the local community better access to fresh foods, Fairstead, a fully-integrated real estate firm committed to affordable housing, announced today that it has partnered with Down to Earth Farmers Markets and the Goddard Riverside nonprofit organization to host a farmers market on Saturday mornings […]
Law Project Partners with City, Assemblywoman Rosenthal to Win Justice for Imperial Court Hotel Tenants
NEW YORK, August 10, 2020—The Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement (OSE) secured a settlement in its lawsuit against an illegal hotel, whose operators agreed to stop using the property for any future short-term rental activity as well as pay $290,000 in fines and penalties. The Imperial Court Hotel, located at 307 West 79 St., was […]
Testimony of Executive Director Roderick L. Jones on the City Budget
May 22, 2020 Dear Council Members: As the executive director of Goddard Riverside, an organization serving more than 20,000 New Yorkers a year, I’m asking you to stand by the city’s most vulnerable residents in their hour of need. Goddard’s 27 programs serve currently and formerly homeless people, those living with mental illness, disadvantaged youth, […]
Goddard Riveride Closes Deal to Secure Future of its Older Adult Housing
[New York, NY – December 20, 2019] Goddard Riverside has completed an agreement to become the sole owner of Phelps House, its affordable housing residence for older adults at 595 Columbus Avenue (and 88th Street). Goddard bought out an investor limited partner and refinanced the mortgage. As a result, according to Stanley Heckman, board member […]
Goddard Riverside Closes Deal to Secure Future of its Older Adult Housing
[New York, NY – December 20, 2019] Goddard Riverside has completed an agreement to become the sole owner of Phelps House, its affordable housing residence for older adults at 595 Columbus Avenue (and 88th Street). Goddard bought out an investor limited partner and refinanced the mortgage. As a result, according to Stanley Heckman, board member […]
Two Books Named Co-Winners of Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice
[NEW YORK CITY — October 22, 2019] Two exceptional books about violence and criminal justice in America have been named as co-winners of this year’s Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. No Place on the Corner: The Costs of Aggressive Policing by Jan Haldipur (NYU Press, 2018) and An American Summer: Love […]
Shortlist Released for Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize
[NEW YORK CITY — October 1, 2019] Goddard Riverside is delighted to announce that six titles have been shortlisted for its Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. The award, now in its third year, celebrates the power of the written word to create change in the name of justice for all. “These books not […]
Manhattan Tenants Serve One of Worst Evictors with Eviction Notice
CONTACT: Trish Anderton, Goddard Riverside tanderton@goddard.org212-873-6600 x1023929-249-1449 Some 40 tenant activists and allies served Larry Gluck of Stellar Management, one of Manhattan’s Worst Evictors, with an “eviction notice” today at a boisterous rally outside his 156 William St. offices. Over a recent two and a half year period, Stellar filed 630 lawsuits in an area of […]
Goddard Riverside Receives Top Rankings From All Three Major Nonprofit Ratings Organizations
[New York, NY – April 30, 2019] Goddard Riverside is pleased to announce it has received top rankings from three major fiscal watchdogs: the Better Business Bureau, Charity Navigator and GuideStar. Goddard is listed in today’s full-page ad in the print edition of the New York Daily News recognizing recipients of the Better Business Bureau Accredited Charity […]