The use of credible messengers has been increasing nationwide. Not long after taking office, Mayor Eric Adams announced that the City is expanding its use of credible messengers, and that every person on probation who is 21 or under will be partnered with a credible messenger. …

This is the seventh post in the COVID Data Analysis series by NYC Opportunity’s Poverty Research Team. This post assesses whether the 2021 PPP funds have been distributed equitably in New York City using the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program loan-level data. It follows our January, 2021 report on the first round of PPP loans. — The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is a forgivable loan program created by Congress in March 2020 to respond to the economic crisis small businesses faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through August 2020, the program, administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), provided approximately 5.2 million loans, totaling just…

1/28/2022: This story has been updated to include a video of the January 27, 2022 information session that took place from 6–7pm via Zoom. The Service Design Studio at the Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity, with the support of the Mayor’s Fund, hosted an information session about the Designed by…

We are searching for a host non-profit community-based organization that is interested in expanding their internal capacity to directly engage community leaders in designing and developing hyper-local community-centered projects using Service Design methodologies. The Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City, for the benefit of the Mayor’s Office for Economic…

The Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity) has launched the New York City Workforce Data Portal, a public-facing online portal that will vastly improve the availability of data about City-administered workforce programs. The new portal is part of NYC Opportunity’s portfolio of integrated data projects that are designed to…

NYC Opportunity is pleased to introduce the newest cohort of Fellows working across the Product and Technology, Service Design, Programs and Evaluation, and Enterprise Data Solutions teams. Learn more about them and what drew them to this work below. — Product and Technology Fellows Suchen Huang (She/Her) UX Research Fellow

In 2019, just before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, New York City’s poverty and near poverty rates fell to the lowest point since the series began, starting with 2005 data. The latest New York City Poverty Report (PDF), released this month, shows that poverty declined for the city as a whole…

This hurricane season, New Yorkers should consider protecting their corner of the world with flood insurance. The Mayor’s Office of Climate Resiliency and New York City Emergency Management, in collaboration with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), is spreading the word about the availability of federally backed flood insurance for New…