Tonight HNBA will have our new Community Affairs Officer [Troycarra Powers] from the 25th Precinct attend our HNBA meeting to answer any concerns you have about public safety and the rise in crime in our community.
In addition, Tatiana from https://womenscja.org/ will be joining to talk about their effort to convert Lincoln Jail (on Central Park North) into a women’s jail.
We will also have Wil Lopez (a candidate for State Assembly) and Tony Shaw (a Harlem-based financial advisor) introduce themselves.
To get the Zoom link, join HNBA HERE.
Councilmember Kristin Jordan on WNYC
City Councilmember Kristin Richardson Jordan was interviewed on the Brian Lehrer show and talked about her focus on CCRB, thoughts on Ukraine, and more:
To listen to the segment (or read the transcript):
https://www.wnyc.org/story/51-councilmembers-52-weeks-district-9-kristin-richardson-jordan/
Union Settlement House Names a New Executive Director
Union Settlement House on East 104th Street has named Jennifer Geiling as its new Chief Executive Officer. Union Settlement house is the largest community support provider in East Harlem.
Jennifer Geiling will succeed David Nocenti who as been in the position for over a decade now. In her current role as Deputy Director at the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services, Jennifer partners with the City’s nonprofit community and minority and women-owned business enterprises to develop systemic changes that cultivate diversity and inclusion and fuel growth and sustainability.
Jennifer also served as the founding Executive Director of the Mayor’s Nonprofit Resiliency Committee and has guided the City’s nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to this, Jennifer was a corporate lawyer and then founded (and ran) Hankering For More, a nonprofit organization established to create greater equity and access for adults with developmental disabilities.