In the News

• Education and Workforce Development: Nathifa Forde’s Vision for NYC Her Future
  D2L - April 3, 2025
  
  
• NYC Mayor's Office of Equity & Racial Justice - March 2025 Newsletter
  
  
• Mayor Adams Honors CWA Local 1180 President Gloria Middleton at Gracie Mansion Women's Heritage Month Reception
  Caribbean Life - April 1, 2025
  
  
• NYC Mayor's Office of Equity & Racial Justice - February 2025 Newsletter
  
  
• Oversight - Ensuring Access to Supports for Transgender, Gender Non-conforming, and Nonbinary (TGNCNB) People in New York City Committee on Women and Gender Equity | Hearing Testimony – NYC Mayor's Office of Equity & Racial Justice /NYC Unity Project
  Friday, February 28, 2025
  
  
• An NYC Office is Preparing a Racial Equity Plan. Will There Be Any Teeth Behind It?
  Gothamist - February 21, 2025
  
  
• Oversight - The State of Black New York and the Racial Equity Planning Process Committee on Civil and Human Rights | Hearing Testimony – NYC Mayor's Office of Equity & Racial Justice
  Thursday, February 20, 2025
  
  
• NYC Service Announces Second Annual Women Forward NYC Mentorship Summit
  NYC Service - February 13, 2025
  
  
• Meet James Stratford, the Bronx Native Now Leading the NYC Young Men's Initiative
  Bronx Times - February 11, 2025


• The 2025 Black Trailblazers
  City & State NY News - February 3, 2025


• NYC Mayor's Office of Equity & Racial Justice - January 2025 Newsletter
  


• Over 282K Students Now Have an NYC Scholarship Account: What You Need to Know
  SI Advance - January 28, 2025
  


• Alumni Spotlight: James Stratford (EMPA 2021)
  NYU Wagner - January 24, 2025


• The 2024 Trailblazers in Economic Development
  City & State NY News - December 16, 2024


• New York City Announces 2024-2025 Public Artists In Residence
  Broadway World - December 13, 2024


• New York City's Push for Racial Equity: A Conversation with the City's Chief Equity Officer Sideya Sherman
  DiversityComm Magazine - November 2024


• Legislative Leaders Feast On Maternal Health Priorities At NYU McSilver Breakfast!
  Harlem World Magazine - October 24, 2024


• Who's Who in Eric Adams' Administration
  City & State NY News - September 17, 2024


• DCLA Launches Open Call for 2024 Public Artists in Residence
  Broadway World - July 12, 2024


• Oversight - Implementation of the Racial Justice Charter Provisions | Hearing Testimony – NYC Mayor's Office of Equity & Racial Justice
  June 27, 2024


• New York City's Plan to Invest Millions in LGBTQ+ Services
  City & State NY News - June 20, 2024


• The Inside Story of Stonewall Inn's Revival and a Look at NYC's Bold Equity Efforts| Up Close
  ABC7 - June 13, 2024


• Mayor Adams Appoints New Director of NYC Unity Project
  Gay City News - June 13, 2024


• Mayor Adams Appoints Ronald Porcelli As Director Of NYC Unity Project
  Harlem World Magazine - June 13, 2024


• The Inside Story of Stonewall Inn's Revival and a Look at NYC's Bold Equity Efforts| Up Close
  ABC7 - June 13, 2024


• Mayor Adams Appoints New Director of NYC Unity Project
  Gay City News - June 13, 2024


• Take a Walk Through Brooklyn's Abolitionist History Through New Self-Guided Interactive Tour
  AMNY - June 7, 2024


• '40 Acres and A Mule': The State of Black Reparations Today
  Amsterdam News - February 22, 2024


• The 2024 Power of Diversity: Black 100
  City & State New York - February 5, 2024


• Families In Harlem Celebrate NYC Scholarship Month With Activation Of Accounts
  Harlem World Magazine - February 2, 2024


• Mayor Adams Taps Two Officials to Lead NYC's Racial Justice Efforts
  Gothamist - December 28, 2023


• NYC Mayor Eric Adams Appoints Two Leaders To Positions in Newly Created Mayor's Office of Equity and Racial Justice and the NYC Commission on Racial Equity
  Black Entertainment Television - December 27, 2023


• Statement from NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams on the Appointment of the Chief Equity Officer and Commissioner of Office of Equity and Racial Justice, Chair and Executive Director of Commission on Racial Equity
  New York City Council - December 26, 2023


• 'That's On Period' – NYC Councilmembers Pass Menstrual Equity Legislation
  New York Amsterdam News - December 14, 2023


• NYC Kids RISE And NYC Public School Alumni Raise Thousands For Harlem Students
  Harlem World Magazine - December 6, 2023


• Who's Who in Eric Adams' Administration
  City & State - October 27, 2023

In the News Archives

• Will NYC Join The Reparations Movement? Mayor Eric Adams Voices Support For Possible Reparations Study Bill
  October 8, 2023


• 2023 September Newsletter - NYC Mayor's Office of Equity
  September 2023


• Street Harassment Prevention Day of Action Newsletter - NYC Commission on Gender Equity
  September 26, 2023


• Survey Of New Yorkers On Prevention Of Street Harassment - The Bronx Daily
  September 20, 2023


• NYC Street Harassment Prevention Survey Launches Today - Harlem World Magazine
  September 20, 2023


• Juneteenth Legislative Package Hearing Testimony - NYC Mayor's Office of Equity
  September 19, 2023


• Menstrual Equity Hearing Testimony - NYC Commission on Gender Equity
  September 18, 2023


• 2023 August Newsletter - NYC Mayor's Office of Equity
  August 2023


• 2023 July Newsletter - NYC Mayor's Office of Equity
  July 2023


• 2023 June Newsletter - NYC Mayor's Office of Equity
  June 2023


• New York City Unveils Its True Colors: Pride Shines Bright From Harlem To Hollis - Harlem World Magazine
  June 24, 2023


• The NYC Mayor's Office of Equity and NYC Unity Project Join Playbill's 2nd Annual Pride in Times Square Lineup
  June 1, 2023


• Students learn to budget, and parents get a reminder about free college savings accounts
  May 30, 2023


• Mayor Adams Announces Advisory Board to Help Guide City's Implementation of Racial Justice Charter Amendments
  April 17, 2023


• ABC7's Here & Now Featuring Commissioner Sideya Sherman, the NYC Mayor's Office of Equity
  April 2, 2023


• The NYC Mayor's Office of Equity in Partnership with NYC KidsRise Help Black Children Save for College
  March 29, 2023


• More than 1,000 NYC first graders' college savings accounts set to grow by total of $1 million - NY Daily News
  December 13, 2022


• NYC Mayor Eric Adams adds $6.7M in funding for LGBTQ+ Services - NY Post
  June 17, 2022


• NYC Mayor Adams unveils nearly $7 million for LGBTQ Causes - NY Daily News
  June 17, 2022


• Adams Unveils funding for LGBTQ Services - NY 1
  June 17, 2022


• NYC Kids Rise to Donate $100 for Every Kindergartener's College Savings Account - News 12 The Bronx
  May 13, 2022


• NYC Now Allows Donors to Help Kindergartners Save for College - NY Daily News
  May 13, 2022


• City launches $6.5 million universal college scholarship program for NYC kindergarteners - Gothamist
  May 5, 2022