Henry Street Settlement opens doors of opportunity for Lower East Side residents and other New Yorkers through social service, arts, and health care programs.
The coronavirus pandemic has generated an outpouring of innovative, grassroots, community-led efforts to help neighbors in need, and Henry Street is proud to be part of an especially exciting one: the arrival of outdoor community refrigerators. With the motto “take what you need, leave what you don’t,” community fridges are cropping up all over New… Read More »
When Covid-19 struck, and unemployment numbers skyrocketed, Henry Street’s employment coordinators quickly pivoted to place clients into new jobs. Since then, they have helped 77 workers find new employment, despite the crushing economy. Among them is Phurbu Tshering. Tshering arrived in the United States in January 2019. A Tibetan from New Delhi, he was very… Read More »
A new food-delivery program, launched on July 29, 2020, will help feed 200 Lower East Side families for a year. Henry Street Settlement, working with NewYork-Presbyterian, will operate the LES Mobile Market, which features biweekly grocery deliveries to bring healthy food to those experiencing food insecurity. The mobile market will also employ local youth as… Read More »
Update: The deadline to apply for assistance under the COVID Rent Relief Program has been extended to August 6th, 2020 for online and paper applications. More information Español / 中國 – 傳統 / Русский / Kreyòl ayisyen / 한국어 / বাংলা New York State has introduced an emergency rental relief program that will provide one-time rental assistance to New Yorkers burdened by rent during the COVID-19… Read More »
In June 2020, NYU Press published the long-awaited history of our agency, The House on Henry Street: The Enduring Life of a Lower East Side Settlement, by Ellen Snyder-Grenier. The book begins with an event that many Henry Street friends know well: On a cold March day in 1893, 26-year-old nurse Lillian Wald rushed through… Read More »
Above: Teams of volunteers fan out across the Lower East Side, delivering groceries to seniors and others who must stay home to stay healthy. Photo by Marc Goldberg. When Justine Samuel, 59, first learned about the impending coronavirus pandemic, her mind started racing: How would she get groceries and make meals if she had to… Read More »
The Class of 2020 celebrating their hard work at this year’s virtual Scholarship Ceremony & Decision Day. The 18th annual Expanded Horizons College Access and Success scholarship ceremony was like no other, nor is the class that took the virtual stage to accept scholarships and announce their college decisions on Zoom on Thursday, June 12,… Read More »
“The Masked Rider,” Bill Dinh, one of the finalists in @NewYorkNico’s #BestNYPhoto competition. New Yorkers submitted more than 5,000 photographs to the #BestNYPhoto competition launched May 17, 2020, by documentary filmmaker and Instagram influencer @NewYorkNico (aka Nicolas Heller). Heller invited the public, including his 396k IG followers, to post their best pictures of the unprecedented… Read More »
Henry Street Settlement condemns the recent deplorable racist actions perpetrated throughout the nation, from George Floyd in Minnesota, to Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, to Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, to Christian Cooper in our own Central Park. We believe that Black people and all people of color must have the right to live safely, peacefully, and… Read More »
