Making Change in Your Neighborhood: Ways to Get Involved and Improve Your Community

Community Boards:

Community Board 5: Midtown. 212-465-0907, [email protected]

Community Board 6: East Side, 14th to 59th Street. 212-319-3750, [email protected]

Community Board 8: Upper East Side & Roosevelt Island. 212-758-4340, [email protected]

For other CBs, call 311 or go to http://www.nyc.gov/html/cau/html/cb/cb.shtml

Nonprofit Organizations:

Citizen Action of NY: grassroots organization fighting for economic, social and environmental justice, and an end to electoral corruption. 212-523-0180 or http://citizenactionny.org/

CIVITAS: citizens dedicated to improving the quality of life in the Upper East Side and East Harlem. 212-996-0745 or http://civitasnyc.org

Historic Districts Council: the advocate for NYC’s historic neighborhoods. 212-614-9107 or http://hdc.org/

League of Women Voters, NYC: a nonpartisan political organization working to improve government and impact public policy through citizen education and advocacy. 212-725-3541 or http://lwvnyc.org/

Municipal Art Society: protects NY’s legacy spaces, encourages intentional planning and urban development, and fosters complete neighborhoods. 212-935-3960 or http://www.mas.org/

NY Junior League: an organization of women committed to improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. 212-288-6220 or https://www.nyjl.org

NY Landmarks Conservancy: advocates on behalf of New York’s architectural heritage. 212-995-5260 or http://nylandmarks.org/

Women’s City Club of New York: a non-partisan, multi-issue activist organization dedicated to improving the lives of all New Yorkers. 212-353-8070 or http://www.wccny.org

Police Precinct Community Councils:

13th Precinct: 212-477-7411, 230 East 21st Street, NY

17th Precinct: 212-826-3211, 167 East 51st Street, NY

19th Precinct: 212-452-0600, 153 East 67th Street, NY

For other precincts, call 311 or go to http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/home/contact_information.shtml

Making Change in Your Neighborhood: Ways to Get Involved and Improve Your Community

Neighborhood Associations: *

East 50s Neighborhood Coalition, 212-308-2456, [email protected]

East River 50s Alliance, http://erfa.nyc/, [email protected]

East 60s Neighborhood Association, 212-713-5826, http://www.esna-nyc.net/

East 72nd Street Neighborhood Association, www.e72NA.com, [email protected]

East 79th Street Association, [email protected]

East Midtown Neighborhood Coalition, 212-754-1748

Carnegie Hill Neighbors, 212-996-5520, http://www.carnegiehillneighbors.org

Friends of Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 212-826-8980

Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, 212-535-2526, http://www.friends-ues.org/

Gramercy Park Neighborhood Associates, 917-603-1128, http://gnaonline.org

Gramercy Park Block Association, 212-260-3875, www.gramercyparkblockassociation.org

Kips Bay Neighborhood Alliance, http://kbna.tumblr.com/, [email protected]

Kips Bay Neighborhood Association, 347-471-0099, [email protected]

Manhattan East Community Association, 212-213-5158, [email protected]

Murray Hill Neighborhood Association, 212-886-5867, http://www.murrayhillnyc.org

Sutton Area Community, 212-838-9770, http://www.suttonareacommunity.org/

Turtle Bay Association, 212-751-5465, http://www.turtlebay-nyc.org

*This is not an exhaustive list. Please check with your local Community Board or Senator Liz Krueger’s office for additional neighborhood associations and for your local block associations.