Media Room

An article in the Bronx Times features one of the first tenants to move into East Clarke Place Senior Residence—68-year-old Demetrio Rivera—and outlines how VOA-Greater New York is working to eradicate homelessness in the Greater New York area by 2050 through affordable housing projects like this one.

Myung Lee discusses how Volunteers of America-Greater New York, like other New York City nonprofits, are trying to educate their staff and clients about the COVID-19 vaccine. Read the full article.

The list acknowledges the influence of major nonprofits across New York, providing essential social services and advocating on behalf of the sector and the communities it serves.

The funds, which were raised in part during a recent charity golf event, have already helped children at one of our domestic violence shelters connect to remote learning during the pandemic, and will soon provide computer access to families at our transitional shelter in Brooklyn.

An outdoor ceremony was held at our family shelter in Bushwick to recognize Assistant Chief Judith Harrison, Commanding Officer of Patrol Borough Brooklyn North (NYPD) and NYC Department of Education Liaison Jeanette Wright for their support and service to the community.

At a NYC Council hearing held jointly by the Committees for Health, Aging and Technology, Myung Lee, VOA-GNY President & CEO, emphasized the need for on-site COVID vaccine access for our older adults in supportive housing, many of whom are, essentially, homebound.

The impact of the Bronx Early Learning Center—our special education preschool—is life changing for the children who attend and their families.

Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, VOA-Greater New York and all essential human services providers continue to provide round-the-clock care for seniors, veterans, children, families and others in need.

You can demonstrate your support of children in need in our community by becoming an official Operation Backpack® Sponsor.

How does being homeless affect a child's education? Noelle Withers, VOA-Greater New York Vice President of Quality and Program Services, shares her thoughts.

We care for young men and women who are aging out of the foster care system during this crucial period in their lives. This is our approach.

Each day, 10,000 Americans turn 65 years old. New York City’s senior population is growing larger, living longer, and getting poorer. Several factors are causing older adults to age into poverty and oftentimes homelessness.