Revson president, Julie Sandorf, writes in the New York Times, on the important role philanthropy should play on helping to finance the reinvention of local news as a public service.
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Libraries’ Culture Pass Signs Up 70,000 in First Year
THE NEW YORK TIMES — August 13, 2019 — It’s been one year since public library cardholders in New York’s five boroughs were given expanded — and free — access to the arts through the citywide Culture Pass initiative. Since the…
Culture Pass program gave out more than 70,000 museum, theater tickets in its first year
AM NEW YORK — August 12, 2019 — The Culture Pass program offering free admission to New York City library cardholders is an “enormous success,” according to city and library officials. Since it launched in July 2018, the program has given out more than…
A terrible time for de Blasio to cut library funding
Julie Sandorf, President of the Revson Foundation, writes in Crain's New York on the critical need to protect NYC public libraries' funding, and the important role our libraries will play in helping all New Yorkers participate in the 2020 Census.
‘There is nobody who will cover this’
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW — April 29, 2019 — Last September, during a heavy downpour in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood, Luis Sánchez Almonte was buried alive. An immigrant from the Dominican Republic, Sánchez Almonte, who was 47, had been living in northern…
Making Space Launches at the Flashbush Branch Library
Commissioned by the BPL, SITU created a kit-of-parts that realigns century-old library spaces with 21st-century programming. Made up of adjustable infrastructure and furniture systems, the system creates flexible spaces to support the huge range of programs hosted by each branch. Across BPL’s 59 libraries, these spaces host close to 70,000 programs annually. Modular and scalable by design, the system is a pathway to revitalize community spaces in neighborhoods across Brooklyn.
Local News in America is Dying. Charity Might Save It
BLOOMBERG — April 25, 2019 — The City, a website covering local news in America’s biggest metropolis, debuted this month with a bank account some of its nonprofit peers could only dream of. Backed by almost $10 million from philanthropies and individuals,…
Muslims must combat anti-Semitism in our midst
THE SEATTLE TIMES — November 19, 2018 — In a story most Muslims believe authentic, the Prophet Muhammad stands up as a Jewish funeral procession goes by. His companions wonder why he shows such respect. “It is only a Jew,” they…
Haroon Moghul’s Piece “Happy Birthday, Muhammad” featured in The New York Times
THE NEW YORK TIMES — November 20, 2018 — Tuesday is the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday. It’s the 12th of Rabi al-Awwal, the day most Muslims believe he came into the world some 1,400 years ago. I first met Muhammad in August…
Presenting THE CITY, A Revson-Conceived Nonprofit Digital News Startup
A major new nonprofit digital news organization focused on New York City, called THE CITY (@TheCityNY), is about to begin staffing up with top New York City journalists, and it will launch later this year with the mission of adding…