THE WALL STREET JOURNAL — April 9, 2017 — A study shows that the price and time frame for these jobs skyrocketed when the Department of Design and Construction was involved. New York City’s libraries and other cultural organizations looking to…
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LIBRARIES OFTEN SEE DELAYS AND HIGH COSTS, REPORT FINDS
TIMES LEDGER — April 14, 2017 — Capital construction projects for libraries and other cultural institutions often rack up outsized financial and time investments, according to a new analysis from the Center for an Urban Future. The center worked with the…
NYC LIBRARIES AWAIT FIXES FOR FOUR YEARS ON AVERAGE, REPORT FINDS
CURBED NEW YORK — April 10, 2017 — New York City’s process of managing capital construction projects for cultural institutions and libraries is marred by bureaucratic setbacks, a new report by the Center for an Urban Future finds. Under the leadership…
POL HOPES NEW BILL WILL EMBARRASS AGENCIES INTO FINISHING PROJECTS ON TIME
DNA INFO— April 13, 2017 — Councilman Andrew Cohen hopes a new bill of his will embarrass city agencies into finishing their capital projects on time and on budget. The recently proposed bill would require all city agencies to notify the…
HOW SLOW CAN YOU GO?
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS — April 12, 2017 — It’s not you. Your local library overhaul really is taking forever. A new report reveals exhausting and costly delays of new buildings and renovations overseen by the city’s Department of Design and…
CENTER FOR AN URBAN FUTURE REPORT: SLOW BUILD
CENTER FOR AN URBAN FUTURE — April 2017 — by Eli Dvorkin, Maria Doulis, and Jonathan Bowles — This report finds significant problems with NYC’s process for managing capital construction projects for libraries and cultural institutions, with the median capital project…
PROPUBLICA, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS WIN PULITZER GOLD MEDAL
PROPUBLICA — April 10, 2017 — Propublica and the New York Daily News today won the Pulitzer Prize for public service, honoring their joint investigation on abuses in the New York City Police Department’s enforcement of the nuisance abatement law. The…
OLD TOOLS, REVOLUTIONARY RESULTS – A Retrospective of the Revson Foundation’s work with NYC Libraries
DUKE UNIVERSITY, CENTER FOR STRATEGIC PHILANTHROPY & CIVIL SOCIETY— February 7, 2017 — written by Tony Proscio — With all the trendy talk in philanthropy focused on “innovation,” “disruption,” and “impact investing,” it’s helpful to pay attention, now and then, to…
THE 4th ANNUAL NYC NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY AWARDS LAUNCH ON WNYC’S BRIAN LEHRER SHOW
On February 7th, 2017, WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show hosted Revson President Julie Sandorf and Sarah Needham, program officer at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, to announce the fourth annual NYC Neighborhood Library Awards! The show featured an interview with Roxana Benavides, branch manager…
Muslim Leadership Initiative
November 2016 — The Muslim Leadership Initiative was featured in several articles outlining how alliances between Jews and Muslims are more important now than ever before. Click the following links to read the articles: Jewish Telegraphic Agency — November 14, 2016 — Jews and Muslims…