Center for New York City Neighborhoods

About Center for New York City Neighborhoods

The Center for New York City Neighborhoods Inc. directs its grantmaking toward housing stability work for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers, with most awards tied to housing and legal counseling. The recent record shows a consistent pattern of support for organizations that keep tenants housed, defend against eviction, and help neighborhoods address unsafe or informal housing conditions. Legal Services NYC received $272,500 in 2024 for housing and legal counseling, while Grow Brooklyn Inc received $257,500 the same year for the same purpose. Those grants fit a broader portfolio that also includes neighborhood housing services, legal aid groups, and community development organizations across the city’s boroughs. The foundation’s recipients are largely local service providers rather than intermediaries, and many appear multiple times across 2023 through 2025. That repetition points to ongoing relationships with organizations delivering direct assistance to renters and homeowners. Its grants also extend to programs that support basement apartment conversion, foreclosure prevention, and client-facing counseling for residents navigating housing-related legal issues. The result is a portfolio centered on practical help for people facing displacement or housing instability in New York City.

What Center for New York City Neighborhoods Funds

Housing and legal counseling is the clearest theme in the portfolio. In 2025, the foundation gave $157,083 to Nylag - NY Legal Assistance Group Inc for housing and legal counseling, and it also supported Access Justice Brooklyn Inc with $123,869 for the same purpose. Neighborhood housing organizations are another major thread. Neighborhood Housing Services of Brooklyn Cdc Inc received $151,998 in 2025, building on earlier awards of $235,000 in 2024 and $120,000 in 2023. The Bronx Neighborhood Housing Services also appears repeatedly, including a $235,000 grant in 2024 and a $98,125 award in 2024. The foundation also supports housing production and rehabilitation-adjacent work through community groups. Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corportion received $135,000 in 2024 for housing and legal counseling, and Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation Inc Basement Apartment Convers received $97,500 in 2023, indicating attention to basement apartment conversion and safer housing use.

How Center for New York City Neighborhoods Gives