Mobile COVID-19 FREE Vaccination Units in #EastHarlem this week! Two sites, no appointment needed - J&J shot, only one dose needed. See flyers for more details. #VaccinateNYC

We need NYC Dept of Ed to allow more full-day, full-year child care to help East Harlem children, parents and small businesses. Union Settlement patch.com/new-york/harle…

Very busy day today at @UnionSettlement -- we're giving away 600 boxes of fresh food, and offering free COVID vaccines to all #EastHarlem residents!! Huge thanks to partners GrowNYC, NYC Health + Hospitals, NYC Test& Trace Corps and the NYC Vaccine Command Center.

Read why Union Settlement is establishing a $16/hour minimum wage - with a goal of reaching $17.50/hour. Mayor Eric Adams should follow the model of President Donald J. Trump, and issue an Executive Order creating (and funding) a $17.50/hour wage for all NYC contractors! nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope…

If Mayor Eric Adams doesn't issue an order establishing a $17.50/hour minimum wage for NYC contractors, then Eric Adams, Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸, Maya Wiley, Kathryn Garcia, Scott Stringer, @RayForMayor, Shaun Donovan or Dianne Morales should do so if they become Mayor! nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope…

Enjoy this photograph of the children in Union Settlement's Leggett Early Childhood Center who participated in this morning's "moving up" ceremony. Congratulations to the "graduates," and to their teachers, parents, and everyone else who assisted throughout the year!!

In an amazing display of unity, ALMOST 1,000 nonprofit employees have signed a letter calling on Mayor Eric Adams to provide a $17.50/hour wage to nonprofit employees working on City contracts. They deserve decent pay!! mailchi.mp/6c95fe5efbbd/n… unionsettlement.org/wp-content/upl… Union Settlement

Huge thanks to Adriano Espaillat and Dr. Karen E. Thornton MD for providing a mobile #COVID19 vaccine van here at Union Settlement's main building at 237 East 104th Street today and Thursday! All three vaccines available 10 am to 6 pm, with no appointments necessary. #EastHarlem

Delighted to join with Alvin Bragg, Diana Ayala, Gale A. Brewer, Senator Jose M. Serrano, @_RJayRodriguez, Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit and others at the ribbon cutting for the newly-renovated NYCHA Washington Houses Community Center! A beautiful new space for #EastHarlem residents!

Thanks so much to Vocal Ease (vocaleaseinc.org) for entertaining seniors from Union Settlement's senior centers and Franklin Plaza NORC program! A beautiful afternoon of wonderful music and songs in our community garden here in #EastHarlem!!

Congratulations and thank you to Exodus Transitional Community, Inc., one of Union Settlement's wonderful partners here in #EastHarlem, for hosting its 12th Annual Legislative Breakfast yesterday. Congrats also to my fellow honorees Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, @VanessaLGibson, and Christina Hernandez from NYS OCFS!!

Delighted to have @NYCDCA Commissioner Peter Hatch and NYC Human Rights Commissioner Annabel Palma and their teams come to @UnionSettlement yesterday to talk about partnering on community outreach and education on human rights and consumer and worker protection issues here in #EastHarlem!

An amazing day here at Union Settlement, as we give away 500 turkeys and sides to our #EastHarlem neighbors in need. Special thanks to our donors and volunteers, including Ponce Bank, Coca-Cola, The Chapin School and Innovation Charter High School. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

Happy Thanksgiving! Delighted to spend the morning with Union Settlement's Senior Services staff and volunteers, Citymeals on Wheels and Kathleen Turner, packing and delivering Meals-on-Wheels and Grab-and-Go lunches for our seniors!

Proud to report that Union Settlement is supporting the #JustPay campaign demanding that NYC and NYS support human services workers by ensuring that all government contracts with nonprofits provide annual COLAs, a higher minimum wage, and equitable benefits. #JustPay | Human Services Council of New York UNHNY

Union Settlement names Jennifer Geiling, seasoned government and nonprofit professional, as its new Chief Executive Officer effective April 4. Learn about Jennifer: unionsettlement.org/category/news-… #eastharlem #community #nonprofit #leadership

Delighted to welcome Mayor Eric Adams Eric Adams, Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, Assemblymember Eddie Gibbs and others to Union Settlement today for the Mayor's announcement of proposed additional funding for the Earned Income Tax Credit and incentives to expand affordable child care. #EastHarlem #EITC

Happy to share my latest op-ed, calling for greater assistance to minority-owned businesses, modeled on Governor Kathy Hochul's proposed program for cannabis #EquityEntrepreneurs. It's time to move past #MWBE programs and help more minority-owned companies! nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope…

Congrats to Center for an Urban Future for its compilation of "150 Ideas to Build a More Equitable NYC" (nycfuture.org/research/city-…), including my proposal to create a virtual archive of free K-12, college and adult ed courses accessible to anyone, anytime. Lots of other great ideas in the report!

So disappointing to see politics tainting the process and jeopardizing the confirmation of Judge #HectorLaSalle to become the first Latino to be the Chief Judge of the NYS Court of Appeals. Governor Kathy Hochul Gov. David Paterson nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope…