The Organization of Waterfront Neighborhoods (OWN) is a citywide community-based coalition formed to address the common threat to NYC neighborhoods presented by waste transfer stations. OWN’s members, more than a dozen community-based groups from the neighborhoods of Williamsburg-Greenpoint, the South Bronx, Southeast Queens, Sunset Park, East New York, Washington Heights and Harlem, have united to find an equitable and environmentally sound solution to waste handling in New York City.

OWN Member Organizations: El Puente; Hispanos Unidos de Greenpoint; Federation of Civic Associations; Lower Washington Heights Neighborhood Association; Neighbors Against Garbage (NAG); Nos Quedamos/We Stay; OUTRAGE; Planners Network; The Point CDC; Red Hook GAGS; Staten Island Citizens for Clean Air; Sustainable South Bronx; United Puerto Rican Organization of Sunset Park (UPROSE); West Harlem/Morningside Hts Sanitation Coalition

OWN Advisory Board: Consumer Policy Institute; NYC Environmental Justice Alliance; New York Lawyers for the Public Interest

Parents for Inclusive Education (PIE) is an organization of parents, educators, and advocates working together to make inclusion of children with disabilities a more viable option in New York City’s schools. Begun in 1997, PIE has grown to over 100 members who span the City’s five boroughs.

PIE employs a variety of strategies, including reaching out to other parents of children with special needs and advocating to educators and officials on the State and local levels for policy reform.
 

The mission of the Southeast Queens United in Support of Healthcare (SQUISH) is to strengthen existing healthcare services in the community by raising community awareness about issues that affect the delivery of services and advocating against the reduction and removal of critical health services in Southeast Queens.