Neighborhood Council
The Neighborhood Council is an advisory group to help us understand and address the needs of our Lower Manhattan neighborhood. Members of the council — nonprofit leaders, community organizers, policymakers, residents, and other stakeholders — work with us and one another to improve the well-being of children and families in our community.
2024 Members
Thomas Armstrong
Trinity Church congregation member
Darren Block
Executive Director, Greenwich House
Mary Cannon
Resident & Community Outreach Volunteer, Jacob Riis Houses
Gisele Castro
Executive Director, Exalt Youth
Wellington Chen
President & CEO, Chinatown BID/ Chinatown Partnership LDC
Minerva Diaz
United Nations Representative; New York Metropolitan Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolence
Barbara DiGangi
Director of Families Thriving, University Settlement
Tareake Dorill
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Dorill Initiative Inc
Alejandro Epifanio
Executive Director, Loisaida
David Garza
President & CEO, Henry Street Settlement
Frank Gonzalez
Founder, Loisada Realty; Lower East Side Community Concerns
Donald ‘Don’ Hong
Executive Director, UA3
Jaime Inclán
Founder & Director, Roberto Clemente Center
Samara Karasyk
President & CEO, Hudson Square BID
Kelsey Louie
Chief Executive Officer, The Door & Broome Street Academy
Chui Man Lai
Manager of Community Affairs, NYP-Lower Manhattan Hospital
David McCorkle
Social Worker, St. Marks in the Bowery
Alison Overseth
CEO, Partnership for After School Education
Cecilia Scott-Croff
Executive Director, BMCC
Tiffany Winbush
Lower Manhattan resident
Eva Wong
Director, Mayor's Office of Community Mental Health