Press Clippings


Morris Senior Center opens as an Innovative Senior Center
New York Daily News, January 20, 2012

State Attorney General and State Senator visit Morris Senior Center food pantry
Bronx Free Press, January 4, 2012

Jobs-Plus program brings employment assistance to Bronx housing projects
New York Daily News, November 25, 2011

Children of a BronxWorks homeless family shelter take Pictures of Hope
Chevrolet corporate blog, October 26, 2011

Morris Senior Center named as one of the city's new Innovative Senior Centers
New York Nonprofit Press, October 21, 2011
New York Post, October 20, 2011
NYC press release, October 19, 2011

Street homelessness greatly reduced in the Bronx
New York Times (front page article), October 18, 2011
New York Times (online version), October 18, 2011
New York Times TimesCast (video), October 5, 2011

Editorial in support of Mayor Bloomberg's Young Men's Initiative
Mott Haven Herald, September/October 2011

Food stamp use increases nationwide; BronxWorks executive director quoted
Reuters, August 22, 2011

Faces of Success event celebrates overcoming homelessness
New York Nonprofit Press, August 25, 2011
El Diario, August 22, 2011

BronxWorks workforce development services profiled
Examiner.com, August 15, 2011

BronxWorks children participate in summer health program at Bronx Children's Museum
New York Daily News, July 25, 2011

BronxWorks senior centers provide relief from extreme summer heat
New York Daily News, July 22, 2011

BronxWorks teen’s design chosen for Times Square billboard about youth violence
Bronx Times, July 13, 2011
El Diario, July 13, 2011
Center to Prevent Youth Violence press release, July 12, 2011

2011 Annual Event: BronxWorks Rocks Again!
Bronx Times, June 2-8, 2011

BronxWorks youth employment programs profiled
NYC Workforce Weekly, May 20, 2011

HIPPY program alumni eligible for scholarship
Mount Hope Monitor, May 2011

Homeless former boxing champion gets help, new home at BronxWorks
New York Daily News, April 16, 2011

Even Start program threatened by cuts in federal funding
New York Nonprofit Press, March 2, 2011

Spanish-language profile of BronxWorks
El Diario, February 24, 2011

BronxWorks selected as a Jobs-Plus site by NYC and Morgan Stanley; will provide job training and placement to public housing residents
New York Amsterdam News, April 21-27, 2011
New York Daily News, February 9, 2011
New York Nonprofit Press, February 9, 2011
NYC and Morgan Stanley press release, February 8, 2011
NYC Center for Economic Opportunity press release, February 8, 2011

BronxWorks staff member and community activist quoted about Morris Heights holiday decorations
Bronx News Network, December 23, 2010

Workforce Development Director quoted on tax break deal for Bronx employers
New York Daily News, November 30, 2010

Appreciation for BronxWorks volunteers
Bronx Times, November 4-10, 2010

Morris Senior Center opens fitness room
Mount Hope Monitor, October 2010

BronxWorks opens new expanded Living Room/Safe Haven homeless facility
Bronx Times, September 30, 2010

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor meets BronxWorks children
NY1 (video), August 14, 2010
NY1.com, August 14, 2010
New York Daily News, August 15, 2010
Bronx News Network, August 16, 2010
El Diario, August 15, 2010
WABC-TV New York (Channel 7), August 14, 2010
BronxMama website, August 16, 2010

Riverbay Corporation partners with BronxWorks to hire workers
Co-op City Times, July 24, 2010

Homelessness Prevention Program endangered by state budget crisis
New York Nonprofit Press, June 4, 2010

The Brook supportive housing facility opens
Bronx Times, June 17-23, 2010
New York Daily News, June 3, 2010
New York Nonprofit Press, June 3, 2010

BronxWorks rebranding profiled
Bronx Times, May 27-June 2, 2010

BronxWorks’ Early Childhood Learning Center has a Bengali celebration
UPK (Universal Prekindergarten) Monthly Newsletter (from the NYC Dept. of Education Office of Early Childhood Education), May 2010

Honorees recognized at 2010 BronxWorks Annual Event
New York Beacon, July 1-7, 2010
Bronx Times, May 13-19, 2010
New York Law Journal, May 4, 2010
Lawyers Alliance for New York, Spring 2010 newsletter

Scholarship created for alumni of BronxWorks HIPPY program
Bronx Times, April 22-28, 2010

Mayor Bloomberg holds press conference at BronxWorks Community Center to announce results of pilot antipoverty program
New York Times, March 31, 2010
New York Post, April 8, 2010
Bronx Times, April 8-14, 2010


A profile of a rider for BronxWorks in the Bike Tour
2010 TD Bank Five Boro Bike Tour Official Program

Census participation in the Bronx
New York Daily News, July 6, 2010
New York Daily News, June 1, 2010
Mount Hope Monitor, March 2010
New York Daily News, March 18, 2010

A profile of the BronxWorks Living Room
El Diario, February 11, 2010

Need for more beds for homeless in the Bronx
New York Times, February 5, 2010

Bronx homeless to be counted; BronxWorks credited with reduction in street homelessness
New York Daily News, January 22, 2010

BronxWorks finds generosity during economic downturn
New York Times, January 9, 2010

BronxWorks holds bone marrow registration drive
New York Daily News, December 18, 2009
New York Daily News, January 26, 2010

Need for emergency food in the Bronx rises
(Picture taken at BronxWorks' Morris Senior Center)
New York Daily News, December 9, 2009

BronxWorks distributes twenty tons of Thanksgiving meals
New York Daily News, November 20, 2009

Citizens Advice Bureau changes its name to BronxWorks
Bronx Times, November 5, 2009
Bronx Times, December 9, 2009
Bronx News Network, November 13, 2009
Mount Hope Monitor, December 2009
El Diario, November 13, 2009
Impacto Latin News, December 9-15, 2009
New York Daily News, October 27 & November 17, 2009
New York Nonprofit Press, November 17, 2009
Congressman José E. Serrano's website, November 20, 2009
Interactive Journalism (blog of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism), December 9, 2009