By Maria Mottola
Executive Director, New York Foundation
Construction sites are common enough around New York and unlikely to draw much attention—so it must have seemed unusual to see a large group on a guided tour of construction sites in Northern Manhattan and the Bronx. On July 28th, I joined colleagues, community leaders, and grantee partners for a bus tour that began in Harlem, continued through Highbridge, and went on to Newburgh, Yonkers, and Poughkeepsie. The tour was organized by Community Voices Heard, a membership organization of over 35,000 low-income families with chapters throughout the state. The purpose of the tour was to highlight how federal stimulus dollars are being spent in different low-income communities. Where is stimulus funding working and what still needs to be done?
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