Local Initiatives
Communities for Healthy Food NYC Launch
A vital, new program, Communities for Healthy Food NYC, was launched February 25th, at the New Settlement Community Center in the Mt. Eden section of the Bronx. Funded by the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund and managed and executed by Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) NYC, the pilot initiative seeks to improve access to healthy food, increase nutrition education and create jobs in low-income communities. It will be rolling out city-wide with four of LISC NYC’s community development corporation partners: West Harlem Group Assistance in West Harlem; Cypress Hills LISC in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn; Northeast Brooklyn Housing Development Corporation in Bedford Stuyvesant and New Settlement Apartments in Mount Eden in the Bronx.
Communities for Healthy Food NYC Launch
A vital, new program, Communities for Healthy Food NYC, was launched February 25th, at the New Settlement Community Center in the Mt. Eden section of the Bronx. Funded by the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund and managed and executed by Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) NYC, the pilot initiative seeks to improve access to healthy food, increase nutrition education and create jobs in low-income communities. It will be rolling out city-wide with four of LISC NYC’s community development corporation partners: West Harlem Group Assistance in West Harlem; Cypress Hills LISC in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn; Northeast Brooklyn Housing Development Corporation in Bedford Stuyvesant and New Settlement Apartments in Mount Eden in the Bronx.