It won’t change the botched allocations squeezed out by a strange group of supposedly unbiased, yet well-informed individuals cooked up between RIOC and the New
Tag: Public Purpose Funds
Update: What Went Wrong? Bungling Public Purpose Grants Again
Understanding what went wrong – again – with distributing public purpose funds starts with a single point. It’s an aggravating factor that’s existed for years.
NY Community Trust Does the Impossible: PPF Grants Worse Than RIOC
The New York Community Trust (NYCT), allegedly brought in to straighten out RIOC‘s public purpose granting process, did what many thought impossible. They made things
RIOC Gently Knocks Down a Common Council PPF Appeal
A PPF appeal aimed at overturning RIOC’s decision to give the task of awarding Public Purpose Grants to New York Community Trust was rejected on
Spurned in PPF Shakeup, Common Council Goes On Attack
The Common Council, led by Frank Farance, launched an unbridled attack on the Carter Burden Network as well as this newspaper yesterday. The Roosevelt Islander
Ethical consideration of RIOC’s Public Purpose Grants
This year, RIOC funded Public Purpose Grants finally get the ethical consideration they deserve. Through an undisclosed intervention, the New York Community Trust earned responsibility,
Never give up, Roosevelt Islanders. You can make things better…
You can make things better in our community, I realized recently, when two developments proved that awareness and action pay off. Sometimes. Life under the
RIOC “Special Counsel” steps in, resolves PPF grants mess…
A prolonged mess over the handling of PPF grants was finally resolved, last week, and approved by RIOC’s board. That, as well as future handling,
RIOC Returns Governor Cuomo to Office While Smacking Needy Nonprofits
According to messy letters sent to needy, local nonprofits, last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo is back along with, maybe, retaliation. Written by RIOC Chief Counsel
Anger Now On the Rise: RIOC Bungles Public Gift Giving
Public gift giving through Public Purpose Grants marks a rare opportunity for aiding community groups in their mission. But RIOC repeatedly bungles the process, and
