The following NYCCLI members are citywide technical assistance (TA) organizations that provide a range of services to support community land trusts (CLTs) and other community-based organizations. If you are a NYCCLI member in need of technical support, please reach out to Elise Goldin (elise@neweconomynyc.org) or contact the TA providers below directly.
After working with a TA provider, please fill out NYCCLI’s feedback form.
Brooklyn Legal Services – LSNYCContacts: Rafaela Varela (rvarela@lsnyc.org)
Brooklyn Legal Services is only able to provide legal services within NYC.
Contact Brooklyn Legal Services for:
- Benefits of CLTs
- CLT Legal Formation
- CLT Governance drafting
- Education and Training on CLT formations, governance, and management for your members
Contact: CEDhelp@bka.org
Contact Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A for:
- CLT Legal Formation
- CLT Governance documents drafting
- Property sale and acquisition
- Lease drafting, review, and assistance
- Agreements and contracts
Contacts: John Krinsky (jkrinsky.ccny@gmail.com) and Hillary Caldwell (hillcaldwell@gmail.com)
Contact City College for:
- Education and training for core leadership team and/or community members (e.g., CLT 101, social housing models, planning and visioning around specific properties, organizing training, development process, housing and land-use policies, etc.)
- Neighborhood-based and participatory action research, case studies
- Community organizing support
- Group-to-group learning and mentorship
Contact: Missy Risser-Lovings (missy.risser@law.cuny.edu)
Contact CUNY’s CED Clinic for legal counsel or workshops/trainings on:
- Benefits of CLTs
- Models of incubating/launching CLTs
- CLT governance
- CLT legal formation
- Policy research & legal drafting
- Coalition structuring
Contacts: Elise Goldin (elise@neweconomynyc.org), Will Spisak (will@neweconomynyc.org)
Contact New Economy Project for:
- CLT presentations (English/Spanish), facilitation support & train-the-trainer sessions
- “Building a New Economy: A People’s Guide” curriculum and workshops
- GIS mapping; property and neighborhood research
- Policy, advocacy, and organizing/outreach support
- Navigating NYCCLI resources + general questions!
Contact: Sylvia Morse (smorse@prattcenter.net)
Contact Pratt Center for:*
- Research and analysis
- Data analysis and visualization (including mapping)
- Qualitative data collection and Participatory Action Research (design and implementation of surveys, interviews, focus groups)
- Policy research and analysis
- Land use analysis and property research
- Designing community planning processes
- Design and Communications (Flyers, one-pagers, popular education materials, etc.)
Contacts: Paula Segal (psegal@takeroot.org) and Visnja Vujica (vvujica@takerootjustice.org)
Fill out the intake form and send it to equitableneighborhoods@takerootjustice.org.
Contact TakeRoot Justice for:
- Legal Assistance: one-on-one assistance for your group
- Education & Training: workshops or trainings for your members or community, assistance with curriculum design, train the trainers
- Coalition Support: facilitator training, policy training, developing membership agreements, campaign development
- Campaign Support: policy research, development and advocacy; organizing and campaign strategy support
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