ABNY uses its signature programs–Power Events, special briefings, educational events, Young Professionals programming, ABNY Women events, and special projects–to bolster civic engagement for all New Yorkers.
ABNY Member Events offer an opportunity for elected and government officials, as well as civic and business leaders, to present the ideas and policies they believe can help advance a better New York.
The ABNY Young Professionals network cultivates unique opportunities, online and in person, for the future leaders of New York City to explore the importance of civic engagement and learn about the critical issues facing our city and state.
ABNY Women uses its platform for women to explore, discuss, and foster change in the workplace and beyond through a series of events and talks by female leaders.
ABNY special projects build on the foundation created by the Census 2020 effort and work with community-based organizations to support and strengthen the most vulnerable New Yorkers and communities across the city and state.
To view photos from our past events, please visit the ABNY Flickr page here.
NYC Public Design Commission
253 Broadway, 5th Floor, New York, NY, United States
Join ABNY Young Professionals for a tour of the New York City Public Design Commission Archive on February 21 at 5:30 p.m. The Public Design Commission (PDC) maintains an archive of projects reviewed by the Commission since 1902, documenting more than 7,000 sites throughout New York City and providing a unique view into the history [...]
Join us on Thursday, February 29 at 8:30 a.m., for ABNY Talks: Unemployment, Underemployment and Gainful Employment, a conversation on how to ensure economic mobility and opportunity forward for Black New Yorkers. Jennifer Jones Austin, CEO and Executive Director of FPWA, will moderate this panel discussion with three policy experts who will share their perspectives [...]
Executive Conference Center - Moynihan Train Hall
350 W 33rd St, New York, United States
On Tuesday, March 5th ABNY Young Professionals will present a Boardroom Breakfast with Petra Todorovich Messick, Amtrak's Senior Program Director of The Gateway Program. ABNY Young Professionals will have the opportunity to hear from Petra about her professional journey as well as her work with The Gateway Program and its regional impact on transit service, jobs, [...]
ABNY is excited to host Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at a Power Breakfast on Monday, March 11. Doors open at 8:30 a.m, breakfast begins at 9:00 a.m. Majority Leader Schumer will discuss pressing issues in Washington, including funding the federal government, border security and immigration reform, and foreign aid. The Senator will also share [...]
Join us for ABNY Women’s annual spring cocktail reception on Tuesday, March 26 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at Kyma Flatiron for an evening of networking, refreshments, and reconnecting with ABNY Women. We will be joined by Melba Wilson - Harlem-based restaurateur of Melba’s, cookbook author and Food Network personality. Melba also serves as President [...]
NYU Kimmel Center For University Life
60 Washington Sq S, Eisner & Lubin Auditorium, New York
Before the ABNY network, Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer will announce new details on the Adams administration’s housing efforts and explain why we need to build “everything, everywhere, all at once” while consequential housing policy decisions across city, state, and federal levels unfold. As the Adams administration’s City of Yes for Housing Opportunity reaches a critical [...]
Join us on Wednesday, April 3rd for an ABNY Policy Brief with Ya-Ting Liu, Chief Public Realm Officer. Ya-Ting Liu will provide ABNY Young Professionals with an update on her first year as the city’s first Chief Public Realm officer, as well as the projects and initiatives she is coordinating across city government and with [...]
583 Park Avenue
583 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States
Join us as we welcome New York City Mayor Eric Adams for an ABNY signature Power Breakfast event! We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, April 16 at 8:30 a.m. where Mayor Adams will address the ABNY network to provide the latest update on the state of the city’s economy and ongoing efforts to [...]
QueensWay
9130 Metropolitan Avenue, Forest Hill, NY, United States
Join ABNY Young Professionals for a walking tour of the QueensWay on April 30 at 6:00 p.m. The QueensWay is a community-led effort to transform an abandoned, 3.5 mile stretch of abandoned railway in Central Queens into a linear park and cultural greenway. We'll tour both phase 1, the Metropolitan Hub which received $37.5 million [...]
Join ABNY Young Professionals for a neighborhood tour with Welcome to Chinatown on Tuesday, May 14 at 5:30 p.m. Led by local nonprofit Welcome to Chinatown, this tour will highlight their initiatives that support the Chinatown community and its entrepreneurs. Learn about the neighborhood’s current business climate, challenges, and meet some of the residents who have [...]
On Thursday, May 16th ABNY Young Professionals will present a Boardroom Breakfast with Carson Hicks, Executive Director, Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity, whose mission is to reduce poverty and increase equity. Carson will provide ABNY Young Professionals with an update on the work of the office including its annual poverty measure report. The annual report is a critical first step [...]
London and Martin Co.
6 Stone St, New York, NY, United States
On Wednesday, May 22nd ABNY will present: ABNY What’s on Tap? With Julie Samuels, President, and Executive Director of Tech: NYC. Founded in 2016 by Ms. Samuels, TECH: NYC is an engaged network of tech leaders working to foster a dynamic, diverse, and creative New York. Julie will speak on the organization’s current work in supporting and growing NYC’s [...]
The Rainbow Room
30 Rockefeller Plaza, 65th Floor, New York, NY, United States
Join us at the Rainbow Room for the 2024 Spirit of ABNY Awards. We will be presenting the coveted Apple Awards to three civic luminaries who have provided a distinguished level of service to our great city.2024 Honorees Include:Lew Rudin Founder's AwardKathy HochulNew York State GovernorSpirit of ABNY AwardLeaders in City Government:Sheena WrightFirst Deputy MayorIngrid [...]
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Join ABNY Young Professionals for a tour of Google's new office at St. John's Terminal in Hudson Square on Friday, June 14 at 9 a.m. See inside Google's newest office space in New York, which plays home to some of the company's 14,000 New York employees. The former freight rail terminal along what is now The High Line [...]
On Thursday, June 20th ABNY will present: ABNY Policy Brief with Louisa Chafee, Director of NYC IBO. Lousia will share about the unique role and responsibilities the Independent Budget Office has in ensuring our city’s fiscal health and transparency. RSVP here. We hope you can join us!
The Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort St
Join ABNY Young Professionals for a guided after hours tour of the Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than The Real Thing on Wednesday, July 17 at 6:15 p.m. The eighty-first edition of the Whitney Biennial—the longest-running survey of contemporary art in the United States—features seventy-one artists and collectives grappling with many of today’s most pressing issues. Registration closed.
Please join the ABNY Young Professionals for a guided tour of the award-winning, best in class, new LaGuardia Airport on Friday, August 2nd at 11 am. Hosted by the Port Authority of NY & NJ, LaGuardia Gateway Partners, and Delta Air Lines, attendees will be given a guided tour of the new Terminal B and the new Terminal C. [...]
Brooklyn Navy Yard - Dock 72
1 Dock 72 Wy, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Please join us for an exciting evening at our annual ABNY Women Summer Social! Celebrate with us as we network, empower, and honor our community of inspiring women. Engage in conversations with fellow members and have the opportunity to meet new friends. We will also be joined by and hear brief remarks from special guests, [...]
We are excited to invite you to a walking tour of Governors Island on Friday, August 16 at 2:00 PM. We will convene at Battery Park Maritime Building Ferry Terminal to begin our guided tour of the island led by The Trust for Governors Island. Following the tour, we'll head to Taco Vista for complimentary drinks and unbeatable views. Governors Island, is [...]
SUNY Global Center
116 E 55th St, New York, NY, United States
We hope you can join us for a special ABNY YP Associates Summer Meet-Up on Tuesday, August 27 from 5:30 p.m. Stop by to learn more about the ABNY YP Associates membership program, network with other Young Professionals, and hear from special guest Tony Marx, President of The New York Public Library. This event is open to all members [...]
Broad Stone – John Jay Room
88 Broad St., New York
Please join us on Thursday, September 12 at 6:00pm for a What’s On Tap? with Dan Garodnick, Chair and Director at the NYC Department of City Planning (DCP). Director Garodnick will speak about his work leading the Department of City Planning, the nation's largest municipal city planning office. Garodnick will discuss the Department's ambitious City of [...]
3 Times Square
Meeting & Event Center, 16th Floor, New York, NY
ABNY is excited to welcome Comptroller Brad Lander on Thursday, September 19th for a signature ABNY Power Breakfast! Join us and members of ABNY's network to hear from the Chief Financial Officer of America's biggest city as he discusses his critical role in overseeing the city's $100B+ budget, assets and fiscal health. We hope you [...]
SEWARD & KISSEL LLP
One Battery Park Plaza, New York
On Tuesday, September 24 ABNY Young Professionals will present a Boardroom Breakfast with Nse Esema, Senior Vice President of the Green Economy team at New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC). Nse will provide an update on the green economy in NYC, and EDC’s plans in this sector, including a discussion of the recently released [...]
The event is postponed; a new date will be shared soon. We are delighted to invite you to join the Association for a Better New York (ABNY) and its members in a networking reception with Alicia Glen, New York Commissioner & Co-Chair of the Gateway Development Commission on Thursday, September 26 from 5:30 to 7:30 [...]
New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute
619 W 54th St, New York, NY, United States
Join ABNY Young Professionals for an exclusive tour of the New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute on Tuesday, October 8 at 6:00 p.m. On the tour, you will go behind the scenes to see how NYSCF's automated robotics platform is revolutionizing the production of stem cells and how they're being used in biomedicine. You will [...]
NYCEDC
One Liberty Plaza, 14th Floor, New York, NY
In response to NYCEDC’s release of their Green Economy Action Plan, please join us on Wednesday, October 23 for ABNY Talks: NYC’s Growing Green Economy, a conversation between experts navigating New York City’s profound role and continuing resilience within the green economy landscape. As New York continues to be a global hub of business and economic [...]
New York Midtown Hilton
1335 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, United States
ABNY is excited to welcome First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer to a Power Breakfast on Monday, October 28. In her new and expanded role, Torres-Springer will speak to the ABNY network about her priorities as First Deputy Mayor and how the Adams administration is delivering for New Yorkers. Doors open at 8:30 a.m., with breakfast beginning at 9:00 a.m. [...]
