FIRST LADY CHIRLANE MCCRAY LAUNCHES NYC UNITY PROJECT, FIRST EVER CITYWIDE COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT LGBTQ YOUTH
City will initially invest $4.8 million in a multi-agency effort to expand holistic services for LGBTQ youth, including a new drop in shelter, inclusive education, employment training and transgender healthcare
https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/pressrelease/first-lady-chirlane-mccray-launches-nyc-unity-project-first-ever-citywide-commitment-to-support-lgbtq-youth/
DeBlasio wife dig
NYC UNITY PROJECT partners
Current Participating Agencies:
Administration for
Children’s Services
Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene
Department of Education
Human Resources
Administration
Department of
Homeless Services
Mayor’s Office to Combat
Domestic Violence
NYC Health + Hospitals
Department of Youth and
Community Development
New York Police
Department
Commission on
Human Rights
Children’s Cabinet
Mayor’s Office
Community Affairs Unit
Commission on
Gender Equity
Mayor’s Fund to
Advance New York City
Mayor’s Center for
Faith and Community
Partnerships
Mayor’s Office of
Operations
Commission on gender Equality (CGE)
Chirlane McCray
First Lady of New York City
Commission on Gender Equity, Co-chair
Quote: in New York City for every dollar a White man earns for
full-time work, a White woman earns 84 cents, an Asian woman earns 63 cents, an African American
woman earns 55 cents, and a Hispanic woman earns 46 cents
Promotes GENDER EQUALITY AND RACIAL EQUALITY
https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/genderequity/downloads/pdf/GenderEquityAnnualReport2015-2017.pdf
Missing $850million? Looks like Mayor and wife were heavily involved in Project Unity, which was to be for mental health but seems to devote resouces to gender issues, women's issues