Citizens Union’s Spring for Reform event brings together an exciting mix of young professionals, and civic, business, and political leaders to network and celebrate.  Spring for Reform Archive

On April 22nd, Betsy Gotbaum, executive director of Citizens Union, was joined by City Councilmember Adrienne Adams, Civilian Complaint Review Board Chair Rev. Fred Davie, and Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller to discuss police reform and public safety in New York City. This Civic Conversation was moderated by Gotham Gazette editor Ben … Civic Conversation: Police Reform and Public Safety

NYPD Deputy Commissioner John Miller, CCRB Chair Fred Davie, and City Council Public Safety Chair Adrienne Adams gathered by Zoom for an online forum on police reform and public safety hosted by Citizens Union and moderated by Gotham Gazette editor Ben Max. The three officials discussed recent policing problems and reforms, the evolution of the NYPD, … Civic Conversation: What’s Next for NYC’s Streetscape, Businesses, and Neighborhoods

CU hosted our first Civic Conversation on February 1st, featuring Audrey Cooper of WNYC, Lurie Daniel-Favors of the Center for Law and Social Justice, Medgar Evers College, CUNY and Rose Pierre-Louis of NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research. The event, moderated by Gotham Gazette’s Ben Max, touched on how Ranked Choice Voting will change our … Civic Conversation: Ranked Choice Voting

The 2020 Gotham Greats Dinner was wonderful evening that raised $500,000 dollars to support Citizens Union’s work. Join here Honoree Bios

Spring for Reform: A VIRTUAL Event, Wednesday, May 13th from 7-8 PM Thank you to ALL who tuned in for our Virtual Spring for Reform on May 13 – and a special thank you to our great speakers: Dr. Eitan Hersh; State Senator Zellnor Myrie; Rachel Konowitz and Citizens Union Foundation Board Member, John Avlon.  … 2020 Spring for Reform

The 2019 Gotham Greats Dinner was held on October 24th, 2019 and raised close to $1.2M for Citizens Union’s work! We thank our terrific honorees: Errol Louis, William J. (Bill) Mulrow, Mary Jo White and Harry J. Wilson and our many supporters for this incredible, record-breaking result which will go so far in supporting our … 2019 Gotham Greats

Citizens Union’s Annual Spring for Reform event brings together an exciting mix of young professionals and civic, business and political leaders to network, celebrate and to learn about important issues of the day from respected and renowned leaders. ___ Spring for Reform 2019 was an exciting, fun and informative event focused on the 2020 Census … 2019 Spring for Reform: Can We Count on You?

The 2018 Gotham Greats Dinner was wonderful evening that raised nearly $1 million dollars to support Citizens Union’s work. The 2018 Gotham Greats Dinner was proud to honor: Jeh Johnson, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Former Secretary of Homeland Security with the Courage in Government Award, in addition to: Michael J. Dowling, President … 2018 Gotham Greats

Spring for Reform is Citizens Union’s annual event to engage new audiences in its work. The event will take place on June 14 at The Manhattan Penthouse, 80 Fifth Avenue at 14th Street, in Manhattan. The event starts at 6 p.m. with a cocktail reception. The program runs 7-8 p.m. and will be moderated by … 2018 Spring for Reform: The Power of Political Engagement