News & Announcements
Welcoming LaVonne Bost-Barksdale
Please welcome our new board member, LaVonne Bost-Barksdale. She is Division Director of the Landlord Management Unit at the Human Resources Administration’s Homelessness Prevention Administration and an agent with Real Brokerage. Ms. Bost-Barksdale enjoys helping...
Investing in Human Services Workers
"Do you hear us? What do we want?" "Just pay." "When do we want it?" "Now." Alongside our human services colleagues, we advocated. We stayed up all night outside City Hall. And it paid off. Mayor Eric Adams announced a $741 million investment for 80,000 human services...
Welcoming Deacon Diana R. Auer, Esq.
It’s women’s history month and we’re pleased to announce the appointment of two women to LSSNY’s Board of Directors. Please welcome Deacon Diana R. Auer, Esq., Director of Youth and Family Ministry at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Garden City, NY. Ms....
He’s Walked in Their Shoes
“I grew up in the inner city. Hanging around with friends doing teenage stuff. That’s how I ended up getting in trouble. Police officers in Brooklyn wanted to arrest young kids for anything they did. Writing on a door with a marker. They’d arrest me and then I’d have...
LSSNY’s New General Counsel on “Dominican Spirit”
“If I had to choose one, I would go with Los Tres Golpes,” says Kerwin Ledesna, LSSNY's General Counsel, when asked for his favorite Dominican recipe. He adds that he only eats this from time to time vs. every day. “Otherwise I’d have a heart attack,” he laughingly...
Donating Food to Our Pantry
There are urgent needs such as a three-day supply of emergency food and then monthly food assistance for families in need. At LSSNY’s New LIFE Center in Uniondale, NY, we stock our food pantry with breakfast, lunch, and dinner options, including: · Cereal,...
What’s on YOUR vision board?
This past weekend, our recreational coordinator Hailey DelValle engaged the residents of Vanguard House — our newest sanctuary site — in vision boarding activity. All ages participated, browsing, cutting, and pasting images onto their boards. One person made two — one...
Fresh New Haircuts at Seneca House
The New LIFE School Barber Shop Barber Chair at Seneca House Snip, snip, snip goes the scissor…buzz, buzz, buzz goes the buzzer… These were the sounds of our barbering program at The New LIFE School in the Bronx, a therapeutic school which served special needs...
Closing The New LIFE School
Earlier this year, we made the difficult decision to close The New LIFE School and placed 110 students in other educational programs. Of our 2023 senior class, 17 students graduated, two were accepted to college, and four obtained barbering licenses. We saw increased...