Become a Foster or Adoptive Parent
Adopt or foster, which is right for you? Opening your heart and home to a child is a wonderful and life-changing experience for parent and child alike. There are currently approximately 17,000 children in foster care in New York City, from infants to teenagers. Most are eventually able to return to their birth families and just need temporary foster homes. Some children need permanent homes through adoption.
Learn how you can become a foster or adoptive parent
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New Child Seat Law
Starting November 24, 2009 all children under the age of 8 must be restrained in an appropriate child restraint system while riding in a motor vehicle. Visit the New York State Governor's Traffic Safety Committee for detailed information on the new child seat law.
Visit the site
Learn about car seat fittings

November is CUNY Month
During November, CUNY Month, visit the City University of New York (CUNY) locations Citywide for a wide range of events, including open houses.
Learn more

Donate Blood
Donating blood is literally giving the gift of life. Each day, the New York Blood Center (NYBC) needs close to 2,000 people a day to roll up their sleeves to give the gift of life.
Learn how you can donate

Program to Accelerate Sidewalk
Repairs
The NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) recently announced a pilot program that will help Queens property owners make sidewalk repairs outside their properties more quickly and resolve violations issued by the DOT for cracked sidewalks, trip hazards and other defects without significant additional cost.
Learn about the program
Read the press release