Potential Partners on Staten Island

 

For artists, organizers, and cultural nonprofits, forming cross-sector partnerships is essential to initiating, realizing, and sustaining significant projects. Below you’ll find some of the many local government and private entities to contact for cross-sector partnerships on Staten Island.

New York City and State Agencies

  • NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA):
    the lead municipal funder of arts and culture in the city, DCLA supports local organizations to provide cultural services. Their comprehensive cultural plan for the city, CreateNYC, includes recommendations and strategies for a more sustainable, inclusive, and equitable cultural sector. Additional relevant efforts include their Building Community Capacity program to assist small cultural organizations to thrive in neighborhoods undergoing community planning efforts and their Affordable Real Estate for Artists (AREA) initiative to ensure that artists continue to live and work here in New York.
  • NYC Economic Development Corporation (EDC):
    a major public steward of land, EDC, often through its Planning and Development division, devises and implements plans for much of the city-owned property on the North Shore, as well as other sites across the island
  • NYC Department of City Planning:
    the Borough office is charged with shaping land-use and zoning decisions, and with proactively leading community planning of future development throughout the North Shore and Staten Island communities
  • NYC Department of Parks & Recreation:
    the Borough office is a host to a world of potential cultural programming, not just in major recreational areas and parks, but in smaller public spaces under its jurisdiction
  • NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS):
    SBS’s Neighborhood Development division supports community-based organizations through grants focused on placemaking initiatives and neighborhood improvements along commercial corridors
  • NYC Department of Housing, Preservation and Development (HPD):
    the major driver of the push to build affordable housing (and potentially workspace within mixed-use buildings) in the City
  • NYC Department of Transportation:
    a steward of a large amount of property and infrastructure on the North Shore waterfront, major actors include the local Borough office as well as specific divisions including the Staten Island Ferry team, Community Affairs Unit, and Bridges
  • Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA):
    MTA’s Arts and Design division administers visual arts, performing arts and design programs throughout the MTA network, and welcomes professional artists who are interested in being considered for the following program opportunities: Percent for Art, Digital Art, Graphics and Photography, and Music
  • NYC Department of Sanitation (DOS):
    with the proposed redevelopment of the Jersey Street Garage, DOS will become a more important partner in the years to come; DOS also has a Public Artists in Residence (PAIR) program
  • NYC Housing Authority (NYCHA):
    Staten Island is home to 10 NYCHA developments with approximately 4,500 apartments – a community of residents that need to be further engaged in cultural planning and programming
  • NYC Department of Education:
    schools are public places, and often the site of cultural and community-oriented programming
  • Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit:
    a direct community partner on neighborhood issues and permitting
  • New York Police Department & Fire
  • Department of the City of New York:
    key partners in the planning of any public event

See here for an updated list of local contacts compiled by the Staten Island Borough President’s Office.

 

Staten Island Local Government