Knowledge

• -Observe the nuances within current challenges facing the City, to go beyond the spin
• -Recognize how power and privilege influence public debate, to raise awareness and increase capacity for action
• -Understand the landscape of NYC government structures, to know how to get things done

Skills

• -Ask specific questions, to help make informed decisions
• -Pace the connection between observation and interpretation, to understand what is going on
• -Maintain personal ecology, to maximize potential and sustain ourselves for a lifetime of civic service

Network

• -Articulate and flex communication styles, to build leadership capacity
• -Exchange feedback with peers, to expand self-awareness
• -Value and incorporate multiple perspectives, to skillfully navigate courageous conversations and go beyond one’s own knowledge base

Leadership New York brings private, public and nonprofit participants together because we believe it will take collaboration across sectors to resolve the City’s deepest challenges. We are seeking to build two highly talented, diverse, cross-sector cohort of approximately 80 professionals in total who are interested in expanding their leadership capacity. All will be committed to civic engagement and eager to participate in a learning community.

The ideal candidate:

• -Lives or works in New York City
• -Can demonstrate a commitment to strengthening our City
• -Has a thirst for personal and professional development
• -Is interested in actively participating in the Coro community and LNY alumni network

The curricula is most appropriate for professionals in a multi-stakeholder, senior leadership role who are leading change on behalf of their organizations. We are committed to building cohorts that reflect the demographics of New York City and in strengthening traditionally underrepresented groups in leadership roles. We welcome applications from those with the skills and knowledge to effectively engage with a multi-perspective community.

Cohort Model: Lasting civic engagement and social change requires ownership and input from multiple perspectives. Good leaders must be good at group-work. We actively learn from one another so that we can practice, grow and take risks within a supportive environment  and encourage practical application. 

Experiential Learning: Through direct exposure to institutions & communities, participants connect directly with individuals representing multiple perspectives. 

Gold-Standard Personal & Professional Development Training: Trainers include Program Director Gila Ward Menda and VP of Programs & Training, Garrett Lucien, from the Coro team as well as consultants Zander Grashow of the Good Wolf Group and S. Leigh Thompson of Go Beyond Diversity. 

EXPAND CAPACITY
Our experiential, cohort-based training method explores a variety of leadership styles and a deepening of one’s own style that develops an appreciation for alternative perspectives and provides new tools for leading a diverse group through change.

MEET THE EXPERTS
Participants are exposed to a range of high-level decision-makers and influential stakeholders — from CEOs to Commissioners to community advocates — through cohort-planned “City Issue Days” to understand how policy decisions are really made and why.

JOIN A MULTI-SECTOR NETWORK
Participants from all programs have a shared approach and connections for changemaking with a vast alumni network of the most distinct leadership communities in New York City, providing collaboration opportunities across the public, private and nonprofit sectors.

RAISE POLITICAL AWARENESS
LNY offers something you can’t find in any other program — it delivers a unique, civic style of leadership training built on understanding complexity, listening to multiple perspectives and leading change. Participants leave with a deeper understanding of issues than learned from simply reading the headlines.

ALUMNI BENEFITS
Benefits extend beyond the program. Free and low-cost ongoing alumni offerings include skills refreshers, insider events, networking events, coaching sessions with program directors and access to the “Coro Classifieds” jobs and “Coro Commons” communications boards.

Tuition for LNY is $8,000 for 175 + hours of rigorous leadership development training, individual and small group coaching, and access to Coro alumni and cross-program events.

Candidates are encouraged to seek their employer’s or another sponsor’s support.

Scholarships ranging from $500-$4,000 are available, with special consideration for applicants paying out of pocket and with the highest need relative to the request pool. We also offer customizable payment plans.

Through the TD Bank Non-Profit Training Resource Fund, eligible community-based organizations can receive grants of up to $1,000 for employees to attend programs like Leadership New York. For more information and to apply, visit their website.

We are committed to building cohorts that reflect the demographics of New York City and in strengthening historically marginalized groups in leadership roles. Do not let financial concerns prevent you from applying; we are actively seeking a cohort of multiple perspectives and will work with you.

Please review the Tuition & Scholarships FAQ for more information.

Due to the experiential, accumulative nature of the program methodology, attendance is expected at all sessions. No more than five absences are permitted for successful completion of the program (leaving early and arriving late counts towards an absence). Participants should expect additional hours for planning cohort-organized events.          

• Orientation and Alumni Welcome Reception
• Opening Retreat
• Cross-Program and Community Networking Events
• Free ticket to the Coro Leadership Conference
• City Issue Days: Public policy explorations of current, hot-button topics that are selected and organized by small teams of participants to educate the entire cohort
• Peer Consultancy Circles to work on real-time leadership challenges
• Personal Reflection Leadership Retreats
• Coaching in small groups to identify areas for growth and expand capacity
• Graduation & Celebration

• Coro alumni, Esther B. Robinson (LNY24) and Julie Stein (LNY24), were both part of a collaboration to make ArtBuilt possible! ArtBuilt is “a model for creating affordable space rentals in collaboration with local governmental agencies to keep a flagship creative population from flight.” Click here to read the full story in the New York Times!

• Several Coro alumni at Public Works Partners, including Moe Magali (LNY31), Allison Quigney (LNY26), and Celeste Frye (LNY17), collaborated with Coro alumnus Patrick Hart (LNY34), Program Director at the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance (ISLG). ISLG oversees the Criminal Justice Investment Initiative (CJII), an effort funded by the Manhattan DA’s Office to fund community-based organizations and reduce justice system involvement through a variety of programs. When ISLG launched a Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) initiative, Public Works Partners became one of the providers to lead several important CJII projects. The projects included helping two Social Enterprise nonprofits, Drive Change and Sweet Generation Bakery, build out business plans to sustain and grow for years to come! They also provided proposal-writing support to a group of grassroots nonprofits in West Harlem as part of the West Harlem Community Restoration and Reentry Project. The selected nonprofits will help build a system of support for individuals re-entering the community from incarceration and, in the long term, will help support the growth of restorative alternatives to the traditional justice system.