Community Benefits Agreement

2011-12 in Review: After criticism, West Harlem Development Corporation gets organized

As of November, the WHDC had distributed only $300,000 of the $3.55 million it had received from Columbia as part of the Community Benefits Agreement.

By Jillian Kumagai and Finn Vigeland | May 6 01:32 pm ET

Columbia increases summer internship offerings for local high school students

Columbia is expanding a summer internship program for high school students this summer through the Columbia Employment Information Center.

By Alessandra Poblador | Apr 30 07:30 am ET

Group handling West Harlem community benefits money hires executive director

Businessman Kofi Boateng will lead the West Harlem Development Corporation as executive director, the organization announced Monday.

By Jillian Kumagai | Apr 9 02:18 pm ET

CB9 will designate projects to be funded by M’ville money

A committee will focus on outlining specific programs in need of financial support from the Community Benefits Agreement, which is supposed to allocate $76 million to local housing, education, and job initiatives over 15 years.

By Jillian Kumagai | Mar 22 05:18 am ET

M’ville looks for minority, women, local businesses

The University has often had a strained relationship with its neighbors in working on the campus expansion, especially when it comes to fulfilling its employment promises. But small business owners said they had a lot more to be happy about on Tuesday.

By Jillian Kumagai | Feb 3 03:44 am ET

Morgan to request development corp. records

Congressional candidate Vince Morgan and former Community Board 9 chairman Larry English said they are going to request documents related to the spending of the organization charged with distributing Columbia's money to the Manhattanville neighborhood.

By Jillian Kumagai | Nov 4 04:12 am ET

Dev. corporation takes heat for delayed start

West Harlem residents and leaders claim that the WHLDC has not done enough to distribute Columbia's money to benefit Manhattanville.

By Katie Bentivoglio | Nov 1 03:52 am ET

Restricted enrollment at TC's public school concerns locals

At recent community meeting last week, officials said that plans for the public school to be run by Teachers College—part of the Manhattanville community benefits agreement—will only include kindergarten through fifth grades, and enrollment will be limited to education district 5.

By Emily Neil | Apr 27 02:42 am ET

University commits to cooperation in Manhattanville, residents remain wary

Despite enormous effort by the University to make its plans public and countless town hall meetings, many Manhattanville residents say that they still do not know what the University’s plans are for the neighborhood.

By Abby Mitchell | Apr 25 06:17 am ET

New development corporation to dole out community benefits funds

“The board was unwieldy,” LDC and CB9 member Vicky Gholson said. “Just in terms of numbers, there were just too many people to be able to facilitate decision-making, or more basic than that, to facilitate having all of the people in the same room.”

By Sarah Darville | Apr 25 05:47 am ET

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