Civic Leadership Program | 12/3/25
From Disinvestment to Renewal: Reimagining NYC Public Housing, November 6, at the Center for Architecture. Photo: Courtesy Civic Leadership Program.

by Ayana Smith, Bradley DeBose, NOMA, Kevin Davis, AIA, LEED AP, and Rashida Momoh Chronic disinvestment has plagued New York City’s public housing for decades,...

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Civic Leadership Program | 11/5/25
Building Justice: The Limits and Possibilities of Design, October 15, at the Center for Architecture. Photo: Courtesy of the Civic Leadership Program.

by Dora Blount, Samantha Dixon, Ewan French, and Maha Idrees This year's first AIANY Civic Leadership Program public session, Building Justice: The Limits and...

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Civic Leadership Program | 9/24/25
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by Maha Idrees and Kevin Davis, AIA, LEED AP How can New York City tackle its housing challenges without deepening its climate crisis?   That big question framed...

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Civic Leadership Program | 9/10/25
Civic Leadership Program Development Session 3 at the Center for Architecture. Photo: AIA New York.

by Bradley Debose Assoc., AIA, NOMA, and Samantha Dixon, Assoc., AIA The AIANY Civic Leadership Program recently held its third Development Session, organized by...

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Civic Leadership Program | 8/27/25
Civic Leadership Program Development Session 2 at the Center for Architecture. Photo: AIA New York.

by Rashida Momoh and Ewan French Has over-regulation, government complexity, and top-down cultural programming jeopardized New York’s identity as a thriving hub of...

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Chapter News, Civic Leadership Program | 1/15/25
AIANY 2024 Civic Leadership Program Development Session 4

On November 8, 2024, the AIANY Civic Leadership Program hosted the final development session of its 2024 program, led by Enrique Andrés Bejarano, AIA, Architect and...

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Chapter News, Civic Leadership Program | 12/18/24
AIANY Civic Leadership Program development session in progress, with several people seated at along a table engaged in discussion and listening

December 18, 2024 By: Kedishia Joseph, Assoc. AIA, NYCOBA-NOMA, Architect and Assistant Project Manager, KPL Projex Inc. On November 3, 2024, the AIANY Civic...

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Civic Leadership Program | 11/20/24
A group sits around a large red table looking at a screen on the wall showing a Zoom meeting.

On October 18, the AIANY Civic Leadership Program (CLP) Class of 2024 gathered for their second development session, organized by Darien Carr, Architectural Designer at...

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Chapter News, Civic Leadership Program | 11/7/24
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On October 4, 2024, the AIANY Civic Leadership Program (CLP) hosted Thriving Together: Tackling NYC’s Ecological Challenges, an insightful round table exploring the...

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Civic Leadership Program | 1/31/24
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Text by Alexis Clarke, WEDG, ENV SP; Ivan Himanen, AIA; Ami Mehta, Assoc. AIA; David Polk, AIA; k. kennedy Whiters, AIA On Thursday, November 9, the 2023 class of the...

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Chapter News, Civic Leadership Program | 11/8/23
AIANY Civic Leadership Development Session 5 at the Center for Architecture

By Dean Labowitz and Ami Mehta What is queer space? What would it take for architects to consider queer and trans people as critical stakeholders? How can architects...

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Chapter News, Civic Leadership Program | 10/11/23
Himanen and Howell presenting a selected history of “big data”

By Ivan Himanen, AIA, and Tiana Howell, Assoc. AIA, NOMA On Friday, September 15, the 2023 class of the AIANY Civic Leadership Program (CLP) hosted their fourth...

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Chapter News, Civic Leadership Program | 9/13/23
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By Dongzoo Han and Alexis Clarke One of the most fundamental roles of the built environment is to protect society. Every member of society must be equally protected,...

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Chapter News, Civic Leadership Program | 8/29/23
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By k. kennedy Whiters, AIA, and Adam Achrati, AIA For the first time in AIANY Civic Leadership Program history, the cohort discussed historic preservation. k. kennedy...

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Chapter News, Civic Leadership Program | 8/16/23
AIANY Civic Leadership Program Development Session

With New York City in an asylum-seeker-fueled State of Emergency since last October—amidst an ongoing housing crisis—how are the City’s needs identified and...

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Civic Leadership Program | 7/5/23
Photo: Center for Architecture

The seventh year of the AIANY Civic Leadership Program (CLP) began on Saturday, June 17 2023. Bringing together the selected ten leaders for a day of introductions and...

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Civic Leadership Program | 12/14/22
Robert Daros, Sciame Construction; Pradnya Narayanan, Sciame Construction; Justin Green, Big Reuse; Celeste McMickle, USGBC; Nicolas Savvides, Civic Leadership Fellow. Photo: Christina X Brown.

On Thursday, December 1, the 2022 class of the nycoba|NOMA and AIANY Civic Leadership Program (CLP) hosted their second public event titled “Design for Deconstruction:...

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Civic Leadership Program | 11/30/22
Several cyclists on a bike lane adjacent to a park

On November 15, the 2022 class of nycoba|NOMA and AIANY's Civic Leadership Program (CLP) presented their first public event of the year, “Biking in NYC Now:...

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Civic Leadership Program | 11/16/22

On September 16, the 2022 Class of the AIANY Civic Leadership Program (CLP) gathered for their fourth development session, organized by Iyatunde Majekodunmi, Assoc. AIA,...

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Civic Leadership Program | 11/2/22
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On Friday, October 7, the 2022 class of the AIANY Civic Leadership Program (CLP) convened for their fifth and final development session, organized by James Piacentini...

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