Stringer 2013

Today, Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer was joined by Commissioner Nazli Parvizi of the Mayor's Community Assistance Unit, Senior Vice Chancellor Jay Hershenson of the City University of New York (CUNY), and elected officials citywide to announce the Community Planning Fellowship Program, launched four years ago by Borough President Stringer, is now branching out beyond Manhattan.

Stringer created the Community Planning Fellowship Program when he took office in 2006 to support community-based planning activities by Manhattan’s twelve community boards.  Each fall, the program places top urban planning graduate students in the offices of community boards to work on pressing planning concerns such as zoning, development and quality of life.  In addition to urban planning students, the fellowship is open to students of architecture, urban design, historic preservation, real estate development, and other urban disciplines.