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ERNIE GREIZMAN RETIRES
Ernie Greizman, a 60-year veteran of the settlement house movement, 20 of them with Goddard Riverside, celebrated his retirement June 29th in the garden behind Phelps House. For the last 12 years, Ernie coordinated the Holiday Dinners and launched the annual Neighbor to Neighbor Dinner, now in its tenth year. The quintessential volunteer, Ernie was awarded a Good Neighbor Award, a City Council proclamation and a Congressional certificate. PHOTOS on flickr

UPPER WEST SIDE TOWN HALL MEETING AT GODDARD RIVERSIDE
Borough President Scott Stringer, along with other elected officials, held an Upper West Side Town Hall meeting at Goddard Riverside, 593 Columbus @ 88th Street, on Tuesday, July 13, 6-8pm. West Side Spirit,

OUR STORIES
• Twelve years ago Betty Dickstein walked into Goddard Riverside’s Senior Center and had no idea what she was getting into. MORE
• When Nat Suares lost his apartment he started living on the street until outreach workers brought him inside. MORE

 

NEWS
• Town Hall Meeting at Goddard Riverside on July 13. MORE
• Goddard Riverside: New York Publishing's Kinder Side, Publishers Weekly, June 14, 2010 MORE
• In Times Square, One Last Homeless Holdout, NYT, March 29, 2010 MORE
• Transitional Housing Finds Little Support, Columbia Spectator, Feb. 24 MORE

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