Alliance for Downtown New York Inc

“The alliance for downtown new york, inc. Was incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation with members.”

“Registered members elect the board of directors at the alliance's annual meeting by class. Terms are for 3 years and are staggered, roughly one-third of the directors are elected each year.”

“Information needed to prepare the 990 is provided by the organization's chief financial officer (cfo) & svp of administration to the organization's audit firm who prepares an initial draft of the 990. The draft is then reviewed by the cfo & svp of administration and the president. If there are any necessary changes, they are made and the draft is updated. The 990 is presented to the organization's finance committee at their annual meeting and additionally emailed to the organization's audit committee for further review before filing.”

“The alliance enforces the conflict of interest policy by monitoring known relationships, requiring board members to sign annual questionnaires, and noting any changes in disclosed information.”

“On an annual basis, the organization's cfo collects data on comparable compensation to determine the appropriateness of the president's and top management official's compensation. Data is gathered through compensation trend research, examining 990s of comparable organizations and reviewing the annual pnp salary guide. The data is complied into a memo and presented to the organization's compensation committee. The committee is comprised of independent board members, who review the memo and determine appropriate compensation. Periodically the organization hires an independent 3rd party consultant to evaluate executive salaries. This evaluation is performed through the same process used to determine the appropriateness of the top management officials' compensation.”

“Financial statements are available on the alliance's website, other documents are made available to the public upon request.”

“The organization employs its employees through a contractual arrangement with a professional employer organization.”

“The downtown alliance manages the downtown-lower manhattan business improvement district (bid), serving an area that roughly covers everything south of city hall and along three waterfronts (east river, hudson river and ny harbor).”

“Communications, marketing and promotion: the downtown alliance continued to work as a megaphone for all that happened in lower manhattan, sharing with residents and visitors information about everything from ongoing events to art installations to the best outdoor dining spots. This was accomplished through social media platforms, blog, newsletters and other means of communication. The alliance's social media reach continues to grow with over 100,000 followers all told to be found on facebook, instagram, tiktok, linkedin and other platforms. The alliance also publishes the "shop dine guide," our homegrown compilation of the shops, restaurants, and amenities here in lower manhattan which is distributed to close to 50,000 readers. The dine around downtown annual community food festival returns each spring for more than 10,000 diners and the alliance launched a new food festival for the fall ""lunch box"" featuring only restaurants that opened in the last year offering a $10 boxed lunch for diners to sample. "dine around downtown: cooking at home edition" continued growing its audiences in 2024 with seasonal winter, summer and upcoming holiday episodes. The ""lm live"" program featured conversations with individuals and organizations in lower manhattan on topics that included entrepreneurship, current events, art and architecture, phillippe petit's amazing walk between the twin towers and strategies for career advancement. Events include a mix of in-person women's breakfasts, "ask the expert" sessions that featured lower manhattan experts discussing actionable takeaways related to their backgrounds and movie screenings and conversations featuring leading filmmakers and critics. The alliance's tourism efforts included hosting a quarterly tourism exchange where a hundred or more professionals in the tourism industry came together to hear from experts, make new connections and coordinate strategy as well as attending national and international buyers events to directly make connections for tourism partners. The technology team maintains free wireless internet access in several public spaces all along water street, front street, the hudson river, much of the world trade center campus and the east river esplanade south of fulton street and many other locations throughout lower manhattan.”

“Sanitation services: through the sanitation program, the alliance kept the district clean, beautiful, and graffiti-free through daily street sweeping, washing, streetscape maintenance, and snow removal. Additionally, the program serviced 376 public trash and recycling receptacles year-round. On 885 occasions, the sanitation team power-washed sidewalks throughout the district, as well as mannahatta park, albany plaza, coenties slip park, and bowling green park. The sanitation team removed 2,965 instances of graffiti and stickers, including painting over store gates, construction site boards, and building doorways. During spring and summer, they painted over 500 pieces of street furniture, such as hydrants, bollards, mailboxes, street poles, and the benches at mannahatta park. The team cleaned, sanitized, emptied, and maintained all bigbelly trash and recycling units, removing trash from streets and sidewalks. In coordination with the new york city department of sanitation (dsny), they removed 241 instances of illegal dumping, including large items like refrigerators, furniture, air conditioners, washing machines, and more. In fy24, we introduced a night crew to address the district's 24-hour sanitation needs. This team significantly enhanced the cleanliness and appearance of high-traffic locations, such as 75 wall st, greenwich st, rector st, fulton st, and broadway. To further improve street cleanliness, six citibin locations were established, allowing trash to go directly from bigbelly units to citibins, then to dsny collection. This initiative has been highly successful in keeping 82,030 trash bags off the streets in fy24. In total, the sanitation team collected 1,042 tons of trash and 324 tons of recyclables.”

“Public safety: the alliance public safety program provided safety and security to lower manhattan businesses and residents. Uniformed guards worked in collaboration with the new york police department (nypd) and other city agencies to address quality-of-life conditions in the area. In fy24, the public safety program recorded 171,871 interactions with businesses, residents, and visitors. Through a joint effort with multiple city agencies, including the nypd, dsny's vendor enforcement unit, the department of health, and the department of consumer and worker protection, the public safety team addressed 4,754 vendor complaints, focusing on illegal vendor locations in high-traffic areas like the broadway corridor and battery park. These joint operations resulted in numerous court summonses, arrests, and ongoing enforcement actions. The alliance's public safety team also collaborated with the nyc department of homeless services and the bowery residents' committee homeless outreach team to conduct joint operations at homeless encampments in the district, particularly in areas such as peter minuit park. In fy24, they identified 1,418 incidents of homeless individuals needing assistance, ultimately placing 137 individuals in transitional housing. In addition, we launched a safe school corridor initiative. Public safety officers were assigned to monitor student travel to and from school, overseeing school dismissal and lunchtime activities with foot posts and mobile patrols to ensure student safety in the district.”

“Sanitation: program service expenses 3,511,257. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,511,257. Public saftey: program service expenses 2,882,539. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,882,539. Bus service: program service expenses 1,567,948. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,567,948. Infrastructure and maintenance contractors: program service expenses 207,313. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 207,313. Horticulture: program service expenses 156,618. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 156,618. Homeless outreach services: program service expenses 338,978. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 338,978. Photgraphy videography: program service expenses 105,400. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 105,400. Planning and placemaking: program service expenses 188,029. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 188,029. Studies and surveys: program service expenses 165,577. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 165,577. Website maintenance: program service expenses 132,556. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 132,556. Consulting: program service expenses 448,464. Management and general expenses 48,233. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 496,697. Payroll fees: program service expenses 112,767. Management and general expenses 18,174. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 130,941.”