Thank you to everyone who supported and participated in NYC Veterans Alliance advocacy, events, and activities:
Civic Hall – We were so proud to have a home at Civic Hall from 2015 to 2020. The founders and staff at Civic Hall nurtured the organizing of our members and gave us an incredible venue to host events and connect our membership with civic tech innovators and elected leaders.
Craig Newmark – Thank you to Craig for his generous and deeply kind and thoughtful support of NYC Veterans Alliance from the very beginning. His legacy of uplifting and empowering NYC’s veterans and families is profound and we are honored to have been part of this.
50 Bricks Founders – In 2017, Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, launched the 50 Bricks Matching Challenge to expand and strengthen NYC Veterans Alliance programs, brick by brick. This challenge was key to laying a firm foundation in our first four years–and we are proud to recognize the following individuals and organizations as key contributors of donations, sponsorships, and grants in perpetuity as our 50 Bricks Founders:
Founding Champions
Civic Hall | JUUL Labs | T-Mobile | NYU Tandon School of Engineering Veterans Future Lab | Janelle Gooley | Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America | The Smith Family – In Memory of LCPL Michael Hogan Smith, USMC
Founding Bricklayers
Steve & Dorothy Alpert | Joseph Graziano | The Daly Family | New York Mets Foundation | Backward Flag Brewing Co. | Troy Olson | Peter Meijer | Elana Duffy – CEO and Founder of Pathfinder.vet | Peter McManus Cafe | North Star Fund | Brooklyn Borough President | Kate & John Haygood Trammell Family – In Honor of Our Family’s Veterans | Melinda J. Milnes – In Honor of Jack D. Milnes, US Navy | With Honor Action | Derek Coy | Chris Mason – In Honor of Those Lost in Active Duty & Their Families | Molly Pearl & Drew Pham | Jennie Fisher – In Honor of John Stephens, US Army, KIA 3/15/2007 | LCDR Brett Morash, US Navy (Ret.) | Merging Vets and Players | Isra Pananon & Julia Weeks | Anonymous – In Honor of Bruce Michael Miley, SP5-E5, US Army – Casualty on Oct 21, 1968, Vietnam | Lake Mary High School Alumni | Waterwell | ActBlue Civics | Plaza Auto Mall | Jessica Apgar | Neurobehavioral Research, Inc. | Revv Fundraising Platform | National Nurses United | Blue Star Families | FSU Marching Chiefs Alumni | Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 72 | Fleet Week Music Festival
Partners In Our Success – In addition to the hundreds of organizations who submitted events and opportunities for us to post on OurVeterans.NYC, we are grateful for the partnership, participation, and support of the following organizations and agencies in our events and initiatives:
Organizations & Agencies
A Better Balance | American Legion FDNY Post 930 | American Legion Michael A Rawley Jr. Post 1636 | American Veterans for Equal Rights | Act Blue Civics | Aquila Theatre | Benefit Kitchen | Blue Star Families | Bob Woodruff Foundation | Brooklyn Borough President’s Office | Brooklyn War Memorial / Cadman Park Conservancy | Center for a New American Security | Civic Hall | Common Defense | Community Training & Employment Resources | CUNY PROVE | Daughters of the American Revolution | David Lynch Foundation | Fleet Week NY Music Festival | Fountain House | GenEquality | GMHC | Girl Scouts | Ground Zero Volunteers Flag | HillVets | Intersections International | Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum | Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America | Long Island Center for Recovery | Merging Vets and Players | Military Resilience Foundation | Minority Veterans of America | National Association of Social Workers, NYC Chapter | National Nurses United | NBCUniversal Veterans Network | New Politics Leadership Academy | New York Army National Guard Family Readiness | New York Jazzharmonic | New York Legal Aid Group | New York Presbyterian Military Family Wellness Center | New York Public Library | New York State Division of Human Rights | New York State Division of Veterans’ Services | New York State Health Foundation | North Star Fund | NYC Campaign Finance Board | NYC Charter Revision Commission | NYC Department of Finance | NYC Commission on Human Rights | NYC Department of Homeless Services | NYC Department of Veterans’ Services | NY Serves | NYU Tandon School of Engineering Veterans Future Lab | Old Stone House | Patriot Brass Ensemble | Riders Alliance | RIP Medical Debt | SAGEVets | Service Women’s Action Network | Speak Up, Rise Up Storytelling Festival | Team Red, White, and Blue NYC | Team Rubicon Region 2 | The Mission Continues | The Stephen A. Cohen Military Family Center at NYU Langone | ThriveNYC | Transgender American Veterans Association | Travis Manion Foundation | UJA-Federation of New York | United Staten Island Veterans Organization | United War Veterans Council | US Veteran Care | Veterans Advocacy Project | Veterans Campaign | Veterans Mental Health Coalition | VEThack | Veterans of Foreign Wars Bay Ridge Post 7173 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Red Hook Memorial Post 5195 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Rocco Moretto Post 2348 | VetsEDU | Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 72 | Voices From War | Vote Run Lead | With Honor Action | WLIW21
Veteran-Owned Businesses
Backward Flag Brewing Co. | Betty Bakery | Black 6 Coffee Company | Combat Ready Tactical Body Tape | CrossFit East River | Pathfinder.vet
Corporations & Local Businesses
Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn | Dinosaur Bar-B-Que | Five Points Festival | Fred’s Restaurant | Gehring & Satriale | JUUL Labs | NASCAR | Neurobehavioral Research, Inc. | New Leaf Café | New York Mets | New York Red Bulls | Park Plaza Restaurant | Peter McManus Café | Plaza Auto Mall | Revv Fundraising Platform | Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club | Sundance Film Festival | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | T-Mobile | Van Brunt Stillhouse | Waterwell | WWE RAW
Special Guests – Thank you to the numerous guest speakers and facilitators who donated their time to make so many events special for our community:
John Oliver | Charlie Rangel | Patrick Murphy | Pete Hegseth | Corey Johnson | Joe Borelli | Eric Ulrich | Dan Donovan | Tish James | Jumaane Williams | Brian Benjamin | Al Taylor | Stephen Levin | Shawn Skelly | Sue Fulton | Herbert Sweat | Phoebe Gavin | Arian Moayed | Amber Greene | Matt Zeller | Whitney Kassel | Corey Ortega
In Memoriam
Lee Covino, US Army, Vietnam veteran, proud Staten Islander, and lifelong advocate – Lee was a founding member of NYC Veterans Alliance, contributed to our policy agenda, served as a panelist at our very first event in 2015 at the New York Public Library, and was a consistent advocate with us. He passed away in 2024 at the age of 72. RIP Lee.
Angela Coyle, 9/11 health advocate, child advocate, and proud citizen of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn – Angela became a NYC Veterans Alliance supporter through her work on the NYC Veterans Day Parade and post-parade reception. She did simply invaluable work for the Alliance and led organization of the 2019 Battle of Brooklyn Ruck March, coordinating with VFW and American Legion posts across Brooklyn, as well as working with local businesses and restaurants to make a great day for around 50 veterans. Her laughter was infectious and her love for veterans and first responders was always felt. She passed away in 2022. Thank you for everything you did for us and with us, Angela. RIP.
Our Members, Supporters & Behind-the-Scenes Angels – Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who took part in our success over the years. Your contributions have created a legacy that lives on not only in what we accomplished, but in what will be accomplished by our successors. Thank you for believing in NYC Veterans Alliance. We did something great together.
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