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Program Structure

Leadership New YorkLeadership New York is a part-time program that begins in September and concludes in May. With the five boroughs as their classroom, Leadership New York participants test their interpretations of events and actions against opposing views.

Site visits across the City include:

  • schools
  • corporate headquarters
  • hospitals
  • grassroots organizations
  • prisons
  • youth centers
  • city agencies
  • bond-rating agencies

    • Panel discussions and small group interviews with corporate executives, elected officials, and community activists reveal how influential New Yorkers make decisions, generate support, and collaborate to tackle the City’s challenges.

    Program components include:

    Opening Retreat - intensive immersion into the concepts that the participants will use and encounter throughout the program year

    Issue Days - full-day Wednesday sessions that meet once a month to explore multiple perspectives on NYC’s most pressing urban policy issues. Through site visits, small group interviews, panel discussions, and other activities across the five boroughs, participants investigate the dynamics of shaping policy. Leadership New York participants examine public policy issues such as:

    • criminal justice
    • healthcare
    • human services
    • public-private partnerships
    • economic development
    • municipal finance
    • investment in infrastructure
    • globalization
    • the arts
    • public education

             Examples of previous Issue Days (pdfs):

    Finances of NYC | Economic Development & Housing | Arts & Culture
    International City & Media | Infrastructure & Environment | Public Health & Social Services

    Saturday Sessions - full-day workshops that focus on leadership development, communication skills, and an examination of power and privilege

    Affiliation Evenings - informal get-togethers for participants to share ideas and expertise

    Planning Meetings - sessions organized by small teams of participants who, with input from Coro staff, develop and plan each Issue Day

    Time Commitment

    Participation in Leadership New York requires a significant commitment of time, resources, and energy. For nine months, participants attend an Opening Retreat, ten Issue Days, occasional Saturday and Evening Sessions, and Planning Meetings with a small team of fellow participants. Attendance is expected at all sessions and is required at the retreat and program introduction session. Participants will be asked to withdraw from the program if they miss more than three sessions.

    See the Leadership New York XX (2008-2009) calendar of dates (pdf) »

    Tuition

    The tuition for the program is $4,750. Participants are encouraged to seek their employer's support to cover the cost of the program.


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