Know Your Power: Building Tenant Leaders Across Brooklyn
In neighborhoods where landlords don’t call back and repairs go unanswered, knowledge is power — and IMPACCT Brooklyn’s Community Organizing team makes sure residents have plenty of it. When residents are ready to organize, IMPACCT Brooklyn helps them establish Tenant Association leadership, develop governance structures, and create the collective voice that landlords and city agencies […]
Investing in Brooklyn’s Small Business Owners
Running a small business is personal — it’s long hours, big dreams, and the weight of making it work. This spring, IMPACCT Brooklyn connected small business owners in Councilmember Crystal Hudson’s district, with free technical assistance providing expert, one-on-one guidance in marketing, financial organization, and business operations — at no cost to participants. Made possible […]
Building Wealth, Building Sustainability: Homeowner Services This Quarter
For many Brooklyn families, homeownership and a cleaner home are not distant dreams — they are goals within reach, with the right support. This quarter, IMPACCT Brooklyn’s Homeowner Services team helped make both a reality. Through the EnergyFit program, 15 Brooklyn homes were retrofitted with clean energy upgrades — replacing 34 gas stoves with electric […]
Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Social Services Come to Bayview
This winter, IMPACCT Brooklyn’s Social Services team showed up — literally — walking the halls of all 20+ buildings at Bayview Houses in Carnsie, knocking on doors, posting flyers, and meeting residents where they are. Launched in January 2026 in partnership with the Bayview Resident Association, the program is connecting families and seniors to food […]
Rooted and Rising: IMPACCT Brooklyn to Develop Affordable and Supportive Housing at 913 Kent Avenue
Some sites carry history in their soil. For the community surrounding Myrtle Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a city-owned lot at 913 Kent Avenue has been the subject of more than two decades of organizing, advocacy, and quiet hope. This December, that hope took a significant step forward. IMPACCT Brooklyn has been designated by the NYC Department […]
Statement from IMPACCT Brooklyn in Response to Mayor Mamdani’s “Block by Block” Housing Plan
BROOKLYN, NY — Yesterday, Mayor Mamdani released New York City’s “Block by Block” housing plan to address the ongoing housing crisis, and build and preserve 400,000 new affordable homes over the next decade. Jamal Clayton Robinson, Executive Director of IMPACCT Brooklyn issued the following statement in response: “IMPACCT Brooklyn was proud to stand with Mayor Mamdani as […]