The City Council Committee on Youth Services held a preliminary budget hearing to discuss the fiscal plans for Fiscal Year 2023. As a youth service provider, Dr. Williams spoke on behalf of OBT to discuss how the pandemic affected our participants and to advocate for various investments to support [...]
Along with our hardworking staff, over 1,000 people showed up to the #JUSTPAY Rally outside of City Hall demanding just pay for human service workers on March 10th, 2022. The campaign represents a strong coalition of human services workers, organizations, elected officials, and community members who are fighting to [...]
Hear from Our President and CEO, Dr. Darlene Williams. As she speaks in front of the Queens Borough Board Budget Hearing, where Dr. Williams argued for continued investment in our work in the borough
OBT participated in the New York Association of Training & Employment Professionals' (NYATEP) Advocacy Day, to demonstrate the overwhelming support from across New York State from the business community and workforce sector for S6589 (Persaud)/A7534 (Rosenthal) which would establish a six-month, 100% income disregard for New Yorkers receiving cash [...]
Source: Article - "The 2022 50 Over 50" By City & State "Some years ago, Betsy Gotbaum suggested to City & State Publisher Tom Allon that we were missing something by only highlighting younger New Yorkers with our 40 Under 40 lists. The former New York City public advocate and [...]
Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow (OBT) reopens classrooms, welcomes new leadership, and announces GivingTuesday event to help communities recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic BROOKLYN, New York – October 19, 2021 – Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow (OBT), a New York City-based non-profit organization that has been serving youth, [...]
OPPORTUNITIES FOR A BETTER TOMORROW (OBT) SELECTS NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, DR. DARLENE WILLIAMS New York, NY – (August 17, 2021) After an intensive search, OBT’s Board of Directors names Darlene Williams, PhD, as Chief Executive Officer, effective September 7, 2021. For nearly 40 years, Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow [...]
Testimony of Dr. Liliana Polo-Mckenna, Chief Executive Officer Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow (OBT) Good morning. My name is Liliana Polo-Mckenna and I am the Chief Executive Officer at Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow (OBT). Thank you to the members of the Council for the opportunity to speak today. [...]
Since coronavirus lockdown measures went into effect in March, the number of jobless residents in New York has surged: so far, the state has processed more than 2 million unemployment benefit applications, while the unemployment rate in the city alone jumped from 4.1 to 14.2 percent from March to April, [...]
