Bike New York, Inc.
Together We Ride
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Bicycle Education
Bike New York operates the largest free bicycle education program of its kind in the world. Our youth bike education classes are offered at no cost to participants. They are delivered in various ways: weekend classes at our bike education centers, a camp program that serves 1,700 underserved kids in a typical summer, a robust in-school program in partnership with the New York City Department of Education teaching Middle School students to ride a bike. Bike New York’s education centers are in parks across New York City.
Bike Path: A Workforce Development Program
Bike Path is a workforce development program for previously incarcerated individuals. The program trains individuals to become bike mechanics for Motivate, which operates Citi Bike across the five boroughs of New York City. It is an incredible workforce development program leading to union-wage jobs repairing the Citi Bike Fleet. There are 27,000 Citi Bikes and over 1,700 stations in New York City; the number of bikes illustrates the great need and opportunity for trained mechanics. It is an incredible workforce development program leading to union-wage jobs repairing the Citi Bike Fleet.
Each year, we commit to training 65 participants. Our partners at Motivate are committed to interviewing and giving graduates of the program priority for jobs.
Bicycles for Asylum Seekers
Bike New York's Bicycles for Asylum Seekers is a vital program that refurbishes donated bikes for asylum seekers in New York City. It provides newly arrived immigrants in desperate need of transportation with bikes so that they can access support services such as legal, health care, and employment. New immigrants to NYC awaiting green cards can legally serve as independent contractors and work as bike messengers. They can immediately set up a tax ID, earn an income and pay taxes while the 6-12 month typical wait time for formal documentation takes place.
The program, which collected and refurbished 200 bikes (saving nearly 4,000 pounds of NYC landfill), is in its first phase. We are raising critical support to continue and expand the program until this crisis is over. In addition to providing refurbished bicycles, Bike New York teaches Asylum Seekers Bicycle Safety for commuting in their native language. The program is in partnership with the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA
Recycle-A-Bicycle
Recycle-a-bicycle, Building bicycles, and building communities. has rebuilt 440 bikes, giving new life to used bicycles and promoting a circular economy. Refurbished bikes are essential to the organization's work to promote cycling as affordable and sustainable transportation. On average, RAB recycles 1,800 bicycles per year (for parts and refurbished bicycles). The salvaged bicycles save 45,000 pounds from entering NYC's waste Stream and landfill.
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Download strategic planHow we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Bike New York, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 11/19/2023
Leonard Diamond
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.