Activities & Events

Our New York chapter offers an array of activities, including webinars, live talks and tours, promoting signage on New Deal sites, and promoting ideas for New Deal-type public policies today.

• LND NYC Chapter Webinar: Preparing for War - How the New Deal Helped America Join the Fight Against Fascism and Win World War II

  • January 19, 2022

  The USS Yorktown, an aircraft carrier commissioned by the US Navy, was built with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds during the 1930s. The vessel served during World War II and was lost in the Battle of Midway in 1942. Preparing for War: How the New Deal Helped America Join the ...
• Arthur Rothstein's New Deal-Era Photography Continues to Grace the Walls of Roosevelt House

  • November 8, 2021

  There’s still time to visit the New Deal photo exhibition, The Great Depression: A Photographic Document. Vernon Evans, migrant from South Dakota,near Missoula, Montana. 1936. photo by Arthur Rothstein In 1976, social documentary photographer Arthur Rothstein created a book proposal titled The Great Depression: A Photographic Document. The outline featured an introduction—President ...
• New Deal Artworks Showcased in Upstate NY

  • June 1, 2021

  The New Deal Art programs were a lifeline to struggling artists, of which New York had more than its share. Of the more than 10,000 artists commissioned nationwide by the WPA's Federal Art Project (FAP) some 2,300 artists were in New York City.  A little-seen collection of paintings by WPA artists is on display in ...
• Welcome to our Webinar Series: "The Next New Deal"

  • March 12, 2021

  "The New Deal and Far-Right Extremism: Saving the Republic"Featuring: Kevin Baker, author and historianWednesday, March 24, 7:00pm EDT7:00pm Eastern/4:00pm PacificRSVP  A link to the webinar will be provided upon registering. German American Bund rally, Madison Square Garden, New York, 1939Credit: Wikimedia Commons Please join us for a Living New Deal NYC Zoom ...
• Living New Deal Mentioned in Bowery Boys Podcast, "Robert Moses and the Art of the New Deal”

  • August 24, 2020

  Greg Young and Tom Meyers have been telling fascinating stories about New York City in their Bowery Boys Podcast since 2007. In their most recent segment, "Robert Moses and the Art of the New Deal,” they look at the role of New Deal funding in building the city’s infrastructure. They also ...
• Living New Deal NYC: WPA Pools, Still in Widespread Use in the City, Display New Badges of Honor

  • August 21, 2020

  For immediate release                                             Contact: Peggy Crane, [email protected] WPA Pools, Still in Widespread Use in the City, Display New Badges of Honor Living New Deal partners with NYC Parks to affix New Deal medallions at WPA pools for one-year ...
• Table of New Deal Projects in New York City

  • August 14, 2020

  By Frank da Cruz, Kermit Project 1939 World's Fair - WPA Pavilion This is an attempt to list all the tangible New Deal contributions to New York City:  bridges, highways, tunnels, airports, schools, public buidings, housing, parks, playgrounds, pools, beaches, marinas, piers, art, and other creations that can be seen and touched ...
• Mayor De Blasio Invokes the New Deal for Lessons on How to Tackle the COVID-19 Crisis

  • March 17, 2020

  In a March 16 media appearance, New York City Mayor Mayor Bill De Blasio discussed school closures across New York City, part of what he calls a wartime approach to combat COVID-19. This crisis might put millions out of work and will require extraordinary interventions. De Blasio pointed out that we already know how to ...
• Professor Teresa Ghilarducci Joins the Living New Deal New York City Branch’s Advisory Council

  • February 15, 2020

  We are thrilled to welcome Teresa Ghilarducci to the Living New Deal NYC branch’s Advisory Council. A labor economist and nationally-recognized expert in retirement security, Ghilarducci is the Bernard L. and Irene Schwartz Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research. She is an ardent supporter of a Green ...
• Living New Deal Mentioned in Essay by Marta Gutman

  • January 3, 2020

  In an essay about the New Deal’s accomplishments, Marta Gutman, Professor of Architecture at CUNY and Living New Deal Associate, mentions the work of the Living New Deal Project. Click here to read Professor Gutman’s essay, titled “A Better United States.” ...