NYC Youth AGENDA
The NYC Youth Agenda is a youth think tank and policy innovation hub rooted in research, imagination, and intergenerational collaboration. NYC can model what it looks like when young people are not just consulted but truly trusted to shape the systems that define their lives.
YA Policy Party, April 2024MISSION
The NYC Youth Agenda is a youth led, intergenerational think tank— a dynamic brain trust that channels young people’s insights, data, and lived experience into the heart of New York City’s decision-making processes. Through an ongoing four-year cycle of intergenerational policymaking, the NYC Youth Agenda generates bold, evidence-based recommendations that reflect the priorities and aspirations of young New Yorkers. Each year, our youth led policy recommendations help shape the city’s policies, programs, and budgets to advance the wellbeing of all NYC youth.
how we work
Gather input from diverse groups of young people
Develop a citywide Youth Agenda and “young people’s budget”
Monitor the implementation of youth-related policy commitments
areas of advocacy
Mental Health
Economic Mobility
Housing Security
Educational Equity
Environmental Justice
Food Security (Past)
Civics (Past)
youth AGENDA in action
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Check out our 2025 NYC Accountable to Youth Agenda Report
Contact us.
nycyouthagenda@gmail.com
199 west 31st Street
New York, NY