City Club of New York
| Abbreviation | CCNY |
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| Motto | Advocating for All New Yorkers |
| Formation | March 1892 |
| Founder | Edmond Kelly |
| Type | Non-Profit |
| Purpose | Civic advocacy, Good government |
| Headquarters | 45 West 67th Street, New York, NY 10023 |
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Region served
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New York metropolitan area (United States) |
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President
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Michael S. Gruen |
| Website | CityClubNY.org |
The City Club of New York is a New York City-based independent, not-for-profit organization devoted to civic advocacy. A "good government" group, over its history the club has tackled such adversaries as Tammany Hall and Robert Moses.
In 1950, The New York Times called the City Club of New York "a social club with a civic purpose" whose members "fought for adequate water supply, the extension of rapid transit lines, lower costs of foreclosure in private homes, and the merit system in civil service, [as well as] ... traffic relief, the prevention of juvenile delinquency." The City Club claimed that it inspired the creation of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and also fought for minimum wage laws, city parks, and playground programs.
For 30 years the City Club of New York administered the Albert S. Bard Award for Distinguished Architecture and Urban Design, which not only conferred honors on top city buildings but also used the occasion to comment on the state of municipal architecture in general.
The City Club was founded as a gentlemen's club in March 1892 by a group of 23 men, including such prominent names as August Belmont, Jr., James C. Carter, John Jay Chapman, R. Fulton Cutting, W. Bayard Cutting, Charles DeKay, George C. Magoun, George Haven Putnam, and John Woodruff Simpson. Spurred by international law expert Edmond Kelly (1851–1909), their mission was to:
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