New York Helps Haiti: What You Can Do

Last week there were just over 100,000 Haitians in New York. Now there are just over 8 million.

New Yorkers have bonded together and stepped up in this great time of need and are giving whatever they can, however they can.

UPDATE 5:16 pm:

Crain's reports that charities are receiving donations at a record pace, although organizers caution that "this is going to be a marathon," not a sprint.

In Brooklyn, two local radio stations have been broadcasting Haiti-related news non-stop.

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UPDATE 4:15 pm:

Magician David Blaine has begun a 72-hour non-stop street magic performance in Times Square to raise funds for Haitian earthquake victims.

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UPDATE 3:52 pm: Mayor Bloomberg has announced that city workers will soon be able to donate money directly from their paychecks.

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The NYPD is readying a deployment of K-9 units to help with the search and rescue effort. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have proposed a bill to offer tax breaks for charitable donations related to Haiti. Pras, the musician and former Fugees bandmate of Wyclef Jean, is volunteering at the Haitian Consulate in Manhattan.

And for the average New Yorker, Mayor Bloomberg has ordered that the city relay money from the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City to relief efforts. All one needs to do to donate is call 311.

Mayor Bloomberg went on television yesterday to further discuss what New Yorkers can do to help:

Video of Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Paterson leading a press conference of city officials discussing the disaster in Haiti. Mayor Bloomberg told New York's Haitian community "Nous à vous," or "We are with you."

For those trying to find information about US citizens in Haiti, please call the American Citizens Service at [phone].

This page will continue to be updated with more information about relief efforts as more news becomes available.

Comments

[long live israel]

10:01 AM on 01/19/2010

Haitians multiply like cockroaches. Send them to France or Quebec.

[BebeLush]

10:43 AM on 01/19/2010

Send them to Israel instead.

[BebeLush]

10:45 AM on 01/19/2010

In fact, why don't we cut off our support to Israel completely. Can't they take care of themselves?

[UnknownSolider]

08:19 AM on 01/17/2010

I don't know where they get that there are 100,000 Haitians in the New York City, but I can tell you that number is wrong, I'd put the number at closer to 700k or 800k

[holyghostie]

09:40 PM on 01/15/2010

Is there really only one tractor in all of Haiti? Can't they borrow some construction equipment from a company in the Dominican Republic? Its crazy that there isn't heavy equipment moving stones off of people 3 days into this tragedy.

[ssfahrer]

12:31 AM on 01/16/2010

Could the rest have gotten crushed under the debris???? Like thousands of PEOPLE did???? Maybe????

[holyghostie]

10:41 AM on 01/16/2010

The Dominican Republic did not suffer serious damage. At least according to my friends there.

[voltage356]

06:41 PM on 01/15/2010

Make sure that money doesn't disappear David!

[superjules]

04:09 PM on 01/15/2010

Before you donate to Wyclef Jean's "charity", read this: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0114102wyclef1.html
You will be shocked.

[dct1999]

05:39 PM on 01/15/2010

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Give your boring bullsheet a rest.

[superjules]

06:40 PM on 01/15/2010

Not a chance and also, not as you say bullsheet. It's not as if I have some personal vendetta against the guy, I found it on Gawker and they got it from The Smoking Gun. Did you read it?

[PhiladelphiaRed]

01:06 PM on 01/15/2010

Statehood for Haiti!