New York City AFR is actively involved in Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts including linking institutions that are suffering to volunteer conservators, collections professionals, and salvage contractors.

Members of the New York City AFR attended the National Disaster Recovery Framework Forum on March 15, 2012 and provided members with a summary from the event. In addition, the network provided members with useful information that came out of the New York Office of Emergency Management conference Emergency Preparedness Strategies for Organizations in New York City.

In February 2012, members of the Steering Committee gave a presentation to the NYC Office of Emergency Management entitled “Emergencies at Cultural Institutions with Collections.”

On November 29, 2011, New York AFR hosted the event “Have You Planned for and Considered the Cost of Implementing Your Emergency Plan?” The program focused on planning not just for logistical response and recovery but also for the financial side of emergency preparedness.

New York City cultural institutions are invited by the New York City Office of Emergency Management to be Partners in Preparedness. Click here to learn more.

Click here to find useful materials from New York City's 2004 Kick-off Forum.

• For the latest on AFR networks view the latest News Brief for Summer 2012.
• Heritage Preservation is pleased to announce that three new Alliance for Response AFR) forums will be held over the next two years, thanks to generous support by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Forums are proposed for Miami, Minneapolis–St. Paul, and Chicago. If you’re in one of these cities and would like to get involved, contact us.  
• AFR networks have been keeping busy this winter. To find a summary of their activity please read our latest quarterly news brief.
• Throughout the country, members of Alliance for Response have been representing cultural institutions at stakeholder events for the National Disaster Recovery Framework. Visit FEMA’s Web site to attend the next stakeholder event.
• The final 2011 Alliance for Response Kick-off Forum was held in Salt Lake City, Utah with more than 80 cultural managers and emergency managers. Click here for more information about this forum.  
• The Galveston-Houston Area Alliance for Response Forum was held on July 29, 2011 at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Click here for more information about this exciting summer Forum.
• The second Alliance for Response National Leadership Institute was held on July 20, 2011 in Denver, CO. Click here for a meeting summary.