Community Advisory and Services Team

In the last quarter of 2020, the Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes created the Community Advisory and Services Team (CAST) — a partnership with New York City community-based organizations that supports and elevates their important grassroots work to serve the communities that are the most vulnerable to bias-motivated incidents and hate crimes so that our city is better positioned to improve services to respond to the needs of our diverse communities and ensure a safer, welcoming New York City for all. 

As of September 2021, CAST members include:

• 67th Precinct Clergy Council
• Ali Forney Center
• American Jewish Committee
• Anti-Defamation League
• Arab American Association of New York
• Asian American Federation
• Asian Americans for Equality
• Center for Anti-Violence Education
• Chhaya Community Development Corporation
• Chinese-American Family Alliance for Mental Health
• Chinese-American Planning Council
• Council on American Islamic Relations
• Disability Rights New York
• Girls for Gender Equity
• Hispanic Federation
• Jewish Children's Museum
• Jewish Community Relations Council
• Jews For Racial and Economic Justice
• LGBT Network (Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth, Inc.)
• Majlis Ash-Shura (Islamic Leadership Council) of New York
• Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty, Inc.
• Muslim Community Network
• National Federation of Filipino American Association, NY Chapter
• New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, Inc.
• New York Immigration Coalition
• OCA New York, Asian Pacific American Advocates
• Project Witness
• Safe Horizon
• Sikh Coalition
• Sylvia Rivera Law Project 
• The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
• Translatinx Network 
• United Jewish Organization of Williamsburg