Chantal Polinsky Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

• Foster partnerships with policymakers, community organizations, and advocacy groups, serving as a key point of contact for coalition efforts and joint policy briefings.
• Conduct research and write policy materials around NYC budget advocacy, DOCCS prison programming, and DOC staffing, supporting advocacy goals through data analysis and written reports.
• Lead Prisons to Jobs research project and support other team projects simultaneously, developing systems to ensure timely progress and cross-departmental collaboration.
• Utilize data analysis skills to contribute insights for budget advocacy and programmatic projects, translating findings into actionable materials.

New York, United States

• Managed operations and budget oversight for the GJNY team, ensuring project timelines, spending, and resource allocation align with goals and deliverables.
• Led the planning and execution of four public safety town halls throughout NY state, coordinating logistics, venue arrangements, and outreach with elected officials, resulting in impactful community engagement aligned.
• Managed internal communications and tracked media mentions, partnering with communications and development teams to ensure comprehensive reporting on team activities for internal metrics and funder insights.
• Organized and facilitated team retreats, workshops, and racial equity (REI) training, fostering an inclusive work environment and advancing team goals around equity and internal growth.
• Completed technical training in R to support quantitative research efforts, contributing data analysis skills to team projects.
• Conducted comprehensive literature reviews and policy research for op-eds, policy briefs, and reports on DOC staffing, NYC budget, prison programming, and more.

New York, New York, United States

Working to improve NYC policy by analyzing data, studying government policies, gathering information from City residents, performing and summarizing research, and drafting materials.

• Recruited potential members and developed relationships with directly impacted activists by canvassing and inviting members to meetings to support advocacy and involvement in the community
• Built a database of potential partner organizations in targeted city districts to grow community engagement with councilmembers
• Developed a comprehensive progress report on the City’s initiatives to close Rikers Island and build borough-based jails focused on decarceration, divestment, and reinvestment by researching the status of city programs.
• Collaborated with partner organizations in Jails Action Coalition by contacting councilmembers and gathering people for actions for the campaign to end solitary confinement in NYC

• Collected and analyzed data for policy research utilizing online tools to best vet information supporting the argument for increasing CityFHEPs housing vouchers
• Summarized city and state budget information for fiscal impact statements to allow supervisors to comprehend complex research efficiently
• Researched opposition arguments for city council bill and information for the homeless advocacy team to campaign for Intro 146 to increase CityFHEPs vouchers
• Created and input data using Excel with data regarding NYC housing lottery system that was used for official UJC research reports as a public resource for both the internal team and public
• Investigated city officials for a power analysis to evaluate which officials would support for Intro 146
• Conducted community outreach via phone to help with 2020 Census outreach in an under-represented neighborhood in the Bronx

• Analyzed Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn engagement data for Breaking Ground media accounts to best understand social media accounts strengths and weaknesses
• Compiled and presented research on opioid and drug use among homeless single adults and the imperative need to provide supportive housing

• Mentor pre-teen boys at risk by providing support and a planning summer activities while showcasing a positive and healthy relationship model
• Supervised a summer volunteer program that brought college students to the Emergency Crisis Center to volunteer with children who were removed from their home due to extremely traumatic circumstances
• Planned schedule, activities, and trips for both the volunteers and the children to ensure it was fun and engaging

• Coordinated a summer program for the Open Door Family Resource Center that engaged parents and children via activities to grow family bond for those that struggle with tenuous relationships
• Scheduled trips and enrichment exercises at parks throughout Manhattan to entertain children while providing parents an opportunity to relax and socialize with fellow parents
• Managed clerical tasks, filing, data input, and online communication by answering inquiries to ensure parents were well informed about the Open Door center’s activities