Philip Coltoff is a national leader and innovator in the fields of social service and youth development. He is the author of 5 books.
Phillip Coltoff is a national leader and innovator in the field of social service and youth development. He was the CEO of the Children’s Aid Society, one of the largest and oldest social agencies in the United States, from 1981 to 2005. Since 2006 he has been the Katherine W. and Howard Aibel Visiting Professor and Executive-in-Residence at New York University Silver School of Social Work, where
01/12/2015
Thrilled to be featured in "Bookshelf", in the Metropolitan Section, of The New York Times. Thank you Sam Roberts for your support of my book, The Block ~
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Books About ‘Sodom by the Sea’ and the Bronx “A Coney Island Reader” includes writing by Stephen Crane and Isaac Bashevis Singer; and four books discuss different aspects of the Bronx.
01/06/2015
Thank you to New York University and New York University, Silver School of Social Work for the great article ~
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To Purchase my book, The Block, please go to Amazon.com
How the Bronx Nurtured the Man Who'd Nurture the City Phil Coltoff grew up in the kind of post-World War II neighborhood where mothers leaning out of second story windows threw down sandwiches—meatloaf or schmaltz, depending on the family—to boys playing extra innings of stickball in the street as long summer afternoons stretched on toward dusk.
01/06/2015
Wishing everyone a Healthy and Happy New Year!
To all my fellow Academic colleagues - Welcome back to your 1st week at school.
May your 2015 be filled with success.
12/30/2014
THE BLOCK is ready to purchase on Amazon.com!
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The Block: One Block in the South Bronx; 1940's - 1980's It is said that one can never go home again. We've all heard that saying and of course it has a broader application. The meaning as most people would see it is that one can't return to some earlier place, stage, relationship, once they have left it and moved on. But in "The Block", a book which P...