Honor the past.
Shape the future.
The NYC400 working group is forming now — become part of building our shared legacy today.
CO-CREATE NYC400 WITH USIn 2025, NYC turns 400…
What:
We're convening a creative coalition to imagine and launch cross-sector and community-driven projects that honor NYC.
We aim to develop a place-based framework harnessing the heights of creativity and concentration of resources that NYC has to offer to share our learnings with communities across the globe.
How:
Through story, strategy, and shared purpose, we will ideate and activate a series of events and convenings. Think public and private panels and community experiences that build connections and celebrate our global village on a local stage.
Who:
We're bringing together a diverse group of culture makers, business leaders, artists, planners, and neighbors to honor this chapter in NYC's rich history. You don't need a title. Just heart, vision, and a love for New York.
When:
While September 14, 2025 marks the start of the 400th year, we have the opportunity to celebrate all 365 days of this momentous occasion.
Rooted Locally. Rising Globally.
Abby Lehman is a fourth-generation New Yorker whose reach extends globally. She's worked across continents and causes, but her heartbeat is here.
As a connector, strategic advisor, and advocate for social impact, Abby is gathering the beginnings of the NYC400 Working Group to help ensure this city's anniversary honors the people, places, and stories that built it — and those who care to shape what's next.
Past Experience. Present Moment. Future Focus.
Abby Lehman is a champion of "for-purpose" leadership — the kind that channels capital, creativity, and community into work that serves the greatest and highest good.
Her career isn't defined by titles or transactions, but by a deeper commitment: to build systems, stories, connections and spaces that prioritize purpose over profit, and people over position.
Whether convening global changemakers or revitalizing local neighborhoods, Abby's work is rooted in one core principle: progress and prosperity must be shared to truly persist.
LET'S GO MAKE HISTORY!
Ready to Become Part of The Legacy?
We're gathering stakeholders now.
Whether you represent a cultural institution, agency, community group, business, your block or just yourself — we want to hear from you.