Update from the RRA

A temporary pause

Hi friends –

As we announced on Monday, we’ve completed several of the key tasks involved in establishing the foundational infrastructure required to support the RRA’s mission, enabling us to turn toward the more exciting work of delivering on that mission.

Unfortunately, shortly after Monday’s announcement, Daniel expressed his desire to step back from his role as an RRA founder. Happily, Daniel has not wavered in his enthusiasm for Roosevelt and Riis, his commitment to citizenship, or his pursuit of growth, efficiency, and order in New York. But the growth of Daniel’s company, Maximum New York, will limit his ability to contribute to the RRA in the future.

We’re excited that the growth of Maximum New York has enabled so many New Yorkers to learn about our city. In meaningful ways, its continued expansion will help deliver on the mission of the RRA. And as the scope of its offering expands, it will encompass much of what we’d envisioned the RRA doing.

Given Daniel’s central role in conceiving the RRA, this development has prompted us to pause and consider how the RRA can most effectively pursue its mission. Theodore Roosevelt and Jacob Riis are superb exemplars of the style of friendship and citizenship that New York needs. We’re delighted that their story has resonated with many of you like it does for us. We are committed to honoring their example by working to support New Yorkers in practicing active citizenship effectively and joyfully.

We’d like to have been able to make this announcement with more clarity around the RRA’s future. But given the significant ask we’ve made of our founding members, we didn’t want to wait. We turned off the links to donate shortly after posting Monday’s update. We will be refunding the donations that had already been made. (Some of you were fast, thank you for that!)

Thank you for your interest, enthusiasm, and support. We will share more information on the path ahead in due course. If you would like to be part of the discussion of what comes next, we’d be delighted – please reach out.