New York Initiative

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New York Initiative (NYI)
Seal of the New York Initiative
Team Statistics
Group	New York Initiative (NYI)
Category	Public Service
Headquarters	[[Location::NYC, NY, USA]] 39° 12' 50.01" N, 79° 38' 13.60" W
Status	Active
Team Activity
Leader	Spectre
Members	---Former Members--- Battlestar, Blind-Side, Dark Guardian, Dead End, Doc Advencha, Jack Zero (co-founder), Lock, Lucid, Samaritan Prime, Shade, Short Cut, Snipe, Spyder, The Thre3, TSAF, Zimmer (co-founder)
Allies	The Initiative Collective
Foes	Apathy
Actions	Fundraising, homeless outreach, safety patrol

The New York Initiative (NYI) is a group of Real Life Superheroes in New York City. They are the founding branch of The Initiative Collective.

History

Founded in 2009, the NYI was featured in the Documentary "Superheroes" by Michael Barnett, which premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Co-founding member Zimmer left the NYI on March 4, 2012 to establish his own company, Zimtelligence.

In April of 2012, founding member Lucid went on to co-found the California Initiative: Los Angeles with Deimos. NYI member Short Cut also joined the group for a time thereafter.

Co-founder Jack Zero moved on from the NYI in 2013 to found T.R.I.B.E., a group with similar goals to the original NYI, but with absolutely no superhero-style imagery.

In April of 2016, former member Dark Guardian left to start his own team, the New York Ronin.

Gallery

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  NYI, 2013:
  Athame, Dark Guardian, Jack Zero, Spyder, Spectre

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  Bleeding Cool screenshot (L-R): Spectre, Athame, Jack Zero, Dark Guardian

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  The NYI, circa 2011

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  NYI, 2011:
  Dead End, Shade, TSAF, Jack Zero, Short Cut, Snipe, The Thre3.

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  Clockwise from top:
  TSAF, Short Cut, Dead End, The Thre3, Snipe, Shade, Jack Zero

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  NYI Founders:
  Zimmer, Lucid, TSAF, Zero

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  Current NYI seal

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  Newer NYI seal

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  The first NYI seal

External Links

The NYI Facebook

The NYI Twitter

DNA Info: "Real-Life Superheroes Patrol New York to Fight Anti-Gay Crime"

The Daily Beast: "Real Life Superheroes: Fighting Crime with the New York Initiative"

NY Daily News: "Real-life ‘superhero’ group works to keep New York’s streets and subways safe"

Bleeding Cool: "The New York Initiative – Real Life Superheroes Hit The Headlines"