One of the tenants of City Year culture is that we must look back seven generations to see the path that has brought us to where we are and in turn we must look seven generations ahead of ourselves and guide our actions accordingly, for one day someone will be looking back on their own path and will see our decisions. City Year has been in New York since 2003. Along the way we've gone from a Corps of 50 to 234 commited individuals, dedicated to the idealism and positive social achievement.