YAAMNY's mission is to promote a sense of community for all Yale alumni in the New York metropolitan area as well as to nurture among alumni and their communities the culture and values that brought us together at Yale.

The core operations of YAAMNY shall be to:

• Facilitate and create opportunities for alumni to gather, exchange ideas and launch programs for life-long learning;
• Maintain the online center for communication and promotions open to all alumni communities in New York and their diverse enterprises and creative endeavors;
• Deploy Internet tools to facilitate collaboration among YAAMNY leaders and other Yale volunteers in New York;
• Support and develop opportunities and programs for our membership to serve our communities and the public interest;
• Partner with AYA on programmatic, operational and communications initiatives in our continued pursuit of Yale's mission in the world.