
We are ALL Capable of Anything.
CapNY is committed to diversity. We’re home to:
- The oldest continuously-operating LGBTQ center in the country.
- Underground Railroad Education Center
- UpState Black Chamber of Commerce
- Capital Region Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

CapNY Guide to 250+ Black-Owned Businesses
Support black-owned business by shopping, hiring, and supporting our region’s small companies , solopreneurs, not-for-profits and start-ups.
Cory Nelson, Serial Entrepreneur, Owner and Founder of The Cloud Food Hall
Our Rock Stars

Jinah Kim of Sunhee’s Farm and Kitchen

Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm has made food equity her passion

Jahkeen Hoke has housing plans for South Albany

CapNY Diversity in Numbers
23%
BIPOC (other than non-Hispanic white)
2,000+
minority-owned businesses
21st
best city for gay couples (Albany, 2021)
5th
top city for women in the roaring 2020s