The New York Blood Center (NYBC) is a nonprofit community, regional blood center that provides blood and transfusion-related medical services to patients in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. NYBC also conducts research in hematology, blood banking, transfusion medicine, and cellular therapies. The center was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in New York City. NYBC operates 13 blood donation centers and has partnerships with over 40 hospitals in the Northeastern United States. The center collects approximately 2,000 units of blood each day and serves over 200 hospitals in the region.