city limits magazine, february 1976 issue

8/3/2019 City Limits Magazine, February 1976 Issue

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LIMITSo.mmunity housing newsof NeighborhoodDevelopers Inc. _ 29 East 22nd Street New York, N.Y. 10010 2126747610 Feb. , '7

....- - --- ._-- _ .PROFILE: A COMMUNITY GROUP:

THE BROOKLYN COMPREHENSIVE HOUSINGDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITORS

Brooklyn Comprehensive Corporat ion , based in Fort Greene andCrown Heights , i s struggling fori t s survival . Brooklyn ' Comprehensive Corporation i s dedicatedto providing decent housing, on anon-profi t baSis , to low and moderate income families through thepreservation and rehabi l i ta t ionof sound older housing and theconstruction of new housing whosedesign and cost are acceptable tocommunity res idents .Bro oklyn Comprehensive Corporat i on 4 was founded in 1973 by FrankGarrett and Angela Miller andgr ew to include s ix other peoplewi th a varie ty of profess ionaland para-professional backgrounds.In addi t ion the Brooklyn Comprehensive Co r poration s t a f f hasbe en supplemented by NeighborhoodYouth Corp and Urban 'Corps s tu-dents recrui ted from the localcommunity. Brooklyn Comprehens ive ' s desi re was to deal with thehous ing problems i r. the communityin a posi t ive and 00mprehensivemanneri In par t icular , they fe l ti t essen t ia l to add a human e le -ment to planning for the s t ruc tur-a l upgrading of housing. This wasan ingredient often missing fromprojects in the past . So in addit ion to working on innovative design Brooklyn Comprehensive Corporat ion places major emphasis ontenant organizing and personalcounseling. Community involve- .ment in a l l aspects of development - from early planning anddesign, through construction and

With th is introductory issue of"City Limits," the Association isresponding to a need, expresseda t our Retreat l a s t September,formore communication within and among people and organizat ions inthe movement to save and improvehousing for low and moderate in -come res idents of New York City.We hope that our members and af-f i l i a te groups as well as othersconcerned with our c i ty ' s housingproblems wil l find th is publicat ion to be useful .To insure tha t i t wil l serve thecommunity housing movement and. tomake future issues be t te r andmore effec t ive , we urge our readers to keep in touch with us.Please le t us know what you thinkof th is i ssue; how should i t beimproved; what do you want to seeincluded in future i ssues ; whatshould be l e f t out?And, of course , we would especially welcome your suggestions forspecif ic .ar t i c le s , reports and thl ike . I f you have a story or anar t i c le you want to write or tohave wri t ten , please l e t us know.We would l ike to include as muchmaterial as possible wri t ten orsubmitted by others than our owns ta f f .


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Prof i le : A Community Group(conttd)eventual management of the new orrehabil i ta ted housing is thecornerstone of Brooklyn Compre-hensive's policy. The founders 'own backgrounds contributed tothe development of th is comprehensive approach to the housingproblem.Frank Garret t , President of Brooklyn Comprehensive, was born inHarlem in 1943,and ra ised . in theFort Greene section of Brooklyn.After completing his studies atthe High School of Industr ia l Artsand Pra t t Ins t i tu te , he began workas an architec tura l designer forrirms such as Harrison and Abramo-vi tz , Lundquist and Stonehi l l .Eventually his desire to do something about the worsening housings i tua t ion in Fort Greene led himto provide volunteer arch i tec tur -a l assistance to a number or localprojects such as the Charles DrewNeighborhood Health Center; andserving as chairman to a number ofcommunity groups including theF o r ~ Greene Tradesmen Council andthe Fort Greene Rehabil i tat ionLeague.Angela Mil ler , Vice-President orBrooklyn Comprehensiye, moved toNew York rrom Indiana eight yearsago. A graduate or Ball StateU n i v e r s ~ t y , majoring in SocialWork, she was employed a t theBrooklyn Y ~ W . C . A . OL a specialyouth counseling pruject rollowedby work a t Park East High Schoolas a family counselor special iz ingin child guidance, and then conducted a study on Post HeroinAlcohol Dependency on a specialproject ror a local communitydrug rehabi l i ta t ion program.Angie also was increasingly dis -turbed by the appalling housingconditions many of her cl ientswere l iv ing in .Both Angie and Frank are enrolledat Cornell Universi ty ' s C o o p e r ~ -t ive Extension Tenant OrientationProgram Specia l is t Training Project .

Frank, Angie and the other foundimembers of Brooklyn Comprehensivehave been disappointed by the re -cent c i ty cutbacks. They hopedthat the city administrat ion,recognizing the worsening conditionor the housing stock, would rundi n f i l l housing and rehabi l i ta t ionprojects at an erfect ive level .Despite these setbacks, they aredetermined to keep working, seeking al ternate services of r inancing and providing services to theoommunity.Despite the complete drought orf inancing, Brooklyn Comprehensivecan point with pride at the i r in volvement with a number or proj ec t s i t has sponsored over thepast three years. In Fort GreeneBrooklyn Comprehensive Corporat ion has been working with theTri Block Association or AshlandPlace, St. F ~ l i x Street and FortGreene Place. The res idents ofthese three s t ree ts /range fromyoung brownstoners to long-timeres idents , many or whom areelderly and l iv ing on small , .fixed incomes. One or these "oldt imers" is a gentle lady by thename of Peace Love, a s e v e n t y ~ s ix year old "driving rorce" inthe block. Recently, because ofher inabi l i ty to pay ror the in creaSing costs of o i l , taxes andrepairs , Mrs. Love's house wasforeclosed by the c i ty . BrooklynComprehensive is helping Mrs.Love and other small home ownersand tenants obtain financing rorrehabil i ta t ion and cooperativeconversion, so that Mrs. Loveand others wil l not have to leavethe i r homes for the uncertainexistence or l i re in a welrarehotel .The Tri Block Association andBrooklyn Comprehensive have worked unceasingly to develop a reasib le plan for the t h r e ~ blocks.Although the ci ty has had nothingbut praise for the plan, the com-munity has received empty promi ses regarding the funding andimplementation.


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A Community Group(cont'd)Comprehensive is also in -olved in Crown Heights, a desigated Neighborhood Preservation

Area located in centra l Brooklyn.nce. again, very l i t t l e has beenaccomplished by the c i ty , whichhas been unable to pr'ovide thenecessary funding - even th9ughcompleted plans and specif icat ionsere produced, thanks to seedmoney provided by the ConsumerFarmers Foundation, based on the6 i ~ y ' s promise to fund. Nonetheless , . Brooklyn Comprehensive iss t i l l attempting to process fourprojects comprising 54 units ofrenovated, cooperative housingand 46 units of low-income renta lhousing. Even though the proJects have been approved by HDA'sPreliminary Loan Review Committee,the tenants are now being toldthat there i s no more money ava i l -able with which to renovate the i rapartments.Fran'k Garret t to ld us, "How canthe ci ty do th i s when families

children are suffering notonly from inhuman conditions, butalso from b i t t e r disappointment?hopes have been ra ised andow shattered. On February lOth,I along with those tenants wil lan explanation from theof Estimate!"

THE STATE LEGISLATUREA HOUSING STRATEGY FOR 1976

by Michael McKeeTenants and tenant organizat ionsare t radi t ional ly mist rus t fu l ofthe l e g i s l a t i v ~ process and havechosen to ignore it ra ther thanrun the r i sk of contamination byget t ing involved in i t . I believth is is a serious mistake. As unsavory as our l egis la t ive systemi 's , i t is as important for peopleto deal with i t as i t is to organize our communities. Organizingand lobbying are actually par t ofthe same pol i t i ca l process . I fyou have a well-organized housinggroup in your community you havethe best medium for influencingthe legis lat ive process; why notuse i t? Conversely, i f you aregoing to t ry to influence a legi s la t ive body you cannot neglectorganizing because grass rootspressure is the only way to holdelected off ic ia ls ~ c c o u n t a b l e . Community people usually hesi tateto get involved in lobbying because they think you need spec!alqual i f icat ions to do i t . The facis that anyone can lobby. You doneed to know how the l egis la t ivebody you plan to lobby funct ions ,but once you've learned the ropesit's largely a matter of (1) knowing what you're ta lking about and(2) st icking with i t . I f whatyou're ta lking about i s somethingyou are dealing with a l l the timein your neighborhood (in our casehousing and tenant r ights) thef i r s t part comes natura l ly . Sticing with it i s harder because thel egis la t ive process is a slow oneand it's easy to become discouragTwo years ago tenant and housingact iv is ts from Albany, New YorkCity and Westchester Countiesfounded the New York State Ten-ants Coalit ion. The main act iv i tof the Coalit ion has been to lobbthe New York State Legislature folaws which improve housing andstrengthen tenant r ights and


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The State Legislature(cont 'd)against laws which are harmful.There were two overriding considerations behind the formation ofthe State Tenants Coali t ion.Firs t : the founders recognizedtha t unity of tenant and housinggroups is essentia l to muster thepol i t ica l support necessary tomove a b i l l through the StateLegislature . From the viewpointof a New York City group, forexample, even i f it were possibleto convince every New York Cityl egis la tor to support our program,we would s t i l l need the votes ofl egis la tors from other par ts ofthe s ta te to have a majority inthe State Senate and the Aseembly.For this reason, issues are formula ted on a statewide basis andlegis lat ion draf ted by the Coalit ion is statewide in application.And as new groups from Utica,Syracuse, Schnectady, Poughkeeps i e , and Binghamton have joinedN.Y.S.T.C. and people from di f fe r -ent par ts of the s ta te have grownused to working with each other ,statewide unity among tenants hasbecome the sol id basis for dealingwith the New York State l egis la-ture .Second: the founders recognizedthe need for a ser ious , sk i l l fu l ,on-going lobby effor t . Mobilizing bus loads of tenants to Albanyonce a year , while important, wasnot enough; ra ther , Coali t ionlobbyists ' (a l l voluf.t ee rs , ofcourse) would have to be in Albanyconstant ly during the l egis la t ivesession. "Lobbying on issues"would not do; tenants must lobbyfor specif ic pieces of l egis la-t ion . Logically these should bebi l l s designed and drafted bythe ' Coali t ion i t s e l f , or in closecooperation between Coali t ionlobbyists and key pro-tenantl egis la tors ; in any case the Co-a l i t ion would have a pivotal sayin what goes irito b i l l s , whichl egis la tors sponsor them, andwhat changes, i f any, can be made

The State Legislature(cont 'd)in them. This intensive approachto lobbying was something complely new which many legis lators havfound di f f icul t to accept; theydon ' t l ike people looking overthe i r shoulders and report ing bacto the i r const i tuents . Because oi t s constant presence and the groing expert ise of i t s lobbyis ts , tCoali t ion has establ ished i t s e l fAlbany as a force which must bedeal t with, and which can accompl ish i t s goals .Three major pieces of l egis la t ionwere enacted ( p a s ~ e d by bothhous'es and then signed by theGovernor) as a resul t of theCoali t ion 's effor ts during the1974 l egis la t ive session: TheLangley Law, named af te r formerSenator Walter Langley of Albanywhich provides for the elect ionof public housing tenants to lochousing author i t ies ; the Preservat ion of Sound Housing Act, whichre s t r i c t s a landlord 's r igh t toevict rent control led tenants fopurposes of demolition and luxuryconstruct ion; and the CooperativCondominium Fair Pract ice Act,which has brought to a halt the uwarranted conversion by landlordsof renta l housing to cooperativesand condominiums, while notaffect ing low-income cooperat ivec o n v ~ r s i o n . All of these bi l l swere drafted by the New York StaTenants Coali t ion.An even more s ignif icant Coali t iodrafted b i l l was enacted during t1975 session: the "warranty ofhabi tabi l i ty law." This law,forthe f i r s t t ime, makes i t a condi t ion of the tenant ' s obligat ionto pay rent that the l ~ n d l o r d mata in the apartment in habitablecondit ion.

' Just as important as enacting goolegis lat ion is the ef for t to defeat bad Ie gis la t ion . ' During the1975 session, the Coali t ion beatback repeated effor ts of localhousing authori t ies to repealor water down the Langley Law,


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The State Legislature(cont 'd)d mobilized enough l egis la torso torpedo Mayor Beame's rent b i l lwould have done away withrent control and placedl l apartments in New York Citythe weak rent s tabi l iza t ionstrong statewide rent controlw wil l be the Coali t ion ' s majorduring the 1976 l egis la t ive .

We are draf t ing a newcont rol b i l l which incorporthe best features of themixture of exist ingplus new ideas, into onesystem.e Coali t ion wil l also be lobbyng for funding of neighborhood .groups, and to s tabi l izeren ts . Plans arebeing made for weekly t r ipso Albany and coordinated grasspressure on l egis la tors inhome di s t r i c t s .

in the New York StateCoali t ion is open toand tenant organizat ions;are $25.00 per year. Groupsr individuals who wish informawho are in teres ted inthe 1976 lobbyget in touch with Kathya t the Association, 674-

McKee is an organizer forhe Brooklyn Tenants Union andof the New York StateCoali t ion. As a memberf the N.Y.S.T.C. lobbying team,e wil l be in Albany every weekthe 1976 l egis la t ive seswhich has already begun ands expected to continue unt i lMay.)

OFF THE TOP OF MY HEADby the Executive Director

Among the many tasks of the Associ a t ion 's Executive Director are afew tha t , because they do not in -volve contact with community housing groups, probably pass unnoticed by the majority of our members.Nevertheless, these are importantto the Association and, we th ink,to the ult imate growth and successof the community housing movement.Three of these areas of act ivi tyare:- Talking to the media. As theAssociation and i t s work are becoming bet ter and more widelyknown, we are frequently calledby newspaper reporters and othermedia types. Hardly a housing i s -sue that becomes "newsworthy"arises without someone wanting toknow what the Associat ion's posit ion is . In the past few weeks,Iwe were asked about such mattersas Manhattan Plaza, the c i ty ' sCommunity Development Plan, J o h ~ Zuccot t i ' s promotion to DeputyMayor, Vic Marrero's appointmentas Chairman of the City PlanningCommission, the Sweat Equity JobTraining Projects , cuts in theci ty budget, and a number of otherFrequently, our views find the i rway into pr in t and sometimes weare quoted and iden t i f ied . Thishas happened recent ly in the Natioa l Housing Reporter (a prest igiousand expensive bi-weekly reportwith a nationwide c i r c u l ~ t i o n ) , thNew York ~ i m e s , the Daily News, anthe Post , as well as more loca ljournals l ike the Vil lager and theChelsea-Clinton News. More thanonce the news s tor ies are followedup by edi tor ia l s which support ourposi t ions . Thus we become a factoin influencing public opinion aswell as in le t t ing countless thousands of our fellow res idents knowthat they are not isolated andalone in the i r s t ruggles for decenhousing and viable communities.


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Off the Top of My Head(cont 'd)Talking to students and othersthe housing movement. Ourci t izens are indeed ourfor a bet ter future . We coni t not only a duty, but ato ta lk to s tudents ,on an individual bas is , or

n groups, and io exchange viewsnd ideas. Hardly a day passesan inquiry or request fromstudent or a teacher . We havewith classes from Pra t tColumbia, Harvard andand have been vis i ted by s tu-and teachers from a l l o v e rhe ci ty and from as fa r away asWilliams College, Yale,nd Coe College, Iowa.also receive invi ta t ions from a

range of organizations tota lks and to par t ic ipa te indiscussions and seminars.we have talked to meetings .by the National Associaof Housing and Redevelopmentthe League of Womenthe National Conference onPreservat ion, theConference on PublicEmployment, the New YorkTenants Coali t ion, theHousing Action Council ,o mention only a few. While mostf these meetings are in New York

we have gone as fa r afieldD.C.; Cambridge,and wnite Plains ,York. Here again, we useopportuni t ies to enl is t in -'and support for our proand policies and to answerhe views of our c r i t i c s and op

A thi rd area tha t occupies ouri s in meetings with c i ty ,and federal government ofI t i s obviously importnt to get across to both electednd appointed officers and membersf the i r s ta ffs what we are doingd what government ought to beto provide be t t e r housingnd neighborhoods for the poorerof the ' ci ty . We havet on many dozens of occassions,individually but sometimes

Off the Top of My Head(cont 'd)in small groups, with ci ty councimembers, s ta te legis la tors , membeof congress, members of the CityPlanning Commission, the Board ofEstimate, and others .The resu l ts of these act iv i tes arenot always apparent, ei ther immedi a te ly or in the short run. Butthey do get word of our existenceand of the community-based housingmovement to an e v e r ~ w i d e n i n g ci rcof the press , young people, academics, ci t izen ac t iv is t s , bureaucrats and pol i t ic ians . Over t imeth i s can only help and strengthenour ef for t s and broaden the baseof support for be t te r housing andcommunities for a l l of the peopleeverywhere.

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>.The Fight Against Demolition;for Community Housing Groups

Housing Movement isto shake up that somnobureaucracy known as HDA. Ourbreak-through is in thedemolition program. Forthe Buildings Departmentd the Office of Community Develhave combined to t ear downof perfect ly sound, re houses and therebythe destruction of our

ci ty proposed an acof th is outrageous proby giving it addit ional f i support from the Community- under whichmil l ion of federal funds areinto the ci ty th is year.r many neighborhood residentsd groups this was the l a s t straw.

opportunity to re s i s t th is mise of scarce community developmentu r c e s was seen when the ci tya so-called "environmentalstatement" (required underlaw) which stated that theprogram (1) was in acwith a proper over-a l lof good community develop

" (2) had no s ignif icant impactthe environment, and (!) waspromptly and vigorouslythe c i ty ' s patently false findthe 'Association, along withIns t i tu te Center for Communityd Environmental Development, theto Save the Lower Eastand other organizations andsubmitted writ ten comtook sharp issue withe c i ty ' s posi t ion and ins is teda ful l -scaie EnvironmentalStudy be undertaken beforey federal oommunity developmentbe used to demolish buildings.

tac t ic by the communities pute ci ty in a di f f i cu l t posi t ion;i t had already spent a l l ofs available capi ta l budget funds,e ei ty could not le t any more confor demolition un t i l i t got

The Fight Against Demolition(cont 'd)the federal monies; but i f it hadto proceed to make a completeEnvironmental Review, many monthswould pass before i t s reportcould be ready; f ina l ly , i f thereport , when i ssued, s t i l l supported a large-scale demolitionpol icy, l a w s u i t ~ could then bebrought which might delay theprogram for addit ional months, i fnot years .So the ci ty found i t s e l f obligedto deal with us. Barry Zelikson,Executive Director of HDA's office of Community Development,called a meeting in early December of the organizations which hadf i led object ions. At th is and subsequent meetings an interim policywas negotiated, designed to restructure and reform the wholedemolit ion and sealing program.The main points of the agreementare:1. The c i ty wi l l combine funding

Ifor demolition and sealing into as ing le , unified program. Thiswil l be the case with both capita l budget as well as communitydevelopment funds.2. A j o in t city-community grouptask force wil l be established tostudy and design cr i te r ia and procedures for ;dentifying buildingsto be ' sealed ra ther than demolished. The task force membershipwil l consis t of representat ivesfrom HDA, Department of Buildings,Corporation Counsel and the Bureauof the Budget, as well as fromcommunity groups from each of themajor neighborhoods in which largenumbers of abandoned, vacant andunsealed buildings are located.3. Pending the development andagreement on a new program, HDAwil l accept recomm.endations fromcommunity groups of buildingswhich ' should not be demolished.4. The object ing part ies to thec i ty ' s environmental statementare reserving the i r r ights tooppose the c i ty ' s demolition pro-


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e Fight Against Demolition(cont 'd)gram i f an acceptable long-rangeprogram is not forthcoming bythe task force.Meanwhile, to insure that moresound buildings which the communi t i e s want to see saved and eventual ly rehabil i ta ted are not de~ t r o y e d , HDA has begun to send tothe Association l i s t s of a l lnewly-designated unsafe buildings,newly-issued precepts and courtorders for demolition. The 'Association is circula t ing thesel i s t s , as they are issued, to in -teres ted organizations in eachBorough and these organizationsare asked to notify the Associat ion of any buildings they do notwant demolished. The Associationfollows up with HDA to insure thatdemolition does not take place.I f you want your organization toreceive l i s t s of buildings in yourBorough which are being scheduledfor demolition or i f you desirefur ther information about demolit ion and seal ing, write or t e le -phone the A s s o c i ~ t i o n of Neighborh o o ~ Housing Developers, Inc . , 29East 22nd Street , New York, Y.10010 (674-7610), at tent ion KathySanders . - - ,


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City Planning Commission;Board of EstimateHear Testimony FromHousing GroupsPacking the Board of EstimateChamber, Wednesday, December 10,200 housing and community ac t i vists came to City Hall to t e l lthe .members of the City PlanningCommission exactly what theythought about the c i ty ' s proposed amendment to the CommunityDevelopment Act-Year I Program,that wi l l bring 102 mill ion dollars in to New York City th i s year.The most dramatic presentat ionas made by a Lower East Side Coal i t ion which, as par t of the i ro f f ic ia l testimony, presen ted

eautifu l ly decorated and ber iboned bricks from demolished Lower East , Side buildings. Aftersome i n i t i a l hes i ta t ion , the Com- .missioners began to enjoy thething. This display ofChristmas sp i r i t did not movethem enough to take on Santa 'sro le , however. They preferred,ins tead, to l iken themselves toSolomon, forced to "cut up theaby." Since most of those present came represent ing rea lbabies and adults suffering rea lhardships because of deplorablehousing condit ions, the audiencecould not be sympathetic to theCommission's dilemma .Using funds designated for community development to replenishHDA's corpulent s t a f f budget andthrowing boortdoggles to privatedevelopers for parking lots andshopping centers, is not a re sponsible act ion on the par t ofthe Commission. Further , theyinsure the continui ty of th i ssham in the i r proposed "CitizenPart icipat ion Plan."There was also much to applaud.That was the ef for t of so manypeople to prepare testimony andwait for hours to give i t - sometimes to empty chairs . Membergroups of the Association and a l lthose organizations par t ic ipa t ing

City Planning Commission (cont 'din the Pra t t Conference Coali t ionmade the i r posi t ions qui te clearto the members of the Commission.And the Commissioners must havebeen l is tening. On December 31,they issued the i r report , whichrecommends . a number of changes inthe Proposed Amendment that hadbeen urged by the Association andlocal neighborhood housing groupsAmong these are: increased fundingfor and expansion of the scope ofrepairs by the c i ty ' s EmergencyRepair Program; combining demolit ion and seal ing of unsafe bui ldings into a single unified program with enhanced communitygroup part ic ipat ion in the selec-t ion of buildings for seal ing andin the seal ing and maintenanceprocess; decreasing by $2 mill ionthe al locat ion of C.D.funds fors t ree t repairs ; res tor ing to Proj ec t Area Committees (PAC Groups)fu l l funding for personal servicescosts; review of HDA's operat ionsof city-owned buildings in UrbanRenewal and NDP areas and considerat ion of t rans fe r of m a n a g e m e ~ t from the jus t ly cr i t ic ized Department of Relocation to community 'management groups.While far from t o t a l victory, ourcombined ef for t s did move the CityPlanning Commission to take noticeof our demands and to agree withsome of them.Final act ion on the ProposedAmendment to the C.D. Plan is expected momentarily by the Boardof Estimate, which held thesecond p'ublic hearing on January13. Unfortunately, the hearinghad a much smaller turnout, a lthough community housing groupsproduced a fa i r share of speakersAll of us must continue our ef-'for t s , by appearing and speakingat the public hearings and, i fpossible, by submitting wri t tenstatements.The Association wil l ass is t anyhousing or tenant group to pre-


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City Planning Commission (Cont 'd)pare i t s testimony and wil l t e l lyou the dates , times and placesof the hearings and how to geton the l i s t of speakers.Space does not permit us to quotefrom the lengthy testimony whichwas .presented to the December andJanuary hearings. We would l ike ,however, to salu te the people andorganizations who spent las t December 10th together working forbet ter homes in which a l l NewYorkers can l ive . They are:Oiivia Simmons,Crown Heights Bd.of Community AffairsLionel L. Daniels, Crown HeightsBd. of Community AffairsChineda Carter, Bushwick CommunityNo. 4Rev. Charles Vanderbeek, Restorat ion Council of BushwickFather Robert Pawson, RestoratioriCouncil of BushwickMichael Nobles, Crown Heights Man-agement Maintenance Corp.Mildred H. Meyer, Crown HeightsBd. of Community AffairsRosalie DiLil lo, RestorationCouncil of BushwickHazel Weeks, Flatbush Committee

for YouthEnnes Francis, Harlem/East HarlemMCPCFathe r Timothy Coll ins, Bronx Com-munity Board No. 5Lesl ie Carter, Central HarlemEileen G. Lee, Operation OpenCityGeorge Mazin, Bronx Park SouthRoberto Nazario, Adopt-a-BuildingLisa Kaplan, Coali t ion for HumanHousingRon Shiffman, Pra t t Center Coalit ionKay Crampton, Pueblo NuevoBro. Christopher Vardy, PuebloNuevoLuis Benza, Congressman Badil lo ' sOfficeMichael Weiss, Flatbush Development Corp.Nester Cort i jo , Pueblo NuevoBibmo Rivas, Coali t ion for HumanHousingMarty Markowitz, Flathush Tenants Council

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C o ~ ~ u n i t y Board No. 8John Derszewski, Brooklyn Communi ty Board No. 1Kay Crampton, for Nancy LeBlanc,MFY Legal ServicesLawrence C. Burr, Bronx CommunitBoard No. 3Alica Henkin, Senator Carol Bellamy's OfficeFred Welsh, Flatbush DevelopmentCorp.Francis Goldin, Cooper Square URHeriberto Cruz, Sunset Park Redevelopment Corp.Lawrence H. McGaughey, HousingAttorneyEdward Rogowsky, Flatbush Development Corp.Robert Kagen, Manhattan CommuniBd. No . .7Councilperson Miriam FriedlanderLower East SideWilliam Baldwin, Mbrningside Renewal CouncilJose Rodriquez, Manhattan ValleyDevelopment Corp.Sandra Thomas, Strykers BayLeah S c h n e i d e ~ , Manhattan Valley

Development Corp.Valerio Orse l l i , Cooper SquareKurt Schneider, Manhattan ValleyDevelopment Corp.Councilperson Luis A. Olmedo,BushwickHorace Carter , Harlem CommunityBd. No. 10Councilperson Abe Gerges, BushwickDaniel Meunier, Housing Conservation CoordinatorsJames Harris, Williamsburg 'Michael Leiman, Prospect LeffertGardens Neighborhood Assn.Judy Flynn, Association of Neighborhood Housing DevelopersRobert Schur, Association ofNeighborhood Housing DevelopeRev. Will J . Smith, Mid-BronxDesperadosCathy Herman, Prat t Center and SNicholas Housing Corp.Roget Cutty, B.R.A.S.H.Mrs. Dempson, East Harlem Commui ty Board No. 11


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Commission (Cont'd)Kenneth McDonald, Corona/EastElmhurst Development Corp.Mitchel l , Bronx Branch, Op-erat ion Open CityFr i t sche , ClintonAnderson, ClintonSull ivan, Prat t Center Co-

a l i t ionB. Signoriel lo, Staten Islandoe Walsh, ClintonBrown, East HarlemRubin, Crown Heights 'Louis Gigante,South Bronx, East Harlem SEBCOReid, Clinton Housing ForumJ . Henry, for SenatorLeichterJor r ins , American JewishCommitteeCoalit ion for HumanHousingb Brown, Ocean Hil l BrownsvilleTenants AssociationMilliken, Housing Conservat ion CoordinatorsMarans, Housing Conservat ion CoordinatorsI f your organization would l ikeof the proposed Amendmento CD 1, the City Planning Com-Report, the proposed

.for Cit izen Part ic ipat ion,he Proposed Second Yar CommunityPlan, or copies of- cal l the Associationt 674-7610)

FEBRUARY 7th: Rally to SupportCOOP CITY Rent Str ike . Businformation available fromMetropolitan Council on Housing725-4800FEBRUARY lOth: the Board of Est i -mate wil l hold a public hearingon the Proposed Second YearCommunity Development Plan(beginning at 10:30 am) . To geton the speakers ' l i s t , ca l l theAssociation (674-7610) immediatelyFEBRUARY 19th: Robert Schurwil l address the MetropolitanChapter, National Associationof Housing and RedevelopmentOfficials-(Met-NAHRO) on theNew York City Housing Assistance Program, a t Pace Universi ty , Schaeberle Hall , lOth Fl.41 Park Row, beginning at 2:00pmAdmission 1s free.MARCH 2nd: the Tri-State Regiona l Conference wil l hold an a l l -day ser ies of meetings and workshops on a number of currentissues affect ing the New Yorkmetropolitan area including ,housing, environmental qual i ty,land use, energy, t ranspor ta t ion ,and the econ'omy a t the Hilton'Hotel, 53rd St and Seventh Ave.,New York, beginning at 8:30 am.Admission i s free-except for aluncheon for $12.00. Registerin advance with the RegionalPlanning Association, 235 East45th Street , New York 10017 ora t the conference before 9:00am.


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UNIVERSITY GRADUATEOF ARCHITECTURE AND PLAN-is holding a serIes of lec-on housing. Admission tol l lectures is free and the adis Columbia University,Affairs Auditorium,Street and Amsterdam Avenue,York. The following are theand the guest speakers forhe f i r s t three lectures:

10TH (5:30 p.m.): Beyonde Rent Str ike: The Aftermathf Prui t t - Igoe. Thomas CostellO,Director of the SaintHousing Authority q,nd Anitaof the Ford Foundation.24TH (5:30 p.m.): The

for New Housing: A New-Perspective. Edward Logue,Executive Director of theYork State Urban Development23RD (5:30 p.m.): SubsidizedSince 1934: I ts Impact onhe People i t Housed. Elizabethformer Executive Director ofhe Chicago Housing Authority andAssistant Commissioneror JManagement of the Public Hous

NOTE: To make up for ourhaving been obliged, due tocity-imposed deadto work on Martin Lutherthe Association off icebe closed on Friday, Februarythus allowing the s ta f f afive-day vacation,Lincoln's Birthday. and Washington "s '(February 16th) .

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