Banking legislation

announced at BCU
On Thursday, January 20, tenants and leaders
of the citys affordable housing community
voiced their concerns loud and clear about
the need to renew and strengthen the states
rent regulation laws before the NYS Assembly
Standing Committee on Housing. The laws are
set to expire in June.
The hearing, which came on the heels of a tenant
vigil held at City Hall earlier this month, was held
in a packed hearing room made up mostly of
members of the Real Rent Reform Campaign
(R3), which includes ANHD and our members.
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Above (clockwise from bottom left) Marcela Mitanyes from Neighbors Helping Neighbors and her daughter Josephine share their
eviction story; ANHD Board Chair and Fifth Avenue Committee Executive Director Michelle de la Uz explains how FAC owns rent-
regulated housing and reinvests its rent rolls; Westchester resident Capree Rickets explains how preferential lease riders were
used in her eviction; ANHD Executive Director Benjamin Dulchin addresses commitee on closing 1/40th loopholes and outerborough
impacts; NY Assembly Housing Committee Members listen to testimony and ask important questions. Photo: ANHD
membership models roundtable- Part iii Tuesday, February 8th 5-7pm
Developing a solid membership model is a key component of successful organizing work. Third
in a series of roundtable events on the topic of membership structures, this session will focus
on member recruitment and retention strategies. Both paid-staff and community leaders will be
invited to share their successful techniques as well as ongoing challenges.
This training is only offered to ANHD & NYIC members (free with RSVP)
on renT laws, Public demands renewal
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Chhaya Home
Buyer Fair
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Abyssinian marks
2010 achievements
AAFE reports on
Predatory Demolition
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R3 members laid out the coalitions three main
legislative priorities: to make certain that the state rent
protection laws and the state coop/ condo conversion
protection laws are renewed and that they are
renewed without any more weakening amendments;
to repeal vacancy decontrol and re-regulate most of
the apartments that were de-regulated over the last
16 years; and to place apartments in former Mitchell-
lama and Section 8 buildings under rent stabilization,
including those buildings that have already left those
programs and are now unprotected.
ANHD Executive Director Benjamin
Dulchin testifed before the
committee, as did several ANHD
members including ANHD Board
Chair and Fifth Avenue Committee
Executive Director Michelle de la
Uz; Pratt Area Community Council
Director of Community Organizing
Elana Shneyer; St. Nicks Alliance
Asst. Director for Community
Preservation Rolando Guzman;
Marcela Mitanyes from Neighbors
Helping Neighbors; Richard lee from
Asian Americans for Equality; and
Jose Cubas from Make the Road NY.
Assemblyman Vito lopez, chairman of the Housing
Committee was joined by fellow Assembly Members
Hakeem Jeffries; linda Rosenthal; Brian Kavanagh;
Nelson Castro (AD 86); and Rory lancman for most
of the 5 hour hearing.
THE FACE OF RENT-REGUlATION
Throughout the hearing, testimony was presented
by impassioned tenant advocates including
a pastor in Manhattan who spoke of moral
implications of not renewing this law; a nurse
from Westchester who gave tearful testimony of
her upcoming eviction after nonpayment of her
new rent which jumped from $875 to $1306; even
a child (Ms. Mitanyes daughter Josephine) from
Sunset Park, Brooklyn who recalled being eight-
years-old when new landlords evicted her from
the apartment three generations of her family
once called home.
Each testimony was as an artists stroke; artfully
sketching for the Assembly Members and the general
public the true experience of NYCs vast rent-regulated
community. While New York States Homes and
Community Renewals (HCR) estimates the current
stock of rent regulated apartments at about 900,000
units, housing advocates see the number in a slightly
different way and prefer to underscore that more than
2.5 million residents stand to be affected by this law.
Assembly Jeffries spoke to this picture midway through
the hearing. Its a false portrayal that the rent laws like
luxury decontrol affect only upper income earners who
could otherwise afford market rate apartments. I think
from these testimonies its clear to see that a signifcant
portion of rent-regulated tenants dont make $120,000
or more, that such families are of the working class
and may not even make $55,000.
[Sidebar: list of Current Rent laws and proposed
Assembly bills A.465-A (Jeffries) A.1685-A
(lopez, V.) A.1686 (lopez, V.) A.1687 (lopez, V.)
A.1928 (ODonnell) A.2005 (Rosenthal) A.2365-A
(ODonnell) A.9854 (Rosenthal)]
While many dangers threaten the affordability
of rent-stabilized apartments: luxury/vacancy
decontrol, expiration of various tax benefts (J-
51 and 421a), Coop and condo conversion, it
is perhaps the Individual Apartment Increase or
1/40th Program and the fraudulent abuse of the
1/40th program that allow owners to circumvent
that honor system by illegal raising rents based
on the infated cost of physical improvements.
Dulchins testimony spoke directly to this issue and
urged members to consider closing the loopholes in
the 1/40th law.
Dulchin also unveiled before the
assembly a chart that presents, as a
matrix, how various threats endanger
thousands of units of housing across
the city. The chart [available here]
details every community district
in NYC according to 20 indicators
including: housing code violations,
high cost loans, severe rent burdens,
overcrowding, and At-Risk Section 8
and Mitchell-lama developments.
Some of the hearings most compelling testimony was
presented by Ms. de la Uz, whose organization, the
Fifth Avenue Committee, owns and manages 500
affordable apartment units
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The
$20,000 Stove:
How Fraudulent Rent Increases
Undermine New Yorks Affordable Housing
January, 2009
The Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development
50 Broad Street, Suite 1125, New York, NY 10004
212-747-1117 www.ANHD.org
The Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development
50 Broad Street, Suite 1125, New York, NY 10004
212-747-1117 www.ANHD.org
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FACs experience as a landlord does not support
the argument that buildings cant be maintained
properly while also making a proft. It is a question
of your purpose and values, said de la Uz. [R]ent
regulationis not an onerous burden that prevents an
owner from maintaining properties in good condition.
With existing rents below the $2,000 monthly luxury
decontrol level and tenants not paying more than 30
percent of their income towards rent, FAC is able to
maintain its properties in good condition, providing not
only basic services that many tenants in other rent-
regulated housing do not receive, such as heat and
hot water, and taking care of repairs and condition
but we also have suffcient resources from rents to
offer access to social services for the tenants. We do
this while paying our building maintenance staff living
wages and offering them health and dental benefts at
no cost to them. Lets not confuse proft with greed as
we have this debate about renewing and strengthening
the rent laws.
GETTING IT DONE
Eight years have passed since Albany renewed the rent
laws. Back in 2003, there were over one million rent-
regulated units in NYC. Since then tens of thousands
of units have been lost, which not only undermines the
citys stock of affordable housing, but also the political
power of the affordable housing movement. The
challenge before the affordable housing community is
how to get meaningful improvements to the rent laws
when many elected offcials feel it would be political
suicide to side with tenants rather than deep-pocketed
landlords and the real estate lobby. Thus, it is no
surprise then that, How do we get this done? was
perhaps the most repeated question during the hearing.
Chairman lopez articulated this point poignantly by
acknowledging that although it is almost certain the
Assembly will pass something, the State Senate, which
is controlled by Republicans, is less likely to pass a bill
that is acceptable to tenants.
lopez reminded tenants that straight renewal,
nevermind strengthening the laws, would be an uphill
battle. Im with you, but youve got to help me out, said
lopez. Ive got about seven or eight other large pieces
of legislation passing through the house in the next six
weeks. How do we then pass this piece of legislation
through the assembly and senate?
There is little doubt that questions of if and how these
rent-regulations will be renewed remain as lightning
rods to the deeper concerns of social justice for rent-
regulated tenants and New Yorks affordable housing
community at-large. Along with property tax caps,
the issue of rent-regulations, thus far, represents the
biggest housing issue on Albanys calendar this year.
Yet, getting it done may be as simple as doing nothing,
as stated by Mary Tek, Campaign Manager of the R3
campaign.
We are with you in this fght. Said Tek to Lopez
during her testimony. But, as far as getting it passed
in the Senate, you as politicians must use what you
know is important to those Senators and tell them
that nothing they want will get done until we get this
piece of legislation passed. Of course, this strategy is
complicated as elected offcials and advocates have
many competing priorities that may take precedence
without constant, stalwart political pressure from all
of us. Click here to view the full slate of legislative
requests by the Real Rent Reform campaign.
It is imperative that all ANHD members get involved in
this campaign as this issue deeply affects the lives of
those we serve in every community across the city.
If your organization is considering joining this campaign
and would like more information call:
Dave Hanzel 212.747 117 x 21
asian americans For equaliTy rePorTs on
PredaTory demoliTion
Asian Americans For Equality (AAFE) just released
a report that details a tactic used by some landlords
to debase rent-regulated housing. The tactic is
demolition. In the new report, titled Demolition
through Intentional Neglect: A Tactic of Predatory
landlords to Demolish Rent-Regulated Housing,
AAFE identifed 99 structurally compromised and 21
immediately structurally compromised buildings in
New York City.
The rent-regulation system in New York State does
not require landlords to replace demolished rent-
regulated housing. This, coupled with a loophole
in the building code enforcement system at the
New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) has
essentially allowed landlords to utilize predatory
tactics to wholly demolish rent-regulated buildings and
build market-rate housing in its place.
To view the full report visit: http://aafe.org/rsr/
Demolition_through_Intentional_Neglect.pdf
Assembly contd from page 2
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After 10 years
of service at
ANHD, the staff
said goodbye
to Corrine
Balgobin,
Assistant
Director of
the New York
Mortgage
Coalition
(NYMC).
Corrine joined
NYMC in 1998.
In 2001, ANHD
assumed
the role of
administrator of
NYMC.
Having touched
on almost all
aspects of
running NYMC,
Corrine says,
Ive learned a
great deal over
the years.

Good luck
Corrine, in
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abyssinian celebraTes successes
Abyssinian Development Corporation
(ADC) is celebrating the highlights of their
achievement in 2010, which includes the
acceptance of 95% of seniors from the ADC-
sponsored Thurgood Marshall Academy for
learning and Social Changes into two- and
four-year colleges, including four students
who obtained full scholarships to Columbia
University, Bates College, University of
Connecticut, and Skidmore; the placement
of more than 33 families into permanent
housing; and the acquisition of Mother Zion-
McMurray Apartments which will remain an
affordable 76-unit property;
ADCs program, Abyssinian Head Start,
was featured in an international case study
on culturally responsive programming soon
to be published; and the achievement of
Mark Williams who went through ADCs
Youthbuild Program, passed his GED exam,
and is scheduled to enroll at the Williamson
Free School of Mechanical Trades on a full
masonry scholarship this September.
left: Mark Williams
housing commissioner To resign
According to The Real Deal, Rafael Cestero,
the commissioner of the citys Department
of Housing Preservation and Development,
will be leaving his position to pursue an
opportunity in the private sector. During his
fve years at HPD, Cestero put his unique
brand of innovation and pragmatism to work
in advancing our mission to strengthen our
neighborhoods and create a more affordable
and sustainable city for all New Yorkers, said
Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He added that
Cestero was involved in the development
anhd bids
colleague
Farewell
of the New Housing Marketplace Plan to
create 165,000 affordable housing units
by 2014. It has been an honor to serve
the people of New York, Cestero said. I
will truly miss working with the dedicated
team at HPD, and the unique challenges
of advancing the mission of the largest
municipal housing preservation and
development agency in the country I am
confdent we have built a strong foundation
from which HPD will continue to protect our
citys tenants and expand and preserve its
affordable housing stock for generations to
come.
ciTy loses bid To liFT hold on
broadway Triangle ProjecTs
David Jones for the Real Deal reports
that a state Supreme Court judge ruled
against the city in the controversial
Broadway Triangle rezoning case in which
a coalition of community groups allege
that the Bloomberg administration steered
affordable housing deals to members of
the Hasidic community and two non-proft
groups linked to Brooklyn party boss Vito
lopez.
http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/city-
loses-bid-to-lift-hold-on-broadway-triangle-
projects
new rePorT shows eThnic
disPariTies oF Foreclosures
It is hardly news that the dream of home
ownership was turned into a horrible
nightmare for thousands of New Yorkers
by the foreclosure crisis. That African-
Americans and latinos have been
disproportionately affected by the crisis is
not breaking news, either. But a new report
by New York Communities for Change
makes the case with facts and fgures.
ht t p: / / www. nydai l ynews. com/ ny_l ocal /
b r o o k l y n / 2 0 11 / 0 1 / 2 7 / 2 0 11 - 0 1 - 2 7 _
f or ecl osur e__t he_vi ct i ms__cul pr i t s.
html#ixzz1CMxVG9ec
Fannie, Freddie seek To cuT
dividend on governmenT sTake:
Mortgage companies Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac have been lobbying the
legislative fght over the future of New York Citys
approximately 1 million rent-stabilized apartments.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, whose chamber
is allied with advocates for greater rent regulation,
is vowing not to extend a recently expired tax
break popular with developers unless it is tied to a
substantial strengthening of the rent laws.
The tax break is known as 421-A and it expired
in December. It abates property taxes on new
residential development and is credited with spurring
construction on thousands of new apartments.
I just fundamentally believe we shouldnt be
extending a tax break for big developers without
making sure we are strengthening protections for the
tenants who live in their buildings, Mr. Silver said in
a statement.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703
833204576114620919185968.html?mod=WSJ_NY_
lEFTTopStories
communiTy Turns ouT
aT chhaya home buyers Fair
During this economic crisis, the borough of Queens
has been especially hard hit by foreclosures and
predatory lending scams, many targeted at immigrant
communities. In order to educate our community
members about responsible lending practices, Chhaya
CDC hosted a Home Buyer Fair on January 29, giving
potential buyers an opportunity to speak with local
lenders, affordable-housing developers and other
industry professionals.
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Treasury to accept a lower dividend on the preferred
stock issued during the government bail out, the
Financial Times said, citing people familiar with the
situation. A dividend cut would allow the two mortgage
giants to begin repaying $150 billion in taxpayer aid,
the sources told the news paper.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/27/us-fannie-
freddie-idUSTRE70Q16820110
nyc Foreclosure acTiviTy
down 5% From 2009
The level of foreclosure activity in the New York City
metro region dropped 5 percent in 2010, compared to
the previous year, according to RealtyTracs year-end
U.S. foreclosure market report. The report tracks the
total number of properties with at least one foreclosure
fling recorded by RealtyTrac during the year. The
New York City area, which includes Northern New
Jersey and long Island, saw 79,849 properties
receiving a foreclosure fling, roughly 1.08 percent of
the total properties in the region. But while this rate of
foreclosure activity is down from 2009 levels, it is 1.83
percent higher than the number of flings in 2008.
http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/new-york-city-
nyc-foreclosure-activity-down-5-percent-from-2009-
according-to-realtytrac
who invesTs in low-income housing?
google, For one
Melbourne Apartments is a new 84-unit building
in Des Moines, where a three-bedroom apartment
rents for $775 a month but comes with restrictions
a family of fve, for example, can earn no more
than $47,460 a year. What is remarkable about this
otherwise modest project is that the equity came from
the search-engine giant Google, whose Mountain
View, Calif., headquarters are more than 1,500 miles
away. The investment by Google and other large
corporations in Melbourne Apartments and similar
projects is one reason a cloud of gloom has lifted
for developers of income-restricted housing. These
developments depend heavily on low-income-housing
tax credits, which provide the equity that makes the
difference between whether a project gets built or not.
http://www.nyti mes.com/2011/01/26/real estate/
commercial/26credits.html?ref=realestate
democraTs Focus on renT overhaul
By ElIOT BROWN
Eliot Brown of The Wall Street Journal writes that
the Assemblys Democratic majority is fring an
opening shot in what is typically a high-profle
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Nearly 150 prospective home buyers received critical
information to help them make responsible lending
decisions and avoid predatory loans.
Two panels of experts spoke about crucial parts of
the homebuying process such as the loan application
process and down payment assistance programs.
Attendees could also has one-on-one questions
of experts such as home inspectors, real estate
attorneys, appraisers and insurance agents.
Additionally, they received information about Chhayas
homeownership, budget, and credit counseling
programs that will help them decide when the time is
right to make a fnancially responsible home purchase.
BAnking lEgislAtion AnnoUnCED
At Brooklyn CongrEgAtions
UnitED gEnErAl AssEmBly
Speaker Christine Quinn of the New York City Council
announced at Brooklyn Congregations Uniteds
General Assembly that the Council a bill titled The
Responsible Banking Act will be introduced in
the Council sponsored by the chair of the Finance
Committee, Council Member Domenic Recchia, and
Council Member Al Vann with her full support. Council
Members Mathieu Eugene and Jumaane Williams
attended the Brooklyn Congregations United General
Assembly.
This legislation which has been created working closely
with the Association for Neighborhood and Housing
Development and Brooklyn Congregations United,
will utilize the expertise of the Department of Finance
and the City Banking Commission to rate banks based
on numerous essential community-related criteria. So
the Council will introduce the Responsible Banking
Act. Now, that bill, when it becomes law - and it will
become law -it will require that the citys Finance
Commissioner create a system for ranking banks,
announced Speaker Quinn.
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The Responsible Banking Act rankings will include the
following:
Does that bank address key credit and fnancial services
of small businesses in New York City?
Is that bank working with borrowers who need their
mortgages restructured because theyve fallen into arrears?
Is that bank offering services that meet the needs of low-
and moderate-income New Yorkers?
Has that bank funded loans for affordable housing
economic development? But thats not enough.
What is the state of maintenance and conditions of the
buildings that the bank has funded?
Also, what are the banks community development efforts
and do they have a strategic plan, have they actually at the
highest levels sat down and planned out and presented to
the city, their plan for helping low- and moderate-income
New Yorkers?
Speaker Quinn continued, Now these rankings will
be public. There will be a public hearing every time
a bank is ranked or re-ranked. All of you will have
the opportunity to testify at that public hearing about
whether or not what the banks are saying is true. And
a bad or a good rating is something the Banking
Commission can use, or the City Council or the Mayor
could use... Now I am very, very confdent that we will
pass this bill. I believe the mayor will sign it, but if not,
Im not worried about that because well override a
veto if we need to.
Hundreds of clergy and lay members of Brooklyn
Congregations United applauded the Speakers
commitment to pass this legislation. Bob Master,
Political Director of the Communications Workers of
America, indicated that another step in this campaign
will be to move individual, congregation, city pension
and other public monies, from a bank such as CHASE
which is not responsive to the foreclosure and credit
needs of our communities. Brooklyn Congregations
United, New York Communities for Change, and
other key organizations and unions is planning an
announcement of this campaign shortly.
BCU members committed to take part in upcoming
hearings and actions against Chase. Rev. David
Rommereim, Pastor of the lutheran Church of the
Good Shepherd, and Deacon Ingrid Compton, St.
Stephens lutheran Church, summed up the evening
by saying, We will no longer allow corporate private
interests to dictate the futures of our community. We
will have a say in our own lives and the futures of our
children and grandchildren.
The u.s. department of housing and urban
development (hud) is offering non-proft owners of
multifamily assisted housing developments a grant
opportunity to convert certain properties into assisted
living facilities (AlFs).
The grant, named assisted living conversion
Program (alcP) has a March 29, 2011 deadline.
ALCP frst posted January 24, 2011 and is an
estimated $30 million program that will help eligible
multifamily assisted housing developments
who assist the elderly with fnancing for the conver-
sion through any of the following programs:
(1) Section 202,
(2) Project-based Section 8 (including Rural Housing
Services Section 515),
(3) Section 221(d)
(4) below-market interest rate, and
(5) Section
link: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.
do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=66219
The u.s. department of homeland security is
putting forward a grant to help communities support
high quality citizenship preparation programs
across the nation. Goals of the grant program
include: expanding the availability of citizenship
instruction for lPRs in communities in need of those
services; making naturalization application services
accessible to low income and other underserved
populations; developing, identifying, and sharing
promising practices in citizenship preparation to
build expertise to provide high quality services in the
future; supporting innovative and creative solutions
to problems faced by those seeking naturalization;
and incorporating receiving communities into the
citizenship process.

The grant, named citizenship and integration
direct services grant Program, has an April 1,
2011 application deadline.

DHS expects to award 20 grants to successful
applicant organizations which can expect to receive
up to $200,00 (ceiling) in the $4 million program.
link: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jses
sionid=v4pfN5kJyJ6YTP1MKJTD0lCyYzdKwsnnpq
ktxgTfbCKm9Jr2v0lt%21580479055?oppId=65733&
mode=VIEW
The metlife Foundation in partnership with the lo-
cal initiatives support corporation (lisc) is offer-
ing grant opportunities to fund partnerships between
community groups and police to promote neighbor-
hood safety and revitalization.
The grant, named community-Police Partnership
awards program, has a February 28, 2011 dead-
line.
Awardees receive a monetary grant and their work
will be promoted via case studies to a wide audience
of practitioners, policymakers, and academics.
The program will award grants in two categories:
Neighborhood Revitalization Awards (six awards
of $15,000 to $25,000 each): These awards cel-
ebrate exemplary collaborations between community
groups and police that yield crime reduction as well
as economic development outcomes such as real
estate development, business attraction, and job
growth.
Special Strategy Awards (fve awards of $15,000
each) will be given tocommunity and police partners
who have achieved signifcant accomplishments in
applied technology, aesthetics and greenspace im-
provement, diversity inclusion and integration, drug
market disruption, gang prevention and youth safety,
and seniors and safety.
link: http://www.lisc.org/section/ourwork/national/
safety/awards
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The u.s. department of housing and urban
development (hud) is offering multifamily housing
owners funding to assist elderly individuals and
nonelderly people with disabilities living in HUD-
assisted housing and in the surrounding area
to obtain needed supportive services from the
community, to enable them to continue living as
independently as possible in their homes.
The grant, named service coordinators in
multifamily housing Program has a March
24, 2011 deadline and an estimated budget of
$31,000,000.

link: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.
do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=66313
The u.s. environmental Protection agency
(ePa) is offering funding to empower communities
to work on solutions to local environmental and
public health issues. The program assists recipients
in building collaborative partnerships to help them
understand and address environmental and public
health issues in their communities.
The grant, named The environmental justice
small grants Program (ejsg) has a March
31, 2011 deadline and an estimated budget of
$1,200,000.
link: http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/
grants/ej-smgrants.html
The Offce of Violence Against Women is offering
grants to organizations that provide services to teen
and young adult victims affected by sexual assault,
domestic violence, dating violence and stalking.
The grant, named services to advocate For and
respond to youth Program has a March 16, 2011
deadline and an estimated budget of $300,000.
link: http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/docs/youth-program-
services-fy2011.pdf
The department of housing and urban develop-
ment is offering grants and loans through HUDs
Offce of Affordable Housing Preservation for eligible
property owners to make energy and green retroft
investments in the property, to ensure the mainte-
nance and preservation of the property, the contin-
ued operation and maintenance of energy effciency
technologies, and the timely expenditure of funds.
The grant, named Assisted housing stability and
Energy and Green Retroft, was frst posted in
2009 and has a February 16, 2011 deadline.
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.
do?oppId=45922&mode=VIEW
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frst in a three part series on New York City Radical
Jewish History.
Monday, February 7th from 7 9pm
The JFREJ Offce, 666 Broadway, 5th Floor
(Broadway between Bleecker & Bond Streets)
Tuesday, February 8
nyc suPerFund:
Toxic soluTion or Toxic label?
What will the recent Superfund designations of
Newtown Creek in Queens and the Gowanus Canal
in Brooklyn mean for community residents and the
rest of the city? How will they affect the plans of real
estate developers interested in revitalizing these
post-industrial zones? What is the fate of the natural
environments themselves?
Roderick M. Hills, Jr., the William T. Comfort III
Professor of law at New York University moderates
a panel discussion including Alan Bell, principal and
co-founder of Hudson Companies; Walter Mugdan,
Superfund Division Director at the EPA; Kathleen
Schmid, Director of the Newtown Creek Alliance,
and Carter H. Strickland, Jr., Deputy Commissioner
for Sustainability, New York City Department of
Environmental Protection will discuss the perils
and possibilities of cleaning up New York Citys
environmental problems.
Co-sponsored by the Newtown Creek Alliance and
presented as part of the Museums Urban Forum
series, New York NeighborhoodsPreservation and
Development.
Website: http://www.mcny.org/public-programs/all/
Superfund.html
Tuesday, February 8, 6:30 p.m.
Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue
at 103rd Street, New York, NY
Tuesday, February 8
columbia universiTy lecTure
in Planning series:
Property Rights, The Anti-Commons, and Zoning.
Assistant Professor David King will organize the
lectures in Planning Series for the 2010-2011
academic year. The series is a weekly lecture and
discussion that brings scholars and practitioners
to the planning program to discuss current ideas
and issues in planning research and practice. On
February 8, Michael Heller will discuss property
rights, the anti-commons and zoning.
Thursday, February 3
Town hall meeTing
on renT-regulaTions
Join the The Interfaith Assembly, the Real Rent Reform
Campaign and Goddard Riverside Community Center
on February 3rd 7pm at a Town-Hall Meeting on
Preserving and Strengthening our Rent laws!
Time: 7pm-8:30pm
Goddard Riverside Community Center
593 Columbus Ave at West 88th Street
(by subway: #1 to W86 St, walk 2 blks east; #B or C
to W86th St, walk 1 bk west)
For more information: Real Rent Reform
www.realrentreform.org
Monday, February 7
aFFordable housing acTion
commiTTee meeTing
Queens Congregations United for Action is holding
an Affordable Housing Action Committee Meeting:
Monday, February 7th, 7pm at Our lady of Sorrows
Church (104-11 37th Ave, Corona)
Monday, February 7
The encycloPedia oF new york ciTy:
book Talk
Kenneth Jackson and lisa Keller present a book
talk on the second edition of The Encyclopedia of
New York City. Exhaustive in its range of information
about the fve boroughs, the frst edition of The
Encyclopedia of New York City (1995) became an
instant classic, earning worldwide acclaim, awards for
reference excellence, and selling out its frst printing
before it was offcially published.
Website: http://skyscraper.org/PROGRAMS/
upcoming_programs.htm#Garvin
Monday, February 7, 2001, 6:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
The Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Place NY, NY
Monday, February 7
nyc jewish radical hisTory: jews in The
TenanT movemenT
Come and learn about the JFREJ Housing Justice
Campaign and the role of Jews in the New York City
Tenant Movement. We will be exploring the flm At
Home in Utopia and the ideas of radicals building
democratic living complexes outside market logic and
the struggle to desegregate housing. This will be the
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Website: http://cfa.aiany.org/index.
php?section=calendar&evtid=2754
When: Friday February 11, 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.
Where: The Center for Architecture, 536 laGuardia
Place, New York, NY
Friday, February 11 and Saturday, February 12
leadershiP reTreaT
learn How to Put your Faith into Action for a more
just society! In order to achieve all of our goals, it is
essential that we set aside time to learn and improve
our skills:
QCUA Faith & leadership Retreat
February 11-12 at St. leos Church
(104-05 49th Ave, Corona)
Friday, February 11th, 7-9pm
Saturday, February 12th, 9:30am 5pm
(Food and Babysitting included
Monday, February 16
nyc council slaTed meeTing
New York City Council during its slated meeting is
expected to vote on the Responsible Banking Act in
addition to two bills on housing code.
Monday, February 16 1:30 PM
Emigrant Savings Bank - 49-51 Chambers Street
Website: http://www.arch.columbia.edu/school/
section/programs/urban-planning/lectures-planning-
series
Tuesday, February 8, 1:00 p.m.
114 Avery, Columbia University Campus, NY, NY

Friday, February 11
PraTT insTiTuTes Program
For susTainable Planning and
develoPmenT lecTure series:
NYC Green Infrastructure Plan. The Pratt Institutes
dynamic Spring lecture series will feature local
leaders and internationally renowned practitioners
discussing and debating current planning,
preservation and environmental topics. These
lectures are free and open to the public.
On February 11, Cater Strickland, Deputy
Commissioner for Sustainability at the New York City
Department of Environmental Protection, will speak
about the New York City Green Infrastructure Plan.
RSVP to prattpspd@gmail.com.
Website: http://places.designobserver.com/entry.
html?entry=24468
Friday February 11, 2011, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Pratt Manhattan Campus, 144 West 14th Street,
Room 213, New York, NY

Friday, February 11
no. 7 line subway exTension: Planning,
Passengers, Program and Form.
The No. 7 line Subway Extension tunnels and
cavern excavation is completed, station system
buildings are under construction and the station
construction is scheduled to begin in mid-2011.
This presentation will explore the urban design,
passenger circulation, engineering, life safety and
architectural concepts that have contributed to the
projects design. Judith Kunoff, AIA, lEED AP, Chief
Architect, New York City Transit; Beth Greenberg,
AIA, Principal, Dattner Architects - Chief Architect for
the #7 line Subway Extension; Patricia Kettle, AIA,
Associate, Dattner Architects - Architectural Project
Manager for the #7 line Subway Extension; and
Mark Walker, AICP, Senior Supervising Planner, PB
Americas will present. This discussion is organized
by the AIANY Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee.
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SPECIFIC RESPONSIBIlITIES
Supervise the Site Management and Maintenance
staff.
Lease enforcement.
Follow up on resident complaints and work orders.
Process applications for unit rentals.
Process tenant move-in and move-out forms.
Supervise the processing of annual tenant
certifcations for Section 8 and Tax Credits
Prepare for HUD MORs and HDC fle audits and
respond to fndings
Inspect the property, prepare reports of site conditions
and arrange for repairs as needed
Review and approve invoices for payment
Monitor rent collections and follow-up legal actions:
- Review tenants accounts on the rent due date;
review accounts with GRCs Collection Unit and notify
counsel to initiate legal action.
- Prepare documentation for legal counsel on non-
payment actions.
- Appear in Housing Court to represent management
on non-payment eviction actions.
Attend resident organization meetings.
Coordinate program delivery and facility oversight
with Director of Senior Services.
Interact with local community groups and residents
for the betterment of the development.
Provide support and monitoring of offces and senior
center space.
QUAlIFICATIONS
Bachelors degree preferred.
Job requires basic computer literacy.
Knowledge of other language not required but a plus.
TO APPlY
Send resume to the attetion of Cathy Herman
cherman@goddard.org
ProPerTy manager
JOB DESCRIPTION
Goddard Riverside Community Center is one of New
York Citys leading human service organizations. We
are seeking a Building Manager to take responsibility
for the main facility of the agency, with the ability
to handle and support several functions vital to
the agencys success. Phelps House, at 593-595
Columbus Avenue, comprises 160+ units of low
income senior housing, the agencys senior center,
programmatic and performance space and the main
administrative offces for Goddard Riverside.
GENERAl RESPONSIBIlITIES
Residential Responsibilities:
The Property Manager will have overall responsibility
for the day-to-day management of the property. The
Property Manager is responsible for assuring that the
residents receive prompt, effcient, courteous and
quality service. In order to execute this responsibility,
he/she would supervise the general administration and
physical operation of the site. The Property Manager
will coordinate day to day activities with a managing
agent, who is responsible for back offce, technical
assistance and purchasing.
The ideal candidate will have experience supervising
a maintenance staff of union employees, , RAM/
Arm Designation, knowledge of HUD Rules and
Regulations and Project-Based Section 8 and the
federal low Income Housing Tax Credit Program.
Administrative and Program Support:
The offces and senior center, which are adjacent to
the residence, are the responsibility of the Property
manager, from basic maintenance to assistance for
special events, including fundraising and community
forums for elected offcials, to coordination with
community groups who rent space and governmental
agencies (community board meetings are held at the
site, and it is a polling place). Reporting to the Director
of Housing for Goddard Riverside, the Property
Manager will be expected to multi task and manage
multiple priorities.
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