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March 30, 2010 Volume XXXV Number 7the READER

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The Phoenix of Putnam Avenu

HOUSING MAINTENANCEANHD Workshops...pp5 & 8

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s part of the transformation of their building and their lives, the residents of 300 Putnam Avenue held a block party to formally reintroduce themselves to the their neighbors. A ribbon-cutting to cee completion of the renovations and the transformative project is scheduled for May 2010. Pictured fourth from left: Angela Stokes, BSDC Community Organizer.

This story about the Bridge Street De-velopment Corporation (BSDC), one ofANHDs 98 member organizations, ismade possible by nancial and writing

support provided by Citigroup, whichpartners with ANHD and with BSDCo help develop communities in New

York. Citigroups support for BSDC in-cludes funding for nancial educationprograms for the tenants of the 300Putnam building and the residents ofhe block.

Heres where well have a plantinggarden for children. Over there iswhere the Japanese gazebo will go.And here, the benches and chess ta-

bles.

On a chilly afternoon in early March2010, Angela Stokes is standing inthe backyard of 300 Putnam Avenue,a 52-unit, 6-story residential build-ing on a block of neat brownstonesin Brooklyns Bedford-Stuyvesantneighborhood.

She has just spent the day helthe last of the tenants who were placed for renovations move back

their own apartments. Her eyes glas she talks about the improvemthat have been underway since BSthe non-prot community organizawhere she works, bought the bing at a courthouse-steps auction completed the nal sale and closin2008. It has been a striking tranmation.

Before BSDC became involved, ants in the building had lived for aa year without gas, heat, hot wate

This is a transformation

not just of the building but

of its residents and theentire block.

-- Rhonda Lewis,President and CEO of BSDC.


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MEMBERS IN COMMUNITIESANHDCONTD FROM COVER

electricity. The elevator didnt work; neither did the trashncinerator. Neighbors could see each other through

gaping holes in their walls. Ceilings and oors werebowed or worse from water damage.

As sometimes happens when landlords face foreclo-sure, this building which once had been lovely, per-haps 20 years ago had been abandoned by its own-er in 2005. Drug dealers had set up shop in some ofthe apartments. Police ofcers from the local precinct,t is said, considered the building to be one of the mostdangerous they might encounter.

Angela points to landscaped areas anking the gate tothe buildings outdoor and indoor parking. When we

started, the dirt here was piled high, she says, andyou wouldnt believe what we found buried in there. Ev-ery kind of garbage. Dead cats and dogs.

It was something Id never seen in my life, Angelasays. Id never seen it this bad, with people living inthese conditions. I knew that I couldnt be here just onand off. I told Rhonda [Lewis, BSDCs President andCEO] that Id need to be here every day.

Angela had BSDCs full support. She also had 22years experience as a New York City corrections of-cer, including 15 years as the union representative for800 colleagues. Although it was the rst time she hadworked on a project like this and despite her simul-taneous BSDC assignments with other buildings andcommunity groups Angela was not deterred by themagnitude or complexity of the challenges.

One of the rst things Angela did was to work with the79th Police Precinct to clear the building of drug deal-ers. I told the dealers that this building was about toturn around and, frankly, drugs and children and seniorsust dont go together, she recounts.

Eventually, the corridors ceased to be hangouts. An-gela walked through the building each day, checkingn on the tenants, explaining the building rehabilitationplans, keeping morale up.

Im going to be here with you and see this project outto the end, she would reassure them. BSDC is go-ng to help with your apartment needs, your buildingmanagement needs and your social service needs. Tomake sure that she would be always available to theresidents, Angela even changed her cell phone servicefrom 1,000 minutes per month to an unlimited plan.They call me every day, she says.

Even so, it was hard for some tenants to let go of thesuspicions borne of long hardship. When their turns

came for apartment renovation, three tenants wereafraid to move out, despite the dreadful conditions,fearing that it would not really be only temporary.

Through her warmth and honest reassurance, Angelawas able to earn their trust. She devised an innovativecheckerboard displacement whereby 26 out of the 27tenants were able to sojourn in other apartments withinthe building while their own was renovated, with muchof their belongings held temporarily in storage.

Angela also took steps to involve the rest of the blockin the transformation. She inaugurated a new block as-

sociation with a meet and greet in September 2009that blossomed into a full-edged block party with morethan 300 adults and children participating.

The residents of the neighboring brownstones had achance to learn what improvements were in store and,importantly, began to rebuild relationships with the ten-ants of 300 Putnam, who had been shunned for yearsby their neighbors. One of the blocks residents, whohas partnered closely with Angela to help make thetransformation a success, invited the minister of the lo-cal church to give an opening prayer.

The contractor for the renovations donated temporarybasketball hoops for the youngsters. Angelas friend,the general manager of the Harlem Globetrotters, at-tended along with some members of the team. For thebuilding tour, Angela secured the participation of thelocal Salvation Army outlet, which let her take all thatwas necessary to furnish a model apartment. After theblock party concluded, the items were given away topeople in need.

Today, the apartments have shiny new parquet oors,all-new kitchen appliances, tiled bathrooms, ample

closet space and more. One tenant, who works at Ikea,arranged for discounts on new furnishings for the resi-dents of 300 Putnam.

The building also boasts numerous green features,including motion-activated lighting, energy-efcientwindows, and energy-efcient air conditioners providedthrough the Weatherization Assistance Program of theNew York State Division of Housing and CommunityRenewal. Solar panels will be installed on the roofmaking 300 Putnam the rst solar-powered multi-familybuilding in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

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In the basement there will be a computer room, anamenity that highlights BSDCs ongoing social service

commitment. To help the buildings struggling tenantsachieve economic stability, Angela has held weekly jobreadiness workshops in the lobby. And, with referralsto the non-prot New York City Justice Corps, BSDC ishelping community youth who have been involved withthe criminal justice system develop social, technicaland leadership skills through community service; in-ternships; and job and educational assistance. In fact,one Justice Corps intern has played a key role in the300 Putnam project by assisting with computer-basedtasks his rst steady job.

The rent at 300 Putnam is 30% of income, regardlessof family and apartment size. About half of the apart-ments were vacant, so BSDC advertised for new ten-ants. They received more than three hundred applica-tions for the low-income housing. Angela explains that,after the income and other eligibility requirements aremet, the goal is to bring in people who demonstratepotential to contribute to the life of the building art-ists, for example, or people with unique, community-oriented skills or for whom the opportunity to havean apartment would be essentially life-saving, suchas the woman who was a bit late on application daybecause, without enough money for the fare, she had

walked to Bedford-Stuyvesant from the Upper EastSide of Manhattan.Angela seems to know everyone in the neighborhoodand the mailman too, and exchanges greetings with

all. Cynthia, a 12-year resident on the block, passesby and eagerly shares her appraisal of the dramatic

changes at 300 Putnam. BSD did a wonderful job,she says. They made the block a better block. I feereally good living here now.

Angela ascribes the buildings success to the uniquedrive of its tenants, who had demonstrated a camara-derie and commitment to making their lives better evenbefore BSDC became involved. They had gone toneighbors to ask for leftover paint, to brighten the wallsas much as possible. They shared food. Despite de-plorable living conditions, some children in the buildingachieved higher education and professional careers.

With that will and the little bit of hope that they hadleft, Angela says, theyve accomplished somethingamazing. In keeping with its mission to serve the com-munity and promote empowerment to the communitysresidents, Bridge Street Development Corporationspartnership with the residents of the building and theblock continues.

The organization has collaborated with its establishedpartners, including the New York City Department ofHealth, Arthritis Foundation, Diabetes Association,YMCA and numerous others, to bring health and well-

ness seminars and nancial literacy workshops to theresidents of 300 Putnam and the homeowners on theblock.


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ANHD IN THE NEWS

This story is the second part of The Village Voicesannual prole on NYCs worst landlords. This storyeatures one of the citys most notorious predatoryequity-backed owners.

By Elizabeth Dwoskin & Donal GrifnThe Village Voice

Landlord: Steven Carter(Cronus Capital and Perseus Capital Management)

At the height of the real estate boom, the private-equityrm Cronus Capital, controlled by nancier Steven Cart-

er, went on a buying spree, amassing about 30 buildings

in Harlem and Washington Heights in just a few shortyears. Two of the buildings now sit on the citys worst-violations list. In four buildings, there are group lawsuitsagainst Cronuss management arm, Perseus CapitaManagement, demanding that either the landlord and itsmanagers make widespread repairs or a judge appointan independent administrator.Tenants in six properties have been granted building-wide rent reductions by the state, says Diogenes Abreuof the Northern Manhattan Community Coalition. Atleast 60 additional tenants in 15 separate buildings haveenough lingering repair problems that the state has alsolowered their rent.

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Cronus is an afliate of HIG Capital, a $7.5 billion Euro-pean private-equity rm. Carter, the principal of Cronus,ves in the Sabrina, a luxury condo building at West 98th

and Broadway, not all that far from the screwed-up build-ngs under his control.

Cronus boasts the conversion of a Chelsea ofce build-ng into luxury condos, and also has various real estateventures in New Jersey, Florida, and Houston. The Bronxand Washington Heights buildings t one of Cronuss in-vestment strategies: Acquire underperforming proper-es and develop a specic turnaround plan.

Benjamin Dulchin, executive director of the Associa-ion for Neighborhood and Housing Development,ranslates: When you say underperforming assets in aent-stabilized building in New York, that means the ten-

ants themselves. The tenants themselves are the under-performing assets, because they are too poor.As for Cronuss turnaround plan, consider, among otherproperties, 79 Audubon Avenue, which Cronus acquired

in April 2007.

Earlier that year, before Cronus purchased it, the build-ing had 79 code violations, including a four-foot-widehole above the row of mailboxes in the lobby, says ten-ant attorney Evan Hess. Sixteen months later, the num-ber of violations had surged to 217. Seventeen tenantsdeclared a rent strike, placing their rent payments in anescrow account.

In September 2008, a judge ordered Cronuss manage-ment arm, Perseus, to complete all repairs in 60 daysBut by February 2009, the building had 224 violationseven more than when the judge rst ordered the landlordto deal with them. As of March 2010, the building hadmore than 180 violations.

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Read Part 1 Full Article:http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-03-16news/new-york-s-ten-worst-landlords/1

New Yorks Ten Worst Landlords, Part 2ONTD FROM PAGE 3

By ELIOT BROWNThe New York ObserverPublished March 19, 2010

City Comptroller John Liu has formed his TaskForce on Public Benet Agreements, selectingour co-chairs who hail from backgrounds of la-bor, the real estate industry, housing and smallbusiness.

The chairs are Jack Ahern, president of the Cen-ral Labor Council; Barry Gosin, CEO of broker-

age Newmark Knight Frank; Priscilla Almodovar,a former top state housing nance ofcial and an

executive at JPMorgan Chase; and Joyce Moy, profes-sor of Small Business Management and Entrepreneur-ship at the City University of New York.

The purpose of the effort, which saw its rst meetingFriday, is to recommend a more formalized process ofcreating community benets agreements, in which de-velopers seeking public approvals strike deals with acollection of community groups and labor. The processsurrounding the agreements has been criticized for itsack of consistency and for an inherent capriciousnessn the spreading of benets, among other complaints.

Things sound great at the initial announce-ment once private entities get public subsi-dies, and then a few years later its muchharder to see that they actually materialize,Mr. Liu said Friday.

Mr. Liu is making this an early issue in histenurean interesting choice given that aCBA is not something that would customar-ily fall under the purview of the comptroller(The comptroller has a vote on many taxincentives, but not on land-use decisions.)While the chairs on the task force represent

an array of interests, the membership of the broadercommission has a lefty bent, with representation fromall the major unions on development issues (the Hoteland Motel Trades, SEIU 32BJ, the Retail Wholesale andDepartment Store Union, and the Building Trades); af-fordable housing groups such as the Association forNeighborhood and Housing Development; and smalbusiness advocates such as lobbyist Richard Lipsky.

The commission has been charged with making its rec-ommendations in the next six months.

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IN HOUSING PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATIONMANAGING & MAINTAINING YOUR HOUSING PORTFOLIO: Asset & PropertyManagement and Maintenance of Affordable Multi-Family Housing Best Practices.

This beefed-up series of nine (9) trainings is specically geared for building managers and back ofce staff, superin-tendents & maintenance staff of nonprot housing agencies that develop, manage and maintain affordable housing.The course will be presented by affordable housing experts, contractors and professional property managers.

DATES: 9 consecutive Thursdays beginning March 25 through May 20, 2010. TIME: 1:00 PM. - 4:30 PM. LOCATION:ANHD ofces, unless otherwise indicated. COST: $180 per agency for ANHD members ($270 Non-members). Forsingle sessions: $30/ANHD members & $40/non-members.

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APRIL 1 @ 1 PM. HOUSING COURT: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE A TENANT TO COURT? withLouise Seeley.

APRIL 1 @ 3 PM. FAIR HOUSING LAWS with Mike Bucci, CEO, Development Resource Group.

APRIL 8 PROJECT COMPLIANCE: Meeting the Regulatory Requirements of Several Governmental Entities (HPD,DHCR, DOB, HUD), with a Focus on Low Income Housing Tax Credit Regulations with Tania Garrido of Enterpriseand Sandra Abramson, Tem-Pro-Tech, Inc.

APRIL 15. @ 1 PM. NY STATE WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM with Dan Rieber (NMIC) who willexplain the program details and the crucial role of the weatherization assistance provider to help groups with imple-menting energy efciency measures.

APRIL 15. @ 3 PM. CON EDISONS NEW MULTI-FAMILY ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM with Gregory Elcock,Manager. Be the rst on your block to nd out about ConEds free energy audits.

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APRIL 29. MAINTAINING & OPERATING HEATING PLANTS: Heating & Hot Water Systems with Henry Gifford,Heating Contractor.

MAY 6. MAKING BUILDINGS PERFORM MORE EFFICIENTLY, REDUCING MAINTENANCE & OPERATINGCOSTS & REVERSING GLOBAL WARMING: Retrotting Energy Conservation Measures with a focus on the costbenets of the Low Hanging Fruit and The Crisis of Global Warming - What To Do About It with Michael Sweringen,President, microLEADERSHIP Inc.

MAY 13. FIELD TRIP TO CONSTRUCTION SITE: Understanding up-close the major building systems (envelope,mechanical, electrical, heat, cooling and plumbing) with Aaron Lewit.

MAY (Dates TBD) OTHER POSSIBLE TRAININGS:o INSURANCE BASICS: Organizational, Property, Liability & Construction-related insurance issues.o APARTMENT MANAGEMENT CHECKLIST: Maintaining Best Practices.o FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Budgeting, Record Keeping, Reporting & Financial Software.

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Resources and Notice

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The Citizenship and Integration Direct Services Grant Program offered through the Ofce of Citizenship (OoC), within Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), will provide federal funding to eligorganizations to promote the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. Competitive grants fund of approximately $4,500,000

upport the expansion of citizenship services in communities nationwide.Grant activities shall focus on promoting the rights and responsibilities of citizenship through citizenship education and nalization preparation programs for legal permanent residents (LPRs). Proposed activities must include a citizenship educaomponent consisting of citizenship or civics-focused English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction and citizenship inson (U.S. history and government) to prepare LPRs for the civics, English reading, writing, and speaking components oaturalization test.

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Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC), a socialservice community-based organization in Washington Heights/Inwood is seeking a full-time Community Health Worker whowill be responsible for providing community-wide asthma edu-cation and identies, enrolls, and supports families of childrenwith poorly controlled asthma for the period of one year. In par-ticular, CHW offers families individualized asthma education,asthma management support, trigger reduction strategies, andlinks to clinical and social services.

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UPROSE, Brooklyns oldest Latino community-based orzation, is seeking candidates for the position of EnvironmJustice OrganizerCandidates will :

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Hold planning meetings with members to develop action egies and plans for winning on issues and achieving goals

Help carry out media strategies to raise awareness abosues and build support for our organizing.

Assist with fundraising, grant writing and reporting.Other community organizing responsibilities as necessaryAdditional Qualications: Three to ve years organizing experience Excellent written/oral communications skills Commitment to environmental justice and social justice isand UPROSEs mission Knowledge of environmental and social justice issues aing communities of color and low income communities Ability to work collaboratively Experience promoting issues and policy objectives Spanish/English preferred

Candidate Must:

Be someone with initiative, self-condence, energy, and epreneurial skills, who enjoys working as a team player buhas the capability to work independently and as a self-sta

Be a personable, positive, and social individual, with intand a sense of humor

Be very well organized, willing to work diligently and witexibility necessary to balance the many challenges inhera changing and growing organization.

Please submit cover letter, resume and three references tUPROSE 166A 22nd Street Brooklyn, NY 11232 Or emat: [email protected],


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ORGANIZING DIRECTOR....................................................................................................Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition is looking tohire a Director of Congregational Organizing.RESPONSIBILITIES: Recruit and organize local congregations, andoccasionally community organizations, universities, or tenant asso-ciations; Coordinate and grow the Clergy Caucus, a body of clergyfrom a dozen denominations devoted to building relationships andjoining together for interfaith celebrations and actions on issues ofconcern; Supervise 1-2 community organizers and support congre-gational organizing in NWBCCC overall; Develop leadership withincongregations through Listening Campaigns and the formation of

Faith in Action committees; Transition leaders from congregationalleadership into the core leadership base of the NWBCCC; Orga-nize campaigns on the issues that emerge from these institutions,such as neighborhood safety, housing, and jobs; Provide leadershiptrainings on organizing and political education, as well as organizingKnow Your Rights workshops in institution; Assist with grant devel-opment to current & potential funders through writing reports, main-taining funder relationships, and helping recruit new funders; Assistwith fundraising through membership dues and special events;Maintain clear fles about congregational organizing and updatedatabase regularly. Must attend weekly staff meetings and submitweekly reections.REQUIREMENTS:Minimum 2 years experience in organizing, ac-tivism, or related feld; Prefercandidate with experience organizingfaith communities; Commitment to social justice and community

organizing as an approach to social change; Flexibility and stronginterest in working as part of a team with staff and leaders; Spanishlanguage skills desired but not mandatory; Ability to work occasionalweekends and weeknights. Salary commensurate with experi-ence. Please submit resumes by email to Co-Executive Direc-tor Laura Vazquez ([email protected]) and Directorof Congregational Organizing Abby Bellows ([email protected])...................................................................................................

FAMILY SPECIALIST...................................................................................................Jericho Project is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic in-dividual to join its team as a full-time Family Specialist for ourScatter-site Housing Program for episodic homeless families.

Our Family Specialist will provide case management, servicecoordination and network with landlords to provide safe afford-able housing for up to 10 families in the program.

REQUIREMENTS: Qualied candidates will have a Masters inSocial Work, and the ability to provide case management to par-ents and children who have experienced homelessness.The location of this position is the Bronx. The candidate will re-port to the Director of Special Programs and work Full Time,some evenings and weekends.Responsibilities Include:Salary is commensurate with experience. Jericho Project offersa comprehensive benets package including health insurance,dental insurance, retirement plan, and four weeks paid vaca-tion. Contact: [email protected]

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SUPERINTENDE..............................................................................................Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty is seeking a Sintendent to supervise porters and handyman (if staffed) amaintain building operation systems by inspection and repa2 buildings in NYC as assigned by Residence Director.Other duties include:

Performs daily inspections of the perimeter of the building andrior

public areas, including the basement Performs necessary repairs to resident rooms as indicated on r

requests

Informs Residence Director or Asst. Director of need for outsidepairman and/or contractors

Performs basic plumbing, electrical, patching, and touch up pai Maintains clean orderly condition of storage areas Supervises work of outside repair contracts Responds to after hour heat, water, and electrical emergencies Maintains resident and ofce keys Assigns duties to porters and handyman (if ever hired) Performs preventative maintenance on boiler, HVAC, plumbingdrainage systems Properly stores and disposes of paints and other chemicals Maintains records of warranties and manuals Other duties as assigned by Residence Director or Asst. Directo

Qualications

Computer Skills: N/AEducation and/or experience: High school diploma/GED, tecschool, experience in building maintenance and repairsCerticates: Fitness Certicates for Boiler, Standpipe and Skler Systems. Fire safety certicate.Language Skills: Ability to read/write EnglishMathematical Skills: Ability to add and subtractReasoning Ability: Ability to carry out daily tasks without supervision. Ability to make decisions withinthe guidelines established and to respond rationally to emergencMechanical Skills: Ability to maintain and clean boiler, chelevel. Ability to operate electric hand tools and electric snake. Ato change electrical circuits.

Physical Demands: While performing this job, the employee be able to sit, talk, hear, stand, walk, run and climb. The empmust occasionally lift up to 70 pounds. Employee must have enstrength and control to properly use hammer, screwdriver, circulaand wrench.

Work Environment: Noise level is moderate. No private ofce. outdoor work. Must occasionally work with foul odors and dirty ctions.

Work Needs to be performed: On-site.

Work Needs to performed during set business hours: 8am to 5phrs/wk. Also, must be available for emergencies around the c



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