September 2013

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Vol. 43 No. 7 www.nyc.gov/nycha September 2013

Message from the Chairman

NYCHA recently took an innovative and By issuing an RFEI, we hope to identify qualified developers who can show vital step forward in our efforts to preserve how developing this land can benefit NYCHA, residents and the surrounding public housing in New York City by issuing neighborhoods, while generating revenue to invest in preserving public housing. Once a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) the RFEI responses are evaluated, if an initial proposal is exceptional and meets all for our Land Lease plan, inviting developers of our goals for our residents and for revenue generation for NYCHA, that developer to submit their proposals for building new af- would be selected conditionally without a subsequent Request for Proposals (RFP) fordable and market-rate rental housing – and process. Alternatively, the developers found to be qualified will be allowed to propose Journaretail, commercial and community facilities, their ideas through an RFP. l where possible – on 14 sites at eight Manhat- NYCHA will move forward to maintain and preserve public housing, while many tan developments. Land Lease is a vital part public housing authorities across the country are demolishing their buildings. One of the of Plan NYCHA, our five-year roadmap to biggest benefits of the Land Lease plan is the revenue it will generate for NYCHA – an preserve public housing in New York City. expected $30-$50 million every year. The Land Lease RFEI reflects the input and feedback from numerous residents, By working with our various stakeholders, the Land Lease plan and this RFEI were elected officials, community boards and other concerned stakeholders who NYCHA has strengthened significantly. It is critical that we put this plan in place to generate billions met with on multiple occasions this year. We even delayed the release date of the RFEI of dollars over the life of the leases. And I reiterate that NYCHA is leasing the land for by several months to better engage residents and create a more inclusive environment. development – no land or buildings will be privatized or sold, and development only will We will continue to provide opportunities for stakeholders to participate in the process, be done where no residential buildings currently exist. both before and after the developers are selected. The time to act is now. The great task of making sure public housing is around for Something new in the RFEI is our requirement that there be retail space included in current and future generations will require the dedication and ingenuity of New Yorkers the proposals at seven of the eight developments. This likely will lead to the Uniform from every walk of life – we hope that you will join us in this historic plan. Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), which many local elected officials suggested be a part of the Land Lease process. ULURP further will engage key stakeholders such as the Mayor, community boards, the City Council, the Manhattan Borough President, the Department of City Planning and the City Planning Commission. John B. Rhea

inside Survey Finds How Prepared NYCHA Residents this issue Are for the Next Storm our out of five NYCHA residents Fare ‘very or somewhat prepared’ for a major storm similar to Hurricane Sandy hitting New York City. That is one of the key findings of a telephone survey conducted by NYCHA 80% this summer of nearly 2,000 residents. of households 56% The survey’s purpose was to find out of households if residents are prepared for an emer- very or gency, what additional information somewhat have a family and support they might need and prepared for a evacuation how they might respond to evacua- major hurricane plan tions in the future. NYCHA will use the survey results to develop informa- Journal’s Annual Summer tional materials and communications Photo Spread strategies for emergencies such as having emergency cash on hand (56 Evaluating Different Populations NYCHA Residents Have Fun! » see pages 8-9 storms, fires and blackouts. percent) and a family evacuation plan in By design, surveys were split even- Before Hurricane Sandy hit, only place (56 percent). ly between residents who live in what CCOP Vice President Herma one in four of the residents surveyed “I am encouraged to see that so used to be called Zone A – the most Williams said they were ‘very prepared’ for a many residents are doing more based likely to flood – and residents who did In Memoriam » see page 2 major hurricane. But now, 43 percent on our shared experience from last not live in Zone A. Residents in Zone said they are ‘very prepared,’ with year,” said NYCHA General Manager A were more likely to say they have CCTV Update another 37 percent ‘somewhat pre- Cecil House. “Residents should be sure taken additional steps to prepare Status of Security Camera Installations pared.’ Most residents reported hav- to take responsibility for getting them- since Sandy (68 percent) compared to » see page 4 ing enough prescription medication selves prepared for an emergency. We residents not in Zone A (57 percent). (78 percent), food (77 percent) and will continue to look for ways to support Overall, more than three-quarters Rockaways Restoration water (66 percent) to shelter-in-place residents in being more informed about of residents said that they would Post-Sandy Planting Beautifies Area for up to three days. Fewer reported emergency preparedness.” continued on page 2  » see page 3 2 September 2013 The Housing Authority Journal

NYCHA In Memoriam: Herma Williams erma Williams, the First HVice President of the Board Meetings Citywide Council of Presi- he next New York City Housing Authority Board dents and a tireless advocate Tmeeting is scheduled for September 25, 2013. The on behalf of all public hous- remaining meetings for Calendar Year 2013 are to be ing residents, passed away on determined. August 5. Ms. Williams was born and raised at Pelham Parkway Houses in the Bronx,  continued from page 1 and was the development’s Survey Finds How Prepared NYCHA Residents Resident Association Presi- Are for the Next Storm dent since 1994. She raised evacuate if ordered to by evacuation routes, nearby shelter her daughter as a single government officials. However, locations, how to get help getting parent in Pelham Parkway Among the many duties Herma Williams performed as a member of the residents in Zone A were less to a shelter or information on Houses; her grandson is a Citywide Council of Presidents was serving as the emcee at the launch of Resident Watch in 2010. likely to say they would do so potential hazards in their area. third generation resident than non-Zone A residents. More than one-third of respon- of the development. She 2011 Journal, “We must con- “She lived her life accord- Approximately one-quarter dents said they would be willing to became First Vice President tinue to ‘lift every voice’ until ing to a belief that I think can of all surveys were completed take a training course to become of the Citywide Council of we are heard!” teach us all a valuable lesson: by households with at least qualified to help their community Presidents (CCOP) in 2010. Ms. Williams was responsible that nothing in the world can one member with limited recover from a disaster, and one- She had served previously as for the launch of the Bronx stop us when we work togeth- mobility or life-sustaining fourth said they attended an emer- Secretary since 2008 when NYCHA Task Force created in er to make life better for other equipment. These vulnerable gency preparedness or response she was elected Chairperson 2009 by Bronx Borough Presi- people,” said Melba Butler, households were more likely training in the past two years. for the Bronx North District. dent Ruben Diaz, Jr., and for the the Director of NYCHA’s Office to report the need for uninter- About one in seven respondents Ms. Williams was a vocal coordination of a Bronx North of Resident Engagement. “It rupted electricity. Nearly one- participated in a home evacua- supporter of resident em- Town Hall in 2010 sponsored by was obvious that her work was third of vulnerable households tion drill, and one in five said they powerment. As she wrote in a Congressman Joseph Crowley connected to something much reported a need to refrigerate or someone in their household letter in the Residents’ Voices and attended by NYCHA Chair- greater, wider and deeper medications, and nearly one- took part in a workplace or school column in the November man John B. Rhea. than herself.” fourth require electricity for evacuation drill. life-sustaining equipment. The surveys were conducted by NYCHA residents, hired for Passing of Former NYCHA Chairman Awareness and Training temporary positions with fund- Fewer than half of respon- ing from a post-Hurricane Sandy dents reported that they grant from the federal Depart- Simeon Golar were familiar with emergency ment of Labor, as reported in the imeon Golar, NYCHA’s 12th Chairman, died on Mr. Golar was described in an August 13, 2013, alerts and warning systems June issue of the Journal. House- SAugust 11, 2013, at the age of 84. He is the New York Times obituary as “an avowed integra- in their community, and just holds were sampled randomly, only Chairman to have grown up in public hous- tionist.” Born in 1928 to a teenage mother who 36 percent said they were and telephone surveys were ing, at Fort Greene Houses in Brooklyn. Mr. Golar later put him up for adoption, Mr. Golar is report- familiar with official sources of completed with 908 households was appointed Chairman by Mayor John Lindsay ed to have had “fond memories of growing up in public safety information such in Zone A and 963 households in 1970. public housing.” as the Federal Emergency outside of Zone A. Management Agency (FEMA) Complete results of the survey or the New York City Office will be shared with residents at of Emergency Management the NYCHA’s ongoing emergency (OEM). More than 40 percent preparedness meetings, part of its said they were not familiar with NYCHA Prepares efforts.

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Ocean Bay Houses Residents Get Their Carrier Alert Program Green Back When you sign up for this free senior safety program, By Vinson Cunningham, your emergency contact person is called when your with additional reporting mailman sees that your mail is not being picked up. This by Eric Deutsch program can be very helpful if you live alone and worry about falling or illness. Call 311 to sign up. Remember n July 31, dozens of to ask for the “Carrier Alert Program.” The Letter Carrier Ocommunity members Alert program is run by the New York City Department joined representatives from for the Aging. Lowe’s and other partners to plant new flowers, trees and shrubs to replace plants that were left ravaged in the CEASE THE GREASE aftermath of Hurricane Sandy last October. The inspiring effort be- gan this spring, when Doris McLaughlin, Ocean Bay’s PROPER DISPOSAL OF Resident Green Committee NYCHA youth plant flowers at a Hurricane Sandy recovery event at Ocean Bay Captain, took a drive and Houses on July 31, 2013. COOKING OIL AND GREASE realized how devastating the of materials we needed, and we dening and Greening program storm’s impact had been on thought it was worth a try. The provided guidance about u Cooking oil poured into a drain clogs pipes in the natural environment in her NYCHA Civic Corps thought it where residents could and your home and city sewers. community. “My husband and was a great idea – they helped could not plant, Ms. McLaugh- u Clogged sewers cause sewage backups into I were driving through another us get started with the letter.” lin set up the planting event your home and neighborhood. part of Queens, and every- The letter paid off: Lowe’s on July 31. “The sun was thing was just so green – trees, sent representatives from their shining, children were out with u Clogged sewer pipes can release sewage into shrubbery, grass, everything. It landscaping department to us – it was a glorious day,” she local waterways, harming the environment. was just so beautiful,” she said. survey the considerable damage said. “Everything turned out “And I realized that our block and pledged to lend a helping wonderful.” still looked like the dead of hand. Geraldine Callands, an Several representatives winter because of the storm.” Ocean Bay resident who keeps from Lowe’s were on hand, DON’T pour cooking This led Ms. McLaugh- her own garden at the develop- joined by other local commu- oil or grease down the lin and her Resident Green ment, said that was the turning nity-based organizations, such kitchen sink, toilet, or any Committee to connect with point. “Sandy messed up all of as the Rockaway Youth Task other drain in your home. the NYCHA Civic Corps and our flowers and trees. It was so Force, and the Brotherhood. devise a plan to restore the blessed for Lowe’s to come in “My flower garden looks neighborhood to its former here and beautify the neighbor- beautiful. The flowers are red DO pour cooled cooking oil glory. “We wanted to send hood, all the trees were dead,” and green,” said Ms. Cal- and grease into a container, a letter to Lowe’s,” she said. she said. lands. “The whole area is just then seal and discard with “We knew they had the kind After staff from NYCHA’s Gar- beautiful.” your regular garbage. Want a Job Painting? NYCHA Wants You! Before washing pots, pans, and dishes:

YCHA is seeking residents pass a drug test and have a “Painter Apprentice.” All other Nwho are qualified high school diploma or be resident applicants should DO wipe off oil and grease with a dry paper towel. candidates to join a Painter’s in the process of getting a submit their cover letter and Apprenticeship program. GED. Participants will learn resume at www.nyc.gov/ DO scrape leftover food into the trash. careers/search This opportunity to enter skills to become a union ; search for For more information, into an Apprentice program painter; training includes on- Job ID “Painter Apprentice.” please visit: is designed specifically for the-job as well as classroom Only applicants scheduled for nyc.gov/dep NYCHA residents to learn a instruction. The Painter’s interviews will be contacted. Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor skilled trade. Wages start at Apprenticeship program is Submitting an application Carter H. Strickland, Jr., Commissioner more than $27,000 per year, sponsored by the New York does not guarantee getting an Rev. 12/12 based on a 35-hour work week. City Council. interview. All resumes must be After completing the four-year To apply, residents who received no later than the last program, wages increase to also are NYCHA employees day of the posting period. $68,000 per year, and full union should submit their cover For more information, benefits. letter and resume through call NYCHA’s Office of Resident All applicants must be an the Employee Self-Service Economic Empowerment authorized NYCHA resident, be (ESS) system at www.nyc. and Sustainability at at least 18 years old, be able to gov/ess; search for Job ID 718-289-8100.

Maintenance and Repair Action Plan ditor’s note: the updated numbers for September regarding NYCHA’s plan to reduce the num- Eber of open maintenance and repair work orders were not available as of press time. NYCHA residents receive training as part of the Authority’s Painter’s Apprenticeship program. 4 September 2013 The Housing Authority Journal

The NYCHA Not Wanted List Security Cameras Installation Update Below is a partial list of names of individuals who have been excluded permanently from NYCHA’s public housing developments. This list s part of NYCHA’s comprehensive plan to make public housing developments safer, it is on keeps residents informed of the Authority’s ongoing efforts to improve A track to roll out wide-ranging security enhancements that include Closed Circuit Television the quality of life for New Yorkers in public housing and to allow for (CCTV) surveillance cameras at 86 developments by the end of 2013; a complete list is below. the peaceful and safe use of its facilities. The full list can be viewed at NYCHA’s Layered Access Control includes modern intercoms, wireless key fobs, technologically on.nyc.gov/nychanotwanted. The following are the people, with their advanced cameras and vandalism-resistant doors as a supplement to CCTV cameras. NYCHA does former addresses, excluded as of February 20-March 6, 2013. not have the funding to install these systems at all of its developments, but will install them where Prohibited as of February 20, 2013 elected officials have allocated discretionary funding for security measures. Since the inception of Richy Herrera Astoria Houses, 1-20 Astoria Boulevard, Apt. 1B, Queens the CCTV surveillance program in 1997, NYCHA has installed 8,090 security surveillance cameras of Henry Roy Queensbridge South Houses, 41-06 Vernon Boulevard, Apt. varying scale at 691 buildings in 125 developments citywide. 2B, Queens Maurice Sprain aka Maurice Spain Mitchel Houses, 215 Alexander Complete In Construction To Be Scheduled Avenue, Apt. 19H, Bronx Kasheem Williams Astoria Houses, 1-20 Astoria Boulevard, Apt. 1B, Bronx Bronx Manhattan Brooklyn Queens Mitchel Bailey Ave. 830 Amsterdam Ave. 572 Warren St. Lloyd Williams Queensbridge South Houses, 41-12 12th Street, Apt. 6F, Mott Haven Edenwald Baruch Coney Island Site Queens Fort Independence Baruch Addition 4/Site 5 Salim Wilson McKinley Houses, 751 East 161st Street, Apt. 3F, Bronx Brooklyn Jackson Carver Coney Island 303 Vernon Ave. Roosevelt Woods Johnson Houses, 1829 Lexington Avenue, Apt. 3B, Marble Hill Elliott Site 8 Manhattan Bay View Middletown Plaza Hernandez Farragut Borinquen Plaza I/II Prohibited as of February 27, 2013 Moore Holmes Gowanus Fiorentino Plaza Murphy Isaacs Independence Clarence Powell LaGuardia Houses, 55 Jefferson Street, Apt. 5H, Glenwood Manhattan Patterson LaGuardia Ingersoll Nostrand Meltzer Towers O’Dwyer Gardens Lazette Reggler Baisley Park Houses, 116-30 Guy Brewer Boulevard, Sheepshead Brooklyn Apt. 1A, Queens Polo Grounds Pink Williams Plaza Atlantic Terminal Rutgers Taylor-Wythe Stanley Spencer Baisley Park Houses, 116-30 Guy Brewer Boulevard, Belmont-Sutter Apt. 1A, Queens Seward Park Extension Whitman Manhattan Brownsville Prohibited as of March 6, 2013 45 Allen UPACA 5 Wyckoff Gardens Bushwick II UPACA 6 Ismael Canales Jr. Monroe Houses, 1755 Story Avenue, Apt. 6B, Bronx Amsterdam Hope Gardens Vladeck I Manhattan Ivan Canales Monroe Houses, 1755 Story Avenue, Apt. 6B, Bronx Campos Plaza I Hylan Chelsea Campos Plaza II Vladeck II Lefron Eley aka Le’Fone Eley Monroe Houses, 1760 Story Avenue, Apt. Ocean Hill Washington Chelsea Addition 4E, Bronx Dyckman Surfside Gardens De Hostos King Towers Wilson Johnny Traylor aka Johnny Lamar, Jr. East 180th Street-Monterey Ave Tilden Douglass I Houses, 558 East 181st Street, Apt. 5A, Bronx Lehman Village Queens Douglass II Smith Michael Troutman Breukelen Houses, 105-13 Glenwood Road, Apt. 6C, Bland Douglass Addition Brooklyn Taft Hammel Fulton Queens Woodside Johnson Conlon Lihfe Towers LES Infill Latimer Gardens Lexington Two Bridges Staten Island Mariners Harbor Queens Pomonok

areas to provide youth aged criminal prosecutions by the est neighborhoods will have a six to 16 with safe, supervised, Office of the Special Narcotics safe place to play this summer fun-filled places where they can Prosecutor. and a positive alternative to play and learn during the sum- “Thanks to our PAL support- life on the streets,” said PAL mer months. ers and NYCHA, even more Board Chairman and former “Recreational and educational children who are growing up in Manhattan District Attorney programs such as PAL Play Streets some of New York City’s tough- Robert M. Morgenthau. provide a safe haven for our youth and afford them invaluable life skills,” said NYCHA Chairman John B. Rhea. “Partnerships such as these enable us to prepare and support our youth, who are not only our most precious resource but our future.” The PAL Play Streets program was held in the Bronx at Monroe Houses; Brooklyn at Marcy, Red Play Street Program Hook East and Whitman Houses; Manhattan at Campos Plaza, Held at 10 Developments Douglass and Grant Houses and Lehman Village; Queens at Ham- This Summer mel Houses and Staten Island at YCHA youth got a great was held at 10 developments, Mariners Harbor Houses. Nbenefit this summer from offering prevention education, Renewed financial support NYCHA’s partnership with the sports, games and cultural arts for the Play Street at Douglass A NYCHA youth gets tips on shooting a basketball from NYPD officers – while another Police Athletic League (PAL). activities. The program closes Houses came from proceeds youth takes a long-range shot behind him – at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the PAL’s Play Streets program off streets and other public of narcotics trafficking during Police Athletic League’s Play Streets program at Grant Houses on July 29, 2013. The Housing Authority Journal September 2013 5

NYCHA Seniors ✁ Cut this out and put on your refrigerator or thumbtack board. Get Emergency Preparedness Training ome NYCHA seniors are more prepared for an emergency now, Sthanks to training by the City Office of Emergency Management (OEM). As part of NYCHA’s efforts to encourage residents during hurricane season to have an evacuation plan, gather emergency supplies and be informed about hazards, OEM trained senior residents this summer in emergency preparedness. Sessions were held in each borough – at Justice Sonia Sotomayor Houses in the Bronx, Seth Low Houses in Brooklyn, Stanley Isaacs Houses in Manhattan, Queensbridge North Houses in Queens and West Brighton Houses in Staten Island. NYCHA provided translators in Chinese, Korean, Russian and Spanish. For details that were provided in the training, please see the cut-out graphic at right. For more information, go to nyc.gov/oem or on.nyc.gov/emergencynycha.

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Women’s Initiative Trains Residents to NYCHA Post-Sandy Work Continues t has been close to one year since Hurricane Sandy hit New York Self-Start Their Businesses ICity, and NYCHA’s recovery efforts continue. The Capital Projects ive NYCHA residents were tional services and professional age for business survival. These Division has moved forward on several projects to make sure resi- Fpart of the latest graduating expertise needed to turn their clients average nearly $150,000 dents living in Coney Island, Red Hook and the Rockaways can get class of the Women’s Initiative business dreams into reality.” in annual sales. their lives back to normal. for Self Employment’s 11-week On average, clients nearly The Women’s Initiative’s • More than 70 sink holes caused by Hurricane Sandy at 12 develop- business training program. Since double their average annual program includes a workshop ments in Coney Island, Red Hook and the Rockaways have been partnering with NYCHA’s Office individual income during the that helps women self-assess repaired – the holes were filled in and the grounds were seeded. of Resident Economic Empow- first year after training, from less their business ideas to develop • NYCHA awarded contracts to fix safety surfaces in playgrounds erment and Sustainability (REES) than $13,000 before training the next steps in launching their damaged by Hurricane Sandy at Carey Gardens, Gravesend in 2012, the program success- to more than $25,000 one year enterprise; a business manage- Houses, O’Dwyer Gardens and Surfside Gardens. Additional con- fully has graduated 20 NYCHA after training. The percentage ment course to help them start, tracts are being processed to fix safety surfaces in playgrounds at residents. of clients who own a home also strengthen and grow their busi- various other developments affected by the storm. Women’s Initiative assists doubles two years after train- ness; and a network that pro- • For the past few months, Capital Projects staff have met with low-income women who dream ing. Five years after training, 70 vides connections for graduates residents to review plans for future improvements and get feed- of owning their own business. Its percent of Women’s Initiative of the program with influential back. NYCHA has engaged architectural and engineering firms mission is to build the entrepre- clients are self-employed, far women in business and access to design the replacement of flood-damaged boilers and electric neurial capacity of women to exceeding the national aver- to capital. equipment and find ways to lessen the effects of future storms. overcome economic and social barriers and achieve self-suffi- List of NYCHA Developments in Hurricane ciency. Through the program, women learn to start, or expand, Evacuation Zones their businesses. ew York City now is divided into six Hurricane Evacuation “As outlined in Plan NYCHA, NZones. While the NYCHA developments most vulnerable to we have taken an unprecedented coastal storm flooding generally are located in Coney Island, the approach to the work of connect- Lower East Side and the Rockaways, many other developments ing residents to critical programs are in one of the six zones, as listed in the July/August issue and services by pursuing partner- of the Journal. The list is available on NYCHA’s website at ships with best-in-class provid- on.nyc.gov/emergencynycha. For more information, call 311 ers,” said NYCHA Chairman (TT Y: 212-504-4115) or go to nyc.gov/oem and check the Hur- John B. Rhea. “Our partnership ricane Evacuation Zone Finder. with the Women’s Initiative offers Five NYCHA residents were part of the graduating class of the latest Women’s Please note that the Hurricane Evacuation Zones were Initiative for Self Employment’s 11-week business training program. They were an incredible opportunity for joined at the graduation ceremony on August 7, 2013, by NYCHA Chairman John identified incorrectly as flood zones in the July/August issue of residents to access the educa- B. Rhea (far right). the Journal.

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This resident is no grouch as he serves up some tasty food at the Vladeck Ahhhh, what’s summer without getting in the pool on a hot day? These girls Houses Family Day on June 5. at the Gunhill Community Center on August 9 took part in the Learn to Swim program, sponsored by NYCHA, the NYC Department of Health and the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation. Photo by Kathleen Fitzpatrick.

Yum! Refreshing watermelon helps cool down a NYCHA youth at the annual NYCHA Kids Walk at Clove Lakes Park in Staten Island on August 20.

Slippin’ and slidin’ at the National Night NYCHA youth learn CPR at the National Night Out event at Out event held at Fulton Houses on Woodside Houses on August 6. August 6.

New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony gets ready to toss a jump ball to start a game at Red Hook East Houses on June 27 at the basketball court Hundreds of seniors dressed up and danced the refurbished with funds from his foundation. night away at the “Senior” Prom on June 21 at the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Houses Community Center. Photo by Felix Cruz. The Housing Authority Journal September 2013 9 Summer 2013

Sharing some good times with friends at the Vladeck Houses Family Day on June 5. This NYCHA youth isn’t crying over spilled NYCHA youth make their moves at the 11th Annual Chess juice - he’s too happy to have a fireman’s Tournament held on June 19 at the Rutgers Community Center. helmet and hot dog at the National Night Out event at Jefferson Houses on August 6.

Janice Mikell from Marlboro Houses croons a beautiful rendition of Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come” at the Make Music New York event Fun carnival games were part of the National Night Out event at Jefferson Houses on on June 21 at Strauss Houses. August 6.

Board games more appropriately sized for giants were brought out for the National Night Out event at Woodside Houses on August 6. NYCHA youth get excited as they cross the finish line at the annual NYCHA Kids Walk at Clove Lakes Park in Staten Island on August 20. 10 September 2013 The Housing Authority Journal

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