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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEAN FULEIHAN FIRST DEPUTY M AYOR October 18, 2019 Honorable Corey Johnson Honorable Diana Ayala Honorable Margaret Chin Honorable Stephen T. Levin Honorable Karen Koslowitz New York City Council City Hall New York, NY 10007 Dear Speaker Johnson and Council Member Ayala, Chin, Levin and Koslowitz, In this city, we believe safety and fairness walk hand in hand. That's why today, New York City is not only the safest big city in America - we also have the lowest incarceration rate of any big city in America. Together, we are ending the era of mass incarceration. Over the past year, we have worked to engage the neighborhoods of Mott Haven, Chinatown, Downtown Brooklyn, and Kew Gardens in order to plan for the closure of the jails on Rikers Island and the creation of a system of four new borough-based facilities. As we move forward with the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) for community-based jails, together we take another step towards realizing a smaller, safer, and fairer justice system. The City has undertaken a robust community engagement effort, which is ongoing and will continue throughout the design and construction of the proposed borough-based jail system. This includes direct engagement with neighborhood residents, community leaders, and advocates to develop recommendations regarding the facilities and surrounding community needs. This administration has actively worked to incorporate the feedback we have heard throughout this process and to ensure that the new borough-based facilities will be seen as an asset to the surrounding neighborhood. -
DYCD After-School Programs
DYCD after-school programs PROGRAM TYPE PROGRAM SITE NAME After-School Programs Beacon IS 49 After-School Programs,Jobs & Internships,Youth In-School Youth Employment (ISY) Intermediate School 217 - Rafael Hernandez Employment School After-School Programs Out of School Time Building T 149 Reading & Writing,NDA Programs,Family Literacy Adolescent Literacy K 533- School for Democracy and Leadership 600 Kingston Avenue After-School Programs,NDA Programs,Youth High-School Aged Youth Voyagees Prepatory High School Educational Support Family Support,NDA Programs Housing AIDS Center of Queens County Jamaica Site Immigration Services,Immigrant Support Services Domestic Violence Program Jewish Board of Family and Children Services (JBFCS)-Genesis Immigration Services,Immigrant Support Services Domestic Violence Program Jewish Board of Family and Children Services - Horizons Immigration Services,Immigrant Support Services Legal Assistance Program Safe Horizon - Immigration Law Project Runaway & Homeless Youth Transitional Independent Living (TIL) Good Shepherd Services Runaway & Homeless Youth Transitional Independent Living (TIL) Green Chimneys Runaway & Homeless Youth Transitional Independent Living (TIL) Girls Educational & Mentoring Services, Inc. Runaway & Homeless Youth Transitional Independent Living (TIL) Inwood House Runaway & Homeless Youth Transitional Independent Living (TIL) SCO Family of Services Page 1 of 798 09/24/2021 DYCD after-school programs BOROUGH / COMMUNITY AGENCY Staten Island Jewish Community Center of Staten Island Bronx Simpson Street Development Association, Inc. Queens Rockaway Artist Alliance, Inc. Brooklyn CAMBA Queens Central Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation Queens St. Luke A.M.E Church Manhattan New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) Brooklyn New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) Manhattan,Bronx,Queens,Staten Island, Brooklyn Safe Horizon, Inc. Manhattan Good Shepherd Services Manhattan Green Chimneys Manhattan Girls Educational & Mentoring Services, Inc. -
Have a Happy Halloween!
Vol. 34, No. 10 First Class U.S. Postage Paid — Permit No. 4119, New York, N.Y. 10007 October 2004 THIRD ANNUAL KIDS’ WALK IN THE BRONX Modernization Project at Whitman/Ingersoll music, and dance to greet the One of NYCHA’s Largest Capital Improvement Projects young walkers, warm them up and cheer them on along their mile and a half trek around the track. Then, after a healthful lunch, games and activities filled the afternoon, along with educational and informational materials and face painting by Harborview Arts Center Artist-Consultant and pro- fessional clown Mimi Martinez. “Do you want to have this kind of fun next summer?” NYCHA Vice Chairman Earl Andrews, Jr. asked the assembled young peo- ple. After the loud and unsurpris- ing positive response, Mr. Andrews promised that NYCHA would do everything it could to find the funds to make Kids’ Walk On August 13th, NYCHA’s Chairman Tino Hernandez joined res- happen again. That message was idents and elected officials for a tour through Ingersoll Houses, reinforced by Board Member highlighting four model apartments. Shown here (front row, left Young residents from NYCHA’s Summer Camp program pre- JoAnna Aniello, Deputy General to right) are Whitman Houses Resident Association President pare for their one-and-a-half mile walk in Van Cortlandt Park. Manager for Community Opera- Rosalind Williams, Ingersoll Relocation Vice-Chairwoman Gloria tions Hugh B. Spence, Assistant Collins, Ingersoll Relocation Committee Member Janie Williams, By Allan Leicht Deputy General Manager for Ingersoll Relocation Committee Chairwoman Veronica Obie, ids’ Walk 2004, NYCHA’s third annual summer children’s Community Operations Michelle and Ingersoll Houses Resident Association President Dorothy walkathon to promote physical recreation and combat obesity Pinnock, and Director of Citywide Berry. -
Bronx Civic Center
Prepared for New York State BRONX CIVIC CENTER Downtown Revitalization Initiative Downtown Revitalization Initiative New York City Strategic Investment Plan March 2018 BRONX CIVIC CENTER LOCAL PLANNING COMMITTEE Co-Chairs Hon. Ruben Diaz Jr., Bronx Borough President Marlene Cintron, Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation Daniel Barber, NYCHA Citywide Council of Presidents Michael Brady, Third Avenue BID Steven Brown, SoBRO Jessica Clemente, Nos Quedamos Michelle Daniels, The Bronx Rox Dr. David Goméz, Hostos Community College Shantel Jackson, Concourse Village Resident Leader Cedric Loftin, Bronx Community Board 1 Nick Lugo, NYC Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Milton Nuñez, NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Paul Philps, Bronx Community Board 4 Klaudio Rodriguez, Bronx Museum of the Arts Rosalba Rolón, Pregones Theater/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater Pierina Ana Sanchez, Regional Plan Association Dr. Vinton Thompson, Metropolitan College of New York Eileen Torres, BronxWorks Bronx Borough President’s Office Team James Rausse, AICP, Director of Planning and Development Jessica Cruz, Lead Planner Raymond Sanchez, Counsel & Senior Policy Manager (former) Dirk McCall, Director of External Affairs This document was developed by the Bronx Civic Center Local Planning Committee as part of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative and was supported by the NYS Department of State, NYS Homes and Community Renewal, and Empire State Development. The document was prepared by a Consulting Team led by HR&A Advisors and supported by Beyer Blinder Belle, -
Sustainable Communities in the Bronx: Melrose
Morrisania Air Rights Housing Development 104 EXISTING STATIONS: Melrose SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES IN THE BRONX 105 EXISITING STATIONS MELROSE 104 EXISTING STATIONS: Melrose SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES IN THE BRONX 105 MELROSE FILLING IN THE GAPS INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION SYNOPSIS HISTORY The Melrose Metro-North Station is located along East 162nd Street between Park and Courtlandt Av- The history of the Melrose area is particularly im- enues at the edge of the Morrisania, Melrose and portant not only because it is representative of the Concourse Village neighborhoods of the Bronx. It is story of the South Bronx, but because it shaped the located approximately midway on the 161st /163rd physical form and features which are Melrose today. Street corridor spanning from Jerome Avenue on the The area surrounding the Melrose station was orig- west and Westchester Avenue on the east. This cor- inally part of the vast Morris family estate. In the ridor was identified in PlaNYC as one of the Bronx’s mid-nineteenth century, the family granted railroad three primary business districts, and contains many access through the estate to the New York and Har- regional attractions and civic amenities including lem Rail Road (the predecessor to the Harlem Line). Yankee Stadium, the Bronx County Courthouse, and In the 1870s, this part of the Bronx was annexed into the Bronx Hall of Justice. A large portion of the sta- New York City, and the Third Avenue Elevated was tion area is located within the Melrose Commons soon extended to the area. Elevated and subway Urban Renewal Area, and has seen tremendous mass transit prompted large population growth in growth and reinvestment in the past decades, with the neighborhood, and soon 5-6 story tenements Courtlandt Corners, Boricua College, Boricua Village replaced one- and two-family homes. -
Landmarks Preservation Commission June 22, 2010, Designation List 430 LP-2388
Landmarks Preservation Commission June 22, 2010, Designation List 430 LP-2388 HAFFEN BUILDING, 2804-2808 Third Avenue (aka 507 Willis Avenue), the Bronx Built 1901-02; Michael J. Garvin, architect Landmark Site: Borough of the Bronx Tax Map Block 2307, Lot 59 On December 15, 2009, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation as a Landmark of the Haffen Building and the proposed designation of the related Landmark Site (Item No. 3). The hearing had been duly advertised in accordance with the provisions of law. Three people spoke in favor of designation, including representatives of the Historic Districts Council and the New York Landmarks Conservancy. Summary The Haffen Building is a seven-story Beaux-Arts style office building designed by architect Michael J. Garvin and erected in 1901 to 1902 by brewery owner Mathias Haffen. The building is located in the western Bronx neighborhood of Melrose, an area predominantly populated by German- Americans during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The Haffen Building was part of the rapid development of the “the Hub,” the commercial center of Melrose, which centered on the intersection of East 149th Street, Melrose, Willis and Third Avenues. By the turn of the 20th century, the Haffen family was one of the main families of the Bronx, having made essential contributions to the physical and social infrastructure of the Bronx including surveying and laying out of parks and the streets, developing real estate, and organizing of a number of civic, social, and financial institutions. Mathias Haffen was active in real estate development in Melrose and, in 1901, chose a prominent, through- block site between Third and Willis Avenues in the Hub to erect a first- class office building for banking and professional tenants. -
Facts About NYCHA
Facts About NYCHA What is NYCHA? The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) provides decent and affordable housing in a safe and secure living environment for low- and moderate-income residents throughout the five boroughs. To fulfill this mission, NYCHA must preserve its aging housing stock through timely maintenance and modernization of its developments. NYCHA also administers a citywide Section 8 Leased Housing Program in rental apartments. Simultaneously, we work to enhance the quality of life at NYCHA by offering our residents opportunities to participate in a multitude of community, educational, and recreational programs, as well as job readiness and training initiatives. NYCHA was created in 1934. By the end of Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Computer 1935 NYCHA dedicated First Houses, our first Class at Astoria Houses Community Center development, located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. NYCHA residents and Section 8 voucher holders The Way It Is Today combined occupy 12.0 percent of the City’s rental NYCHA is the largest public housing authority apartments and comprise 7.3 percent of New York in North America. NYCHA’s Conventional Public City’s population. Housing Program has 177,666 (as of March 1, 2015) apartments in 328 developments throughout the City in 2,553 residential buildings containing Conventional Public Housing 3,314 elevators. NYCHA comprises 11,705 (as of March 1, 2015) employees. Our Public Housing developments serve • The Bronx has 89 developments with 44,423 175,747 families and 403,917 authorized residents apartments. (as of January 1, 2015). This includes 3,364 • Brooklyn has 99 developments with 58,454 Section 8 Transition Households (as of January apartments. -
Annual Report 2013 BRONX RIVER by the NUMBERS
Annual Report 2013 BRONX RIVER BY THE NUMBERS Anyone who has observed the Bronx River over the years knows that dramatic change is underway. But what do the numbers tell us? Here’s a numerical snapshot of our progress since our founding in 2001. • New waterfront parkland created = 18 acres • New waterfront trails created = 3.5 miles • Amount raised for Bronx River Greenway and restoration = $163 million • Number of people who have paddled the river = 14,500 people (plus thousands more with partner organizations!) • Number of new boat launches on a river where none previously existed = 7 • Number of teachers trained to use the Bronx River as an outdoor classroom = 2,300 • Numbers of students who have touched and been touched by the river = 9,500 • Number of trees planted = 95,000 • Number of beavers living in the river = 2 • Number of volunteer hours dedicated to restoring and enjoying the river = 100,000 • Number of awards for our work, our parks, and our beaver = 30+ These numbers are a powerful reminder that our river, once a neglected eyesore, is now a source of community pride, where people come to canoe, bike, picnic and learn. The greenway trail system is coming together with 20 miles along the full river currently open for use. The river is getting cleaner and more beautiful year by year, the Alliance is growing stronger and deeper as an organization, and above all, the communities along the river are making it more and more their own. Join us and discover what these facts and figures mean for our river, our communities, and our city. -
Nycha Residents Head to Washington, D.C
Vol. 32, No. 6 First Class U.S. Postage Paid — Permit No. 4119, New York, N.Y. 10007 June 2002 NYCHA RESIDENTS HEAD TO WASHINGTON, D.C. HUD’S Budget For Fiscal Year 2003 At Issue By Eileen Elliott n May 22, 2002, over 800 New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) residents boarded 21 bus- es and headed to Washington, D.C. to rally against the proposed $417 million cut in the U.S. De- Opartment of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) Capital Funding Program for Fiscal Year 2003. They were joined by some 200 residents from public housing authorities in Buffalo, New York, Bal- timore, Maryland, Cleveland, Ohio, Georgetown, South Carolina, and Puerto Rico. Because there was no room large enough to accommodate them at the Capitol, the group converged at the nearby Hyatt Regency Hotel. There, in the words of Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA) Executive Director Su- nia Zaterman, who also attended, they raised their voices, “loud, insistently, again and again.” As the residents found their York City Congressional delega- would be a reduction of $63 mil- seats in Ballroom A of the Hyatt, tion, and to 35 housing authorities lion from the Fiscal Year 2002 al- more often than not, they seemed around the country to rally their location of $402.4 million. unable to resist the urge to tap the support. Cheers went up as Ms. Lamb microphones set up on the floor, “The proposed $417 million re- told the residents, “We want you or murmur the words, “testing, duction in HUD’s Capital Fund- to know that we’re in this togeth- testing,” into them. -
November 2007 One Dollar
Second Class Permit Paid at Bronx, N.Y. USPS 114-590 Volume 36 Number 9 November 2007 One Dollar BRIDGE PLANS UNDER WAY By BARBARA DOLENSEK Original City Island Bridge. Rendering of proposed bridge looking north. At the October meeting of the City Is- the David Carll shipyard, then on Pilot Street. land Civic Association, the Department of The tower of the new bridge, which will be on Transportation (DOT) presented its plans to the Pelham Bay Park side, would, however, the community for the construction of a new be at least 150 feet high. (The original bridge bridge and the demolition of the existing proposed by DOT was over 450 feet high but bridge. This presentation was the same as that this was lowered at the request of the com- given to Community Board 10 on Sept. 27, munity.) 2007. The new bridge will be constructed on The DOT representatives fi rst reviewed the same site as the present bridge, which the history of the current bridge, which was means that a temporary bridge will be built completed in 1901 with seven spans and six to the west. This will have two 11-foot travel piers in the water, two 11-foot traffi c lanes, lanes, one 10-foot fi re lane in the middle and one fi re lane and two 6-foot sidewalks. a 5-foot, 7-inch sidewalk on each side. The Rendering of proposed bridge looking west. In April 1998, an in-depth inspection bridge will allow for marine traffi c, with two of the bridge was conducted as part of the channels open during the summer. -
09.03 Nycha Journalv3
Vol. 33, No. 9 First Class U.S. Postage Paid — Permit No. 4119, New York, N.Y. 10007 September 2003 HUNDREDS ATTEND ANNUAL Mayor Honors Arnold Schwarzenegger Announces KIDS WALK IN CENTRAL PARK NYCHA Employee Winner Of Inner City Games Contest For Going Beyond The Call of Duty hen the lights went out at 4:11PM on August W14, 2003 at the start of the biggest blackout in U.S. histo- ry, Community Coordinator Myra Miller and 15 children between the ages of six and 12 from the Langston Hughes Community Center Summer Day Camp in Brooklyn had just returned from a computer training class at the local library. Ms. Miller and her staff — Community Assistant Aisha Duckett and Community Service Aide Nereida Martinez — were preparing the children’s afternoon snacks when the electricity died. The older children were sent he rain drenched city streets and parks all week long but on Au- home. Others were escorted home gust 6, 2003, it let up just enough for hundreds of kids from New and others waited in the Commu- nity Center for a parent or family TYork City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Community Centers Arnold Schwarzenegger with Campos Plaza resident Dezirae Arias at a member to pick them up. Most of Citywide to gather at Central Park for NYCHA’s Second Annual Kids party held in Dezirae’s honor at the Campos Community Center. Walk. “We’re here today to teach our kids about the importance of good the children were reunited with health,” NYCHA Chairman Tino Hernandez said to the young crowd. -
Community Service Plan Workgroup CY 2016
SBH Health System Community Health Needs Assessment and CSP Implementation Strategy 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. The Community Health Needs Assessment and Community Service Plan 4 SBH Health System’s Community Commitment SBH Health System’s Mission, Vision and Values Statement 5 COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT 2. Definition and Description of the Community 5 a. The Population of the Bronx 6 b. Medically Underserved Communities 7-8 c. Snapshot of Health Disparities in the Bronx 3. Assessment of Community Health Need 9 a. Collaboration/Partnership/Public Participation 10-11 b. Description of Process and Methods 11 i. Primary Data Collection Process and Methods 12 c. 2014 Community Needs Assessment 13-14 d. New York City Community Consultations (overview and methods) 15 e. Community Survey 4. Identification and Prioritization of Community Health Needs 15 Data Sources & Analytic Notes 16 a. Listing of Data Sources 16-17 b. Description of Data Sources 5. Measures and Identified Resources to Meet Identified Need 18 6. External Resources and Linkages 18 7. INTRODUCTION/THIS IS SBH HEALTH SYSTEM 19-21 Facilities Medical Education Population Health NEW YORK STATE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN – IMPLEMENTATION CSP 8. Collaboration/Partnership/Public Participation 21-23 9. Identification and Prioritization of Community Health Needs 24 a. Secondary Data Analysis 2 b Overview of SPARCS Data for SBH Health System 24 i. Table 1: Top 20 Inpatient Diagnoses in 2015 25 ii. Table 2: Top 20 Avoidable Inpatient Diagnosis in 2015 iii. Table 3: Top 20 ED Diagnosis 26-27 10. Population-Based Secondary Data Review 28-29 Figures 1 through 23 30-52 11.