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As 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 celebrate
the completion of the renovations and the transformative project is scheduled for May 2010. Pictured fourth from left: Angela Stokes, BSDC Community Organizer.

The Phoenix of Putnam Avenue

This story about the Bridge Street De-
velopment Corporation (BSDC), one of She has just spent the day helping
ANHD’s 98 member organizations, is
“This is a transformation the last of the tenants who were dis-
made possible by financial and writing not just of the building but placed for renovations move back into
support provided by Citigroup, which their own apartments. Her eyes gleam
partners with ANHD and with BSDC
of its residents and the as she talks about the improvements
to help develop communities in New entire block.” that have been underway since BSDC,
York.  Citigroup’s support for BSDC in- -- Rhonda Lewis, the non-profit community organization
cludes funding for financial education President and CEO of BSDC. where she works, bought the build-
programs for the tenants of the 300 ing at a courthouse-steps auction and
Putnam building and the residents of completed the final sale and closing in
the block. On a chilly afternoon in early March 2008. It has been a striking transfor-
2010, Angela Stokes is standing in mation.
“Here’s where we’ll have a planting the backyard of 300 Putnam Avenue,
garden for children. Over there is a 52-unit, 6-story residential build- Before BSDC became involved, ten-
where the Japanese gazebo will go. ing on a block of neat brownstones ants in the building had lived for about
And here, the benches and chess ta- in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant a year without gas, heat, hot water or
bles.” neighborhood. CONT’D ON PAGE 2
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ANHD MEMBERS IN COMMUNITIES
CONT’D FROM COVER
electricity. The elevator didn’t work; neither did the trash
incinerator. Neighbors could see each other through
gaping holes in their walls. Ceilings and floors were
bowed 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 of
the apartments. Police officers from the local precinct,
it is said, considered the building to be one of the most
dangerous they might encounter.
Angela points to landscaped areas flanking the gate to
the building’s outdoor and indoor parking. “When we
started, the dirt here was piled high,” she says, “and
you wouldn’t believe what we found buried in there. Ev-
ery kind of garbage. Dead cats and dogs.”
“It was something I’d never seen in my life,” Angela
says. “I’d never seen it this bad, with people living in
these conditions. I knew that I couldn’t be here just on
and off. I told Rhonda [Lewis, BSDC’s President and
CEO] that I’d need to be here every day.”
Angela had BSDC’s full support. She also had 22
years’ experience as a New York City corrections of-
ficer, including 15 years as the union representative for
800 colleagues. Although it was the first time she had
worked on a project like this — and despite her simul-
taneous BSDC assignments with other buildings and
community groups — Angela was not deterred by the
magnitude or complexity of the challenges.
One of the first things Angela did was to work with the
79th Police Precinct to clear the building of drug deal-
ers. “I told the dealers that this building was about to
turn around and, frankly, drugs and children and seniors
just don’t go together,” she recounts.
Eventually, the corridors ceased to be hangouts. An-
gela walked through the building each day, checking
in on the tenants, explaining the building rehabilitation
plans, keeping morale up.
“I’m going to be here with you and see this project out
to the end,” she would reassure them. “BSDC is go-
ing to help with your apartment needs, your building
management needs and your social service needs.” To
make sure that she would be always available to the
residents, Angela even changed her cell phone service
from 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 the
suspicions borne of long hardship. When their turns
came for apartment renovation, three tenants were
afraid to move out, despite the dreadful conditions,
fearing that it would not really be “only temporary.”
Through her warmth and honest reassurance, Angela
was able to earn their trust. She devised an innovative
“checkerboard” displacement whereby 26 out of the 27
tenants were able to sojourn in other apartments within
the building while their own was renovated, with much
of their belongings held temporarily in storage.
Angela also took steps to involve the rest of the block
in the transformation. She inaugurated a new block as-
sociation with a “meet and greet” in September 2009
that blossomed into a full-fledged block party with more
than 300 adults and children participating.
The residents of the neighboring brownstones had a
chance 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 years
by their neighbors. One of the block’s residents, who
has partnered closely with Angela to help make the
transformation a success, invited the minister of the lo-
cal church to give an opening prayer.
The contractor for the renovations donated temporary
basketball hoops for the youngsters. Angela’s friend,
the general manager of the Harlem Globetrotters, at-
tended along with some members of the team. For the
building tour, Angela secured the participation of the
local Salvation Army outlet, which let her take all that
was necessary to furnish a model apartment. After the
block party concluded, the items were given away to
people in need.
Today, the apartments have shiny new parquet floors,
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-efficient
windows, and energy-efficient air conditioners provided
through the Weatherization Assistance Program of the
New York State Division of Housing and Community
Renewal. Solar panels will be installed on the roof,
making 300 Putnam the first solar-powered multi-family
building in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
CONT’D ON PAGE 3
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ANHD MEMBERS IN COMMUNITIES
CONT’D FROM PAGE 2
In the basement there will be a computer room, an
amenity that highlights BSDC’s ongoing social service
commitment. To help the building’s struggling tenants
achieve economic stability, Angela has held weekly job
readiness workshops in the lobby. And, with referrals
to the non-profit New York City Justice Corps, BSDC is
helping community youth who have been involved with
the criminal justice system develop social, technical
and leadership skills through community service; in-
ternships; and job and educational assistance. In fact,
one Justice Corps intern has played a key role in the
300 Putnam project by assisting with computer-based
tasks — his first steady job.
The rent at 300 Putnam is 30% of income, regardless
of 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 are
met, the goal is to bring in people who demonstrate
potential 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 have
an apartment would be essentially life-saving, such
as the woman who was a bit late on application day
because, without enough money for the fare, she had
walked to Bedford-Stuyvesant from the Upper East
Side of Manhattan.
Angela seems to know everyone in the neighborhood
and the mailman too, and exchanges greetings with
ANHD IN THE NEWS
New York’s Ten Worst Landlords, Part 2
This story is the second part of The Village Voice’s
annual profile on NYC’s “worst” landlords. This story
features one of the city’s most notorious predatory
equity-backed owners.
By Elizabeth Dwoskin & Donal Griffin
The Village Voice
Landlord: Steven Carter
(Cronus Capital and Perseus Capital Management)
At the height of the real estate boom, the private-equity
firm Cronus Capital, controlled by financier Steven Cart-
er, went on a buying spree, amassing about 30 buildings
all. Cynthia, a 12-year resident on the block, passes
by 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 feel
really good living here now.”
Angela ascribes the building’s success to the unique
drive of its tenants, who had demonstrated a camara-
derie and commitment to making their lives better even
before BSDC became involved. They had gone to
neighbors to ask for leftover paint, to brighten the walls
as much as possible. They shared food. Despite de-
plorable living conditions, some children in the building
achieved higher education and professional careers.
“With that will and the little bit of hope that they had
left,” Angela says, “they’ve accomplished something
amazing.” In keeping with its mission to serve the com-
munity and promote empowerment to the community’s
residents, Bridge Street Development Corporation’s
partnership with the residents of the building and the
block continues.
The organization has collaborated with its established
partners, including the New York City Department of
Health, Arthritis Foundation, Diabetes Association,
YMCA and numerous others, to bring health and well-
ness seminars and financial literacy workshops to the
residents of 300 Putnam and the homeowners on the
block.
in Harlem and Washington Heights in just a few short
years. Two of the buildings now sit on the city’s worst-
violations list. In four buildings, there are group lawsuits
against Cronus’s management arm, Perseus Capital
Management, demanding that either the landlord and its
managers make widespread repairs or a judge appoint
an independent administrator.
Tenants in six properties have been granted building-
wide rent reductions by the state, says Diogenes Abreu,
of the Northern Manhattan Community Coalition. At
least 60 additional tenants in 15 separate buildings have
enough lingering repair problems that the state has also
lowered their rent.
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VOLUME XXXV, NUMBER 7

ANHD WORKSHOPS
WINTER/SPRING 2010 COURSES
A community
& WORKSHOPS IN HOUSING
PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION
MANAGING & MAINTAINING YOUR HOUSING PORTFOLIO:
bank at heart.
Asset & Property Management and Maintenance of Affordable
Multi-Family Housing – Best Practices.

This beefed-up series of nine trainings is specifically geared for

building managers and back office staff, superintendents & main-
tenance staff of nonprofit 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. LOCA-
TION: ANHD offices, unless otherwise indicated. COST: $180
per agency for ANHD members ($270 Non-members). For sin-
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ANHD member agencies who sign up for the entire series may
send any two staff people they want from their organization for M&T Bank has a long tradition of being
each presentation. involved in the cities, towns and neighborhoods
MANAGING LEAN AND GREEN is a monthly workshop series in which we operate. As a community bank,
for Affordable Housing managers, project managers, developers, we understand that the well-being of our
senior maintenance and fiscal staff. It is co-sponsored by ANHD,
SHNNY & Pratt Center. It is a monthly forum to learn & share in- company is connected to the well-being of the
formation about how to make your existing housing portfolio more communities we serve. We offer both our time
energy efficient, healthier, and more financially viable.
and our resources to make our communities
Time: 1st Wednesday of every month from 10 AM-12 PM better places to live, work and grow.
(Light breakfast)
Location: Pratt Center, Manhattan, 144 W. 14th Street, between
6th and 7th Avenues. See the difference our personal, local and long-
Fee: $25.00 per session. Register at www.prattcenter.net/events. term commitment can make. After all, we live
April 7. NYSERDA Multi-family Performance Program. here too. Call us today at 212-350-2523, or
How it works & how to combine with NYS WAP. visit us at www.mtb.com.
May 5. Green Roofs. What is it, what are the alternatives, costs,
financing, obstacles & benefits.
June 2. Solar Power Programs: Using the sun to power afford-
able housing. How it works & financing.
July 7. Political Climate Change One Year Later: A Forum about
New Policies, Resources and Programs to Retrofit NYC.
Please Note: To register for the remaining sessions of the Managing Lean & Green
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ANHD IN THE NEWS
New York’s Ten Worst Landlords, Part 2
CONT’D FROM PAGE 3
Cronus is an affiliate of HIG Capital, a $7.5 billion Euro-
pean private-equity firm. Carter, the principal of Cronus,
lives in the Sabrina, a luxury condo building at West 98th
and Broadway, not all that far from the screwed-up build-
ings under his control.
Cronus boasts the conversion of a Chelsea office build-
ing into luxury condos, and also has various real estate
ventures in New Jersey, Florida, and Houston. The Bronx
and Washington Heights buildings fit one of Cronus’s “in-
vestment strategies”: “Acquire underperforming proper-
ties and develop a specific turnaround plan.”
Benjamin Dulchin, executive director of the Associa-
tion for Neighborhood and Housing Development,
translates: “When you say ‘underperforming assets’ in a
rent-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 Cronus’s “turnaround plan,” consider, among other
properties, 79 Audubon Avenue, which Cronus acquired
Liu Forms Community Agreements Task Force
By ELIOT BROWN
The New York Observer
Published March 19, 2010
City Comptroller John Liu has formed his Task
Force on Public Benefit Agreements, selecting
four co-chairs who hail from backgrounds of la-
bor, the real estate industry, housing and small
business.
The chairs are Jack Ahern, president of the Cen-
tral Labor Council; Barry Gosin, CEO of broker-
age Newmark Knight Frank; Priscilla Almodovar,
a former top state housing finance official 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 first meeting
Friday, is to recommend a more formalized process of
creating “community benefits agreements,” in which de-
velopers seeking public approvals strike deals with a
collection of community groups and labor. The process
surrounding the agreements has been criticized for its
lack of consistency and for an inherent capriciousness
in the spreading of benefits, among other complaints.
in April 2007.
Earlier that year, before Cronus purchased it, the build-
ing had 79 code violations, including a four-foot-wide
hole 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 tenants
declared a rent strike, placing their rent payments in an
escrow account.
In September 2008, a judge ordered Cronus’s manage-
ment arm, Perseus, to complete all repairs in 60 days.
But by February 2009, the building had 224 violations—
even more than when the judge first ordered the landlord
to deal with them. As of March 2010, the building had
more than 180 violations.
Read Part 2 Full Article: http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-03-
24/news/new-york-s-ten-worst-landlords-part2/5
Read Part 1 Full Article:http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-03-16/
news/new-york-s-ten-worst-landlords/1
“Things sound great at the initial announce-
ment once private entities get public subsi-
dies, and then a few years later it’s much
harder to see that they actually materialize,”
Mr. Liu said Friday.
Mr. Liu is making this an early issue in his
tenure—an interesting choice given that a
CBA is not something that would customar-
ily fall under the purview of the comptroller.
(The comptroller has a vote on many tax
incentives, but not on land-use decisions.)
While the chairs on the task force represent
an array of interests, the membership of the broader
commission has a lefty bent, with representation from
all the major unions on development issues (the Hotel
and Motel Trades, SEIU 32BJ, the Retail Wholesale and
Department Store Union, and the Building Trades); af-
fordable housing groups such as the Association for
Neighborhood and Housing Development; and small
business advocates such as lobbyist Richard Lipsky.
The commission has been charged with making its rec-
ommendations in the next six months.
Read the Full Story: http://www.observer.com/2010/real-
estate/liu-forms-developercommunity-agreements-task-force
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VOLUME XXXV, NUMBER 7

WINTER/SPRING 2010 COURSES & WORKSHOPS

IN HOUSING PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION
MANAGING & MAINTAINING YOUR HOUSING PORTFOLIO: Asset & Property
Management and Maintenance of Affordable Multi-Family Housing – Best Practices.
This beefed-up series of nine (9) trainings is specifically geared for building managers and back office staff, superin-
tendents & maintenance staff of nonprofit 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 offices, unless otherwise indicated. COST: $180 per agency for ANHD members ($270 Non-members). For
single sessions: $30/ANHD members & $40/non-members.
ANHD member agencies who sign up for the entire series, may send any two staff people they want from their or-
ganization for each presentation.

APRIL 1 @ 1 PM. HOUSING COURT: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE A TENANT TO COURT? with
Louise 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 Enterprise
and Sandra Abramson, Tem-Pro-Tech, Inc.

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

APRIL 15. @ 3 PM. CON EDISON’S NEW MULTI-FAMILY ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM with Gregory Elcock,
Manager. Be the first on your block to find out about ConEd’s free energy audits.

APRIL 22. A DETAILED OVERVIEW OF BUILDING MAINTENANCE with Aaron Lewit, Constr. Mgr.

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

MAY 6. MAKING BUILDINGS PERFORM MORE EFFICIENTLY, REDUCING MAINTENANCE & OPERATING
COSTS & REVERSING GLOBAL WARMING: Retrofitting Energy Conservation Measures with a focus on the cost
benefits 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.

To Register for MANAGING & MAINTAINING YOUR HOUSING PORTFOLIO (above): Please mail the application
form (page 3) with payment to ANHD, 50 Broad St., Suite 1125, NY, NY 10004, Attn: Rita Mazza, or fax to 212-
747-1114. (Make checks payable to ANHD) Contact Mike Bucci 347-306-1745/mgbucci@aol.com or Moses Gates
moses.g@anhd.org with questions about this training. Advance registration required. Seating is limited with priority
given to ANHD members.
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surplus of nearly $3 billion. With the expectation that this surplus will be used to prepay some of next year’s expenditures and
that the Mayor’s plan for reducing city-funded spending by $1.1 billion and extending taxes to coop mortgages and aviation fuel
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gage lending in the City, highlights the state of immigrant New Yorkers and immigrant neighborhoods, and provides detailed data
on housing and demographic trends in each of the City’s 59 community districts.
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tion for the 42 apartments, and information on how to apply.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/downloads/pdf/River-Rock-apts.pdf
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ENVIRONMENT JUSTICE ORGANIZER
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER ....................................................................................................
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Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC), a social
service community-based organization in Washington Heights/
Inwood is seeking a full-time Community Health Worker who
will be responsible for providing community-wide asthma edu-
cation and identifies, enrolls, and supports families of children
with poorly controlled asthma for the period of one year. In par-
ticular, CHW offers families individualized asthma education,
asthma management support, trigger reduction strategies, and
links to clinical and social services.
Duties include performs hospital rounds in CHONY at least one
week per month to visit families of children in the ED and those
hospitalized for asthma to offer them asthma education and care
coordination services; conducts home visits and completes en-
vironmental assessments; opens 3-5 new cases per month and
identifies and outreaches to new referral sources in the com-
munity as necessary; conducts community-wide outreach and
training and participates in local health fairs, workshops, and
events; completes proper documentation for each new case,
maintains organized filing system, and submits relevant paper-
work to Care Coordination Supervisor on a timely basis and re-
ports to Care Coordination Supervisor and Program Manager at
WIN for Asthma and CBO Supervisor at base CBO. Successful
applicants should have prior case management experience and
knowledge of community resources. Willingness to visit fami-
lies in the hospital, community and home settings. Computer
literacy is necessary for this position. Must be able to work
independently, be results oriented and organized with an atten-
tion to detail. Ability to communicate effectively with clients and
community groups in both English and Spanish is REQUIRED.
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent degree preferred.
To apply, send resume/cover (with position in subject line) to
NMIC, Human Resources Director, 76 Wadsworth Avenue, NY,
NY 10033 or employment@nmic.org or fax to (212) 928-4180.
NMIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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UPROSE, Brooklyn’s oldest Latino community-based organi-
zation, is seeking candidates for the position of Environmental
Justice Organizer
Candidates will :
 
Work closely with Executive Director to develop strategies for
UPROSE’s environmental and social justice programs, proj-
ects, and campaigns
• Coordinate and conduct organizing events (develop outreach
materials, manage data base contact information, conduct door
to door outreach and expand UPROSE’s base)
• Plan informational sessions on key environmental and social
justice issues
• Work with UPROSE’s members to identify issues that are im-
portant to them.
• Hold planning meetings with members to develop action strat-
egies and plans for winning on issues and achieving goals.
• Help carry out media strategies to raise awareness about is-
sues and build support for our organizing.
• Assist with fundraising, grant writing and reporting.
Other community organizing responsibilities as necessary
 
Additional Qualifications:
• Three to five years organizing experience
• Excellent written/oral communications skills
• Commitment to environmental justice and social justice issues
and UPROSE’s mission
• Knowledge of environmental and social justice issues affect-
ing 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-confidence, energy, and entre-
preneurial skills, who enjoys working as a team player but also
has the capability to work independently and as a self-starter.
• Be a personable, positive, and social individual, with integrity
and a sense of humor
• Be very well organized, willing to work diligently and with the
flexibility necessary to balance the many challenges inherent in
a changing and growing organization.  
Please submit cover letter, resume and three references to:
UPROSE 166A 22nd Street Brooklyn, NY 11232 Or email us
at: employment@uprose.org,
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ORGANIZING DIRECTOR
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Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition is looking to
hire a Director of Congregational Organizing.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Recruit and organize local congregations, and
occasionally community organizations, universities, or tenant asso-
ciations; Coordinate and grow the Clergy Caucus, a body of clergy
from a dozen denominations devoted to building relationships and
joining together for interfaith celebrations and actions on issues of
concern; Supervise 1-2 community organizers and support congre-
gational organizing in NWBCCC overall; Develop leadership within
congregations through Listening Campaigns and the formation of
“Faith in Action” committees; Transition leaders from congregational
leadership 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 leadership
trainings on organizing and political education, as well as organizing
Know 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; Assist
with fundraising through membership dues and special events;
Maintain clear files about congregational organizing and update
database regularly. Must attend weekly staff meetings and submit
weekly reflections.
REQUIREMENTS: Minimum 2 years experience in organizing, ac-
tivism, or related field; Prefer candidate with experience organizing
faith communities; Commitment to social justice and community
organizing as an approach to social change; Flexibility and strong
interest in working as part of a team with staff and leaders; Spanish
language skills desired but not mandatory; Ability to work occasional
weekends and weeknights. Salary commensurate with experi-
ence. Please submit resumes by email to Co-Executive Direc-
tor Laura Vazquez (Laura@northwestbronx.org) and Director
of Congregational Organizing Abby Bellows (Abby@northwest-
bronx.org).
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FAMILY SPECIALIST
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Jericho Project is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic in-
dividual to join its team as a full-time Family Specialist for our
Scatter-site Housing Program for episodic homeless families.  Physical Demands: While performing this job, the employee must
Our Family Specialist will provide case management, service
coordination and network with landlords to provide safe afford-
able housing for up to 10 families in the program.
REQUIREMENTS: Qualified candidates will have a Masters in
Social 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 offers
a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance,
dental insurance, retirement plan, and four weeks paid vaca-
tion. Contact: ashley.lahoud@gmail.com
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SUPERINTENDENT
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Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty is seeking a Super-
intendent to supervise porters and handyman (if staffed) and
maintain building operation systems by inspection and repair for
2 buildings in NYC as assigned by Residence Director.
Other duties include:
• Performs daily inspections of the perimeter of the building and inte-
rior
public areas, including the basement
• Performs necessary repairs to resident rooms as indicated on repair
requests
• Informs Residence Director or Asst. Director of need for outside re
pairman and/or contractors
• Performs basic plumbing, electrical, patching, and touch up painting
• 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 office keys
• Assigns duties to porters and handyman (if ever hired)
• Performs preventative maintenance on boiler, HVAC, plumbing, and
drainage 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. Director
Qualifications
Computer Skills: N/A
Education and/or experience: High school diploma/GED, technical
school, experience in building maintenance and repairs
Certificates: Fitness Certificates for Boiler, Standpipe and Sprin-
kler Systems. Fire safety certificate.
Language Skills: Ability to read/write English
Mathematical Skills: Ability to add and subtract
Reasoning Ability: Ability to carry out daily tasks without close
supervision. Ability to make decisions within
the guidelines established and to respond rationally to emergencies.
Mechanical Skills: Ability to maintain and clean boiler, check oil
level. Ability to operate electric hand tools and electric snake. Ability
to change electrical circuits.
be able to sit, talk, hear, stand, walk, run and climb. The employee
must occasionally lift up to 70 pounds. Employee must have enough
strength and control to properly use hammer, screwdriver, circular saw,
and wrench.
Work Environment: Noise level is moderate. No private office. Some
outdoor work. Must occasionally work with foul odors and dirty condi-
tions.
Work Needs to be performed: On-site.
Work Needs to performed during set business hours: 8am to 5pm, 40
hrs/wk. Also, must be available for emergencies around the clock
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