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Have a Great School Year!

Inside:• Starting the New School Year . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 2• Working To Reduce Crime . . . . . . . . . .page 4• Anniversaries And Family Days . . . .pages 6 and 7

Arnold Schwarzenegger with Campos Plaza resident Dezirae Arias at aparty held in Dezirae’s honor at the Campos Community Center.

Mayor HonorsNYCHA EmployeeFor Going BeyondThe Call of Duty

Community CoordinatorMyra Miller

Fourteen-year-old Campos Plaza resident Dezirae Arias won theInner City Games (ICG) Foundation’s “Name The Games” con-test to rename ICG. Her entry, “After-School All-Stars,” nowICG’s new official name, won out over thousands of names. ICGfounder and Chairman Arnold Schwarzenegger paid a visit to City Col-lege of the City University of New York in Harlem on August 11, 2003,to announce the foundation’s new name, to congratulate Ms. Arias, andto present her with prizes.

The mission of Inner-City Games, which was formed in 1995, is toprovide opportunities for inner-city youth to participate in sports, edu-cational, cultural and community enrichment programs; to build confi-dence and self-esteem; to encourage youth to say “no” to gangs, drugsand violence and “yes” to hope, learning and life.

NYCHA’s collaboration with Inner-City Games began in 1996 as ajoint effort between NYCHA and the Educational Department at St.John’s University in Queens. The ICG CampUS program, a month-longsummer day camp for NYCHA youth between the ages of 7 and 13, heldat St. John’s, currently serves 800 NYCHA residents. This year, an addi-tional 50 young people from public housing participated in a CampUSprogram at City College. A total of 150 youth who participate in Cam-pUS and who reside in NYCHA developments and in homeless facilitiesin the Bronx and Manhattan filled the audience at the press conference.

NYCHA Chairman Tino Hernandez joined Ms. Arias and Mr.Schwarzenegger on the dais. “I’m really delighted to be here with youtoday,” the Chairman said. “NYCHA has had an association with ICGfor seven years and Arnold has been here every year. Rest assured thatwhen he says, ‘I’ll be back,’ he means it!”

After thanking a list of sponsors including NYCHA, St. John’s, theLaureus Sports Foundation and Hummer, Schwarzenegger sent a clear

By Eileen Elliott

(Continued on page 3)

When the lights went outat 4:11PM on August14, 2003 at the start ofthe biggest blackout in U.S. histo-ry, Community Coordinator MyraMiller and 15 children betweenthe ages of six and 12 from theLangston Hughes CommunityCenter Summer Day Camp inBrooklyn had just returned from acomputer training class at the locallibrary. Ms. Miller and her staff —Community Assistant AishaDuckett and Community ServiceAide Nereida Martinez — werepreparing the children’s afternoonsnacks when the electricity died.

The older children were senthome. Others were escorted homeand others waited in the Commu-nity Center for a parent or familymember to pick them up. Most ofthe children were reunited withtheir families later that night —except for three. The three remain-ing spent a long dark night at theCommunity Center, with Ms.Miller there to make sure theystayed safe. The last child was fi-nally reunited with his grandfatherat seven the following morning.

“We just did the best we could.We tried to keep the children calm,

The rain drenched city streets and parks all week long but on Au-gust 6, 2003, it let up just enough for hundreds of kids from NewYork City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Community CentersCitywide to gather at Central Park for NYCHA’s Second Annual KidsWalk. “We’re here today to teach our kids about the importance of goodhealth,” NYCHA Chairman Tino Hernandez said to the young crowd.“Thank you for bringing out the sunshine. You are the reason the suncame out today,” Parks Department Commissioner Adrian Benepeadded. Everyone came out to support the kids as they prepared to takethe 1 1/2-mile walk to promote good health — Vice Chairman Earl An-drews Jr., Board Member JoAnna Aniello, Community OperationsDeputy General Manager Hugh Spence and Citywide Programs Direc-tor Denise Falco-Lara joined a host of others. Even Police Dog McGruffstopped by to provide moral support to the kids along with DJ Julius Di-cen of Power 105. SpongeBob SquarePants was there too, to hear Com-missioner Benepe, in the voice of Mr. Krabs, sing the SpongeBob themesong. Each participating Community Center walked, proudly displayingtheir banner to promote “Good Health,” “Exercise” and “Nutrition.”Some banners read “STOP OBESITY GO WITH GOOD HEALTH,”“HOLA 4 LIFE FOOD 4 THOUGHT,” and “PROMOTE LIFE, FIT-NESS AND GOOD, HEALTH THROUGH HEALTHY EATING.”Soundview Community Center in the Bronx, Ravenswood CommunityCenter in Queens, Todt Hill Community Center in Staten Island, AtlanticTerminal Community Center in Brooklyn, and Campos CommunityCenter in Manhattan were all declared winners for having the best ban-ners. When the walk was completed the walkers received bottled waterand a healthy lunch while they were entertained by step-dancers fromvarious community centers.

—Deborah Williams

(Continued on page 2)

Arnold Schwarzenegger AnnouncesWinner Of Inner City Games Contest

morning,” Ms. Miller remarked. “After awhile our emergency lightswent out, the flashlights eventually died.” She noted that officers fromthe local Police Service Area stopped by to make sure they were okay.

The mother of a nine-year-old herself, Ms. Miller said that she wasmotivated to stay because she put herself in the place of the parents whowere prevented from getting to their children. (Her own son wasdropped off at the Community Center and so was with her throughoutthe blackout.)

All over the City NYCHA staff and residents pulled together to makethe best of things. Many Community Centers remained open, staff ac-companied residents to their apartments, stayed with the elderlyovernight, allowed children and parents to use their cell phones, hand-ed out water, flashlights, and in some cases even cooked for residents.And so, although it was Ms. Miller who was honored, she truly repre-sented many NYCHA staff and residents as well.

playing table games,” Ms. Millersaid at a press conference held atCity Hall on August 19. Ms.Miller was one of a number ofCity employees who was honoredby Mayor Bloomberg for perform-ing heroic acts and acts that wentabove and beyond the call of dutyduring the blackout. Fire, Police,Transit, Health & Hospitals Cor-poration, Environmental Protec-tion and Department of Trans-portation employees were alsopresented with Certificates of Ap-preciation by the Mayor.

“Today is a happy day,” saidMr. Bloomberg. “We’re here tohonor some people who helpedthe City with countless acts ofcompassion, decency andcourage. President Bush put itbest when he said New Yorkersand others affected by the black-out showed the country the truemettle of the American people.On behalf of a grateful City, wethank you very much.”

The Mayor was quick to pointout that by calling attention tothose honored at City Hall, he wasrecognizing the work of their col-leagues as well.

Not only did she stay with thechildren, Ms. Miller kept theCommunity Center open all nightfor seniors and others in the sur-rounding area, providing themwith ice packs and the smallamount of water that could bespared. Residents used the centerto drop off their bags so they did-n’t have to carry them up flightsof stairs, or just to rest.

“We were in darkness fromabout 9:30 that night until the next

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Message From The Mayor

Starting The New School Year with Children First

Iam pleased to announce thatwhen the school year beganon September 8th, therewere eight million new booksawaiting students in their class-rooms. Along with the contentsof 14,500 new classroom li-braries, these books includedtextbooks supporting the newmath and literacy curriculumthat is a central element of theChildren First reform agenda Iannounced with Chancellor JoelI. Klein in January.

The preparedness of theCity's schools is due to the effectiveness of the newly reorganizedstructure of the school system, completed this year as part of the Chil-dren First reform agenda. The new management structure is designedto support the instructional goals of the new comprehensive curricu-lum and to enhance parent involvement. The reorganization stream-lined the structure of the school system and redirected resources frombureaucracies to schools. It maximizes accountability for perfor-mance and achievement and increases the support provided to princi-pals, teachers, and schools

Children First is first and foremost about teaching and learning.We must be certain that our children are mastering the basic read-ing, writing and math skills that they need to succeed both in schooland after. The new citywide core curriculum brings to our class-rooms a rigorous instructional approach to literacy and math thatwill help us raise student achievement across the board. The new in-structional approach to math and literacy includes daily instructionfor all elementary and middle school students. All kindergartenthrough eighth grade classrooms are now equipped with rich, variedclassroom libraries stocked with books that will interest childrenand encourage independent reading. For high school students whocontinue to struggle with reading, writing and math, the curriculumincludes special instructional programs designed to assist older stu-dents in these areas.

To introduce the new curriculum and raise student achievementcitywide, the City is also taking unprecedented steps to train teach-ers through strong and coherent professional development. Teach-ers in each region of the school system have completed an intensivethree-day professional development program on the new curriculumthat was coordinated and led by the Department of Education’s tenRegional Superintendents. In addition, the Department has distrib-uted 80,000 instructional CDs and 80,000 literacy and math hand-books and offered voluntary courses on the new curriculum. In ad-dition, teachers will be provided with ongoing professional devel-opment throughout the school year, including an additional 50-minute period of professional development for teachers each week.All principals, whether experienced or new, are participating in in-novative leadership development programs conducted by the Lead-ership Academy.

The Department has also implemented Children First reforms tomake schools more welcoming to parents and to strengthen the es-sential partnership between schools and their students’ parents andfamilies. The Department has hired and trained 1,185 new ParentCoordinators who are now working full-time in schools to addressparent concerns and expand parent outreach. The school-based Par-ent Coordinators will be supported by fully staffed regional ParentSupport Offices, which will provide parents with additional accessto the school system. Parents may obtain help at any of the ParentSupport Offices on weekdays, Monday and Wednesday evenings,Saturdays, and the first Sunday of each month.

Active parent involvement is absolutely critical to raising studentachievement. We need to work together to motivate, support and en-courage our schoolchildren. Our reforms recognize that parents mustbe full partners with our schools in the important work of education.

Michael R. Bloomberg

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Deborah’s DiaryBy Deborah Williams

Little Ms. Brooklyn — On July 23, 2003 residents of Van DykeHouses gathered at the Brownsville Recreation Center for the FifthAnnual Brownsville Old Timers Club “Little Miss BrooklynPageant.” “It takes more than beauty to win this pageant. You haveto have poise, talent and know the history of Brownsville and theOld Timers Club,” said Old Timers Club Organizer Lisa Kenner,who is also Tenant Association President of Van Dyke Houses. Themission of the Club, which was founded in 1963, is to educateyouth under the age of 16. The youth hear poetry readings, learnthe history of Brownsville, receive academic instruction, and par-ticipate in numerous fun-filled recreational activities. “Judging thepageant was no easy task. All seven contestants in the 6-8 year oldcategory were outstanding,” said Ms. Kenner. However, the onethat walked away with the title Little Miss Brooklyn was (drumroll) Issis McIntosh. When asked the question, “What do you wantto be when you grow up?” Issis answered, “I want to be a pedia-trician so that I can help other children.” “Little Miss Brooklyn”made her debut appearance at the Van Dyke Family Day on August23, 2003. If you are interested in joining the Brownsville OldTimers Club please contact Lisa Kenner for additional infor-mation at 718-345-5713. Issis, winning a pageant takes a lot ofdedication and hard work. Stay focused and when you grow upyou will have earned another title—Dr. Issis McIntosh. I wouldalso like to congratulate Lisa Kenner because your dedication tothe community is commendable. You found the time to work as theTenant Association President and the organizer of the BrownsvilleOld Timers Club. You both deserve a round of applause!

You are never too old to learn! That’s what everyone at the Be-tances Houses in the Bronx is saying about Lazaro Rodriguez, the73-year-old resident who graduated on May 29, 2003 from JohnJay College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminology.Mr. Rodriguez also holds an Associate of Science Degree in LegalStudies that he obtained from Eugenia Maria de Hostos Commu-nity College. It all started in the fall of 1997, when he first enrolledin college. He was a bit skeptical and thought his health would in-terfere with his studies but he was persistent and with encourage-ment from Betances Houses Manager Ada Burgos he achieved hisgoal. Ms. Burgos recalls telling Mr. Rodriguez when he wanted toquit, “You can’t do it—that’s a bad example.” Mr. Rodriguez’s fu-ture plans include volunteering at the Betances Senior Center. Inthe Betances Houses newsletter, Mr. Rodriguez wrote, ‘Today thisold dream becomes a true story. It is an immense reality, and Ihope it serves as an example to anybody.” Mr. Rodriguez, it is saidthat if you set your sights high, the higher the better. When we setexciting worthwhile goals for ourselves, they work in two ways:We work on them, and they work for us. You are truly an extraor-dinary person with a vision for the future. Congratulations on yoursuccess!

Perfect Attendance — With the opening of school I would like toreinforce how important it is to attend every day. Perfect atten-dance is one key to success and no one knows that better than theSkinner sisters—Shannon, Dominique and Kennasia. On June 13,2003, at the Ravenswood Resident Association Awards night theyeach received an award for perfect attendance at P.S. 111 and I.S.204 for the 2002 – 2003 academic school year. Well girls, I haveone word for you—Perfecto! I guess I don’t have to worry abouttelling you to stay in school. You did it before you can do it again.Keep up the good work and congratulations!

Deborah’s Diary is a column that is for you, the residents of NYCHA, to share significant events in your lives with yourneighbors. As always, I plan to tell you about those individualswho are the “talk of the town,” but I need your help in gettingthat news. So, remember the Diary! If you have news, share itwith me and I will share it with my readers. Drop me a few linesor fax me at 212-577-1358. Or, hey, make it personal! Give me acall at 212-306-4752. I can’t 100% guarantee it, but I’ll do mybest to see that your good news makes it into this column.

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Everything September

Summer is over already andanother school year hasstarted. What a summer itwas! Over the last few months, Ihad the pleasure of spending myweekends with NYCHA resi-dents at Family Days and An-niversary celebrations all aroundthe City. It was great to see somany residents come out to cele-brate their developments andtheir communities. I can’t tellyou how much I enjoyed the bar-beques, chatting with the se-niors, and seeing the delight onthe faces of so many young peo-

ple who participated in a vareity of games and activities. But moreimportantly, these weekend festivities gave me a chance to meet withResident Association presidents and their boards so that I could hearfirsthand about the issues affecting NYCHA residents. As a me-mento, this paper includes a spread of photos from some of the Fam-ily Days and Anniversaries on Pages 6 and 7.

And then of course, there was the Blackout of 2003. Having ourCity thrown into this unforeseen situation presented a challenge to allNew Yorkers. It is a tribute to the Police, Fire, Transit, Office ofEmergency Management and numerous other City agencies, as wellas the Housing Authority, that the blackout did not have more seriousconsequences.

NYCHA staff and residents performed admirably. Reports came into Central Office from every borough, of staff and residentsworking together to help each other cope with the sudden loss ofelectricity. At a City Hall Ceremony, Mayor Bloomberg honoredMyra Miller, who stayed with three young people at the LangstonHughes Community Center through the night and I would also liketo commend Ms. Miller for her caring and dedication. (See page 1.)There were many others who performed acts that are equally commendable.

In response to the blackout NYCHA continued to provide onlyits most critical functions until electricity was restored. Our first pri-ority was to deploy staff from the Housing Authority’s elevator divi-sion to inspect NYCHA’s 3,318 elevators. NYCHA staff safely re-moved 340 passengers from elevators in 89 separate housing devel-opments. NYCHA staff and resident patrol leaders went door-to-door at the 42 senior developments to ensure the health and safety ofour elderly residents. Staff at the developments escorted residents upand down stairs, to and from apartments, and provided drinking wa-ter for residents on the higher floors of high rise buildings where lackof water was a problem. In addition, NYCHA also opened approxi-mately 70 community centers for residents who needed a place to goduring the blackout.

Of course, the month of September now has a special signifi-cance, since the tragic events of September 11, 2001. The City com-memorated the date of the attacks with a ceremony where the WorldTrade Center once stood and NYCHA residents commemorated itwith candlelight vigils and ceremonies in their developments. It’sbeen two years and our City has remained safe. NYCHA was repre-sented at Ground Zero as part of an honor guard made up of individ-uals representing City, State, Federal and nonprofit agencies andmembers of the victims’ families. Four members of NYCHA’s stafftook their assigned turn in this commemoration.

Summer seems to have flown by and we’re opening to a cleanpage in that notebook again. Pretty soon much of our activity willmove indoors, into our community centers, schoolrooms and homes.Let’s make the most of every moment so that when next summer rollsaround we can look back on a year of new growth and achievements.

Tino Hernandez

Message From The Chairman

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and emphatic message to the youthin the audience, encouraging themto make positive choices in theirlives and congratulating them forparticipating in the CampUS pro-gram.

“I want you kids to know whatan exciting day this is and howmuch people love you.” He en-couraged the youth in the audi-ence to dream big. “Don’t worryabout where you come from, con-centrate on where you are going.Have big dreams and go afterthose dreams. People will provideyou with the opportunities.”

Mr. Schwarzenegger elaboratedon the importance of providingprograms for youth in the after-school hours because otherwisemany would be home alone with-out adult supervision.

In addition to a party for 75 ofher friends, Ms. Arias received anumber of prizes for winning thecontest, which were presented toher by Mr. Schwarzenegger. Theseincluded a $5,000 college scholar-ship, a laptop computer, an auto-graphed poster for the movie Ter-minator 3, and a Hummer bicycle.

Today, ICG serves over 200,000children in 15 cities nationwide.

ICGContest

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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY JOURNAL September 2003

The NYCHA “Not Wanted” List

In this issue we continue our editorial policy of publishing thenames of individuals who have been permanently excluded fromour public housing developments. Listing the proscribed personsis part of the effort to keep residents informed of NYCHA’s ongoingefforts to improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers in publichousing and to allow for the peaceful and safe use of our facilities.Here follows a list of the people excluded after hearings were held onJuly 31, and August 7, 14, and 21, 2002.

REMEMBER, IF YOU SEE ANY OF THESE PERSONS ONHOUSING AUTHORITY PROPERTY, PLEASE CALL YOURMANAGEMENT OFFICE OR THE POLICE! THIS LIST ISPROVIDED TO ALL POLICE SERVICE AREAS.

Prohibited as of July 31, 2002Daniel Cartagena Case 3209/02 formerly associated with

the fourth floor of 3250 Broadway,Manhattanville Houses, Manhattan.

Manuel Reyes Case 3298/02 formerly associated withthe tenth floor of 765 East 163rd Street,Forest Houses, the Bronx.

Daryl Reid Case 3295/02 formerly associated withthe fiftenth floor of 227 Willis Avenue,Mitchel Houses, the Bronx.

Prohibited as of August 7, 2002Malisha Blyden Case 3398/02 formerly associated with

the ninth floor of 1348-50 WebsterAvenue, Butler Houses, the Bronx.

Aljamine Bright Case 3425/02 formerly associated withthe second floor of 509 East 144thStreet, Betances Houses, the Bronx.

Rodney Ray Case 3277/02 formerly associated withthe fiftenth floor of 60 East 104th Street,Carver Houses, Manhattan.

Prohibited as of August 14, 2002Eddie Phillips Case 3537/02 formerly associated with

the fifth floor of 40 West 115th Street,King Towers, Manhattan.

Marcus Maitre Case 3615/02 formerly associated withthe second floor of 123 NostrandAvenue, Marcy Houses, Brooklyn.

David Vaz Case 3653/02 formerly associated withthe fourth floor of 2140 Seward Avenue,Castle Hill Houses, the Bronx.

Cordell Ballenger Case 3655/02 formerly associated withthe sixtenth floor of 1315 AmsterdamAvenue, Grant Houses, Manhattan.

Russell Johnson Case 3669/02 formerly associated withthe sixtenth floor of 1315 AmsterdamAvenue, Grant Houses, Manhattan.

Adam Dicks, a.k.a. Case 3670/02 formerly associated with Anthony Dicks the fifth floor of 420 Columbia Street,Anthony White Red Hook West Houses, Brooklyn.

Prohibited as of August 21, 2002Herman Perillo Case 3740/02 formerly associated with

the fourth floor of 544 Marcy Avenue,Marcy Houses, Brooklyn.

Samuel Roman Case 3767/02 formerly associated withthe seventh floor of 2125 RandallAvenue, Castle Hill Houses, the Bronx.

Clarence Bryant, a.k.a. Case 1149/02 formerly associated withClearence Bryant the fifth floor of 2304 West 8th Street,

Marlboro Houses, Brooklyn.

Al Cook Case 3797/02 formerly associated withthe third floor of 155-14 Jewel Avenue,Pomonok Houses, Flushing.

Jamel Davis Case 3798/02 formerly associated with125 Astoria Blvd, Astoria Houses, LongIsland City.

The Chief’s Corner

Working Together To Reduce Crime

Greetings. I am truly honored by my recent appointment asthe Chief of the Housing Bureau of the New York Ctiy Po-lice Department. I would like to take this opportunity to ex-tend my best wishes to my predecessor, Chief Douglas Zeigler, inhis new assignment as Chief of the Organized Crime Control Bu-reau. He will be greatly missed by both the residents and employ-ees of the New York City Housing Authority, as well as the mem-bers of the Housing Bureau.

As the new Cheif, I am looking forward to working closely withboth NYCHA’s residents and management in reducing crime andimproving the qualify of life in NYCHA developments. The Hous-ing Bureau will utilize successful and proven crime-fighting tech-niques and be innovative in employing new crime strategies con-tinuing the trend towards crime reduction.

Most importantly, I would like to thank all of our residents whovolunteer their valuable time to help maintain a positive quality oflife in our housing developments. I encourage all residents to jointhe tenant patrol programs to help us succeed in our ultimate goalof reducing crime.

YOUTH CHORUS RECORD CD

Housing Bureau Police ChiefJoanne Jaffe

STUDIO RECORDING NYCHA Youth Chorus members record a CD entitled, “Urban Voices,” at thePlanet to Planet Recording Studio in Manhattan. Pictured here from left to right are: Levar Arrington, Ron-nie Artis, Dorian Thomas-Allen, Daunte Pinckney, Shynequa Hopkins, Adriana Valerio, Joanna Mercer, AsaRaheem, and Melissa Roman. Andre Johnson also sang at the recording studio. Fifteen chorus members wereselected for this project. According to Chorus Director Larry Matthews, deciding whose voice would be bestsuited for studio recording was a difficult one. Making a CD is hard work requiring long rehearsal sessionsand weeks of preparation. The CD will have seven tracks: “Lift Every Voice,” “Blessings Go the Distance,”“Noyana,” “Shadowland,” “Somewhere,” and “Thank You For One More Day.” Chorus member Andre John-son, smiling through an interview session said, “I felt proud and even honored that the Chorus Director Mr.Matthews selected me to be a part of the recording, even though I’m a new member.” The CD should be com-pleted this month. If you are interested in auditioning for the NYCHA Youth Chorus open auditions arebeing held through October. For more information call the Youth Chorus Hotline at (212) 427-8603 or(212) 427-6648.

Start Your Own Business

If you want to start your own business, please call NYCHA’s BusinessDevelopment Division. We are particularly interested in residentswith the following skills: painting, electrical installation and main-tenance, plumbing, door and cabinet hanging, building mainte-nance, general construction, landscaping, welding, and iron work.However, please call, whatever your business idea is

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EDENWALD HOUSES Resident Association Presi-dent Walter McNeil accepts the “NYCHA Apple” fromChairman Hernandez at the Edenwald 50th Anniversaryon August 9th.

THROGGS NECK HOUSES’ 50th Anniversary ismarked by Resident Association President DwayneJenkins (left), Manager Angela Gadson-Floyd andVice Chairman Earl Andrews, Jr. on August 16th.

COOPER PARK HOUSES Resident AssociationPresident Diane Jackson (right), Vice President DebraBender (center) and Treasurer Althia Gambles at 50thAnniversary Celebration, also on August 16th.

…60th…

Niki Azure, Resident Association President and COP Chairfor Manhattan South welcomes the Chairman (right) andVice Chairman (left) to SMITH HOUSES’ 50th Anniver-sary on August 23rd.

Residents celebrated the 60th Anniversary of MARKHAM GARDENS on Staten Islandon August 23rd with entertainment by the young people of the development.

…65th…

Brooklyn Borough Management Deputy Director Joseph Fuccillo (far left) joined WILLIAMSBURGHOUSES Manager Veronica Davis (center with flowers), Resident Association President Betty Jones (toher left), Board Member JoAnna Aniello (to her left), Brooklyn Community Operations Director CarlBillington (far right) and residents for this photo.

2003 ANNIVERSARIES……50th…


… AND FAMILY DAYS!

INDEPENDENCE TOWERS tot asks, ‘Are you forreal…?”

SUMNER HOUSES’ Harold Jones and son, Matthewin Brooklyn…

JACKIE ROBINSON HOUSES sent the fragrance ofgood food through East Harlem…

Residents (and Chairman Hernandez) danced atADAMS HOUSES in the Bronx…

NYCHA Deputy General Manager for CommunityOperations Hugh B. Spence (left), joined Resident Association President Victor Gonzalez and ChairmanHernandez at WISE TOWERS, Manhattan.

…funny faces at FOREST HOUSES in the Bronx…

INDEPENDENCE TOWERS, WILLIAMS PLAZA and TAYLOR-WYTHE joined together in Brooklyn…here the Chairman and Indepen-dence Tower Resident Association President Solomon Lieser honor Tay-lor-Whythe resident Sonia Roman for her service to the commmunity…

…Chatting with SUMNER HOUSES Resident AssociationPresident and Chair of the West Brooklyn Council of PresidentsRaymond Ballard…

…and at the OCEAN BAY APARTMENTS, Resident Associa-tion President and Chair of the Queens Borough Council of Pres-idents Connie Taylor joins the Chairman in honoring Superinten-dent Armando Acevedo…

POLO GROUNDS HOUSES Resident Association President BarbaraOutlaw welcomes Chairman Hernandez and, to Ms. Outlaw’s left, NewYork State Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell and NYCHA General Man-ager Douglas Apple.

…the whole gang at JOHNSON HOUSES in Manhattan got together for this, with Resident AssociationPresident Ethel Velez at the far right…


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Reports may be made anytime to:1-888-NYC-SAFE1-888-692-7233

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