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VANTAGE PROPERTIES OWNS OVER 9,000 APARTMENTS IN QUEENS AND MANHATTAN. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: 34-15 Parsons Boulevard in Flushing, Queens;
12 Pinehurst Avenue in Washington Heights, Manhattan; and 43-23 Ithaca Street in Elmhurst, Queens are owned by Vantage Properties. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
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ANHD Sparks Landmark Settlement with

Predatory Equity Developer & Attorney General
This past month, New York State Attor- its policies and procedures to ensure com-
ney General Andrew Cuomo announced pliance with the Rent Stabilization Code
a landmark settlement with a real estate “This case is a result, and other laws. In a press release an-
developer Vantage Properties, an owner nouncing the agreement, Attorney General
who is one of the pioneers of the preda- in large part, of information Cuomo stated, “Landlords who harass ten-
tory equity practice of “harassment as a and analysis that ANHD ants harm all New York City residents by
business model”. Vantage, together with displacing long-time tenants from stable
their investment partner Apollo Real Es- and our member groups neighborhoods and exacerbating the af-
tate Advisors, is a major owner of rent sta- fordable housing shortage. In these tough
bilized real estate, and have bought over
first brought to the economic times, the preservation of afford-
9000 affordable apartments across the Attorney General in 2007.” able housing is of the utmost importance.
city in recent years. This case is a result, Today’s agreement with Vantage not only
in large part, of information and analysis preserves the rent-regulated apartments
that ANHD and our member groups first owned by them, but also sends a strong
brought to the Attorney General in 2007. demonstrate that they unjustly vacated message that my office will continue to
their apartments or were subject to frivo- protect tenants and bring unscrupulous
The agreement requires Vantage to pay lous Housing Court proceedings. Further, landlords to justice.”
$1 million in damages to tenants who can the agreement requires Vantage to reform CONT’D ON PAGE 2
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VOLUME XXXV, NUMBER 6
ANHD IN COMMUNITIES
CONT’D FROM COVER
Vantage first came to the attention of
ANHD member groups in 2006, soon
after Vantage began their apartment
purchasing spree, when ANHD groups
began to notice something troubling;
immediately after Vantage took over a
building, they would commence a wave
of evictions in Housing Court. These
eviction attempts were often directed at
up to 50% of the tenants in a building,
and where overwhelmingly factually
wrong, making it clear that the develop-
er was grasping at straws to find a way
to get the tenants into court. For ANHD
groups committed to preserving afford-
able housing, this pattern was disturb-
ing, both because it represented a
gross misuse of housing court, but also
because it was a very effective strat-
egy. The buildings Vantage purchased
were predominantly outer-borough rent
stabilized buildings filled with immigrant
working families. Few of these tenants
could afford or had access to an attor-
ney when sued, nor were they familiar
with the bureaucratic rules of Housing
Court. In fact, ANHD research suggests
ANHD IN THE NEWS
Landlord’s $1M deal with Cuomo shuts door on harassment
BY Daniel Edward Rosen
DAILY NEWS WRITER
Friday, February 12th 2010
A CONTROVERSIAL Queens landlord
has reached a $1 million settlement with
state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in
which it agreed to stop harassing its ten-
ants with threats of eviction, Cuomo said
yesterday.
Vantage Properties, which owns about
9,500 apartments in Queens and Man-
hattan, must dish out up to $750,000 in
compensation to tenants who can prove
they were harassed  with bogus legal
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Predatory Vantage Properties has been
Equity: mentioned in past ANHD reports
Evolution
of a Crisis for its participation in the practice
The threat to
New York’s
affordable
known as Predatory Equity. To
rental housing:
2005-2009 learn in detail about this practice,
key practitioners, and the affect
on affordable housing in NYC,
November 2009
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New York, NY 10004
212-747-1117
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sion because the loans for the build-
ings had been bundled into mortgage-
backed securities.
that, in Vantage buildings, for every 10
ANHD believes that this settlement,
tenants sued on a factually insufficient
and the publicity surrounding it, is
basis, 4 tenants would incorrectly be in-
groundbreaking, because not only
timidated into signing away their rights
does this agreement provide meaning-
and give up their affordable apartment.
ful monetary relief to tenants who were
harassed, but it requires the implemen-
ANHD groups approached the Attor-
tation of clear and sound policies and
ney General with evidence of the ille-
procedures that will protect the rights of
gal harassment, and also with evidence
tenants. The Attorney General’s agree-
that the harassment was clearly an in-
ment with Vantage puts Wall Street in-
tentional result of Vantage’s business
vestors and landlords that do their bid-
model. In fact, ANHD research into the
ding on notice that tenant harassment
underwriting of Vantage’s buildings,
is against the law and violators will be
was available through public filings with
prosecuted.
the Securities and Exchange Commis-
notices or eviction proceedings, Cuomo settlement for protecting tenants against
said. It must also give the balance of that “predatory equity.”
sum not paid out to tenants, plus an- Vantage spokesman Davidson Goldin
other $250,000, to nonprofit groups that said company officials were “thrilled” to
provide free legal counsel to its tenants. be a part of the settlement.
As part of the settlement, Vantage must
use a new system to handle tenant com- “Vantage has acknowledged making a
plaints and initiate legal proceedings, and mistake and is proud to be establishing
also file reports with Cuomo’s office over what Cuomo calls a [new best-practices
the next three years to show it is comply- standard],’” Goldin said.
ing with the agreement.
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Benjamin Dulchin, executive director nydailynews.com/ny_local/
of the Association of Neighborhood queens/2010/02/12/2010-02-12_
Housing Development in Manhat- landlords_1m_deal_with_cuomo_
tan, applauded the “groundbreaking” shuts_door_on_harassment.html
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VOLUME XXXV, NUMBER 6
HOUSING IN THE NEWS
Old-Fashioned Bulwark in a Tide of Foreclosures
By MICHAEL POWELL
The New York Times | Published: March 5, 2010
TO walk the streets of Brownsville and East New York,
Brooklyn, is to see neighborhoods ravaged by foreclo-
sure, homes boarded up and marshals’ notices taped to
doors. Yet in the midst of this pain sit several swaths of
well-tended homes, about 3,000 in all, each with a drive-
way and statuary and garden. Not one of their owners
has lost a home.
Five miles away in Jamaica, Queens, another neighbor-
hood hammered by foreclosures, there remain blocks
where not one house has been put up for auction in the
current crisis.
Stroll around Soundview in the Bronx, or Windsor Ter-
race and Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, and the pat-
tern becomes clear. Of more than 60,000 New York
homes built or rehabilitated by the city in partnership
with nonprofit groups like Nehemiah and Neighborhood
Housing Services over three decades, fewer than 1 per-
cent have fallen into foreclosure.
It is a hidden-in-plain-sight success story: these alliances
have sidestepped the plague of foreclosure by deliver-
ing homes to working-class families in a distinctly tradi-
tional manner. The Department of Housing Preservation
and Development and nonprofit groups created sturdy,
affordable homes. Counselors screened credit histories
and required that applicants attend ownership classes,
put cash down and obtain prime-loan mortgages.
“If you didn’t have good credit, you were out — it was
old-fashioned,” recalled Zandra Brockman, 52, who
bought one of the Nehemiah homes in East New York
for $68,500 in 1999. “They didn’t want to sell you a home
and have you lose everything.”
As Congress debates the causes of the nation’s hous-
ing calamity, many Republicans have accused Demo-
crats of promoting homeownership at any cost, pressur-
ing banks and federal agencies to issue mortgages, no
matter how exotic the lending terms or how shaky the
applicants’ finances. Even some advocates for moder-
ate-income subsidized housing have acknowledged that
ownership mania swept the country in the last 15 years.
In these New York neighborhoods, both liberal and some
conservative analysts see a model for bringing low- and
middle-income workers, many of them black and Latino,
back into the housing market.
“They have recapitulated the elements of healthy, work-
ing-class neighborhoods — it’s back to the future,” said
Howard Husock, a vice president for social research at
the conservative Manhattan Institute. “Learning to save
and building up credit is a prelude to becoming a good
homeowner.”
In their aversion to risk, the city and the nonprofit groups
have behaved like small-town bankers. They refuse to
let pinched owners overextend with home-equity loans.
And the city demands the right to review refinancing re-
quests.
“One lady wrote a thousand letters to the mayor com-
plaining about us,” recalled Denise Scott, managing
director of the New York office of the Local Initiatives
Support Corporation, which has financed close to 400
subsidized one- to-four-family homes without a single
foreclosure. “We refused to accept her argument that
she could own a house without showing us proof of in-
come. Sorry.”
A tally by the city’s housing agency shows that of 20,614
such homes sold since 2004, only 13 have gone through
foreclosure auctions. Among 3,900 Nehemiah homes
built since the 1980s, organizers know of no foreclosures.
“We continue to see an almost nonexistent default rate,”
said Kathryn S. Wylde, president of the Partnership for
New York City, whose housing arm has helped finance
tens of thousands of one-to-three-family homes.
This, despite the fact that the homes are mainly in neigh-
borhoods like East New York, where lenders filed 1,051
foreclosure notices last year, or Jamaica, where 759
houses were scheduled for foreclosure auctions, ac-
cording to the nonprofit Center for New York Neighbor-
hoods.
While New York’s commitment over several decades to
producing hundreds of thousands of subsidized apart-
ments and houses is without parallel in the nation, other
cities have begun similar programs — with similarly low
foreclosure rates.
Neighborhood Housing Services has produced tens of
thousands of affordable homes, scattered among virtu-
ally all of the nation’s large cities. The group that formed
Nehemiah has also built 140 homes in Washington in
the last few years. And Enterprise Community Partners,
a nonprofit group based in Columbia, Md., has helped
finance 15,000 to 20,000 homes for moderate-income
buyers across the country.
“Homeownership is not for everyone,” said Mark McDer-
mott, an Enterprise vice president. “We require coun-
seling and down payments — we want homeowners to
have some skin in the game.”
Such housing requires a substantial infusion of public
money.
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VOLUME XXXV, NUMBER 6

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.

MARCH 25 THE BUSINESS OF ASSET & PROPERTY MANAGEMENT-BEST PRACTICES -Lisa Deller.

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. MAKING MULTIFAMILY 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 (Date TBD) FIELD TRIP TO CONSTRUCTION SITE: Understanding up-close the major building systems (en-
velope, mechanical, electrical, heat, cooling and plumbing) with Aaron Lewit.

MAY (Date TBD) OTHER POSSIBLE TRAININGS:

o Maintaining & Operating Heating Plants: Heating & Hot Water Systems.
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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VOLUME XXXV, NUMBER 6

This area highlights available resources and funding opportunities for non-profit organizations.

Resources and Notices

GRANT SECOND CHANCE ACT MENTORING GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
................................................................................................................................................................................................
NEW ACCEPTING UNTIL MAR 18

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance announced that it is seeking applications
for funding for mentoring grants to nonprofit organizations under the Second Chance Act. This program furthers the department’s
mission by providing services and programs to facilitate inmates’ successful reintegration into society. Deadline: March 18, 2010

APPLY HERE or visit <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103115806894&s=1670&e=001kDiiLOlvR1Q7-s9bjtWFHSY2aP7bUl7s_JymnlkAcxNSXZi8fVJRDPaqYm-Mscoh1WNCtzgR-

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GRANT DRUG FREE COMMUNITIES SUPPORT PROGRAM GRANTS
....................................................................................................................................................
NEW ACCEPTING UNTIL MAR 19

The Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy, and the Department of Health and Human Services,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention are accepting applications for
Drug Free Communities Support Program grants. Drug Free Communities grant funds are intended to support eligible community-
based coalitions focused on addressing youth substance use. Anticipated total available funding: $18.75 million. Anticipated number
of awards: 150 grants. Anticipated award amount: up to $125,000 per year. Length of project period: up to 5 years.
Deadline: March 19, 2010.
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ASSETS FOR INDEPENDENCE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

GRANT
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ACCEPTING UNTIL MAR 25
NEW
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and Office of Community Services (OCS), will accept applications for grants to
establish and administer Assets for Independence (AFI) projects until March 25, 2010. Proposals for nonprofits having a 501(c)
(3) status with the IRS are eligible. This program has $19,000,000 in funding and intends to award 65 grants. The ceiling for fund-
ing is $1,000,000. Grantees must provide an array of supports and services to enable individuals and families with low incomes to
become economically self-sufficient for the long-term.  A primary feature of each AFI project is that project participants are given ac-
cess to special matched savings accounts called Individual Development Accounts (IDA), in which participants save earned income
for the purchase of a home, for business capitalization, or to attend higher education or training. Grantees also ensure that partici-
pants have access to financial literacy education and coaching including training on money management and consumer issues.
APPLICATION DUE MARCH 25 APPLY HERE or visit http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2008-ACF-OCS-EI-0053.html
GRANT NEIGHBORHOOD EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE
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ACCEPTING UNTIL MAR 31
NEW
National Competitions: There are two competitions -- “Awards of Excellence in Affordable Housing Built Responsibly” and “Awards
of Excellence for Sustainable Community Development.” The Foundation awards several $75,000 grants to winners, $25,000 run-
ners up grants, and $2,500 grants for honorable mention. For both grant competitions, letters of inquiry are due March 31, 2010.
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GRANT ASSISTED HOUSING STABILITY AND ENERGY AND GREEN RETROFIT
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ACCEPTING UNTIL FEB 16, 2011
HUD’s Office of Affordable Housing Preservation will make grants available for eligible property owners to make energy and green
retrofit investments in the property, to ensure the maintenance and preservation of the property, the continued operation and main-
tenance of energy efficiency technologies, and the timely expenditure of funds. Physical and financial analyses of the properties
will be conducted to determine the size of each grant and loan. Incentives will be made available to participating owners. Closing
date for applications: February 16, 2011.
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 9 MARCH 16, 2010
VOLUME XXXV, NUMBER 6

NOTICES A community
State Cedes Brooklyn Bridge Park To City
Governor’s Island To Follow bank at heart.
By City Hall News
After years of intense lobbying by the Bloomberg administra-
tion, the state will give the city complete control of the Brooklyn
Bridge Park waterfront development project last Wednesday,
with one other joint-operated project soon to follow in being
transferred to the city’s sole possession.

In exchange for a cash commitment of $55 million, the state

will announce the granting of full control of the project to the
city during a planned meeting of the park’s board of trustees
on Wednesday. Following the transfer, the city will be solely
responsible for planning, construction, maintenance and op-
eration of the park, and will have all revenue control over the
project moving forward.

The move by the city will be the first of several planned trans-
fers of joint-operated projects to the city. In the coming weeks,
the city will also takeover the 172-acre Governor’s Island de-
velopment project. The state will also release the city from its
$300 million obligation for the expansion of the Javits conven-
tion center.

Under a previous plan, Bloomberg suggested taking money

intended for the Javits expansion and put it toward improv-
ing Brooklyn Bridge Park and Governor’s Island. With the city
now moving to assume control of these projects, it is unclear
whether the mayor still intends to dole out funds in that manner.
An Economic Development Corportation spokesperson de-
clined to comment on the prospective board action. The may-
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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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SR. PROJECT MANAGER
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West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing seeks
a Senior Project Manager for Housing Development. Respon-
sibilities: Oversight of ongoing housing development activities
which shall include activities such as: identifying sites, devel-
oping project budgets and securing necessary project funding,
managing projects during construction, and coordinating activi-
ties of all internal and external team members to ensure that
projects are delivered on time and on budget.
Qualifications: The successful applicant will have demonstra-
ble skills in financial analysis, demonstrable real-estate related
project management experience (in particular, management of
projects while “in-construction”), and experience utilizing New
York City, New York State, and federal programs for subsidized
housing. Candidate should understand and be comfortable with
grant, equity, and debt structures – including bond and commer-
cial credit transactions. The ability to juggle multiple priorities
and maintain an attention to detail is paramount, as is the ability
to manage workload with minimal oversight. The ideal candi-
date will be creative and motivated, with the capacity to develop
a long-range “vision” for existing and potential projects.
Salary: commensurate with experience. Interested applicants
should email housingdevjobs@wsfssh.org to request a full job
description explaining application requirements. Please do not
contact the office by phone or fax.
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FAMILY SPECIALIST
...................................................................................................
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. 
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
parents and children who have experienced homelessness.
The location of this position is the Bronx. The candidate will
report 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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FACILITATED ENROLLER
...................................................................................................
Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC), a social
service community-based organization in Washington Heights/
Inwood is seeking a full-time Facilitated Enroller who will be re-
sponsible for enrolling families and children in health insurance.
Duties include: conducting preliminary assessments to deter-
mine eligibility for health insurance, completing health insur-
ance applications and submitting all pertinent supporting docu-
mentation to funding source, utilizing trade-specific software to
store data, conduct outreach to promote the program   Conduct
outreach to promote the program and complete outreach effort
reports. Attend trainings and meetings as scheduled. Refer cli-
ents to internal NMIC services and outside CBOs.
Successful applicants should possess a Bachelor’s Degree or
equivalent education and three to five years relative experience
with an extensive knowledge of entitlements and health insur-
ance.  Be able to exhibit knowledge of community resources.
Computer literacy is necessary for this position.  Ability to com-
municate effectively with clients and community groups in both
English and Spanish is required. 
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.
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