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Please take a moment to visit Task Force Members Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice’s new blog, In Our Backyard. YMPJ is a faith-based activist organization in the South Bronx, whose Executive Director, Alexie Torres-Fleming, was awarded the Jane Jacobs Medal for New Ideas and Activism this week. The blog will cover the work of the organization’s Center for Community Development and Planning (CDAP), including history, updates and an opportunity to give input on projects that they work on in the Bronx River/ Soundview/Bruckner (CD 9) area. Add it to your blogroll!
The West Side Neighborhood Alliance is a group organized by the Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen-based affordable housing advocates Housing Conservation Coordinators. In conjunction with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, they are hosting a zoning training for West Side residents on Thursday, May 15. According to their email, “We’ll go over some zoning basics, with a focus on how community members can make their voices heard during the land use review process.”
Zoning Action training!
Thursday, May 15th
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Hartley House, 413 W. 46th Street (btw. 9th and 10th Aves.)
RSVP to Lucas at HCC: LShapiro@hcc-nyc.org or 212-716-1664.
