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Reports/Presentations on East Harlem Arts & Culture,
Education, Housing, Preservation and Development
Testimony Regarding Mt. Sinai's Application for a Zoning Variance (East Harlem Preservation, May 6, 2008)
Opposition to Mt. Sinai's Application for a Zoning Variance (Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, May 6, 2008)
Recommendation Against Mt. Sinai's Application for a Zoning Variance (Community Board 11, May 6, 2008)
Going to Market: New York City’s Neighborhood Grocery Store and Supermarket Shortage (CPC, May 2, 2008)
East 125th Street Development Project CEQR Documents (NYC Office of Environmental Coordination, 2008)
Northern Manhattan and the Congestion Pricing Plan (WE ACT, March 24, 2008)
Resolution on Consultation and Conversation (Community Education Council for District 4, February 8, 2008)
P
arks Department Suspends Use of Rubber “Infill” In Artificial Turf Fields (NYC Park Advocates, January 22, 2008)
Synthetic Turf Fields Design Directive (NYC Parks Department, January 14, 2008)
Revised Synthetic Turf Fields Design Directive (NYC Parks Department, January, 2008)
Statement on Synthetic Turf (Deputy Commissioner of Capital Projects Amy Freitag, January 22, 2008)
Congestion Pricing: Frequently Asked Questions (December 2007)
Letter to Mayor Bloomberg Regarding Randall's Island Water Park (Comptroller William Thompson, September 17, 2007)
Ordinary Stories: East Harlem Murals (ReynoldsWolfe LLC, June 25, 2007)
Endangered Garden Update (Harlem United Gardeners, June 2007)
Diabetes in New York City: Public Health Burden and Disparities (NYC Department of Health, June 2007)
Eating Well in Harlem: How Available Are Healthy Foods? (East Harlem District Public Health Office, May 2007)
Community Board 11 Testimony @ MTA Public Hearing on 2nd Avenue Subway Construction (April 30, 2007)
Community Survey on Potential Uses for East 125th Street Firehouse (April 25, 2007)
Plan NYC: A Sustainability Model for the Year 2030 (Mayor of the City of New York, April 23, 2007)
Appeal to Eliminate Proposed Harlem River Drive "Flyover" Project (Harlem River Taskforce, April 19, 2007)
Open Letter and Petition to the Board of Directors of the Violence Intervention Program, Inc. (April 2, 2007)
Failure to Comply: An Evaluation of HRA’s WeCARE Program (Community Voices Heard, March 5, 2007)
Community Board 11 Testimony on Mayor’s Preliminary FY 2008 Budget (R. Rodriguez February 27, 2007)
BarrioLink quarterly newsletter (Manhattan Neighborhood Network, February 22, 2007)
Letter to Cardinal Egan Re: Closing of Our Lady Queen of Angels ... (Councilmember Mark-Viverito, February 16, 2007)
Transcript of NYC Council Parks & Recreation Committee Hearing on Randall's Island Franchise, (January 31, 2007)
Open Letter to Schools Chancellor Joel Klein (Community Education Council for District 4, January 29, 2007)
10-Year Capital Strategy (NYC Dept. of City Planning, January 2007)
Community Voices Heard: Changing people and public policy through low-income organizing (January 2007)
Statement of Value and Goals (East 125th Street Development Task Force, January 2007)
Statement of District Needs Fiscal Year 2007 (Community Board 11)
Summary of Discussion at the NYU-Wagner Rudin Center Regarding Access to Randall’s Island, December 13, 2006
Community Health Profiles: East Harlem (NYC Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene, 2006)
Testimony on "Uptown NY" (Gary Anthony Johnson, September 20, 2006)
Presentation on the East 125th Street Mixed Use Development (EH Community Taskforce, September 20, 2006)
Balanced Housing for a Smart Region (Regional Plan Association, August 8, 2006)
Greening East Harlem: An Urban Forestry Management Plan (NYC Dept. of Parks, August 2006)
Bronx Harlem River Waterfront Bicycle and Pedestrian Study (NYC Department of City Planning, August 2006)
Presentation on Water Park (Friends of Brook Park, August 2006)
From Poverty, Opportunity: Putting the Market to Work for Lower Income Families (Brookings Institute, July, 2006)
Mapping New York City’s Cultural Assets: A Pilot Project of East Harlem (Jessica Conzo for City Lore, June 2006)
Mapping New York City’s Cultural Assets: Appendix A (Jessica Conzo for City Lore, June 2006)
Designing the Edge (Harlem River Park Taskforce, May 2006)
Reforming New York City’s 421-a Property Tax Exemption Program: Subsidize Affordable Homes, Not Luxury Development Pratt Center for Community Development, April 2006)
Testimony to the NYC Council Committee on Waterfronts (Harlem Community Development Corporation, April 28, 2006)
Testimony on the Proposed Randall's Island Water Park (Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, April 10, 2006)
Income and Rent Ranges (Manhattan Community Board 11, 2006)
Rent and Income Limits for NYC Low Income Housing Tax Credits
Zoning Data (courtesy of Manhattan Community Board 11, 2006)
Letter to the Manhattan Borough President, Aquatic Development Group, Inc., April 7, 2006)
Harlem River Park Task Force Letter in Support of Environmental/Youth/Gardening Programs (March 31, 2006)
Sustaining Cultural Legacy in a Rapidly Changing Neighborhood (Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute, Feb. 23, 2006)
The Arts: An Economic Engine for the State of New York (BLPRA Legislators Caucus, February, 18, 2006)
Elements of Consensus ("Uptown NY" Taskforce, January 19, 2006)
Outline of 421-A Property Tax Exemption Reforms (Community Board 11, January 17, 2006)
Gateway II: 2082 Lexington Avenue (March 2006)
Preservation on the Edge: Our Threatened East River Heritage (
Gotham Gazette
, November 18, 2005)
The Faces Behind the Statistics (NYC Coalition Against Hunger, October 2005)
A Girls' Lifestyle Study in East Harlem: Mount Sinai Community Outreach (
Natonal Geographic
, September 2005)
Environmental Influences On Urban Food Access (NYC Coalition Against Hunger, September 2005)
Audit of Mitchell-Lama Buy-Out Program (Office of the NYS Comptroller, August 22, 2005)
Affordable Housing Needs in NYC (Housing First, August 1, 2005)
Positive Declaration (NYC Economic Development Corp., July 2005)
Environmental Assessment Statement, Part 1 (NYC Economic Development Corp., July 2005)
Draft Scoping Document (NYC Economic Development Corp., July 2005)
Manhattan Community Board 11's Affordable Housing Development Guidelines (June 27, 2005)
The State of Housing for Hispanics in the U.S.--Policy Brief (el Centro/Hunter College, June 8, 2005)
Mixed Use Development Supplemental Report to the EAS (Urbitron Associates, June 2005)
East 127th Street Cluster – Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Program Proposal (NTF Realty Services, Inc.)
Why Job-killing Rezonings Don't Make Sense: A Response to the Manhattan Institute (Pratt/PICCED, June 2005)
Up From the Ruins: Why Rezoning New York City’s Manufacturing Areas for Housing Makes Sense (MI, June 2005)
The State of Housing for Hispanics in the United States (Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Spring 2005)
Mothers' Exposure to Air Pollutants Linked to Chromosome Damage in Babies (NIEHS, February 15, 2005)
"Gone in a NY Minute" How the Government takes Private Property (Institute for Justice, February 2005)
Neighborhood District Profile (Manhattan Community Board 11, 2005)
Livable Neighborhoods for a Livable City (Municipal Arts Society Planning Task Force, 2005)
125th Street/River-to-River Study (NYC Dept. of City Planning, 2005)
Agency Strategic Plan (NYC Dept. of City Planning, 2005)
National Housing Initiative Focus Group Findings: Cross Site Report (Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, 2005)
Interview with Author of "Flying Over 96th Street: Memoir of an East Harlem White Boy" (December 16, 2004)
Los Amigos Garden: Mi Casa es Su Casa (
Essay
, October 20, 2004)
Testimony Against Harlem Park Rezoning (CIVITAS Citizens, Inc. October 5, 2004)
Breathing Easier: Community-Based Strategies to Prevent Asthma (PICCED/JCHPI, October 2004)
NYC Department of Sanitation Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan (October 2004)
City Planning Commission Resolution on Randall's & Wards Island Park (C 040459 MCM, September 8, 2004)
Greening Commercial Garbage Trucks in New York City: A 2004-2006 Initiative (INFORM, July 14, 2004)
Barrio Business, Barrio Dreams: An Introduction (July, 2004)
Transforming the Southern Bronx River Watershed (Pratt/PICCED Report, June 9-11, 2004)
Empowered Culture? NYC ’s Empowerment Zone and the Selling of El Barrio (June 2004)
2004-2009: Five Years Towards a Lasting Legacy (UMEZ Presentation, May 4, 2006)
Second Avenue Subway Documents and Presentations (MTA, May 2004)
Report on the Empire Zone Program in East Harlem (NYC Dept. of Small Business Services, March 16, 2004)
Out of Balance: The Housing Crisis from a Regional Perspective (CHPC, 2004)
State of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods (Furman Center, 2004)
Increasing Housing Opportunity in New York City (PolicyLink, 2004)
Report on NYC's Harlem River Bridges (NYC, 2004)
Weathering Storms, Floods and Power Outages (NYS Department of Health, October 2003)
The New Housing Marketplace: A Progress Report (NYC Dept. of Housing, Preservation & Development, 2003)
East Harlem Rezoning Report (NYC Department of City Planning, 2003)
East Harlem Community Design Workshop Report (2003)
The Health of East Harlem (NYC Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene, 2003)
Profile of East Harlem's Operation Fightback (Enterprise Foundation Annual Report, 2003)
Public Power Private Gain (Institute for Justice, April 2003)
“Duke vs. Tito: Aesthetic Conflict in East Harlem, New York” (Visual Anthropology Review, 2002)
Community Gardens Agreement: Summary/List of Gardens (Community Board 11, September 2002)
Master Plan Toward a New Waterfront – 125th St. to 137th St (Columbia University, Summer 2002)
Government Theft: The Top 10 Abuses of Eminent Domain (Institute for Justice, 2002)
Rent and Income Limits for NYC Low Income Housing Tax Credits (2002)
The Abandoned Harlem Station (J. Brennan, 2002)
Culture Counts: Strategies for a More Vibrant Cultural Life for New York City (NY Foundation for the Arts, Nov. 2001)
Making it in New York: Manufacturing Land Use and Zoning Initiative (Municipal Arts Society/PICCED, 2001)
City Environmental Quality Review Technical Manual (NYC OEC, 2001)
Regulated Environmental Sites: District 8 (NY League of Conservation Voters Eco-File, 2001)
Gentrification in Harlem? A Second Look (Brash, Columbia University, May 4, 2000)
The Death of Public Space? Histories of Jewish and Puerto Rican Neighborhoods Tell a Different Story (Dec. 21, 1999)
Second Avenue Subway: History/Plans & Reports (nycsubway.org)
Second Avenue Subway Draft Environmental Impact Statement (MTA, 1999)
Development & Preservation Alternatives for Upper Manhattan: 3 (Real Estate Forum, Oct. 9, 1998)
Development & Preservation Alternatives for Upper Manhattan: 2 (Real Estate Forum, Sept. 18, 1998)
Development & Preservation Alternatives for Upper Manhattan: 1 (Real Estate Forum, Sept. 11, 1998)
Casitas: Gardens of Reclamation (CELA Conference, September 13, 1997)
Public School 72: Manhattan Designation Report (Landmarks Preservation Commission, June 1996)
East 125th Street Enhancement Study (CIVITAS Citizens, Inc. 1995)
East Harlem Community Planning Information Package (Columbia University/Urban Technical Assistance Project, 1995)
East Harlem Survey:Existing Conditions and Trends (Public Development Corporation, 1988)
Register of the Papers of Leonard Covello (1982)
FALN Bombing in El Barrio, East Harlem, New York City (December 11, 1974)
Saint Paul School, East Harlem, New York City, 1952 Class Photo
East 106th Street Design Study (Harlem CDC)
La Marqueta and the Market Mile (Harlem CDC)