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Press Coverage
Below are a series of summaries of articles that have been published about Community Voices Heard and the work that we do. Some are accounts of our actions, some are regarding issues we organize around, while others are simply articles that our members have been quoted in. You can download the full articles by clicking on the PDF files that are attached to the bottom of the summaries. Coverage is posted in reverse chronological order. For earlier press coverage check out our Press Coverage From Earlier Years.
City's Poor Look Different Through New Assessment
Submitted by sondra on Mon, 2008-07-21 00:00. Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs unveiled a new poverty measure created by New York City's Center for Economic Opportunity in an effort to evaluate poverty more accurately than the measure created 40 years ago that is currently used. The new measure which better incorporates rising housing costs as well as the impact of government supports, moved the City's official poverty rate from 18.9 percent of the city's population to 23 percent. Even more startling, the share of the population living below 150 percent of poverty leaps from 27.8 percent to 44.3 percent. CVH Board Member and Welfare/ Workforce Campaign Leader Ketny Jean-Francois is quoted in the following City Limits article on the topic, "It's great that the CEO invested in creating a new poverty measure; now let's see them invest in some REAL programs to combat the poverty!" Click on the attachments to learn more about the measure and hear more about what Ketny and others have to say about the new measure.| Attachment | Size |
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| 2008-07-21 City's Poor Look Different Through New Assessment - City Limits Weekly.pdf | 131.93 KB |
| ceo_poverty_measure.pdf | 153.64 KB |
CVH Stands Out at Event Celebrating State Funds Coming to Support Waterfront Development
Submitted by jenny on Mon, 2008-06-30 22:50.On Monday, June 30th, the City of Newburgh held a small, exclusive press event announcing $1.25 million in state funds coming to support the proposed waterfront development. State Senator Bill Larkin and Secretary of State Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez were the invited guests, and Congressman Maurice Hinchey made a surprise appearance. Although the event was announced only days before, and was held under a tent set up to accommodate about 25 people, 5 CVH members made our way there. While the politicians were speaking, a few members stood silently with signs that said, "Jobs and Housing for All," "Newburgh Residents First," and "Can I live here too?" Congressman Hinchey even mentioned they would be sure to address the issues our signs raised.
After the event, members got the chance to speak directly with and present letters to the State Senator, Secretary of State, and Congressman. The Times Herald Record covered the event, which you can read here. They also took pictures for an online photo gallery, which you can see below.
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| Hinchey and Signs.jpg | 23.37 KB |
| Yusuf Sign.jpg | 30.07 KB |
| Bill Larkin Lorraine Cortes.jpg | 27.49 KB |
CVH Testifies at the first oversight hearing of the New York City Council’s Committee on Community Development
Submitted by mike on Tue, 2008-06-24 13:30.4 Community Voices Heard Members gave testimony at the first oversight hearing of the New York City Council’s Committee on Community Development. Members testified on the problem of poverty in NYC, gave recommendations on waht the Committee should focus on in the next year and a half in order to effectively address the City's poverty problem. We were covered in the black start news. Below are copies of the 4 testimonies as well as the press coverage. The original article can be found here.
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| 2008.06.27 Power To The Pockets - Black Star News.pdf | 66.05 KB |
| Anita Walton Testimony.doc | 29.5 KB |
| Karen Ayee Testimony.doc | 29 KB |
| Stephen Bradley Testimony.doc | 29 KB |
| Yvonne Shields Testimony.doc | 29.5 KB |
CVH is Organizing a Housing Forum in Yonkers
Submitted by mike on Tue, 2008-06-24 11:11.CVH is organizing a housing forum to demand that the city council commit to preserving and creating more low-income housing and jobs for low-income Yonkers residents in the plans for re-development.
Where? Yonkers Riverfront Library, 1 Larkin Center, 2nd Floor Community Room Community
When? On Thursday, June 26, 2008, at 6:30 PM
The flyer is attached below as well as an article in the Yonkers tribune about the upcoming action. If you would like more information about this action call Sarah at 914-751-2641
CVH Goes to Miami for the US Conference of Mayor's
Submitted by mike on Fri, 2008-06-20 13:27.Community Voices Heard joined up with other community organizations who are a part of Right to the City (RTTC) to go to Miami for the US Conference of Mayor's (USCM). Right to the City is a national alliance of organizations taking back our cities from the throws of gentrification. Led by community-based grassroots organizations, the alliance spans 7 cities and includes legal, media, and academic advocates from across the nation. USCM, is comprised of the mayors of some 1100 cities with populations greater than 30,000. CVH with RTTC are in Miami right now demanding mayors around the country fund public housing. The two articles below each have a quote from CVH Board Member and public housing resident Agnes Rivera, the original MOLI blog article can be found online here. The original Miami Herald article can be found online here. CVH Board Member and Leader Anne Washington was quoted in an article in the South Florida Times, the original article can be found here.
"Public Housing Residents Face Loss of Their Community Centers" - NY Times
Submitted by mike on Tue, 2008-06-17 13:01.Here is a New York Times article about how the budget deficit of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is causing the closing of community centers that Senior Citizens and children use every day. CVH Board Member and Public Housing Resident, Agnes Rivera is quoted on the last page of the article.
The original article can be found on the New York Times website here
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| 2008.06.17 Public Housing Residents Face Loss of Their Community Centers - NY Times.pdf | 58 KB |
HRA Comissioner Robert Doar Meets with CVH
Submitted by mike on Mon, 2008-06-16 17:15.CVH had their on going six month meeting with Commissioner Robert Doar of Human Resources Administration (HRA) on June 11th. CVH was please that the Comissioner actually listened and agreed to do something to push the expansion of the Job Training Program (JTP). CVH members asked one questions 5 times through chants loudly and clearly, "The Work Experience Program (WEP) exploits welfare recipients as unpaid workers. We believe this is unacceptable. Commisioner Doar, will you eliminate the over 13,000 WEP positions and replace them with JTP positions?" We felt our voices were heard by Commissioner Doar with the help of the District Council 37 representatives.
Below we have attached the testimonies of Anita Walton, Janine Douglas, Ketny Jean-Francois, and Melvinia Mcgill who are all CVH members with personal experience in HRA programs. We have also attached the statement read by Lillian Roberts, the Executive Director of District Council 37.
The New York Metro wrote an article about Robert Doar's meeting with CVH. The article quotes CVH board member Ketny Jean-Francois on her experience with the Work Experience Program (WEP). The original article is located on the Metro's website here.
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| 2008.06.16 Work experience not much of one, thanks - NY Metro.pdf | 261.23 KB |
| Anita Walton.doc | 27 KB |
| Janine's Testimony on JTP.doc | 26.5 KB |
| Ketny's Testimony.doc | 28 KB |
| Melvinia Mcgill Testimony.doc | 27 KB |
| Statement of Lillian Roberts re Expansion of JTP Program.doc | 25 KB |
CVH Marches to City Hall and Disrupt Council Meeting Demanding Real Affordable Housing in Future Plans
Submitted by mike on Mon, 2008-06-16 13:58.On June 16th, Community Voices Heard members marched to Newburgh's City Hall and into the Council meeting that was happening that night. Even getting caught in a thunderstorm didn't stop almost 50 members from marching from our office on Lander St. to City Hall, where we held a press conference outside. CVH leaders Maretta Melvin, Anne Dehaney, and Brenda McPhail spoke at the press conference, and were interviewed for Cable 6 news!
City officials had originally hoped to vote on the Master Plan that night, but had postponed the vote. Even though it was not on the agenda, CVH leader Brenda McPhail spoke at the microphone and made it clear why CVH was there - explaining that our voices are being excluded from the planning for Newburgh's future and we want the Master Plan changed before it comes to a vote.
Brenda is quoted in the Times Herald-Record article below about how she feels that her community is being left out of the redevelopment plans. You can see the original article on the Record's website here. The Record also wrote another article about this event which can be seen here or by clicking the PDF of the article below. We were also covered in the Times Community Newspaper and Hudson Valley Press. The full articles are below or you can see the original here and here. Stories were also written in local papers the Sentinel and the online Mid-Hudson News. There is a video that was posted on YouTube that shows CVH inside the Council meeting.
CVH Members Demand NYCHA Funding at City Council Hearing
Submitted by mike on Fri, 2008-05-30 16:23.On Thursday May 29th Community Voices Heard Members and Leaders who are also public housing residents went to the city council hearing in order to demand funding to close the budget gap in the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). Today's New York Times Metro Section featured the article below on the front page. This article highlights how dire the situation in public housing in New York is right now. They will be closing down senior centers and community-based programs. Tino Hernandez is quoted as saying, “As chairman of the New York City Housing Authority, I am here to tell you today that the future of public housing is at stake." This shows how important CVH's work in public housing is at this time. The dozens of residents mentioned in this article were mobilized by CVH and are CVH members. Board Member and Public Housing Resident Agnes Rivera is quoted in the El Diario article also posted below. There is also an article from the Brooklyn Eagle about this event. They did not mention CVH but there is a picture of the press conference.
"To save the troubled system, recruit New York public housing 'alumni'" - Daily News
Submitted by mike on Mon, 2008-05-05 12:29.Community Voices Heard participated in a large May 1st rally with the Teamsters Local 237 union, the union that represents maintenance workers in NYCHA buildings. CVH leader and public housing resident Agnes Rivera spoke at the rally sharing the stage with many elected officials, union members, and supporters of public housing. We were rallying to demand that funding be restored for public housing both to preserve jobs for the teamsters as well as preserve housing for the residents. Attached to this post is a copy of an article written by Daily News Columnist Errol Louis that gives a good impression of the rally as well as an article in the Local 237 Newsline.
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| 2008.05.04 To save the troubled system, recruit New York public housing alumni - Daily News.pdf | 21.54 KB |
| 2008.05.01 Raising the Roof for Public Housing - Local 237 Newsline.pdf | 451.93 KB |
"Speakers support, fear $1.6B Yonkers project - Unions say jobs are needed; others don't want to be displaced" - Journal News
Submitted by sarah on Fri, 2008-05-02 17:43.This is a story about the public hearing that CVH members testified at. The press conference CVH members held prior to the hearing is mentioned and CVH member Valerie Pearson is quoted.
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| april 30 2008 journal news coverage.pdf | 151.23 KB |
"Rally to call for including low-income in massive SFC development" - Journal News
Submitted by sarah on Fri, 2008-05-02 16:00.This was an online article posted April 29th, the day of our action at the public hearing on the SFC development.
http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008804290440
"Target of Opportunities" - City Limits Investigates
Submitted by mike on Thu, 2008-04-24 12:27.This is selected pages from the Spring issue of City Limits Investigates. The full issue can be purchased from City Limits here. City Limits is a non-profit magazine that focuses on policy. This issue is about poverty policies and Community Voices Heard and its members are quoted throughout the issue.
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| 2008.04 City Limits INVESTIGATES.pdf | 1.11 MB |
"As the Economy Worsens: Helping People Find Jobs" - Gotham Gazette
Submitted by mike on Tue, 2008-04-22 10:33.This is an article that appeared into today's Gotham Gazette. The article is about how the economic slump has affected the workforce. The article speaks about welfare programs and whether or not they are effective at helping to move people into the workforce. Community Voices Heard board member and leader in the Welfare/Workforce Campaign Ketny Jean-Francois is quoted in this article. The article is attached below or can be found on the Gotham Gazette's website.
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| 2008.04.22 Gotham Gazette_ As the Economy Worsens_ Helping People Find Jobs.pdf | 75.76 KB |
"Where the Other Half Lives: An Insider Works to Bolster the Projects" - New York Times
Submitted by mike on Mon, 2008-04-14 12:32.Here is an article that appeared on the front page of the New York Times Metro Section this Sunday. The article highlights Tino Hernandez, Chairman of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), as a former NYCHA resident. The article discusses the affects of disinvestment on public housing and mentions demolitions in other cities. Community Voices Heard Leader and Public Housing resident of Lincoln Houses Keith Massey is quoted in this article.
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| 2008.04.13 Where the Other Half Lives An Insider Works to Bolster the Projects ~ New York Times.pdf | 952.63 KB |
Yonkers March to City Hall Covered by News 12
Submitted by mike on Fri, 2008-02-22 16:47."Yonkers Residents March to Demand Inclusion of Low-Income Housing and Jobs in Development" - Home News & Times
Submitted by sarah on Thu, 2008-02-21 17:35.This is an article about our recent march to City Hall in Yonkers published in the Home News & Times on Friday, February 22. CVH member and Yonkers resident Adrienne Knight is quoted in the article.
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"Yonkers Affordable Housing Advocates March on City Hall" - Westchester Guardian
Submitted by mike on Thu, 2008-02-21 12:44.This is an article about the recent march in Yonkers. We were the front page article in this issue of the Westchester Guardian. The article is split into two PDF files that you can see below, the first is the photo from the paper's cover and the second is the article.
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| 2008.02.21 Yonkers March Westchester Guardian Cover.pdf | 622.2 KB |
| 2008.02.21 Yonkers March Westchester Guardian Article.pdf | 471.94 KB |
"Housing group to march in downtown Yonkers tonight" - Journal News
Submitted by mike on Thu, 2008-02-14 18:39.This is an article that was put in the Journal News about the march that Community Voices Heard held in Yonkers, NY to demand that no more public housing is demolished, and that the city include housing and jobs for low-income families in the plans for development in Getty’s Square. The cold and the snow couldn't stop CVH members from coming out to have their voices heard! CVH member and Yonkers resident Shateema Sherrill is quoted in the article.
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| 2008.02.12 Housing group to march in downtown Yonkers tonight - LoHUD Journal.pdf | 27.19 KB |
"Exit Stage Left" - New York Metro
Submitted by mike on Wed, 2008-01-30 12:16.This is an article in today's New York Metro about Republican Presidential Candidate and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and how he lost the Florida primary last night. As a result of his loss in Florida, he will be most likely quitting the race for the White House. The article focuses on all of the negative things Giuliani did while he was Mayor of New York including a quote about the WEP program from Community Voices Heard Board Member, Yvonne Shields.
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| 2008.01.30 Exit Stage Left - Metro.pdf | 661.23 KB |
"Help the poor, not only the pols" - Daily News
Submitted by mike on Sun, 2008-01-27 12:33.This article is an editorial by Errol Louis regarding New York State Governor Spitzer considering to raise the pay of the state Legislature, which is currently $79,500 a year. The article quotes CVH Members Ann Michelle Valdez, a Brooklyn Public Housing Resident, and Harold Gardner, a CVH member from our Poughkeepsie chapter. Our members helped to point out that those receiving public assistance have not seen an increase in the welfare cash grant since 1990 and if the Governor is considering giving an increase for the pols he should also consider giving an increase in benefits for the poor.
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| 2008.01.27 Help the poor, not only the pols.pdf | 321.23 KB |
Community Voices Heard Press Coverage for 2007
Submitted by mike on Thu, 2008-01-10 18:53.Here is a packet of our press coverage for all of 2007. We took all of the articles from 2007 and digested it into two PDF files to make the downloads smaller.
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| CVH Press Coverage 2007A.pdf | 2.2 MB |
| CVH Press Coverage 2007B.pdf | 1.84 MB |
Anita Graham on BBC News
Submitted by mike on Thu, 2008-01-10 17:42.Recently reporters from the BBC came to New York to find out about WEP and how it works here. They were interested in WEP because there is talks of instituting a similar system in Britain and they wanted to find out what people here thought about the program. They interviewed Anita Graham, the Welfare / Workforce Organizer at Community Voices Heard you can check out this link for the video.
You can also read the article and see other videos the BBC made relating to what is going on in Britain on the BBC website. Click this link for the BBC website.
"Advocates fight for tenants, the elderly and low-income families in East Harlem" - Daily News
Submitted by mike on Fri, 2007-12-28 18:20.This is an article about a march that Community Voices Heard participated in. The march was organized by Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito and a coalition of grassroots organizations in East Harlem. For more information about the march you can read the article on our website, "CVH Marches with the East Harlem Anti-Displacement Task Force" and the Daily News Article below.
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| 2007-12-28 Advocates fight for tenants, the elderly and low-income families in East Harlem - Daily News.pdf | 31.61 KB |
"Celebrating New York's Unsung Heroes" Agnes Rivera on WNYC
Submitted by mike on Fri, 2007-12-28 14:27.This is a segment from The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC. This segment is based on the Errol Louis Daily News article from Thanksgiving Day, "Pass the Praise Please" in which Mr. Louis offers thanks and praise to activists he has met including CVH Leader Agnes Rivera. Agnes is featured on the segment and she speaks about Community Voices Heard as well as public housing issues.
CVH Joins Farm Workers to Protest Burger King in Miami
Submitted by mike on Mon, 2007-12-03 16:01.Two members, Ann Valdez and Agnes Rivera, and one Staff, Mike Selick, went to Miami Florida this weekend to join with students, unions, and other grassroots organizations to march in solidarity with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) in a 9 mile march against Burger King. The CIW is demanding that Burger King pay their workers just 1 penny more for one pound of tomatoes. McDonald's and Taco Bell have already agreed to the workers demands but Burger King refuses to negotiate. These workers are working 16 hour days for often only $55. They are living in trailers with 15 to 20 people sleeping wherever they can. Check out the link below to read more about the march or read any of the articles that are attached to this post including an New York Times Editorial by Eric Scholsser, the author of "Fast Food Nation".
http://www.ciw-online.org/2007_BK_March/index.html
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| 2007-11-29 Penny Foolish - New York Times.pdf | 143.47 KB |
| 2007-12-1 Protesting the King - Miami Herald.pdf | 711.93 KB |
| 2007-12-2 Good cause gives activism new life - Miami Herald.pdf | 341.23 KB |
"Pass the praise, please" - Daily News
Submitted by mike on Thu, 2007-11-22 13:53.This is an article that was printed in the Thanksgiving issue of the Daily News. It is an editorial by Errol Louis that offers thanks and praise to activists he has met. He mentions Community Voices Heard as well as CVH Leader Agnes Rivera.
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| 2007-11-22 Pass the praise, please - Daily News.pdf | 21.86 KB |
"NYC to Lead Country in Remaking Poverty Gauge" - City Limits
Submitted by mike on Mon, 2007-11-19 12:52.This article is from City Limits and is about the Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) changing the poverty line for NYC. New York is an expensive city and the poverty lines that make sense for other parts of the country may not make sense for people in our city. Community Voices Heard Leader Marilyn Bezear and Community Voices Heard Board Member Sandra Killet are both quoted in this article.
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| 2007-11-19 NYC to Lead Country in Remaking Poverty Gauge - City Limits.pdf | 846.88 KB |
"Will NYC Save Public Housing, Sell it, Or Sell It To Save It?" The Daily Gotham
Submitted by mike on Fri, 2007-11-02 12:08.Here is an article from The Daily Gotham blog. This article comes on the heels of a posting a few days ago titled, "NYCHA's Phony Fiscal Crisis" where the author does a good job of breaking down the budgetary problems NYCHA is currently facing. This new story, "Will NYC Save Public Housing, Sell it, Or Sell It To Save It?", talks about Sean Moss' (the NY Regional Director of HUD) comments at the recent public housing forum at the New School where he advocated for the selling of NYCHA properties. The article mentions Community Voices Heard Leader and Public Housing Resident Agnes Rivera who spoke on the panel at the New School Forum. You can read the article using the attachment below or directly on the Daily Gotham blog by clicking the link.
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| 2007-11-01 Will NYC Save Public Housing, Sell it, Or Sell It To Save It .. Daily Gotham.pdf | 186.41 KB |
"Sell the Projects" Letter to the Editor of The Sun
Submitted by mike on Wed, 2007-10-31 16:59.This is a letter to the editor of The New York Sun that Community Voices Heard Leader and public housing resident Agnes Rivera wrote. The original article is below as well. The article advocates for NYCHA to sell some of their land to developers so that they can be turned into luxury condominiums. Agnes wrote about how public housing is an important part of our city and should be valued.
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| 2007-10-31 Letter to the Editor The Sun.pdf | 131.23 KB |
| 2007-10-25 Sell the Projects The Sun.pdf | 38.6 KB |
"Welfare Groups Chided -- And Rehired by City" City Limits Weekly Article
Submitted by mike on Tue, 2007-10-30 11:13.This article appeared on http://www.citylimits.org. It is about the WeCARE program and talks about the report put out by Community Voices Heard. You can read the article by downloading the PDF below and you can read the CVH report on our website at this link.
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| 2007-10-29 Welfare Groups Chided and Rehired by City City Limits.pdf | 30.93 KB |
"Criticism for Welfare Program" WNYC
Submitted by mike on Tue, 2007-10-23 17:15.Here is a report from WNYC New York Public Radio about the recent City Council Hearing about Welfare and the WeCARE program. They quoted Community Voices Heard member Tyletha Samuels talking about how the program failed to exempt her from work for long enough to recover from her knee surgery.
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| 2007-10-23 Criticism for Welfare Program WNYC.pdf | 29.1 KB |
"Deficiencias en Programa de Ayuda Laboral" ~ El Diario
Submitted by mike on Tue, 2007-10-23 13:12.This is an article about the WeCARE hearings. They quote Community Voices Heard member Ann Valdez as well as discuss problems with the WeCARE program that we uncovered in our report, "Failure to Comply: The Disconnect Between Design and Implementation in HRA's WeCARE Program". The article is from El Diario and is in Spanish.
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| 2007-10-23 Deficiencias en programa de ayuda laboral El Diario .pdf | 50.71 KB |
"Audit Blasts City Welfare Program for Most Needy" - Daily News Article About WeCARE
Submitted by mike on Mon, 2007-10-22 11:12.This article is about the WeCARE program and how it does not work. It mentions the report that we put out about the WeCARE program and they quote Ann Valdez, a Community Voices Heard leader, as well as Alexa Kasdan, the CVH Polilcy & Research Associate.
You can download the attached article as a PDF and you can view the report referenced in this article on our site at http://cvh.mayfirst.org/node/145
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| 2007-10-22 Audit blasts city welfare program for most needy Daily News.pdf | 251.23 KB |
Another City Wide Rally Article - City Limits
Submitted by mike on Tue, 2007-10-16 11:36.Here is an article from the City Limits website. It covers the recent City Wide Public Housing Rally as well as discusses the Section 8 Housing Voucher Reform Act of 2007 (SEVRA). CVH Leader Ann Valdez is quoted in this article.
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| 2007-10-15 City Wide PH Rally City Limits.pdf | 34.03 KB |
City Wide Public Housing Rally Coverage
Submitted by mike on Fri, 2007-10-12 11:11.This is an article about the City Wide Public Housing Rally at City Hall Park last week. This article talks about how underfunding of Public Housing is leading to the loss of jobs in Maintenance and other areas essential to Public Housing. Those workers who have not been laid off have a more difficult job now that they have more work that needs to be done. Many of the NYCHA workers are public housing residents as well as workers.
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| 2007-10-12 City Wide PH Rally The Chief.pdf | 291.23 KB |
Two Articles About City Wide Public Housing Rally
Submitted by mike on Fri, 2007-10-05 12:09.Here are two articles about the City Wide Public Housing Rally. This first article is from the online edition of the Columbia Spectator and they quote CVH leader Ann Valdez.
This article can be found at http://columbiaspectator.com/node/27251 or you can download the PDF below.
The second article is from the onNYturf blog. This article can be found at http://www.onnyturf.com/articles/read.php?article_id=636 or you can download the PDF below.
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| 2007-10-05 Columbia Spectator City Hall Park Rally.pdf | 36.05 KB |
| 2007-10-05 onNYturf City Hall Park Rally.pdf | 141.79 KB |
"Public Housing in Jeopardy" Article by David R. Jones
Submitted by mike on Thu, 2007-10-04 14:59.This article discusses the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) budget deficit and how it is affecting NYCHA workers and residents. It also mentions the City Wide Public Housing Rally we are hosting as well as the Section 8 Housing Voucher Reform Act (SEVRA).
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| 2007-10-04 Amsterdam News Public Housing in Jeopardy.pdf | 281.93 KB |
"How Fair is the Fare?" Subway Fare Hike Article
Submitted by mike on Thu, 2007-09-27 11:41.This article is about the suggested new MTA fare hike. Once again the MTA is going to raise the price of the subway and buses, this time a single ride may go up to $2.25. This raised fare will effect all New Yorkers, but for low-income New Yorkers who are already struggling to make ends meet this raised fare will make a big difference in their lives. Community Voices Heard leader Ketny Jean-Francois is quoted in this article.
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| 2007-09-27 Metro Subway Fare Hike.pdf | 391.23 KB |
Democracy Now - Public Housing Residents From Around the Country Take Over New Orleans Housing Authority
Submitted by mike on Wed, 2007-09-05 11:29.This is a video from Democracy Now, it is in real player format and you will need that player in order to watch the video. You can download this player for free at http://www.realplayer.com/ if you do not already have it on your computer. The video is coverage from the take over of the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) that Community Voices Heard took part in.
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Can Rosie Save NYCHA?
Submitted by mike on Tue, 2007-09-04 17:38.This article talks about the Shelter Allowance bill and how it is a good step in the right direction, but NYCHA needs more money in order to get out of debt. Council Person Rosie Mendez is quoted about the state of NYCHA.
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| 2007-09-04 Can Rosie Save NYCHA Grand Street News.pdf | 81.93 KB |
2 Articles About New Orleans Housing Authority Take Over
Submitted by mike on Sun, 2007-09-02 17:37.Here are two articles from the Times Picayune, the paper in New Orleans. They deal with the take over of the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO). This was part of the GGJ Survivors Tribunal that Community Voices Heard participated in.
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| 2007-08-31 Times Picayune Protestors Enter Housing Authority of New Orleans.pdf | 91.23 KB |
| 2007-09-01 Anger Hits Home For Housing Agency Times Picayune.pdf | 71.93 KB |
District Council 37 Reports on Shelter Allowance Bill
Submitted by mike on Sat, 2007-09-01 12:48.This article is from the District Council 37 (DC 37) newspaper. DC 37 is the union that represents Public Housing Workers, they have been working with Community Voices Heard in order to secure funding for Public Housing because they are at risk of losing their jobs because of lack of funding. This article talks about the recent victory with Governor Elliot Spitzer signing the Shelter Allowance Bill and the Public Housing Constituency Tour that CVH organized.
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| 2007-09-01 Shelter Allowance Bill DC 37.pdf | 431.93 KB |
Pilot Program Fights Poverty With Cash Incentives
Submitted by mike on Tue, 2007-08-28 14:07.Sandra Killett, Co-Chair of CVH is in this WNYC radio piece. She was spoken to as a recipient of the Cash Incentives program, but while personally she is pleased to get additional resources into her household, politically and organizationally she challenges its very design and purpose. Below is the segment from WNYC with Sandra as well as the full text.
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| 2007-08-27 WNYC Sandra Killet Talks About Conditional Cash Transfer.doc | 26.5 KB |
Listen to Agnes Rivera, CVH Leader, on WNYC Talking About Public Housing
Submitted by mike on Tue, 2007-08-21 12:19.This is a segment from The Brian Lehrer show on WNYC. Agnes Rivera, a Community Voices Heard Leader and long time resident of Public Housing is on a panel of people to talk about Public Housing and NYCHA. Errol Lewis of the Daily News is standing in for Brian Lehrer for this segment because Brian was on vacation.
Governer Spitzer Signs Shelter Allowance Bill! 6 Articles
Submitted by mike on Thu, 2007-08-16 12:15.Governor Elliot Spitzer signed the Shelter Allowance Bill. This is a huge victory for Community Voices Heard and Public Housing. This will provide $47 million in funding annually to NYCHA.
Two More Articles About Public Housing Tour
Submitted by mike on Thu, 2007-08-16 12:14.Here are two more articles that were printed about our Constituency Tour of Public Housing. The first one was printed in "The Chief" the DC 37 union paper and the second article was printed in the Amsterdam News and is written by Zita Allen.
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| 2007-08-03 The Chief Constituency Tour.pdf | 191.23 KB |
| 2007-08-16 Amsterdam News Public Housing Media Tour.pdf | 231.93 KB |
The Politics of Public Housing, WNYC Discusses Our Constituency Tour
Submitted by mike on Thu, 2007-08-09 12:24.This is a segment from The Brian Lehrer show on WNYC. Rosie Mendez talks about Community Voices Heard and our constituency towards the end.
4 Articles about the Public Housing Constituency Tour
Submitted by mike on Fri, 2007-07-27 16:28.CVH members brought elected officials and the media on a tour of two housing developments in Harlem, Wagner and Drew Hamilton. The tour was to highlight the effects of government disinvestment in public housing. New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is facing a large deficit as a result of underfunding on the State and Federal levels. As a result of this they are raising rents, not doing vital maintenance, selling off property, and they may be laying off up to 2000 maintenance workers. There are 2 Articles, 1 radio piece from WNYC, and 1 Op Ed from Daily News writer Errol Lewis (check out this one, it's the best article written about this event).
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| 7-27-07 Daily News PH Constituency Tour.pdf | 201.23 KB |
| 7-27-07 AM New York PH Constituency Tour.pdf | 351.23 KB |
| 7-29-07 Daily News Constituency Tour Editorial.pdf | 711.23 KB |
| 7-27-07 WNYC Constituency Tour.pdf | 31.23 KB |
"Yonkers' Housing Authority Crafting Security and Rehabilitiation Plan for Schlobohm, Calcagno Complexes" - LoHUD
Submitted by mike on Mon, 2007-07-16 11:35.This article discusses security in Public Housing in Yonkers. The article also discusses a tour of Yonkers public housing and other community sites that Community Voices Heard Organized for State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins. CVH Member Valerie Pearson is quoted in the article.
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| 7-16-07 Yonkers Public Housing.pdf | 81.93 KB |
CVH Member Quoted in ABQ Journal About US Social Forum
Submitted by mike on Thu, 2007-06-21 18:42.This is an article from the ABQ Journal. The article is about The People's Caravan to the US Social Forum organized by Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP). Community Voices Heard Member Agnes Rivera was quoted in the article. Here is a link to the article on the SWOP blog and attached is the original article from the journal.
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| 2007-06-21 SWOP Caravan Article.pdf | 71.93 KB |
2 Articles About Stuy Town Rally with New York Is Our Home Coalition
Submitted by mike on Wed, 2007-05-23 16:36.CVH is a part of the New York Is Our Home Coalition, a coalition of organizations in NYC that is fighting to create and preserving affordable housing. Nearly 5,000 people surrounded the Stuy Town development, a housing development that was sold to developers who are planning on making units market rate. Housing groups from across the city held hands and made a full ring around Stuy Town and then marched down 14th Street to Union Square.
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| 5-23-07 Stuy Town Rally.pdf | 191.23 KB |
| 5-23-07 Metro Stuy Town Rally Color.pdf | 311.18 KB |
"Housing Authority Is Facing $225 Million Deficit in '07" - NY Times
Submitted by mike on Wed, 2007-04-11 17:13.The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is facing a huge deficit this year. As a result they are being forced to raise rents and cut services. This poses a large problem for low-income New Yorkers who live in public housing. Public housing represents one of the last strong holds of affordable housing in this city. CVH member and public housing campaign leader Agnes Rivera is quoted.
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| 4-11-07 NY Times Public Housing.pdf | 81.23 KB |
4 Articles About the CVH WeCARE Report
Submitted by mike on Mon, 2007-03-05 17:03.4 articles that speak about the report we published exposing issues with the WeCARE program. You can read the full report in the reports section of our website or you can read what the media has to say about our report here.
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| 3-5-07 NY Times WeCARE.pdf | 142.63 KB |
| 3-15-07 Daily News WeCARE Report.pdf | 141.23 KB |
| 3-5-07 Village Voice WeCARE.pdf | 81.93 KB |
| 3-8-07 City Limits WeCARE .pdf | 91.93 KB |
Community Voices Heard Press Coverage 2006
Submitted by mike on Wed, 2007-01-10 11:45.This PDF file is all of our press coverage for 2006. We took all of the our press coverage and digested it into one file so that you can see everything that the media has been saying about us for the entire year.
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| CVH in the Press 2006.pdf | 3.5 MB |
"Criticism and Praise Offered for Departing Welfare Chief" - NY Times
Submitted by mike on Fri, 2006-12-29 16:03.Verna Eggleston the Commissioner of the Human Resources Administration (HRA) is resigning in order to work for the Bloomberg Family Foundation. CVH Board Co-Chair Sandra Killet is quoted in the article. Although we were optimistic when Verna Eggleston took over as Commisioner from Jason Turner, essential changes in the City's workfare program were not made during her time at HRA.
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| 12-29-06 NY Times Eggleston.pdf | 161.23 KB |
"Bloomberg Plans New Office to Help New York's Poor" - NY Times
Submitted by mike on Tue, 2006-12-19 15:45.Mayor Bloomberg plans on creating a new center to deal with poverty in New York City. This will be called the Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) and Bloomberg plans on using private funds to finance the center's more experimental programs. There will be an emphasis on rewarding "good behavior" and promoting self-sufficiency. CVH Member Gloria Walker is quoted about her views of the Mayor's new commission.
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| 12-19-06 NY Times CEO.pdf | 122.63 KB |
4 Articles About Bloomberg's Commission for Economic Opportunity
Submitted by mike on Tue, 2006-09-19 17:53.These are 4 articles about Mayor Michael Bloomberg's anti-poverty commission, the Commission for Economic Opportunity (CEO). The articles talk about how the CEO plans on putting emphasis on dealing with 3 very specific groups: young children, young adults, and the working poor.
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| 9-18-06 Metro NY Day In the Life.pdf | 181.23 KB |
| 9-19-06 Daily News CEO.pdf | 91.93 KB |
| 9-19-06 NY Times CEO.pdf | 131.93 KB |
| 9-25-06 Gotham Gazette CEO.pdf | 868.93 KB |
2 articles about CVH's reaction to the lastest Federal Census Bureau's statistics poverty statistic release
Submitted by mike on Tue, 2006-09-19 15:15.CVH held a press conference at Columbus Circle on the same day that the Federal Census Bureau released its annual poverty statistics in order to highlight issues with the Mayor's Commission for Economic Opportunity the main commission that deals with poverty in New York City. After the press conference CVH members entered the Time Warner building demanding to speak with Richard Parsons, the CEO of Time Warner, and a Co-Chair of the Commission for Economic Opportunity. Both articles include quotes from CVH members.
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| 9-7-06 Amsterdam News CEO .pdf | 101.23 KB |
| 9-19-06 Bronx Times CEO.pdf | 191.23 KB |
2 Articles About the Mayor's Commission for Economic Opportunity
Submitted by mike on Wed, 2006-08-30 18:19.These are two articles about Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Commission for Economic Opportunity (CEO). This Commission was formed by the Mayor in January and is supposed to be researching and developing plans to combat poverty in New York City. The mayor insisted that the Commission focus on plans that have proven to work and to narrow the scope of their work to children, young adults, and the working poor.
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| 8-26-06 NY Times CEO.pdf | 173.33 KB |
| 8-30-06 NY Sun CEO.pdf | 141.93 KB |
"Mayor Eyes 'Starbucks One-Stop' As a New Approach to Poverty" - The Sun
Submitted by mike on Thu, 2006-08-10 18:05.Mayor Michael Bloomberg heard recommendations for a variety of new plans to deal with poverty from his Commission for Economic Opportunity (CEO). Although nothing has been decided upon yet one proposal included a "Starbucks One-Stop" where individuals could get help with everything from legal work to Food Stamps. CVH Member Ketny Jean-Francois is quoted.
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| 8-10-06 NY Sun CEO.pdf | 261.93 KB |
"Fighting Poverty and a Decade of Welfare Reform" - Gotham Gazette
Submitted by mike on Mon, 2006-06-19 17:47.This article compares and contrasts Mayor Michael Bloomberg's approach to Welfare Reform and anti-poverty initiatives and those of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani. CVH is referenced as an organization that is studying New York City's anti-poverty initiatives to figure out whether or not they are effective.
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| 6-19-06 Gotham Gazette.pdf | 354.03 KB |
3 Articles About CVH Public Housing Action
Submitted by mike on Fri, 2006-04-21 17:22.CVH Public Housing Campaign members acted out a skit at City Hall to protest the raising of rents by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). This year NYCHA is reporting a 170 million dollar deficit and they are raising rents and cutting services in order to save money.
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| 4-21-06 Bronx 12 News Public Housing.pdf | 71.23 KB |
| 4-21-06 El Diaro Public Housing.pdf | 61.23 KB |
| 4-21-06 NY Times Public Housing .pdf | 211.23 KB |
"Low-Income New Yorkers Play Dead to Protest Welfare Cuts" - Legislative Gazette
Submitted by mike on Mon, 2006-04-03 17:40. Members of CVH preformed a skit in Albany where Governer George E. Pataki was the grim reaper and his cuts in services caused the death of those who rely on welfare to survive. CVH Board Member Yvonne Shields is quoted.| Attachment | Size |
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| 4-3-06 Legislative Gazette Welfare.pdf | 141.23 KB |
"Tale of Two Cities - Report: New York Leads Nation in Income Inequality" - Metro
Submitted by mike on Mon, 2003-01-27 16:51.The gap between the rich and poor in New York City is enormous. This article discusses this fact and goes into how Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants the Human Resources Administration (HRA) to improve its services. Sondra Youdelman (CVH's Policy & Research Director) is quoted in this article about the report CVH recently released.
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| 1-27-06 Metro NY Poverty.pdf | 111.23 KB |