A close-knit multi-cultural community located below 123th and above 116th Street in Harlem
OUR ADVOCACY
We advocate for safer cleaner streets, economic development where our small businesses can thrive and a property tax arrangement to keep our subsidized housing affordable
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FairShare - Reduce Excessive Density of Social Services
We join force with the Greater Harlem Coalition to push back on NY State using Harlem as a containment zone. East Harlem has 1.4% of NYC's population but 14% of methadone distribution capacity
Excessive placement of drug treatment and harm reduction programs in one small area is structural racism
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Hold Lantern Org Accountable
We petition for safer living environment in Prospero Hall and Schafer Hall, both supportive housing managed by Lantern Organization on 118th Street.
There is serious drug dealing inside and outside of the buildings
We petition to have a community advisory council that continue to review their ability to manage and help their tenants
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Safer Streets. Stop Open-Fair Drug Use
Driven by multitude of factors, the 3 blocks between 115th and 117th Street along Park Avenue became an open-air drug scene with users shooting up under broad day light in front of our children. We need more mandatory treatment programs. (See some videos from some neighbors, our testimony to City Council Public Safety Committee and our plea to City Council Member Kristin Jordan
4
Stop adding more social services to zip code 10035
Department of Mental Health placed 600 patients in SROs in zip code 10035. This is 5.6% of all New York State's patients.
New York State is considering adding 100 more patients to zip code 10035, bringing the % from 5.6% to 6.4% in Timbale Terrace
We petition for this structural racism to stop. Click here see the excessive concentration of services currently near us
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Affordable Property Tax
(1) Help our co-ops building extend their expiring 421a or other tax abatement so as to keep the mortgage expense affordable
(2) Stop Comptroller Brad Lander's from raising property tax rates in Harlem via his Fair Rates campaign


To see how multiple government agencies allocate excessive number of social programs in East Harlem

To see underlying data and analysis, go to www.greaterharlem.nyc

