In addition to first bringing the landmarks into a “state of good repair” and providing for ongoing maintenance, revenues from the sale of LANDREX TDR’s could be used for the community outreach services that are part of the missions of the participants. Equally important is that other funds that would normally be earmarked for preservation could now be redirected towards these vital services. A number of landmarks included in the LANDREX initiative are owned by some of the most active community outreach and social services organizations in New York City. The programs and services cited in this section were culled from the individual websites of the LANDREX eligible participants but do not represent the total number of community outreach services that could be funded through LANDREX revenues. In addition, there are numerous interconnections between the landmark organizations in this proposal and many other New York City community outreach and social service organizations.
Following are just a few examples of some of the LANDREX eligible landmarks that have community outreach social services programs.
The Protestant Welfare Agencies Building houses the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies with almost 300 New York community-based social service agencies and church-based human service programs in its network.
The Catholic Archdiocese of New York, which owns 18 landmarks in Manhattan, Bronx and Queens, supports approximately 90 outreach agencies in and around New York City through its Catholic Charities Organization.
The Episcopal Diocese of New York, which owns 25 landmarks in Manhattan, Bronx and Staten Island, supports 83 community outreach programs in those three boroughs through its Episcopal Charities grant program. The Episcopal Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens which owns 6 landmarks (and which is part of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island) has a separate community outreach funding program through its Episcopal Charities of Long Island Organization.
The Harlem YMCA, as part of the YMCA of Greater New York, offers an expansive array of programs for young people and families.
The Mid-Bronx Senior Citizen Center Building is part of the Mid-Bronx Senior Citizen Council (MBCCC) a Bronx based organization with a myriad of programs and services for seniors, youths, families, businesses, job training, homeless, homebound, hungry, disabled, etc. Also, since the 1980’s MBCCC has rehabilitated and developed 27 buildings in the Bronx as part of their community services programs.
The Ford Foundation houses the Ford Foundation Good Neighbor Committee which supports organizations and activities in the neighborhood of its headquarters landmark building. In its first three years the Committee funded over $850,000 in grants to nearly 40 diversified midtown Manhattan organizations.
Columbia University through its Columbia Community Service Program provides funding for more than 55 community organizations within a 35 block radius of its Morningside Heights Campus.
In addition, Columbia, through its Community Impact Organization serves disadvantaged people in Harlem, Washington Heights and Morningside Heights communities through 25 Community Service programs serving more than 8,000 residents.
Fordham University founded the University Neighborhood Housing Program (UNHP) to assist community based housing preservation activities and then partnered with the Northwest Bronx Community to form UNHP as it is structured today. The organization is involved in a number of various activities, including financing, in the Northwest Bronx, that all revolve around providing affordable housing for community residents including the preservation and redevelopment of 50 multi-family buildings that have become community owned buildings residences.
Also, the Fordham Action Plan, through UNHP and its partner, the Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation (FBHC) have built and/or renovated, owns and manages over 80 affordable housing buildings with more than 2000 units in the Northwest Bronx.
Pratt Institute founded the Pratt Center for Community Development, (PICCED) as the first university-based advocacy planning and design center in the U.S. For over 40 years, they have helped community groups to revitalize their neighborhoods Brooklyn neighborhoods, create and preserve affordable housing, build childcare and community centers, and improve their environment. They have trained hundreds of community leaders and organizations to implement effective community development strategies, and supported a wide array of successful public policy and community planning efforts.
The College of Mount Saint Vincent, on 70 acres in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, is owned and operated by The Sisters of Charity, who have been assisting New York City’s most vulnerable population for almost 200 years. There numerous and continuing good works are well known.
New York has always been known as a vibrant and caring city by those who call it home. We anticipate that the LANDREX initiative will continue and expand that well deserved reputation in many ways.
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AA Meetings • After
School Programs •
Alanon Meetings • Apollo Theater Academy• Artistic Journeys Program • Bag Lunch Programs • Basic Human Needs Grants •
Battered Women Shelters • Best Buddies Community
Program • Big Brothers/Big Sisters Mentoring
Program • Homebound Programs • Bowery Mission Volunteers •
Breakfast For The Homeless Programs • Center for
Emotional Healing • Charter Schools Initiative • Children’s Aid Society Volunteers • Christmas Angels Program •
Christmas Meals For The Needy Programs • City
Harvest Participants • City Parks Clean Up
Programs •
City-Meals-On-Wheels Participants • Clothing
Collection For The Needy Elderly and Disabled Programs•
Columbia Community Service • Columbia Impact
Program • Community Grants • Free Concerts, Lectures, Demonstrations, Workshops, • Crisis Intervention • Day
Care Centers• Disaster Relief Volunteers • East Harlem
School Partnership Project • Escort Shopping For
The Elderly •
Family Homeless Shelters • Financial Literacy Program •
Food Pantries• Fordham Bedford Housing Corp • Foster Care Children’s Outings • Foundling Friends Participants • Fresh Air Fund Participants •
God’s Love We Deliver Participants • Goldwater
Hospital For The Chronically Ill Volunteers •
Good Companion Senior Center • Greeting Card
Project For Isolated People • Help A Neighbor Eat Year Round Program • Habitat For Humanity Volunteers • Harlem Children’s Zone 100 Days of Service
Volunteers • Harlem SummerStage • Healthcare For The most Vulnerable Grants • HIV/AIDS Medical Care Programs • HIV/AIDS Ministries •
Home Care Services • Homebound/Hospital
Visitations •
Inner City Tutoring Programs • Jumpstart For
Young Children Program • Magic Theater For Children • Martin Luther King, Jr. Literacy Initiative • Men’s
Homeless Shelters • Midnight Run Clothing Distribution Programs • Mobile
Homeless-Mentally Challenged-Medically Frail Program • NA Meetings
• New York Cares Participants • Pratt Center for community development • New York City Rescue Mission Volunteers • Pre-School Programs •
Prison Ministry • Reach Out And Read Volunteers
• Ronald McDonald House Volunteers/Visitations • Scholarships • Senior
Activity Centers • Senior Friends Program • Senior Outings • Soup
Kitchens • Special Olympics Support • Steps To Success Program • Summer Camps
• University Neighborhood Housing Program
• Thanksgiving Meals For The Needy On-Site And
Homebound Programs • Tuition Free College
Courses • Twelve Step Programs • Women’s Homeless Shelters
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