Join us on Friday, February 20th, 2015
8:30 to 10:15 am

The highlight of Mayor de Blasio’s State of the City address on Tuesday was his affordable housing initiative, starting with East New York, one of the city’s least well-served neighborhoods. His words were greeted with demands for more details, particularly with regard to balancing the needs of diverse stakeholders. Helping to fill in these details, and discuss how to balance these needs, will be:

Brent Meltzer, Assistant Commissioner for Community Partnerships, NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development
Carlton Brown, founder and director, Full Spectrum Construction
Lavon Chambers, Local 79, Laborers Union
Ismene Speliotis, Executive Director, Mutual Housing Association of New York

Eve Baron, Urban Studies Program Manager, The Murphy Institute, will moderate

Continuing this discussion from a neighborhood perspective, examining how residents can build effective alliances and influence to help shape affordable housing initiatives, will be a forum on “Facing Gentrification; Reclaiming Community,” March 24, 2015, 6:00-7:30 pm.

This will be held at the Murphy Institute, 25 W. 43rd St., New York, 18th Floor.

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Photo by Dan DeLuca via flickr (CC-BY).