NYC
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GOLES Seeks Community Organizer – Public Housing (NYC)
Good Old Lower East Side is a community-based, membership organization that has been dedicated to keeping people in their homes and community since 1977. GOLES works to build the power of low-income residents through social justice organizing campaigns, community education, coalition-building, individual counseling, and community driven research. Position Title: Community Organizer Salary: commensurate with experience…
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Picture the Homeless Seeks Housing and Community Development Organizer (NYC)
Picture the Homeless (PTH) is a city wide grass roots organization founded and led by homeless New Yorkers in 1999. PTH seeks an experienced housing and community development organizer (HCD) with a strong background in tenant organizing, base building, leadership and campaigndevelopment, and experience with, or demonstrated knowledge of, community development. The Housing and Community…
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The Future of Murphy: Labor Studies School?
The NYC Council Committees on Labor and Higher Education held a joint hearing last Thursday to focus on the Murphy Institute and the proposal to establish a new CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies. At the hearing, union representatives and Murphy students sang the praises of the Institute. An article in this week’s edition of the Chief describes…
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East New York Rezoning: Communities Respond
The first of the de Blasio administration’s neighborhood rezonings was unveiled at the end of September with the East New York plan: an ambitious document that includes mandatory affordable housing, new parks, bike lanes, and a 1,000-seat school. While the Department of City Planning (DCP) claims that 50 percent of housing built over the next 15 years under…
