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Change has come. The Pandemic has changed the way we feel about hugging and kissing people in the future. The Black Lives Matter protests have changed how we view people in the world and how people will view us. I don't know about you but I feel our children will have opportunities we could only imagine.
New York City is now in Phase 2 and we are now able to be served outside by restaurant staff, shop inside retail outlets and go to beauty and barber shops. I walked the streets of Harlem yesterday and noticed many of the small businesses have not come back yet and as I spoke to some of them they said they were not ready yet. I also noticed quite a number of "For Rent" signs.
Celebrating 25 years Publishing
Affordable Senior Housing for Rent
Victory Plaza 94 NEWLY CONSTRUCTED UNITS AT 11 WEST 118 th CENTRAL HARLEM, MANHATTAN STREET
Amenities: on-site resident super, card-operated laundry, community room, outdoor recreation area, communal lounge, elevator, bike parking and on-site social services Transit: 2,3 train; M1, M7, M102 Bus
No application fee • No broker’s fee • Smoke-free building
This building is being constructed through the ExtremelyLow and Low - Income Affordability(ELLA) program of the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) and the Senior Affordable Rental Apartment (SARA) program of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).
Who Should Apply?
Individuals or households that have at least one household member who is 62 years of age or older and who meet the income and household size requirements listed in the table below may apply. Qualified applicants will be required to meet additional selection criteria. A percentage of units is set aside for applicants with disabilities: • Mobility (5%) • Vision/Hearing (2%). Preference for a percentage ofunits goes to: • Manhattan Residents (50%)
AVAILABLE UNITS AND INCOME REQUIREMENTS
Unit Size Tenant Rent Share Units Available
Household Size 1 Annual Household Income 2 Minimum –Maximum 3
Studio
1 bedroom Eligible tenant pays 30% of their income. Applicants will need to qualify for Section 8 93
1 1 person
2 people
1 person
2 people $ 0 - $ 39,800
$ 0 - $ 45,500
$ 0 - $ 39,800
$ 0 - $ 45,500
3 people $ 0 - $ 51,200
1 Tenants pay electricity. 2 Household size includes everyone who will live with you, including parents and children. Subject to occupancy criteria. 3 Household earnings includes salary, hourly wages, tips, Social Security, child support, and other income. Income guidelines subject *Asset limit of $68,220, excluding specifically designated retirement accounts, applies to change.
How Do You Apply?
Apply online or through mail. To apply online, please go to nyc.gov/housingconnect. To request an application by mail, send a selfaddressed envelope to: Victory Plaza c/o WavecrestConsulting LLC, 87-14 116th Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. Only send one application per development. Do not submit duplicate applications. Do not apply online and also send in a paper application. Applicants who submit more than one application may be disqualified.
When is the Deadline?
Applications must be postmarked or submitted online no later than August 25, 2020. Late applications will not be considered.
What Happens After You Submit an Application?
After the deadline, applications are selected for review through a lottery process. If yours is selected and you appear to qualify, you will be invited to an appointment of eligibility to continue the process of determining your eligibility. Appointments are usually scheduled from 2 to 10 months after the application deadline. You will be asked to bring documents that verify your household size, identity of members of your household, and your household income.
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Presente una solicitud en línea ennyc.gov/housingconnect. Para recibir una traducción de español de este anuncio y la solicitud impresa, envíe un sobre con la dirección a: Victory Plaza c/o Wavecrest Consulting LLC, 87-14 116th Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. En el reverso del sobre, escriba en inglés la palabra “SPANISH.” Las solicitudes se deben enviar en línea o con sello postal antes de 25 de agosto 2020. 访问 nyc.gov/housingconnect 在线申请。如要获取本广告及书面申请表的简体中文版， 请将您的回邮信封寄送至： Victory Plaza c/o Wavecrest Consulting LLC, 87-14 116th Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. 信封背面请用英语注明“CHINESE”。 必须在以下日期之前在线提交申请或邮寄书面申请 2020 年 8 月 25 日 . Чтобы подать заявление через интернет, зайдите на сайт: nyc.gov/housingconnect. Для получения данного объявления и заявления на русском языке отправьте конверт с обратным адресом по адресу Victory Plaza c/o WavecrestConsulting LLC, 87-14 116th Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. На задней ст ороне конверта напишите слово “RUSSIAN” на английском языке. Заявки должны быть поданы онлайн или отправлены по почте (согласно дате на почтовом штемпеле) не позднее 25
август 2020.
nyc.gov/housingconnect 에서 온라인으로 신청하십시오. 이 광고문과 신청서에 대한 한국어 번역본을 받아보시려면 반송용 Victory Plaza c/o WavecrestConsulting LLC, 87-14 116th Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11418.으로 보내주십시오. 봉투 뒷면에 “KOREAN” 이라고 영어로 적어주십시오. 2020 년 8 월 25 일 일 까지 온라인 신청서를 제출하거나 소인이 찍힌 신청서를 보내야 합니다. Aplike sou entènèt sou sitwèb nyc.gov/housingconnect. Pou resevwa yon tradiksyon anons sa a nan lang Kreyòl Ayisyen ak aplikasyon an sou papye, voye anvlòp ki gen adrès pou retounen li nan: Victory Plaza c/o Wavecrest Consulting LLC, 87-14 116th Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. Nan dèyè anvlòp la, ekri mo “HATIAN CREOLE” an Anglè. Ou dwe remèt aplikasyon yo sou entènèt oswa ou dwe tenbre yo anvan dat out 25, 2020. تقدم بطلب عن طریق الإنترنت على الموقع الإلكتروني housingconnect/gov.nyc .للحصول على ترجمة باللغة العربیة لھذا الإعلان ولنموذج الطلب الورقي، أرسل
Victory Plaza . c/o Wavecrest Consulting LLC, 87-14 116th Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11418 :إلى وعنوانك اسمك یحمل مظروف
2020. أغسطس، 25 یجب إرسال نماذج الطلبات عن طریق الإنترنت أو ختمھا بختم البرید قبل على الجھة الخلفیة للمظروف، اكتب باللغة الإنجلیزیة كلمة "ARABIC".
• Mayor Bill de Blasio • HPD Commissioner Louise Carroll • HDC President Eric Enderlin
Making a Difference with Thousands of Black Mayors
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia
Vanessa R. Williams has earned the description of the “glue that holds 650 Af rican American mayors together.” In a lengthy conversation with Black Press USA, it was easy to see why. “I came into this organization as a new execu tive director, and I saw where we were really missing an opportunity,” Wil liams noted.
“The organization had a long his tory. It started as the Southern Conference of Black Mayors, and then it became the National Conference of Black Mayors,” she recalled. Today, with its outreach stretching globally, the group has adopted the name, International Association of Mayors of African De scent and Heritage.
The International Association of Mayors of African Descent is vision ary mayors and leaders united for the purpose and vision of establishing the platform in which education, empow erment, and economic development through trust, trade, training, and tourism.
“The next step for me was an in ternational step because as we began to grow the organization domestically, we started seeing the similarities of condi tions of the quality of life or the lack thereof both with Africans living on the continent of Africa,” Williams stated.
“So, the first step we took in 2006 was to Haiti and then a delegation to Columbia in 2007. In 2008 we took our first trip to Africa to Uganda. We took a delegation of mayors to figure out how to reconnect and open the door so that everyone can walk through it.”
Responding to the clarion call to erase the cultural divide that existed through distance, language barriers, and lack of resources, the organiza tion believed that Black mayors could serve as a conduit to connect resources, talents and skills necessary to develop sustainable communities.
They also believed in creating a
greater quality of life for the constitu encies in which they serve.
Today, the International Confer ence of Black Mayors represents the well over 39,000 African American, African, Afro-Caribbean, Latino and European mayors and local elected of ficials located throughout the African Diaspora.
“What we’ve done over the last 10 to 15 years is really quietly organize mayors of African descent throughout the globe,” Williams said.
“And it’s been a pleasure doing that and being able to come back and now present those associations through the African Union.
“We just recently signed a Mem orandum of Understanding with the African Union to provide technical as sistance and training to the mayors in the continent of Africa, and that was a major undertaking.”
Williams added that her message to those of African descent is that “we are at a point and time in history that our ancestors predicted we would get to and what’s happening, what you see right now, is we’ve been a sleeping gi ant, and the giant is awakening.”
“There is an awakening that’s hap pening across this nation right now, and it’s awakening people like Mau lana Karenga, who spoke up when he created Kwanza and the principles of Kwanza,” Williams proclaimed.
“That self-determination to not be afraid of looking at what we do well and acknowledging our contribution to this country and this world because the world has benefited from this con tribution.
“So, unless we acknowledge it, then the world will never see it for what it’s worth. We were more than just ser vants, we were people who brought our talent, our skill, our ability, our ingenu ity, our creativity, and we put it to use. We brought life to it, and so that’s the spirit of our people.”
Williams demanded that the con ference of Black mayors has big plans ahead, some of which she won’t be able to announce until a bit later. However, it hasn’t tempered her optimism.
“The last conference we did in Columbia, we had 3,500 mayors that came to our World Summit of Mayors Meeting in Columbia,” she recalled.
“At that conference, there were all these people of African descent. Some brown, some dark, some light. It was so beautiful and what was so amazing about it is that we came together. All of us, at the end of the day, wanted the same thing which was a quality of life for our children, education, clean wa ter, clean air, good jobs, safe communities, and the ability to work and to learn and to participate in this capitalistic society.”
Williams maintains a desire to help young people.
“I just think that, as a village, we should come around our young people and embrace their differences in a way that allows them to be creative and not in ways that cause them to step away,” Williams said.
“Because if they are not strong enough, we’ll break people instead of building people. I don’t want our young people broken because they may think a little differently. I want them embraced because they do think a little differently.”
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