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BP MARKOWITZ, MO VAUGHN, RESIDENTS CELEBRATE RENOVATIONS AT NOBLE DREW ALI PLAZA IN BROWNSVILLE |
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In photo (left to right): City of New York Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Shaun Donovan; BP Markowitz; Mo Vaughn; New York State Division of Housing & Community Renewal Commissioner Deborah VanAmerongen; Eugene Schneur |
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| Photographs by Kathryn Kirk |
In photo: BP Markowitz and Mo Vaughn |
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On December 6, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz joined former New York Met-turned-developer Mo Vaughn and Eugene Schneur, both partners of Omni New York LLC, City Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Shaun Donovan, elected officials and residents of Noble Drew Ali Plaza to celebrate the rehabilitation of the affordable housing complex in Brownsville.
Borough President Markowitz, an advocate for tenants’ rights and affordable housing who started his political career organizing the Flatbush Tenants Council in 1971, has allocated $1 million for the project from his Affordable Housing Fund.
Once plagued by crime and blighted by developer neglect, the nearly 400 units at Noble Drew Ali Plaza were purchased by Omni New York LLC and are being renovated with hundreds of new security cameras, new elevators, floors, appliances, kitchens and bathrooms.
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