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PRESS RELEASE
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
Decision on the Domino Project.
New York, May 25, 2011 – Churches United For Fair Housing, Inc. ( CUFFH ) a community based not for profit group that advocates for affordable housing in north Brooklyn, supports The Honorable Eileen A. Rakower, Justice of the New York Supreme Court, who yesterday May 24th dismissed a challenge brought against the rezoning of the former Domino sugar refinery site in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, citing the New York City Council’s authority to have granted the rezoning last summer and its full compliance with the required procedures under New York's land use and environmental review rules.
Justice Rakower dismissed the action that had been brought by the Williamsburg Community Preservation Coalition, a group of neighboring owners and residents, under Article 78 of New York’s civil procedure law.
The New Domino Project is located on the site of the old Domino Sugar Factory on Kent Ave. btwn Grand St. and South 5th St. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The New Domino Project will have 660 Units of permanently Affordable Housing. The additional benefits of The New Domino Project will be hundreds of construction jobs each new year, job training for 500 Community Residents, over 1,000 permanent jobs, 4 acres of Public open space, Community facility space.
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Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with us!
Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 6pm.
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Join Us
In Welcoming our announcements of January 2011
We have a new staff Member
Matt Zinser, Outreach Coordinator
New emails
&
New website name
To reach the executive director, Rob Solano his new email is rsolano@cuffh.org
To reach the outreach coordinator, Matt Zinser his email is mzinser@cuffh.org
Posted on December 2010
Churches
United For Fair
Housing (CUFFH)
66 Whipple Street, Brooklyn, New York 11206
rsolano@
www.
718-360-2906
(t) 718-360-4593(f)
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Churches
United For Fair
Housing & Local
Union #3
Host a
Holiday
Party for 300
underprivileged kids from
Bushwick,
Williamsburg
& Bed-Stuy Brooklyn
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
On Sunday December 5th, 2010 Churches United For Fair Housing (CUFFH) with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local Union #3 "A" Apprentices hosted a Holiday party for 300 underprivileged Children.
We
been involved with the Holiday Party Trip for a few years now and it
started with just 50 kids from Williamsburg and grew to over 300 from
Williamsburg, Bushwick & Bed-Stuy. For most kids this
is the
only Holiday gifts they received. This year a kid wrote in the arts in
craft section "Best Day Ever", it's just a great feeling to read that
and to give back to our community in this way, said Rob Solano ,
Executive Director of Churches United For Fair Housing.
CUFFH
organized the kids through its Churches in Bushwick, Williamsburg
&
Bed-Stuy. The event consisted of games, DJ music, dancing,
arts
& crafts, food, a visit from Sponge Bob
Square Pants, Santa Clause and most of all a free wrapped gift for each
Child. The Event
was held at Local
3's
Auditorium in Flushing, Queens. It took 2 days and more then
100
volunteers to set up the auditorium from a meeting space to a winter
wonderland. On Sunday
morning December 5th buses departed from several locations throughout
North Brooklyn
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July 2010Churches
United for Fair Housing
2010 Annual Awards Dinner
A Fundraiser Event
Thursday, October 7, 2010
6 pm
Giando on the water
400 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Churches United for Fair Housing, Inc is pleased to honor :
Martin S. Needelman, Esq.
2010 Recipient of the
Father Jim O’Shea Award
Anita Dunbar
2010 Recipient of the
Daisy Lopez Award
Wil Vargas
2010 Recipient of the
John Mulhern Award
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Brooklyn, NY 11206
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Churches United for Fair Housing is an organization of people of faith and congregations who are responsive to the affordable housing, jobs and open space needs of North Brooklyn. We are motivated by the desire for every family and person to live in dignity. Since the waterfront rezoning we have advocated for other projects throughout North Brooklyn and we continue to be an effective vehicle to ensure that housing, as well as new job opportunities come to the community. We have found that the old adage is true, ‘there is strength in numbers’, and that strength is even greater when the Spirit of God is our rock.
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cufhfundraiserbrochure2010June 16, 2010
THE NEW DOMINO AWARENESS DAY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY- This
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 4pm Churches United for Fair Housing (CUFFH)
will have a press conference before they embarked in their unique
endeavor they call “The New Domino Awareness Day” at
CUFFH’s main office located at 66 Whipple Street , Brooklyn,
NY
11206.
“The reality is the majority of the community
supports the New Domino
Project, it offers
affordable
housing, open
space, community
space
and jobs that are
extraordinary and
unprecedented,”
said
Rob Solano, Executive
Director of Churches United for Fair Housing.
Immediately following the press conference the organization will be at every major train stop in North Brooklyn handing out a one page information sheet about the New Domino Project. The New Domino is located on Kent Avenue between South 1st and Grand Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and is currently being
reviewed for a change of
rezoning. The plans calls for 660
units of affordable housing, 4 acres of open space, hundreds
of
permanent jobs, the preservation of the main refinery building and the
iconic domino sign.
“We
hope that at the
end of the day we
informed the community on the facts and let
them
know the importance of
supporting
projects
that are inclusive
and transparent,”
said
Rob Solano, Executive
Director of
Churches United for Fair Housing.
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For More information, Contact:
rsolano@churchesunitedforfairhousing.org
June 7, 2010 1:45pm
City Planning Commision
approves The New Domino
Brooklyn,
NY- As
Steve Jobs was making his special announcement for Apple today, so did
Amanda Burden of the City Planning Commission. The Commission
members
voted unanimously to support The New Domino located between South 5th
Street - Grand Street along Kent Avenue in Williamsburg
Brooklyn.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Brookyn, NY- NPR News and even Steve Colbert of the Emmy Award winning "The Colbert Report" have put the blame of lack of Census Returns in Williamsburg, Brooklyn all on the "Hipsters". Mayor Bloomberg's "2010 Response Rates" has Williasmburg at 31.3% ranking the community dead last in New York City. Churches United for Fair Housing a 501(c)(3) advocacy organization who brings unity to all residents of North Brooklyn on issues like affordable housing, jobs and open space. Have decided to have a "Hipster Census Day". "The census is great opportunity to better the quality of life in Williamsburg, we know our neighbors and they know of us and we made a positive contribution toward the census returns",said Rob Solano, Executive Director of Churches United for Fair Housing. "Hipsters Census Day" was held on "Earth Day" Thursday, April 22nd at the Morgan Avenue stop of the "L" train, at 11am-2pm at the cross street of Bogart Street and Harrison place Brooklyn NY 11237. This area of Williamsburg is well known for its industrial businesses and a huge hipster community attracted by the Large Loft buildings it's currently at a 13% census return rate. " I can't believe the turn out today in just a few hours we have over 45 completed census forms in one the lowest census return rates in the City", said Rob Solano, Executive Director of Churches United for Fair Housing.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Rob Solano,
Executive Director
Churches United for Fair Housing
Email:
rsolano@