By Karen Argenti on November 18, 2011
Citizens Committee for New York City is hosting a grant application workshop IN OUR BOROUGH. It will afford Bronx residents an opportunity to learn more about our New Yorkers for Better Neighborhoods (NYBN) Award. Grants of $500 to $3,000 are now available to volunteer-led groups to work on projects that bring neighbors together and that have a [...]
Posted in Communications, Front Page News, Notices/Announcements | Tagged Citizens Committee of NYC, Grant Opportunity, Workshop on Grant
By Karen Argenti on November 18, 2011
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release: November 17, 2011 Introducing FIPNA’s Countdown to a New Mayor Mayor Bloomberg has championed the cause of development about all else– above community integrity, above living wage jobs, above affordability for low and middle income New Yorkers, and above quality of life issues including the sanctity of parkland and historic preservation. [...]
Posted in Communications, Construction, COUNTDOWN TO A NEW MAYOR, Front Page News, Ft. Independence Park, Parks, Press Release | Tagged development, economic justice, housing, living wage jobs, parkland, preservation
By Karen Argenti on November 17, 2010
Howard (Howie) Padernacht was a friend and neighbor on Giles Place, and the Sholem Aleichem. Many would call him the Mayor of Giles Place. He practically patrolled the community even to the point of walking up and down the street wheeling a garbage can to pick up litter. Before I met Howie, though, I met [...]
Posted in Causes, Communications, Front Page News, History, Notices/Announcements
By Karen Argenti on January 10, 2010
We are dedicated to preserving and improving the quality of life for residents of our historic community. It’s about the people who live here! FIPNA PR Vacant Lot 010510 FIPNA PR Vacant Lot 122209a
Posted in Cannon/FtIndep Supportive Housing, Communications
By Karen Argenti on May 3, 2009
Check out the story on the web at this waterbloged. We can do a survey too, Mr. Mayor. Let us know, Let us know when you get a chance. Ask others to vote, as well.
Posted in Communications, Construction, Front Page News, Reservoir | Tagged DEP did not do a good job on EIS, Jerome Park Reservoir., Survey
By Karen Argenti on March 30, 2009
This is a March 29th press release drafted by Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, community members, Bronx HS Science Parents Association and UFT representative to protect the area around the reservoir, its 50,000 residents and the more than 25,000 students in nine schools (De Witt Clinton HS, Bx HS Science, Lehman College, American Studies HS, Walton HS, [...]
Posted in Communications, Reservoir | Tagged Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, drilling, JPR, Reservoir
By Karen Argenti on September 6, 2008
FIPNA is proud that we were a part of this great effort to protect and preserve our piece of mind and our environment. On September 3, we returned to court to argue that 76 days ago on June 19, 2008 – the DEP announced for the first time, that it was going to make a [...]
Posted in Communications, Reservoir | Tagged Croton Water Treatment Plant, Educational Mile, Jerome Park Reservoir.
By Phil on May 7, 2008
You can download a flyer here with the information needed to make a complaint against a nursing home facility in New York. This is for family members or anyone who witnesses what they consider to be abuse, neglect, fraud, etc within a nursing home facility. Nursing Home Complaint Flyer (PDF – Adobe Acrobat Reader [...]
Posted in Communications, Complaints
By Phil on May 7, 2008
This letter was received by F.I.P.N.A. in response to a FOIL request we sent to the NYS Department of Helath. NYS DOH Foil Request – Received 05/07/08 (PDF – Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
Posted in Communications
By Phil on May 3, 2008
HELLO MY 1199 FRIENDS… MY NAME IS PHIL MCDONNELL, PRESIDENT OF THE FORT INDEPENDENCE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION… WE ARE NOT JUST NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE ACROSS THE STREET; WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS… IT IS A SHAME THAT WE HAVE TO BE HERE ON THE 74TH DAY OF THIS STRIKE, BUT LIKE OUR SIGNS [...]
Posted in Communications, Strike 2008
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