FIPNA is proposing CB8 adopt a Moratorium on any and all increases in existing social service programming and new siting, including but not limited to nursing home and/or rehabilitation centers, supportive housing or other group homes in the area east of the Major Deegan Expressway; until and unless fair share distribution is equivalent in other [...]
As you may know, Council Member Oliver Koppell was a guest on BronxTalk on Monday night when FIPNA members were appearing before the Land Use Committee of CB8 on the issue of our community becoming an Historic District.
Since we could not comment at the time, we posted these comments correcting parts of the Council Member’s [...]
Below is a letter sent in email to CM Koppell:
from
Karen Argenti <kabx101@gmail.com>
to
koppell@council.nyc.ny.us
cc
Lynn Schwarz <lsbx101@gmail.com>,
Kristin Hart <hart@adelphi.edu>,
Dan Padernacht <dpadernacht@hotmail.com>
date
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:29 AM
subject
Villa Avenue and 204 Street Building is not supportive housing
mailed-by
gmail.com
Honorable G. Oliver Koppell
Dear Council Member Koppell,
Below please find a photo of the new building on Villa Avenue [...]
Here is the latest article from the Daily News. UP Daily News 03302010
FIRST KOPPELL FIGHTS HIS OWN CONSTITUENTS …
THEN HE THREATENS THEM!
On Monday, March 8 members of the Fort Independence Park Neighborhood Association (FIPNA) were shocked to hear Councilman Oliver Koppell express unwavering support for a project they vehemently oppose. He then held hostage his support for a proposed Fort Independence Historic District in a bizarre trade-off [...]
Ten Reasons Van Cortlandt Village Residents Oppose Plan by Urban Pathways: Supportive Housing Proposal is too big for 3469 Cannon Place – and its Prospective Residents
The following paper explains some of the reasons why residents in Van Cortlandt Village are opposed to the proposal by Urban Pathways to build a 74-unit supportive housing facility [...]
Rules for Construction Activity
We are a low density residential community, joined together in this association with the interest in preserving and protecting this neighborhood. If you want to get our good neighbor certificate then please follow the Association’s Rules:
No noisy construction can take place before 9 a.m. or after 5 p.m. (Noisy shall be [...]
use these links
Petition – 1013 signatures on 149 pages – Cannon Place Petition0001
PHOTOS of the neighborhood – http://gallery.me.com/stevem23#100220
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND SPECIAL NEEDS FACILITIES REPORTS
These reports geographically identify the distribution of the 148 supportive housing developments and 422 Special Needs facilities located throughout the borough by community district. Borough President Diaz has commissioned these reports to [...]
Note: KHCC is one block south of Fort Independence Street on Kingsbridge Terrace.
February 5, 2010
City to Bronx Community About a Homeless
Shelter: ‘Not in Your Backyard’
By SAM DOLNICK
In the perpetual battle against homelessness in New York, the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center in the Bronx was only a bit player, with about 10 beds in its [...]
Today, we learned that the Community Advisory Board (CAB) for the proposed project by Urban Pathways at 3469 Cannon Place voted to suspend activities, based on the a.k.a. 3482 Ft. Independence Street, met and voted unanimously to agree to suspend its activity.
Copy of the letter is here: CAB_suspension_letter (PDF)
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