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Governor Paterson Announces NYS CDBG and LIHTC Awards

Governor David A. Paterson has announced $48 million in federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits and subsidies as well as more than $11 million in NYS Community Development Block Grant awards included in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA).

DHCR Commissioner Honored by Bed Stuy Restoration Corp.

Commissioner VanAmerongen, Colvin W. Grannum, President, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, and Lori Harris, Assistant Commissioner of DHCR's Office of Community Development.
Commissioner VanAmerongen, Colvin W. Grannum, President, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation,
and Lori Harris, Assistant Commissioner of DHCR's Office of Community Development.

Commissioner VanAmerongen was recently honored for her accomplishments and commitment by the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (Restoration), one of the oldest community development corporations in the entire nation.

The event was hosted by Restoration's Chairman, Wayne C. Winborne and President Colvin W. Grannum. Maurice DuBois, CBS 2 News Anchor, acted as Master of Ceremonies.

Noted environmental attorney and activist Robert Kennedy Jr., also attended the event. Kennedy's father, while serving as New York's junior senator, authored a seven point action plan that would serve as a national model for community development and which would lead to the creation of the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation.

Kennedy said at that time, "The program for the development of Bedford Stuyvesant will combine the best of community action with the best of the private enterprise system. Neither by itself is enough, but in their combination lies our hope for the future."

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Last Updated: 07/02/09

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