Citizens Housing and Planning Council

CHPC Executive Director, Jerilyn Perine, with Steve Vourderis, the owner of Coney Island's Wonder Wheel and operator of Deno's Wonder Wheel Park.

June 23 - CHPC Social Event to the Brooklyn Cyclones
CHPC staff and board members were also treated to a walkabout of the proposed rezonings in Coney Island by Chuck Reichenthal, District Manager of Community Board 13.

July 15 Green Zoning Forum
The Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York have invited CHPC to take part in a 'Green Zoning Forum' in the evening of July 15, 2009. President of CHPC, Mark Ginsberg, will be guest panelist.

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A pamphlet on Urban Redevelopment written by CHPC in the 1950's

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CHPC's board members are involved in hundreds of housing and planning projects all over NYC and beyond.

Waters Edge in Far Rockaway and The Solara in the Bronx

The Briarwood Organization, LLC recently completed the Waters Edge at Arverne, an affordable residential development of two and three bedrooms in Far Rockaway, just steps from the boardwalk and beach. Next spring, The Solara, a two-building affordable cooperative complex, will open in the Concourse section of the Bronx. Read more

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We offer William R.Ginsberg Fellowships for:
-Graduate students
-Senior practitioners
-Visiting practitioners

Currently accepting applications for a Fall Fellow
DEADLINE: July 3 2009
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We are also looking for interns for the Summer and Fall from the following fields:
Library Science
Multimedia/Animation

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.We would like to thank the generous Platinum sponsors of our 2009 Annual Luncheon which took place on April 2:

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Case Shiller Home Price Index Graph updated with April 2009 figures newly released this week

CHPC testimony on proposed green legislation
Jerilyn Perine gives testimony before the New York City Council Environmental Protection Committee - 26th June

A Fresh Look at Space and Housing Standards
First details of our upcoming symposium event on September 24th

Dan Doctoroff, President of Bloomberg LP
Watch the key-note speech of CHPC's Annual Luncheon 2009 (Firefox users may have to download the whole speech before viewing)

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