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Had Enough with Pataki & LMDC?
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For months residents from the Lower East Side and Chinatown have
submitted over two thousand applications to the LMDC yet their
only response has been to reject a fraction of the applications
while thousands of people continue to be ignored. LMDC's unfair
process continues to help rich West Side residents and discriminate
against thousands of people living on the Lower East Side and
Chinatown. This is unacceptable.From the EPA to the Lower Manhattan
Development Corporation (LMDC), our communities' health and economic
needs are suffering as a result of the government cover-ups and
lies. Through several demonstrations, some changes were achieved
but LMDC's relief policies under Gov. Pataki's control continues
to rob the poor and feed the rich, while our elected representatives
like Sheldon Silver and Joseph Bruno have simply stood by.
Governor Pataki and LMDC have plans to use the $1.3 billion in
remaining funds to subsidize luxury housing development for the
rich and that will kick out low-income residents of the Lower
East Side and Chinatown. Meanwhile, no money has gone to protect
current low-income housing. No money has gone to protect our health
- every day we're getting sicker and sicker from the toxic fallout
of the 9/11 disaster. No money has gone to protect and set aside
jobs for working people living in the Lower East Side and Chinatown
We demand Gov. Pataki, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, NY
Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno & LMDC take immediate action
to:
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Re-open the LMDC Residential Grant Program.
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Fix the confusing application process and unjust
documentation requirements.
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Amend the current eligibility boundaries to
at least up to 14th street.
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Change their discriminatory policies so that
everyone be treated equally under this program and that each
family be entitled to the same amount of relief.
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Keep the "surplus" funds in Lower
Manhattan to assist 9-11 survivors to rebuild our health and
our lives and restore low-income housing through initiatives
that address the true needs of the community.
Speak out and let Governor Pataki, Sheldon Silver and Joseph
Bruno know that we want the money to protect our health, homes
and jobs!
Press Conference & Rally
Save the Lower East Side NOW!
Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 12 p.m.
250 Broadway (across from City Hall)
Call NMASS Lower East Side Workers' Center at
(212) 358-0295 for more information and to get involved in the
fight to save our community!
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