2007 AnnuAl RepoRt

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2007 AnnuAl RepoRt

2007 Annual Report
Housing Works 2007 Annual Repor t
HOUSING PREVENTS AIDS
HOUSING IMPROVES HEALTH
Housing Works
Our Mission
Housing Works strives to ensure that homeless and lowincome people living with HIV/AIDS and their families
have adequate housing, food, social support, drug treatment, health care, and employment. Housing Works is
especially committed to serving those who have difficulty obtaining services elsewhere because they struggle
with mental illness or chemical dependency.
Housing Works seeks to achieve its goals in the context
of a self-sustaining, healing community that maximizes the
potential of the people living with HIV/AIDS whom it serves.
Our mission stands in accord with Article 25 of the
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights that
is committed to ending the twin
crises of AIDS AND HOMELESSNESS.
“Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate
for the health and well-being of himself and of his family,
including food, clothing, housing and medical care and
necessary social services, and the right to security in the
event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood,
old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances
beyond his control.”
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OUR MISSION
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National research shows that housing is the greatest unmet service need
of people living with HIV/AIDS.*
Our Mission
Our Strategy
Our Origins
Message from the Board Chair
Message from the President and CEO
Amplifying the Message
Clients
Keith D. Cylar Aids Activist Fund
Awards And Benefit Gala
13 Profile Mark Hayes
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Disclaimer Our annual report features photographs and the names of many members of the
Housing Works community—staff, clients, volunteers, and supporters. No inference should be
drawn regarding the HIV status of any individual.
Copyright © 2007 Housing Works, Inc.
Fighting the Twin Crises of
AIDS and Homelessness
57 Willoughby Street
Second Floor
Brooklyn, New York 11201
www.housingworks.org
Cover Incoming Stand Up Harlem House
residents Devi and Sterling (far left and far
right) and Housing Works Gotham Assets
employee George (center) on the stoop of the
Stand Up Harlem House, supportive housing
for formerly homeless single adults as well as
families with children affected by HIV/AIDS
and homelessness. Major funding to purchase
the buildings came from the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development. The New
York State Office of Temporary and Disability
Assistance —Homeless Housing Assistance
Program provided funds for renovations.
Photography
Anna Moller / annamoller.net: cover, pages 2, 10-11, 13, 14, 16-17, 20-22, 25 (Dr. Gao)
31, 34, 45, 50
Beth Fladung / mosbef.com: pages 12, 18-19,
23 (Examination), 24-25, 35 (Works), 39, 44
Ian Crowther / iancrowther.com: pages 30,
40-41 (Marketing materials)
© Kevin Chu/KCJP: page 23 (Exam Room
and Playroom)
Robin Millim / robinmillim.com: pages 28
(Pataki Demonstration), 40 (Pride Parade)
© Zubin Shroff / zubinshroff.com: pages 9,
41 (Miguel Mendez and Miguel Mendez III)
Andrew Coamey: page 36
William Kates / billsmusicblog.blogspot.com:
page 37
Andrew Kropa / kropa.net/photo/: page 23
(Ribbon Cutting)
Keith Mancuso / yourflickr.com: page 36
Christopher Sealey / christophersealey.net:
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SERVICES
Housing Development And Operations
Residences
Focus Women’s Transitional Housing
Prevention and Services
Profile Waiting For Papo
Focus Addressing The Needs of
HIV-Positive Women
24 Health Services
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26 Housing Works Locations
28 a d v o c a c y
Focus Anatomy of an Advocacy Battle:
AIDS Housing Rent Increases
New York City Advocacy
29 State Organizing and Advocacy
Housing Works In Washington, DC
30 The Campaign To End Aids
32 Legal Services
34 S O C I A L E N T E R P R I S E
Housing Works Thrift Shops
The Works Catering
36 Gotham Assets
Print Positive
37 Housing Works Bookstore Café
38 Financial Report
40 Behind the Scenes
Research
Information Technology
41 Profile Miguel Mendez
42 Boards of Directors
46 Staff
48 Volunteers
50 Profile Ayana Mortley
51 Our Partners
52 Government Partners
Foundation Partners
56 Corporate Partners
Individual Partners
58 In Memoriam
* Aidala, A. (2005). Homelessness, Housing Instability and Housing Problems among Persons Living with HIV/
AIDS. Paper presented at National AIDS Housing Coalition, National Housing and HIV/AIDS Research Summit I.
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OUR STRATEGY
Our Strategy
Housing Works serves homeless and low-income
people living with HIV/AIDS in three primary ways:
++The provision of a comprehensive array of direct
services, including housing, medical care,
nutritional assistance, job training, mental health
care, and drug treatment
++Aggressive advocacy in opposition to policies and
institutions harmful to people living with HIV/AIDS
and aggressive advocacy in support of policies and
institutions aimed at improving the lives of people
living with HIV/AIDS
++The creation and operation of social enterprise
businesses that provide vital financial support
to Housing Works and invaluable employment
opportunities for our clients
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Our Origins
Incorporated as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization
in 1990, Housing Works grew out of the AIDS activist
group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power). A
handful of ACT UP members realized that grassroots
organizing and civil disobedience were not enough
to spur the government to take responsibility for the
30,000 homeless dying from AIDS in New York City
at the time. Those activists began looking for new
strategies to provide life-sustaining housing and
services to those in need. Housing Works was born.
In 1990, fewer than 350 units of housing existed for
homeless people living with HIV/AIDS in New York City.
Since then, Housing Works has:
OUR ORIGINS
++Provided a range of lifesaving and empowering
services to more than 19,000 New Yorkers living
with HIV/AIDS
++Won international recognition for innovative models of
housing and services for hard-to-reach populations
++Become the nation’s leading advocate for the rights
of homeless people living with HIV/AIDS through
bold organizing, advocacy, and litigation efforts
++Created the nation’s most successful job training
program for homeless people living with HIV/AIDS
Homelessness is a major risk factor for HIV, and HIV is a major risk factor
for homelessness: There are 1.2 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the
U.S.—at least 100,000 of whom are New Yorkers—and up to half of them
will need housing assistance at some point.*
++Pioneered the use by nonprofits of entrepreneurial
ventures to achieve economic self-sufficiency
Today, Housing Works is the largest grassroots AIDS
service organization in the United States. We are also
the nation’s largest minority-controlled AIDS service
organization.
* New York City Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene, HIV Epidemiology and
Field Services Semi-Annual Report (April
2007) and “HIV/AIDS & Homelessness:
Recommendations for Clinical Practice
and Public Policy,” HIV/AIDS Bureau,
U.S. Health Resources and Services
Administration (November, 1999)
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Message from the Board Chair
Message from the President and CEO
Message from the
President and CEO
MESSAGE from the
Board Chair
Housing Works provides clients with an astonishing array of comprehensive housing,
health care, and prevention services. It does
so through a groundbreaking, client-driven model of care and advocacy
that reaches people unable to get help elsewhere. What makes Housing
Works’ pioneering efforts possible? The support of individual, private,
and government funders. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like
to express my deepest gratitude to them for their critical financial support
throughout Fiscal Year 2007.
Last year, we redoubled our commitment to the international advocacy
goal of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support by 2010.
Housing Works provides services to almost 2,000 clients annually, and each
one of those services, coupled with aggressive advocacy at the local, statewide,
and national level, moves us closer to realizing that goal. Whether fighting for
the right to medically appropriate housing for low-income people living with HIV
through the HASA for All (HIV/AIDS Services) campaign or building a new health
center in Brooklyn to address the needs of women living with HIV/AIDS, Housing
Works is an integral part of the global movement to end AIDS.
2007 was also a year of new accomplishments and growth at Housing Works:
We celebrated the opening of the Women’s Transitional Housing Program
in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, which houses HIV-positive women recently released from the correctional system. This year, we expect to complete
construction of the Stand Up Harlem Housing program for families.
Client primary-care visits increased by more than 10 percent, and we are
constructing a new, 11,000-square-foot Women’s Health Center in downtown
In the 26 years since it was discovered, HIV has
spread relentlessly from a few widely scattered
“hot spots” to virtually every country in the world,
infecting more than 65 million people and killing some 25 million. One of the
greatest paradoxes of this epidemic is that every day 11,000 people are infected
with HIV and 8,500 people die from it, but the disease remains hidden, especially
among women and communities of color. The Centers for Disease Control
estimates that nearly one quarter of the approximately 1.2 million Americans
with HIV don’t know they have the virus. Many don’t believe that they are at
risk— or don’t want to face the stigma of an HIV diagnosis. Housing Works
fights every day to force AIDS out of the shadows and into the spotlight of the
local and national political agenda.
The world possesses the means to reverse the global AIDS epidemic, but
failure to urgently strengthen the global response to it means that we won’t
achieve the 2010 target set by the United Nations Declaration of Commitment on
HIV/AIDS for universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support.
Housing Works has adopted that target as our major advocacy goal. In the 21st
Century, we are all living with HIV, and we must all be part of the response.
Housing is a fundamental component of that response. Of the 1.2 million
people in the U.S. living with HIV/AIDS, approximately one-third to one-half
are either homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness. And rates of HIV
are at least three times higher in homeless populations than in the general
population. Even higher rates of HIV prevalence have been reported among
homeless adults with severe mental illness, injection drug users, and persons
engaging in high-risk sexual behaviors to survive day-to-day.
Despite their increased risk for HIV
infection and transmission, homeless
people have severely limited access to
preventive and therapeutic HIV/AIDS care.
That’s why we work every day to provide
high-quality prevention and health care services, build decent affordable
housing, and fight for policies that improve the lives of people living with
HIV/AIDS in New York and nationwide. Housing prevents AIDS and improves
health. Simply put, Housing works.
In Fiscal Year 2007, we amplified our efforts to realize universal access by increasing outreach, prevention, and support services to those at
highest risk: by creating specialty services for marginalized populations
such as HIV-positive women, active drug users, and transgender individuals; and by working to expand access to housing and health care for
people living with HIV/AIDS who are homeless or at risk of being homeless.
This year’s annual report highlights our commitment to fighting the twin
crises of AIDS and homelessness. You’ll hear from some of the incredible
clients, staff, and volunteers who make Housing Works a self-sustaining,
healing community. And we project forward, revealing some of our plans for
the future of the Housing Works movement.
As always, we welcome your feedback and involvement as we endeavor
to fulfill our mission. And we thank you for joining us in the fight to end AIDS
and homelessness once and for all.
Housing prevents AIDS and improves health
Brooklyn. VidaCare, a special-needs insurance plan partly owned by Housing
Works, significantly reduced patient waiting times for enhanced medical care
and supportive services.
Our nationally recognized Second Life Job Training Program graduated 22
people living with HIV/AIDS, completing their transition from Housing Works
clients to full-time Housing Works staff members earning a livable wage.
Housing Works outreach and supportive services continued to serve as
primary access points to lifesaving programs for clients who struggle with
unstable housing, addiction, mental illness, and medical conditions in addition to HIV.
Our social enterprise ventures kept growing, most notably with the
opening of a new Thrift Shop in Brooklyn Heights. Online business for the
Thrifts and the Bookstore Café increased exponentially.
And visionary, focused advocacy and activism at all levels pushed government and elected officials to amend policies that hurt poor people living
with HIV/AIDS and to create ones that afford them greater legal protections.
With your partnership and continued support, we can win the fight
against the twin crises of AIDS and homelessness.
David I. Cohen, M.D., M.Sc.
Brooklyn, New York
September 26, 2007
Charles King
Brooklyn, New York
September 26, 2007
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Press Coverage
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AMPLIFYING
THE MESSAGE
In Fiscal Year 2007, the Housing Works’ Marketing Department reorganized
itself as the Marketing and Communications Department. The change illustrates
our commitment to improving the quality of both Housing Works’ internal
communications and raising Housing Works’ profile in the media. Organized
communications among the Housing Works staff as well as coherent messaging to the wider world are essential tools for accomplishing our mission
of ending the twin crises of AIDS and homelessness.
In FY 2007, Housing Works garnered local, national and
international press attention. A handful of the media
outlets that covered our work include:
Daily Newspapers and Websites
The New York Times
Washington Post
New York Daily News
New York Post
Newsday
Albany Times-Union
AM New York
Daily Candy
Forbes.com
Weekly Magazines
New York Magazine
Time Out New York
Village Voice
Television and Radio
WABC
WNBC
WCBS
Fox News
NY1 News
National Public Radio
WNYC Radio
WBAI Radio
LGBT Press
Gay City News
Bay Area Reporter
Windy City Times
Washington Blade
Advocate.com
AIDS Press
POZ
HIV+
TheBody.com
Positive Nation
Philanthropic Press
Chronicle of
Philanthropy
Stanford Social
Innovation Review
Housing Works Senior Vice President for
Business Ventures Matthew Bernardo on WCBS
(top) and Housing Works Senior Vice President
of Health Services and Chief Medical Officer
Marcelo Venegas-Pizarro on NY1 News.
Clients are the
heart and soul
of Housing Works
They and their loved ones are part of the Housing
Works family and play a vital role in the movement
to end AIDS and homelessness.
Housing Works is renowned for addressing the needs of
people living with HIV/AIDS whom other organizations
dismiss as “too challenging to serve.” Our clients are
among the most vulnerable New Yorkers battling HIV/
AIDS. Nearly all live at or below the federal poverty
level. Most struggle with homelessness, mental illness,
and/or chemical dependency.
Our clients empower themselves through advocacy
and active management of their HIV. Housing Works
helps them heal and thrive not just physically but also
emotionally. Former clients who have graduated from
our Job Training Program account for a quarter of our
403-person staff. Many hold management positions.
++ More than 80 percent are AfricanAmerican or Latino/Latina.
++ Nearly half live with hepatitis in
addition to HIV.
++ Over one-third are women.
++ Nearly one-third identify as lesbian,
gay, bisexual, or transgender.
++ Many have spent time in prison,
and some come to Housing Works
directly upon their release.
++ Clients, acting as Constituent
Representatives, occupy seven
out of 21 positions on the Housing
Works board of directors.
++ Each major Housing Works program has an elected advisory
board made up of clients.
Previous page, clockwise: Darlene, Rosa,
Kenney, Ronald, Elias, Carmen, Felix
This page, clockwise: David and Debra,
Mercedes, Luis, Glenn, Anthony, Kathleen,
Eric, Almetha
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Keith D. Cylar Activist Fund and Awards
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Keith D. Cylar Aids Activist Fund and Awards
“Our house is on fire. Our neighborhood is on fire. Since 1989, I have
watched what they have done...when their house was on fire. We are
not going to let them do anything less when our house is fire.”
— Keith D. Cylar, cofounder of Housing Works
Keith D. Cylar AIDS
Activist Fund
Keith D. Cylar AIDS
Activist Awards
and Benefit Gala
Past and present Cylar award winners so far
represent 3 countries, 3 U.S. states, and the
District of Columbia.
Established in 2005, the Keith D. Cylar AIDS Activist Fund honors the legacy
of the life and work of Keith D. Cylar. Cylar cofounded Housing Works in 1990
and died of AIDS-related complications in 2004. The Fund is a permanent
endowment that supports advocacy and activism by people living with HIV/
AIDS in the U.S. and around the world, primarily through the annual Keith D.
Cylar AIDS Activist Awards. The Cylar Awards confer prestige and financial
support upon activists working on the global, national, and Housing Works
community level. To date, the Fund has raised nearly $1.6 million, more than
halfway to the target goal of $3 million.
This April, Housing Works held its third annual benefit gala to honor the four
recipients of the 2007 Keith D. Cylar AIDS Activist Awards:
++ Gracia Violeta Ross Quiroga, Cofounder, Bolivian Network of People
Living With HIV/AIDS, La Paz, Bolivia: International AIDS Activist Award
++ Michael Emanuel Rajner, Secretary, Campaign to End AIDS, Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida: U.S. AIDS Activist Award
Mark Hayes (1959-2007)
++ Mark Hayes, Albany, New York: Housing Works AIDS Activist Award
(posthumous)
++ Deborah Peterson Small, Founder and Executive Director, Break the
Chains, New York City; Virginia Shubert Courage Award
Housing Works hosted an action-packed week of events to honor these
activists, starting with visits to Congressional offices in Washington, DC, and
ending with an uplifting awards ceremony in New York City that highlighted the
honorees’ accomplishments in the face of stigma and discrimination. The ceremony paid special tribute to Cylar Award recipient Mark Hayes.
“I envision a world without AIDS, where the life
and dignity of everyone is protected.”
— Deborah Peterson Small, 2007 Virginia Shubert Courage Award Recipient
Deborah Peterson Small
F Y 2 0 0 8 The fourth annual Keith D. Cylar AIDS Activist Awards and Benefit
Gala in New York City is scheduled for Thursday, April 17, 2008 at the
newly constructed Times Center. Designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano,
the building also houses part of The New York Times headquarters, making
it a fitting place to bring much-needed attention to the work of courageous
AIDS activists from throughout the U.S. and the world.
This year’s Keith D. Cylar Awards Benefit
was particularly poignant. Mark Hayes,
winner of the Housing Works AIDS Activist
Award, passed away shortly before the event.
Mark was a beloved figure within the Housing Works
community and a respected advocate in Albany who made
weekly lobbying trips with Housing Works clients. Mark
was passionate not just about fighting AIDS but injustices
of all kinds; he fought particularly hard to get legislation
passed protecting transgender people from discrimination. Housing Works President and CEO Charles King says
of Hayes: “Mark was a true AIDS warrior—we spent many
hours in jail together. I will miss him very much.”
“Without
Housing Works
I wouldn’t be
here today.
It gave me a
brand new life.
But I helped
build it, too.”
—Sterling
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Services In Fiscal Year 2007, Housing Works greatly
expanded client access to services, which fall into three
major categories: housing, prevention and supportive
services, and health care. Through these departments,
Housing Works offers a comprehensive array of programs,
from case management to nutrition education, job training,
and primary care. These client-driven, lifesaving programs
help prevent homelessness among people living with HIV/
AIDS, while stemming the spread of HIV to the most
marginalized communities in New York City.
“The co-location of health services at Adult Day Health Care clinics in
the congregate settings of East New York and Cylar House has directly
resulted in increased utilization of health services, stabilized CD4
counts and viral loads, and improved treatment adherence among HIV
positive residents—many of whom are actively using drugs.”*
The Housing Works Research Department’s 2006 Housing Outcomes
Study found that basic medical indicators stabilized and treatment adherence improved at both of our Adult Day Health Care congregate residence
locations, Cylar House and East New York.
Housing Works evaluates the quality and effectiveness of its services
by measuring outcomes in such areas as engaging clients in primary care,
medication adherence, improved health status, access to clinical trials,
housing stability, and decreased substance use.
Through ongoing client-satisfaction surveys and focus groups, Housing
Works also evaluates success in meeting program goals and objectives.
* Virginia Shubert, J.D., Shubert Botein Policy Associates; Tobenna Anekwe, M.P.H., Housing Works, Inc.; Ricardo
Barreras, Ph.D., Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Epidemiology and Population Health;
Hilary Botein, Ph.D., J.D., Shubert Botein Policy Associates; Ernest Drucker, Ph.D., Montefiore Medical Center, Albert
Einstein College of Medicine, Epidemiology and Population Health: Employing use-tolerant, harm reduction housing to
establish stability and connection to care among chronically homeless active drug users living with HIV/AIDS. Presented at
the National Housing and HIV/AIDS Research Summit at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, M.D., October 21, 2006.
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Housing Development and Operations
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Homeless or unstably housed people living with HIV/AIDS whose
housing status improves are half as likely to do hard drugs, use
needles, share needles or have unprotected sex.*
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
AND OPERATIONS
Housing Works believes that the basic day-to-day needs Residences
of our clients—shelter, food, and security—must be met Housing Works operates Congregate
before they can effectively seek or make use of our other Residences in the East New York
section of Brooklyn and on East 9th
important services. Research shows that improved
Street on Manhattan’s Lower East
housing status facilitates engagement in health services, Side. They house 32 and 36 single,
HIV-positive adults respectively.
including HIV testing and care, which in turn has an
Both residences are co-located with
Housing Works Adult Day Health
impact on rates of transmission.
Care centers, primary-care clinics,
Housing Works operates 143 units of supportive
and syringe-exchange programs,
making them truly comprehensive
housing, and we take special pride in the appearance
facilities. The East 9th Street resiand quality of each. They are the homes that serve as the dence,
named the Keith D. Cylar
House after one of Housing Works’
foundation for empowering our clients.
Housing Works client David Petersen in his home at Keith D. Cylar House
cofounders, was designated a project
of national significance by the U.S.
government.
The Women’s Transitional Housing
Program is a congregate residence
in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn that will house
20 single women who have recently
been released from the correctional
system.
The Transgender Transitional
Housing Program provides transitional housing to 20 transgender and
gender-variant individuals in the
East New York, Bedford-Stuyvesant,
Crown Heights, and East Flatbush
neighborhoods of Brooklyn.
The Staten Island Housing Program
provides 20 scatter-site apartments
on Staten Island for single adults
who are living with HIV/AIDS.
William Streeter House was a
F Y 2 0 0 8 Construction of the Women’s
sober-living program located in
Transitional Housing Program and
East New York that housed 12 single
Stand Up Harlem Housing projadults living with HIV/AIDS. A fire
ects will be completed. The New
forced closure of the site in May 2007. York State Office of Temporary and
Nobody was injured, and all resiDisability Assistance —Homeless
dents were placed in other Housing
Housing Assistance Program has
Works residences or other housing.
provided $2 million for the renovation
of studio apartments for HIV-positive
The Stand Up Harlem Housing
adults at 874 Jefferson Avenue in
Program will provide permanent
Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and
supportive housing to four homean architect has been selected. We
less families with children and at
will continue to recruit new clients
least one family member who is HIV
into the Staten Island program, and
positive, as well as to 11 single people
we are carefully considering the fuwith HIV, in Central Harlem. Located
ture of the Streeter House program.
in two beautifully renovated brownIn total, we expect to add 27 units
stones, the program is expected to
of housing in Fiscal Year 2008, an
open in the Fall of 2007.
increase of 19 percent over 2007.
* Columbia University Center for Applied Public
Health and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
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WOMEN’S TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING
The Women’s Transitional Housing Program held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in January. Above is one of the WTHP’s sunlit studios. On the
opposite page (clockwise from far left): WTHP Director Julie Peña, with a rose celebrating new beginnings; ceremony attendees outside the
WTHP; the facility’s rose garden; Andrew Coamey, CFO/Senior Vice President of Housing Development; celebratory cake.
“Now it’s my turn
to help other women.”
In January 2007, Housing Works
clients, staff, and supporters gathered to celebrate the opening of our
first Women’s Transitional Housing
Program in the Bedford-Stuyvesant
neighborhood of Brooklyn. This
residence provides critical support
and stability to 20 women with HIV
who have recently been released
from correctional facilities, more
than doubling the number of scattersite apartments Housing Works had
previously dedicated to the same
purpose. The Women’s Transitional
Housing Program boasts studio
apartments with kitchenettes, an
outdoor picnic area, and rose garden.
But perhaps the greatest asset of
the residence is its director, Julie
Peña. Peña is a true Housing Works
success story: Before she found
Housing Works, she had served
time in prison, struggled with drugs,
and faced unstable housing. After
she found Housing Works and our
Job Training Program, Peña got
her GED, then a master’s degree in
social work. In 2006, she received
the Housing Works Keith D. Cylar
AIDS Activist Award. “I left school in
7th grade!” she says. “I can’t believe
what Housing Works helped me do.
Now it’s my turn to help other women.”
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Prevention and Ser vices
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Each prevented HIV infection saves over $300,000 in lifetime medical costs.*
Prevention and Services The Housing Works Prevention and Services Department
utilizes an approach called harm reduction to provide
critical individual and group services to individuals and
families at risk for and living with or affected by HIV/AIDS:
Harm reduction means providing a nonjudgmental setting
in which clients set small, achievable goals. Our programs
help clients move along a continuum of health and wellness
in a culturally appropriate manner.
A client holds a clean syringe at one of
our needle-exchange sites. Our Syringe
Exchange Program is funded by the New
York State Department of Health.
++ A new buprenorphine/overdose
prevention program at Crosby
Street that operates harm reduction groups at all the ADHC sites
++ 40 groups per week at the Crosby
Street Supportive Services Center
++ Individual and group nutrition
services, including community
cooking, eating, and cleaning
++ A new “activities of daily living”
curriculum to build housingmaintenance skills
++ The Print Positive Silk Screening
Project is a new social enterprise
and venture of the Second Life
Job Training Program.
The road to healing often starts when our street outreach program makes
contact with clients in crisis or when clients drop in at our Crosby Street
Supportive Services Center. At Crosby Street and in various community settings,
Prevention and Services offers a comprehensive array of supportive services
for Housing Works clients both living with and at risk for HIV. Program components include the Supportive Services program, Syringe Exchange Program
(SEP), Mobile Access Neighborhood Outreach (MANO), and Comparing Access
Toward Transgender (CATT) testing program. We also offer on-site syringe
exchange, detoxification acupuncture, and HIV counseling and testing for people
of transgender experience and other high-risk populations.
Once clients are stably housed and connected to services, many enroll in
the Second Life Job Training Program (JTP), where they learn essential life
and job skills. When clients graduate from JTP, they are guaranteed employment at Housing Works with full benefits.
The Community Follow-Up Program provides intensive, comprehensive
case management and advocacy services to individuals and families living
with HIV who are experiencing psychosocial stressors that influence their
overall health and well-being. Clients typically referred to the Community Follow-Up program are in
periods of crisis or have urgent immediate needs. Staff thoroughly assess
the full range of a client’s needs and provide linkage and referral to services
that meet the client’s housing, health care, legal, financial, mental health or
harm reduction needs.
For many clients, the Syringe Exchange Program is the entry point to other
Harm Reduction Services at Housing Works. Housing Works provides syringe exchange services to 78 clients in four locations: our three day treatment programs and residences and the Crosby Street site. This year the
program distributed 2,752 new syringes. Next year’s focus is on enrolling
the hardest-to-reach injection drug and hormone users and ensuring that
all Housing Works clients know about our syringe exchange services.
* Holtgrave, D., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Examining the Cost Effectiveness of Housing as an HIV Prevention
and Health Care Intervention. Paper presented at the Housing and HIV/AIDS Research Summit, October 2006; Holtgrave, D.R.,
Pinkerton, S.D., and Merson, M. (2002). Estimating the cost of unmet HIV-prevention needs in the United States. American
Journal of Preventive Medicine, 23(1): 7-12.
Waiting for Papo
In Prevention Services, we have a good friend we call Papo.*
Papo came to us through the Mobile Access Neighborhood
Outreach (MANO) program. MANO staffers distribute
information about Housing Works programs, HIV, and
risk reduction to homeless drug users in hot spots like
the Bowery, the West Side piers, and Prospect Park.
As Housing Works cofounder Keith Cylar would
have put it, when Papo first arrived at the Supportive
Services Center, he was a mess:
He hid his heavy-lidded eyes behind
dark sunglasses, swayed as he stood,
By Nina Herzog,
and constantly picked fights. But we
Vice President of
provided him with referrals for case management, food
Prevention Services
programs, psychiatric services, and assistance with
Medicaid. Before we knew it, Papo was no longer a mess. He found a job
and possibly an apartment, and even got married. “We’re so proud of you,” we
all told him, as we shook his hand and slapped his back.
One day, while waiting to exchange some needles, Papo had a seizure in the
Supportive Services kitchen. When an ambulance arrived, the syringe-exchange
coordinator and Papo, sufficiently recovered, walked to it hand in hand.
For our clients, the road to stability is rarely smooth: Two weeks after his
seizure, Papo was again unsteady on his feet. He was fired from his job. His housing fell through. The city bureaucracy was holding up his benefits. A MANO staffer
sent him to the hospital when he started hearing voices and cutting himself.
It turned out that Papo had stopped taking his epilepsy medication,
which was the reason for his seizure. The hospital released him with only
a week’s worth of medication and a Metro card to go to the City Emergency
Assistance Unit, where he slept in a chair.
It’s been a while since we’ve seen Papo, but I know he’ll be back one day.
When that day comes, we’ll offer him a warm breakfast. We’ll get him soothing acupuncture treatments and help from our overdose-prevention support
group. And we’ll get him enrolled in intensive case management.
The more time that clients like Papo can be stable and at peace, the more
they are able to manage patterns of substance use, mental health relapses
and housing obstacles. Our harm reduction approach—letting clients set their
own small goals with nonjudgmental help from us—makes the lows our clients
experience less devastating and less intense. This is the long, hard work we do
every day in Prevention Services.
++ In an annual Consumer Satisfaction
Survey, 90 percent of clients responded that the case-management services they received were
helpful to their overall health and
well-being.
“The road to stability is rarely smooth.”
++ 19 Case Management Teams provided services to over 800 clients.
++ More than 130 clients were
housed in independent apartments or supportive housing
placements.
++ Six graduates of the Job Training
Program were hired in the
Community Follow-Up Program,
and training opportunities were
provided to six Job Training
Program participants.
*The client’s name and identifying characteristics have been changed to protect
his confidentiality.
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Ser vices
Health Ser vices
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The death rate due to HIV/AIDS is nine times higher among single adult women who use New York City shelters than among the city’s general adult population*.
The Women’s Health Center (WHC) will provide highquality primary care, day treatment, and supportive
services to approximately 100 low-income HIV-positive
Addressing the Needs women and their families. Dental services at the WHC
of HIV-Positive Women will be available to all Housing Works clients.
Left: Pauline and Dietician Lindsay deJongh
Right pic: Gillette Hayman, Thrift Director
of Stores, and Robert, Summer Youth
Enrichment Program participant
A registered dietician cofacilitates a weekly HIV and Health/Nutrition group.
Communal shopping and healthy cooking classes are an important part of nutritional education for clients living with HIV/AIDS. Many who have other illnesses
such as diabetes and obesity, receive extra support from the nutritionist.
Summer Youth Employment
and Academic Enrichment
Program
Our clients’ children are also eligible to participate in our Summer Youth
Enrichment Program. In Fiscal Year 2007, four youth completed the program.
The Summer Youth Employment and Academic Enrichment program is a 40
hour per week program for youth between the ages of 14 and 17 whose parent(s)
are Housing Works clients. Participants are paid above minimum wage to work
20 hours per week at one of Housing Works business ventures, such as the
Thrift Shops and the Bookstore Cafe. For the other 20 hours, they participate in
learning experiences that include academic classes, group discussions, outings
around New York City, advocacy, and community service projects.
Previous graduates now attend Columbia University and John Jay
College of Criminal Justice.
F Y 2 0 0 8 Prevention and Services plans to attract enhanced and sustainable
funding for and expand participation in the Job Training Program; develop
and fund prevention services for women and their children; open the current
Crosby Street syringe-exchange program to the general public; and rename
the Supportive Services Center as the Harm Reduction Center, to highlight
our core approach to services. Print Positive is building on its initial success
and will develop a formal business plan to expand its operations.
* “The Health of Homeless Adults in New York City,” Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene
and Homeless Services (December 2005).
Left: Housing Works Board Vice Chair Rev.
Errol Harvey, WHC Executive Director
Rosalie Canosa, Housing Works board
member Bernadette Aulestia, and Housing
Works President and CEO Charles King at the
center’s ribbon-cutting
Right: Dr. Susan Enahoro examining a client
Bottom left: An examination room at the WHC
Bottom Right: A children’s playroom at the WHC
Women of color in Brooklyn are dying of AIDS at unacceptable rates.
Central Brooklyn has twice the city’s AIDS mortality rate, and women of color
represented 95 percent of new female infections, according to New York City’s
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Housing Works has committed to
bringing this issue to the forefront by building a new comprehensive Women’s
Health Center (WHC) in partnership with clients, the community, and funders.
There was a symbolic ground breaking for the WHC in November 2006,
and, in advance of a July ribbon-cutting ceremony, a series of outreach events.
Prospective clients and potential referral agencies attended presentations
describing the WHC’s services and programs and took tours of the facility
The Housing Works Bookstore Café also hosted a reception for “Positive
Art for Positive Women,” an art exhibition and auction. The exhibition featured artwork donated by visual artists from across the country and Europe,
including women living with HIV, who created art around the theme of HIV
and healing. Select works will be permanently installed at the WHC.
The WHC will provide high-quality primary care, day treatment, and supportive services to approximately 100 low-income HIV-positive women and their
families. Dental services at the WHC will be available to all Housing Works clients.
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Health Ser vices
Housing Works believes that quality health care is a matter
of social justice. We provide health services designed for
low-income clients living with HIV/AIDS and facing other
challenges such as mental illness, chemical dependency,
homelessness, incarceration, and domestic violence.
Successful health care means more than just doctor visits.
Health Services focuses on promoting health as a state of
physical, psychosocial, economic, and political well-being.
In the Fall of 2007, Health Services is opening a newly constructed Women’s
Health Center (WHC)—an 11,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility on the lower
level of our Brooklyn headquarters. The WHC will provide comprehensive care
for women living with HIV/AIDS and is the fourth Housing Works Adult Day Health
Care (ADHC) program approved by the New York State Department of Health.
The other three ADHCs—East New York, Keith D. Cylar House (East 9th
Street) and West 13th Street—made significant improvements in providing
core health care and supportive services, including nutrition, psychiatry,
mental health services, case management, substance use, harm reduction/
syringe exchange, and creative arts therapy. The East New York and Cylar
House ADHCs are co-located with client residences, which have increased
client access to and utilization of health services.
In May 2007, the East New York ADHC Gospel Choir performed for basketball
legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson and other community leaders at Memorial Baptist
Church in Brooklyn as part of the national Campaign to End Black AIDS. And in
June, the East New York ADHC celebrated its ninth anniversary by gathering to
hear clients’ life stories through poetry and music.
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Health Services
(This page) Left: Sunshine and Dr. Vaty
Poitevien at the West 13th Street ADHC
Right: Client receiving auricular acupuncture treatment
(Opposite page) Top left: Dr. Yaojie Gao at
Cylar House
Top right: June Walker, Nurse Coordinator (right),
examining a client at the West 13th Street ADHC
Mid left: Valerie Santangelo, Nurse
Practitioner, at the East New York ADHC
Bottom left: Parool Desai, Pychiatric Nurse
Practitioner, at the West 13th Street ADHC
with a client
The West 13th Street ADHC expanded services to triply diagnosed populations, including primary care, Adult Day Health Care and the Transgender
Evening Program (TEP). A focus on transgender-specific health initiatives is
in process and is expected to be rolled out soon. The TEP has grown to more
than 60 participants, an all-time high for enrollment since inception.
Last March, Cylar House was honored to host renowned Chinese AIDS
activist, Dr. Yaojie Gao, who visited Cylar House and spoke to the community
about the differences between HIV care and treatment in China and the U.S.
Fiscal Year 2007 Health Services accomplishments:
++ Expansion of the Empowerment Wellness Program (EWP), which
offers treatment, nutritional, advocacy, and life-skills counseling at
all four ADHC sites
++ Expansion of access to primary-care services and HIV specialist
medical providers
++ Significant expansion of client enrollment in the HIV Special Needs
Plan (SNP) VidaCare, providing comprehensive medical care and
service coordination through the Medicaid program
++ Psychiatric and psychological assessments, individual and group
psychotherapy, and coordination of mental health services at five
Housing Works locations
++ Mental health services for transgender clients and a Transgender
Healthcare Empowerment Program utilizing peer outreach.
F Y 2 0 0 8 Health Services will continue expanding enrollment in HIV primary care
and VidaCare at all Housing Works locations and rolling out the Empowerment
Wellness Program at all ADHC sites, with a focus on enhancing services to
women living with HIV/AIDS and to other emerging populations. In addition, we
will establish the first-ever Housing Works dental clinic, located at the new
Women’s Health Center and available to all clients.
ADMINISTRATION
1 Headquarters
57 Willoughby Street, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
347-473-7400
7 Marketing and Communications
330 West 38th Street, Suite 106
New York, NY 10018
212-967-1500 x155
ADVOCACY
National Advocacy and Organizing Office
925 15th Street Northwest, 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20005
202-408-0305
HEALTH SERVICES
15 Keith D. Cylar House Adult Day
Health Center
743-749 East 9th Street
New York, NY 1009
212-677-7999
6 West 13th Street Adult Day Health Center
320 West 13th Street
New York, NY
212-645-8111
13 East New York Adult Day Health Center
2640 Pitkin Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
718-827-8700
1 Women’s Health Center and Dental Clinic
57 Willoughby Street, Lower Level
Brooklyn, NY 11201
347-473-7400
State Advocacy Office
247 Lark Street
Albany, NY 12210
518-449-4207
1 New York City Advocacy Office
Brooklyn, NY 11201
347-473-7418
7 Legal Services
330 West 38th Street, Suite 106
New York, NY 10018
212-967-1500
AAIM: AIDS Action in Mississippi
931 Hwy 80 W. Suite 2-5
Jackson, MS 39204
601-944-1403
HOUSING OPERATIONS
9 Stand-Up Harlem House
143-145 West 130th Street
New York, NY 10027
718-827-8700 x143
3 Staten Island Housing Program
36 Richmond Terrace, Suite 208
Staten Island, NY 10301
718-420-0323
13
3 Transgender Transitional Housing Program
2640 Pitkin Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11208
718-827-8700 x150
13
3 Women’s Transitional Housing Program
2640 Pitkin Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11208
718-827-8700 x158
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4 Women’s Transitional Housing Site
454 Lexington Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11221
PREVENTION AND SERVICES
4 Mobile Access Neighborhood Outreach
130 Crosby Street, Ground Floor
New York, NY 10012
212-966-0466 x1111
ALBANY, NY
NEW YORK, NY
WASHINGTON, DC
8
10
11
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Housing Works Thrift Shops
16 143 West 17th Street
New York, NY 10011
212-366-0820
JACKSON, MS
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HOUSING WORKS
NATIONAL LOCATIONS
17 157 East 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
212-529-5955
8 306 Columbus Avenue
New York, NY 10023
212-579-7566
11 202 East 77th Street
New York, NY 10021
212-772-8461
6
16
17
5
5 245 West 10th Street
New York, NY 10014
212-352-1618
12
4
10 1730 2nd Avenue
New York, NY 10128
212-722-8306
15
2 122 Montague Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-237-0521
12 Thrift Shops Processing and Distribution
48-49 35th Street
Long Island City, NY 11101
718-786-6160
4 Housing Works Bookstore Café
126 Crosby Street
New York, NY 10012
212-334-3324
15 The Works Catering
743 East 9th Street
New York, NY 10009
212-677-7999 ext. 217
6 Gotham Assets Property Development
and Management Co.
320 West 13th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10014
212 645- 8111 x-160, x158, or x165
4 Community Follow-Up Program
130 Crosby Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10012
212-966-0466 x1106
For more information on our locations and
businesses, visit housingworks.org
1 Second Life Job Training Program
Brooklyn, NY 11201
347-473-7429
4 Harm Reduction Center
130 Crosby Street, Ground Floor
New York, NY 10012
212-966-0466 x1285
HOUSING WORKS
NEW YORK CITY
LOCATIONS
9
3
2
1
14
More than 3,100 HIV-positive New Yorkers use
the City’s homeless shelter system nightly. The
rate of new HIV diagnoses among adults in the
single-adult shelter system is 16 times the rate
among the city’s general population.
* “The Health of Homeless Adults in New
York City,” Departments of Health and
Mental Hygiene and Homeless Services
(December 2005).
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Advocacy
(1)
Early October, 2006
(1)
The New York City HIV/AIDS Services Administration
notifies poor people with HIV/AIDS living in supportive
housing of dramatic—and illegal—rent increases
ordered by the administration of outgoing Governor
George Pataki. The Housing Works legal team begins
preparing a class-action lawsuit.
PATAKI ADMINISTRATION
(3)
2007
Anatomy of an Advocacy Battle
AIDS HOUSING RENT INCREASES
2006
(3)
Housing Works organizes state legislative hearings
and a press conference with powerful New York
Congressman Jerrold Nadler and other key legislators
to denounce Pataki’s rent hikes.
Housing Works legal team wins a preliminary
injunction forcing HASA to suspend the rent hikes until
a judge can make a final decision on their legality.
(2)
January 2007 (4)
Housing Works’ Albany-based advocacy team works
with Governor Spitzer and top officials to reverse
Pataki’s brutal policy.
Housing Works Legislative Counsel Michael
Kink at our annual “Reading of the Names” vigil.
June/July 2007
(5)
New York State Commissioner David Hansell of the
Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
announces that the Spitzer administration will reverse
the HASA rent increasess to a jubilant crowd of people
living with HIV/AIDS at AIDS Awareness Day in Albany.
Negotiations continue to implement the rent cap
agreement—and organizing and advocacy continues to
build support for the expanded rent-cap legislation and for
statewide “HASA for All” legislation to extend lifesaving
housing, nutrition and transportation benefits to ALL poor
New Yorkers infected with HIV.
March 2007 (6)
Housing Works and other New York City AIDS groups aim
to build on the February victory by advocating in Albany
for a statewide law to cap rents for all poor people with
HIV/AIDS at 30 percent of their income. Housing Works’
legal team assists in drafting the new legislation.
(6)
(4)
ADVOCACY Housing Works clients, volunteers, staff,
Ne w York Cit y Advocacy
February, 27, 2007
(5)
October 31, 2006
(2)
Housing Works and other community-based groups
organize a demonstration protesting the rent hikes
outside of Pataki’s Manhattan offices. People living
with HIV/AIDS lead the protest.
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SPITZER ADMINISTRATION
December 21, 2006
October 30, 2006
and board members have a special commitment to
advocacy and activism that aggressively challenge
perceptions about homeless people living with HIV/
AIDS, championing policies that improve their lives, and
fighting policies that hurt them. Fiscal Year 2007 was a
period of remarkable victories—and ongoing battles—
at the city, state, and national level.
Our New York City team continued to do groundbreaking work. We worked with
other New York City AIDS organizations to push forward the HASA for All
campaign, a cost-saving and lifesaving expansion of the City’s HIV/AIDS Services
Administration (HASA) benefits. HASA for All would give poor New Yorkers with
HIV full benefits before—rather than after—they progress to AIDS.
We took the lead in unifying New York City AIDS groups and coalitions around
our “universal access” City Council budget initiative. For the first time, 13 diverse
coalitions came together to support each other’s budget requests. As a result,
the city approved an AIDS-related budget of $20.57 million, the largest ever.
We also galvanized New York City groups to stop the health commissioner
from eroding the civil rights of people who take HIV tests, grounded in the
HIV Confidentiality Law (Article 27F). We packed forums around the issue and
mobilized the coalition of AIDS services and legal providers that, in conjunction with our state advocacy team, is pushing for saner HIV testing legislation.
F Y 2 0 0 8 City Advocacy will focus on passing HASA for All and work with
AIDSVote.org, the voter- and candidate-education arm of the Campaign
to End AIDS, on the 2008 mayoral, city council, borough president, and
comptroller races. We will strengthen and expand the New York City AIDScoalition building begun in Fiscal Year 2007.
Our Albany-based state advocacy team deftly negotiated a change in gubernatorial administrations. Last October, when ex-governor George Pataki’s
administration tried to impose illegal rent increases on tenants with HIV/AIDS
in New York City supportive housing, we were instrumental in blocking the
policy. In February, we worked with Governor Eliot Spitzer’s administration
to reverse it (See timeline above). We also drafted legislation to expand rent
protections to over 10,000 HIV-positive tenants who pay more than 30 percent
of their income in rent and got it approved by a key legislative committee.
Our state advocates led another successful effort to undo a Pataki-era
policy that denied federal SSI benefits to children of parents with AIDS in 1,100
low-income families that receive the AIDS emergency-shelter allowance.
We stood up with our allies in Medicaid Matters, the statewide Medicaid
consumer coalition, to support Spitzer’s health budget and won new targeted
health care investments in the communities hardest hit by HIV/AIDS.
State Organizing
and Advocacy
F Y 2 0 0 8 State Advocacy plans to advocate for large-scale initiatives to expand HIV treatment and support services, including HASA for All statewide
and universal health coverage.
Housing Works has two means of participating in AIDS advocacy at the
national level. One is the Campaign to End AIDS, a nationwide network of activists led by people living with HIV/AIDS that we helped launch in 2005. The
other is our full-time advocacy office in Washington, D.C.
The Campaign to End AIDS was particularly vibrant in the South. C2EA/South
Carolina played a key role in securing $4 million in state funds to help poor
South Carolinians with HIV/AIDS, hundreds of whom languished on waiting
lists for lifesaving medicines. AIDS Action in Mississippi (C2EA/Mississippi)
won awards for its activism while successfully pushing for expanded AIDS
housing and services.
tHE cAMPAIGN TO END aids
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National Advocacy
On a national level, C2EA continued efforts to hold candidates for elected
office accountable for their positions on AIDS issues through AIDSVote.org, a
voter and candidate education project.
F Y 2 0 0 8 C2EA and AIDSVote will keep AIDS issues front and center during the
2008 presidential campaign. We’ll also help people living with HIV/AIDS join
the fight for universal health care initiatives.
Our expert DC team continued their savvy efforts to protect and improve
federal initiatives on HIV/AIDS. We helped organize opposition to a proposed
policy that could have led to the eviction of thousands of people living with
HIV/AIDS and a nationwide homelessness crisis; our efforts contributed to
HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt’s decision to back off the plan.
We worked with C2EA and other allies to overcome regional rivalries in
the Ryan White CARE Act reauthorization process. This “expand the pie” advocacy strategy won support from 163 organizations nationwide. We helped
build national support for the Early Treatment for HIV Act (ETHA) which would
allow Medicaid to cover all low-income people living with HIV/AIDS. And we
highlighted threats to the success of the Minority AIDS Initiative, the multimillion-dollar federal program that targets AIDS in communities of color.
F Y 2 0 0 8 The DC team will focus on large-scale initiatives to expand HIV treatment and services, including ETHA, universal health care, AIDS housing expansions, and an end to the ban on federal funding for needle exchange programs.
Advocacy, lobbying and organizing efforts
at Housing Works comply with all federal,
state and local laws and regulations, including those of the Internal Revenue Service
and the Federal Election Commission. Our
advocacy is aggressive, hard-hitting and
high-profile—but we stick to the rules and
make sure our work is completely nonpartisan, our staff who lobby are registered with
oversight bodies as required, our lobbying
expenditures are well within legal limits,
and our public statements are accurate.
Below: Hundreds of marchers from Housing
Works joined demonstrations celebrating
the 20th anniversary of ACT UP on March 29,
demanding universal health care in the US
and HASA for All in NYC
“I believe love
has a vibration,
and you can
feel the love
that went into
building the
place. I can’t
wait to move in.”
—Devi,
on Stand Up
Harlem House
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LEGAL SERVICES
Advocacy
Legal Services
The Legal Services Department provides direct legal
advice and assistance on matters such as landlordtenant disputes, access to public assistance, child
custody, preparation of wills and health care proxies,
discrimination law, name changes, guardianship, and
divorce proceedings, along with representation in
“impact” litigation, i.e., cases of broad significance.
Rivers v. Doar In October 2006, state and city officials violated federal law
when they announced that they would no longer cap the rent contribution of
2,200 New Yorkers living in federally funded, supportive AIDS housing at 30
percent. The new policy meant that the affected individuals would be looking at devastating rent increases of up to 255 percent.
Housing Works and co-counsel Matthew Brinckerhoff of Emery Celli
Brinckerhoff and Abady filed a class-action lawsuit in Brooklyn federal
court and obtained a rare, on-the-spot injunction against the brutal policy.
Thanks to coordinated efforts by the legal and advocacy departments,
in February 2007, New York Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
Commissioner David Hansell announced that the policy would be withdrawn,
giving plaintiffs a complete victory. (For more information, see Anatomy of
an Advocacy Battle on page 28.)
Melendez v. Wing In May 2007, with dozens of Housing Works staff and clients
looking on, Housing Works Senior Staff Attorney Armen Merjian argued the
case of Melendez v. Wing in front of New York’s highest court, the Court of
Appeals. At issue was the New York State and New York City decision to count
Bronx resident Zoraida Melendez’s disabled child’s SSI payments as available
family income. That policy reduced the indigent Melendez family’s monthly
public assistance grant by about $580 a month.
In June, the Court unanimously ruled that state law requires welfare officials to treat such benefits as “invisible” when calculating household budgets,
solidifying the rights of thousands of indigent and disabled New York children to
keep their SSI benefits.
Unfortunately, the court’s ruling only applies to benefits the Melendez
family received between 2002 and 2006 because in 2006, Governor Pataki
altered State Appropriations Law to limit the victory of Ms. Melendez and
her disabled child in the intermediate appellate court. Thankfully, Governor
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Advocacy
Legal Services
Spitzer has announced that he will reverse the Pataki policy and restore benefits to families living with HIV/AIDS and a disabled family member once and
for all. Meanwhile, this landmark ruling will protect the rights of tens of thousands of public assistance recipients not subject to Governor Pataki’s statutory
maneuvers.
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Bumpus v. New York City Transit Authority In January 2007, Housing Works
filed suit against the New York City Transit Authority on behalf of Tracy Bumpus,
a transgender woman who was subjected to vicious homophobic and
transgender-phobic epithets by an employee of the Authority. Transit’s motion
to dismiss the case is pending.
Williams v. Hansell In April 2007, Housing Works filed suit on behalf of one Mr.
Williams, a client who is being robbed of his SSI benefits by New York City’s HIV/
AIDS Services Administration (“HASA”). Although HASA was aware that the
federal government’s Section 8 program was paying Mr. Williams’ rent, for several months HASA also issued rent checks to Mr. Williams’ landlord, which the
landlord cashed. HASA attempted to recover the rent overpayments by deducting money from Mr. Williams SSI benefits rather than go after the double-paid
landlord. When Mr. Williams filed a Fair Hearing to challenge the City, the State
refused to hear his challenge and failed to document the grounds upon which
it did so, depriving Mr. Williams of due process. Mr. Williams’ experience is all
too common; Housing Works hopes this pending case will protect him and other
HASA clients subjected to the same treatment.
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HIV/AIDS is nearly twice as prevalent among black adults in New
York City’s shelter system as it is among white shelter users.*
* “The Health of Homeless Adults in New York City,” Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene
and Homeless Services (December 2005).
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Housing Works is
a national leader
in the
Social Enterprise
Social Enterprise
We run businesses in
order to support ourselves
financially, provide job
opportunities for our clients, and promote broader
awareness of our mission.
Social enterprise at
Housing Works has
steadily evolved over the
years and now comprises
everything from a thriving
chain of thrift stores to a
catering outfit.
Social enterprise ventures at Housing Works
account for one-quarter of
Social Enterprise
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Housing Works Thrift Shops, The Works Catering
movement.
Housing Works
Thrift Shops
our revenues, allowing us
an unusual degree of flexibility. We are able to create and support innovative
programs and engage in
bold AIDS advocacy.
Housing Works Thrift Shops—our most established social enterprise
venture—is one of the most popular upscale thrift-store chains in New
York City. The Thrift Shops sell donated clothing, furniture, and other items,
regularly changing their eye-catching window displays and quality inventory. Marketing campaigns remind customers that Housing Works’ goal is
to fight the twin crises of AIDS and homelessness.
In January 2007, Housing Works Thrift Shops expanded into Brooklyn
Heights with a seventh store, which was an instant success. Overall, the
Thrift Shops increased revenues during fiscal year 2007 by 20 percent
and increased profits by 86 percent.
We also renovated our flagship Chelsea location and our Upper West
store, creating a cleaner, more modern look while increasing the capacity of the sales floors. Both stores have seen significant increases in sales
since their respective renovations.
The Thrift Shops also organized the third annual Fashion for Action and
Design on a Dime events, its two highest-grossing events of the year. These
must-attend functions promoted consumer awareness, increased corporate
giving, and together raised more than $530,000. They also garnered favorable
press in The New York Times, The New York Post, and other local and national
online, print, and television media. The fourth annual Fashion for Action takes
place on November 8, 2007, and Design on a Dime is scheduled for May 2008.
F Y 2 0 0 8 The Thrift Shops will work with publishers Clarks and Potter to create a coffee-table book about Housing Works and thrift-store shopping. A
new cash register system will improve reporting as well as create systems
to quickly replenish merchandise. The Thrift Shops will continue to explore
ways to exploit its online auction success by expanding to new categories.
It will also look to expand its volunteer program and its placement of Housing
Works clients through the Second Life Job Training Program.
The Works Catering
Opposite: Bruce, a volunteer at the Brooklyn
Heights Housing Works Thrift Shop, which
opened in January of 2007
Left: Works Catering Head Chef Isaac Joseph
Center: Server at the 2007 Keith D. Cylar Awards
Right: Checkout at the Brooklyn Heights
Thrift store
Fiscal Year 2007 was a year of growth for Housing Works Food Services, thanks
to the addition of several new corporate clients and improved staff training.
An aggressive sales campaign resulted in contracts with Henry Holt Books,
the National Student Partnership, and Legal Services of New York City. The
Works is energized to capture new business that will further the mission of
“catering for a cause,” while providing job training and employment.
F Y 2 0 0 8 The Works will continue to compete in the New York City catering and
events market with competitively priced and high-quality service. And the
Food Services unit of The Works will continue to provide nutritious meals
to clients at all Housing Works Adult Day Health Centers, including expansion to the new Women’s Health Center.
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Social Enterprise
Gotham Assets, Print Positive
Gotham Assets Property Development and Management Company provides
property management services under a primary maintenance contract with
Housing Works, Inc. In Fiscal Year 2007, Gotham Assets was honored with
the Metropolitan Life Foundation’s first place national award for excellence
in property and asset management of affordable housing, which is accompanied
by a $25,000 grant.
Gotham Assets is rated as a “highly qualified” property manager by the
New York State Department of Homeless Housing Program. It manages 24
properties, including institutional kitchens, Manhattan retail spaces, 25,000
square feet of commercial office space and 148 units of residential supportive
housing, including six buildings.
Gotham’s services include full property management and rent collection,
maintenance, and cleaning. It also provides a green cleaning and maintenance
program that minimizes the impact of chemicals on the environment.
Over one-quarter of Gotham employees are former Housing Works clients
and graduates of the Second Life Job Training Program. Facility managers
and residential aides trained in supportive housing services provide aroundthe-clock construction and repairs, technical assistance, and training to other
nonprofit property owners.
Social Enterprise
Gotham Assets
F Y 2 0 0 8 Gotham will work to secure new contracts for property management
services in New York City, while providing additional employment opportunities
to clients through the Second Life Job Training Program.
While independent bookstores around New York City close their doors at a rapid
pace, the Housing Works Bookstore Café enjoyed another year of strong growth,
with revenues up 24 percent. And once again, it won multiple “Best Of” awards.
Building on its stellar reputation, the Bookstore Café has established itself as
a downtown institution and tourist destination. New marketing elements include
branded bookmarks and events calendars, a media kit, T-shirts, tote bags, mugs,
a membership program for frequent buyers and friends, and refillable gift cards.
Internet sales continued to boom in 2007. The online project is now directed
by a graduate of the Housing Works Job Training Program and employs multiple
trainees from that program, as well as other Housing Works clients. This makes
the Bookstore an important source of client training and employment, and a
place where clients can contribute to overall organizational success.
Food service is a business of details, and the Bookstore’s in-store café
and off-site location at New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service
consolidated gains through rigorous volunteer staffing, aggressive pricing,
and tight inventory. The in-store café also provides space and resources for
The Works, helping coordinate small after-parties for special events, catering
jobs at New York University, and providing free coffee and more as a perk to
the 150 bookstore volunteers.
Cultural programming and other special events continue to generate new
customers, recognition, and income. The Live From Home concert series
grossed more than $50,000 in 2007, a year highlighted by the appearance of
Grammy nominee Corrine Bailey Rae and a May concert covered by NBC’s The
Today Show. Literary highlights included a reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning
poet Carl Dennis and the Doc Pomus Memorial event that was covered in
depth on New York 1 TV. This year also brought a boom in store rentals for TV
and movie shoots, weddings, book and CD release parties, and other events.
Rental revenue doubled, and more than ever, the Bookstore Café finds itself
positioned as a sought-after venue.
F Y 2 0 0 8 The Bookstore Café will continue to expand online sales and special
events, such as the successful Open Air Book Fair.
Print Positive is an exciting new social enterprise venture that is an outgrowth
of one of the Second Life Job Training Program. In the Print Positive program,
clients learn the marketable skill of silk screening. Since its inception last year,
Print Positive has printed over 2,000 T-shirts for Housing Works programs,
events, and outside vendors.
F Y 2 0 0 8 Print Positive is developing a formal business plan in hopes of expanding printing and sales of one-of-a-kind T-shirts, using the highest quality silk
screening and brand name tees. All revenues from Print Positive support the
Job Training Program.
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Housing Works Bookstore Café
PRINT POSITIVE
Housing Works
Bookstore Café
Below: Platinum recording artist Corinne
Bailey Rae performs at Live from Home in
the Housing Works Bookstore Café.
Opposite, Left: Gotham staff Primitivo Ortiz
and Esperanza Rosario (right)
Opposite, Right: Job Training Program
instructor Trevern Metivier in the Print
Positive silk-screening workshop
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Financial Repor t
Financial Report
During Fiscal Year 2007, Housing Works, Inc. completed renovations of the
Women’s Transitional Housing residence in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and
three of seven Thrift Shops. Renovations were near completion on a new 11,000square-foot Women’s Health Center in downtown Brooklyn and the Stand Up
Harlem House. HWI also opened one new Thrift Shop in Brooklyn Heights and a
scattered-site housing program on Staten Island. Finally, HWI continued to roll
out an electronic case management and medical record system.
The following is an overview of Housing Works, Inc. and subsidiaries
revenue and expenses for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007.
15,869,813
EXPENSES
PROGRAM SERVICES
Medicaid—Primary Care
942,704
Housing
Vida Care Revenue
314,955
Healthcare, COBRA,
Prevention
Government Contracts
5,167,874
Business Ventures
15,058,607
Development Fundraising
Apartment Rents
Cost of Goods
Total Revenue
1,145,047
926,346
Other Revenue
411,162
Revenue by department:
Financial Repor t
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+ Prepared by Andrew Coamey, Chief Financial Officer, and BTQ Financial
Unaudited consolidated operating results for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2007
The mission of Housing Works, Inc. (HWI) and our
subsidiaries is to end the twin crises of AIDS and
homelessness. The past fiscal year was filled with
many accomplishments as well as challenges as we
worked to fulfill that mission.
REVENUE
Medicaid
(1,607,094)
$38,229,414
33 0
2200
11 0
FY 99 FY 00 FY 01 FY 02 FY 03 FY 04 FY 05 FY 06 FY 07
Total HWI Revenue from Fiscal Years 99-07,
in millions
3,996,335
17,400,598
++ Primary Care and VidaCare combined for more than $1.2 million in
revenue, $63,000 above budget.
++ The COBRA case management
program reported a loss of $86,000
on revenues of approximately $3.8
million. Cost-control measures
in COBRA were not sufficient to
overcome an almost $600,000
shortfall in revenue.
Financial Report
Fiscal Year 2007
Housing Works Inc. and Subsidiaries
Statement of Activities for the Twelve Months
Ending June 30, 2007
++ The Housing Works Thrift Shops
generated $9 million in revenue.
++ The Housing Works Bookstore
Café generated more than $1.5
million in revenue (an increase
of $500,000 over 2006).
++ The Works Food Services
Corporation recorded $900,000
in total revenues.
++ Gotham Assets generated
slightly more than $2 million
in revenue, including $78,000
in revenue from non-Housing
Works related business.
++ HWI business ventures produced
more than $15 million in revenues
for the year and recorded a combined surplus of over $2.3 million.
These combined companies subsidize the operations of various
HWI client service departments.
2,059,570
Legal/Advocacy
11,248,248
Business Ventures
Research
145,497
FUNDRAISING SERVICES
347,460
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 4,419,117
Total Expenses
++ The ADHC programs reported
a loss of $226,000 on revenues
of approximately $12.4 million.
Combined ADHC revenue was
almost $900,000 below budget.
55 0
44 0
$39,616,825
Net Surplus/(Deficit)
($1,378,411)
Net Assets, End of Year $12,539,634
Development: 3%
Housing: 9%
COBRA / Prevention / JTP: 13%
Healthcare: 36%
Businesses: 39%
Expenses by department: Development: 1%
Legal / Advocacy: 5%
Housing: 10%
Administration: 12%
COBRA / Prevention / JTP: 13%
Businesses: 28%
Healthcare: 31%
CM
Housing Works is proud
to announce that we meet
the BBB Charity Seal
Program’s 20 Standards
for Charity Accountability.
At the end of the second quarter, HWI forecasted ending the year with
a deficit of more than $2.1 million. By the end of the fiscal year on June 30,
2007, HWI reported a deficit of more than $1.3 million—a significant improvement but well below the budgeted surplus of $1 million for Fiscal Year 2007.
In December 2006, a Retrenchment Committee consisting of senior
management staff reviewed all areas of financial performance and submitted
recommendations to the HWI Executive Team. Almost all of those recommendations were adopted and presented to the HWI Board of Directors in
February 2007. The recommendations included mechanisms to control expenses; new means of increasing revenue; the establishment of a Financial
Oversight Committee; and the addition of a Budget Director position. These
recommendations resulted in an $800,000 improvement to the bottom line
from a projected deficit of $2.1 million to the actual deficit of $1.3 million.
Total revenues for the fiscal year were $38.2 million–over $4.1 million below
budget (10%). $1 million of this shortfall was due to an adjustment in Thrift Shop
inventory and approximately $1.5 million was due to lower-than-projected
census in the Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) programs and the COBRA case
management program. Total expenses were $39.6 million, or $1.7 million
below budget, with the largest savings resulting from personnel expenses.
Housing Works Director of National
Advocacy, Christine Campbell, Campaign to
End AIDS National Secretary Michael Rajner,
Campaign to End AIDS/South Carolina
Cochair Stephanie Williams and Housing
Works Bookstore Café Board Cochair Jen
Bluestein, at the 2007 Keith D. Cylar Awards.
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Behind the Scenes
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Behind the Scenes
“Housing Works is more than an employer,
it’s a part of my family.”
— Miguel Mendez, Senior Vice President for Operations
Research
Information Technology
This year, the mission of the Department of Research was expanded in order
to more effectively function as a core service to Housing Works. As part of
this expansion, the Research Department developed and conducted a ten-week
training course in research methods for the staff of clinical and client-service
programs.
The department also maintains a commitment to further developing
the organization’s ongoing investigation of the impact of our East New
York and Cylar House residences. In collaboration with researchers from
Columbia University, the department has prepared a preliminary application for foundation and federal funding to better understand the role of housing status and different housing models—specifically, residence in Housing
Works facilities versus other types of housing—on access to antiretroviral
treatment, medication adherence, and health outcomes.
The Information Technology (IT) Department provides Housing Works with
an assortment of technical tools, including electronic data communications,
data storage, database management, and telecommunications support. IT
also provides substantive training and employment opportunities for graduates of the Second Life Job Training Program.
F Y 2 0 0 8 IT will work to establish computer kiosks at all locations for client and
staff access and to fully implement computerized case management and an
electronic medical-records system.
HUMAN RESOURCES
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
DEVELOPMENT
Other behind-the-scenes departments include Human Resources, Marketing
and Communications, and Development. Human Resources staff recruit and
retain personnel, including former clients. Marketing and Communications
spread the Housing Works message through web-based tools, traditional
promotional materials, and press outreach. And the Development team raises
individual, public, and private funds to support critical programs and services.
Housing Works marketing materials carry our message (from left): Our gay pride truck promotes the “HASA for All” housing initiative at the
Annual Heritage of Pride parade; HASA for All tee-shirt and hand fan; HASA for All flier, “The Problem vs the Solution”
Miguel Mendez (right) started working at Housing Works as a Case
Management Technician. In the 13
years since, he has completed his
associates, bachelors, and master
degrees and worked in three different
departments. In 2007, he rose to
become Senior Vice President
for Operations, with oversight
of the Information Technology,
Human Resources, and Research
departments.
His son, Miguel Mendez III, has been
with Housing Works for five years
and is currently a Case Manager
with the Staten Island Transitional
Housing Program.
Housing Works marketing materials carry our message (from left): the Bookstore Café media kit featuring the slogan “Fighting AIDS one book at a
time”; Promotional poster for the Bookstore Café; and our 2006 holiday fundraising appeal raised $35,418 to support Housing Works programs
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Boards of Directors
Boards of Directors
Marcelo Venegas-Pizarro, M.D.
Housing Works, Inc.
homeless persons of low income with
AIDS or HIV-related illnesses.
Andrew Coamey
Housing Works, Inc.
Charles King, Chair
Housing Works, Inc.
Kenneth Robinson
Housing Works, Inc.
Andrew Coamey, Secretary
Housing Works, Inc.
Eric Sawyer
Cofounder, Housing Works, Inc.
Reverend Errol Harvey
St. Augustine Episcopal Church
under Article 28 of the New York State
health law; and be located in New York
City. These facilities provide a broad
range of health services to persons living with AIDS or HIV-related illnesses.
In addition, HWS1 promotes and carries
out certain scientific research and educational activities related to providing
care to the sick, injured and disabled,
and promoting the health of the public.
Housing Works Brooklyn Housing
Development Fund Corporation,
Inc., located at 208 Montauk Avenue,
Brooklyn, New York, was organized
to develop a housing project for
homeless or formerly homeless
persons of low income with AIDS or
HIV-related illnesses.
Housing Works 454 Lexington
Avenue Housing Development Fund
Corporation, Inc., located at 454
Lexington Avenue, New York, NY,
was organized to develop a housing
project for homeless or formerly
homeless persons of low income
with AIDS or HIV-related illnesses.
Charles King, Chair
Housing Works, Inc.
Charles King, Chair
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works Harlem Housing
Development Fund Corporation, located at 143-145 West 130th Street, New
York, NY, was organized to develop a
housing project for homeless or formerly homeless persons of low income
Housing Works Pitkin Avenue
Housing Development Fund
Pitkin Avenue, Brooklyn, New York,
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Boards of Directors
Housing Works, Inc. is the oversight
board of 14 subsidiary nonprofit organizations, each incorporated as its
own entity for programmatic accountability and financial liability purposes.
All subsidiary boards regularly report
to Housing Works, Inc. on all policy
and fiscal matters. All subsidiary
organizations support the mission of
Housing Works to fight the twin crises
of AIDS and homelessness through
programs and funding.
David I. Cohen, M.D., M.Sc., Chair
Senior Vice President
Maimonides Medical Center
Reverend Errol Harvey, Vice Chair
Pastor, St. Augustine Episcopal Church
Beverly Sutton, Secretary
Constituent Representative
Charles King, Ex-officio
President and CEO, Housing Works, Inc.
Barbara Aikens
Bernadette Aulestia
Senior Vice President
Home Box Office, Inc.
Christian Brenner
Volunteer Constituent Representative
Pamela Brier
Executive Vice President
Maimonides Medical Center
Richard G. Dudley Jr., M.D.
Private Practice
Debra Johnson
Richard Kressler
Volunteer Constituent Representative
Curtis Lewis
Leslie Lowe, Esq.
Director, Program on Energy and the
Environment, Interfaith Center on
Corporate Responsibility
Karen Nelson, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer and Medical
Director, Union Health Center
Andy Saunders
Earl Ward, Esq.
Partner, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff &
Abady LLP
Charles Waters
Diane Williams
Administrative Assistant, Housing
Works, Inc., Staff Representative
Housing Works East New York
Housing Development Fund
Corporation, located at 2640 Pitkin
Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, was
organized to develop a housing
Reverend Errol Harvey, Chair
Charles King, Vice Chair
Housing Works, Inc.
Andrew Coamey
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works Housing Development
Fund Corporation, located at 743-749
East 9th Street, New York, NY, was
organized to develop a housing project
for homeless or formerly homeless
persons of low income with AIDS or
HIV-related illnesses.
Charles King, Vice Chair
Housing Works, Inc.
Charles King, Chair
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works 874 Jefferson
Avenue Housing Development Fund
Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York,
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works Health Services III, Inc.,
located at 2626 Pitkin Avenue, Brooklyn,
New York, was organized to establish
one or more freestanding diagnostic
and treatment facilities, be licensed
under Article 28 of the New York State
health law; and be located in New York
City. These facilities provide a broad
range of health services to persons living with AIDS or HIV-related illnesses.
In addition, HWS3 promotes and carries
on certain scientific research and educational activities related to providing
care to the sick, injured and disabled,
and promoting the health of the public.
Charles King
Housing Works, Inc.
Robert Cohen, M.D.
Robert Cohen, M.D.
Teri Hagen
Charles King
Housing Works, Inc.
Glenn Johnson
Charles King, Chair
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works Health Services II, Inc.,
located at 320 West 13th Street, New
York, NY, was organized to establish one
or more freestanding diagnostic and
treatment facilities; to be licensed under
Article 28 of the New York State health
law; and to be located in New York City.
These facilities provide a broad range
of health services to persons living with
AIDS or HIV-related illnesses. In addition, HWS2 promotes and carries on
certain scientific research and educational activities related to providing care
to the sick, injured, and disabled, and
promoting the health of the public.
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works Health Services, Inc.,
located at 743-749 East 9th Street, New
York, NY, was organized to establish
one or more freestanding diagnostic
and treatment facilities; be licensed
Robert Cohen, M.D.
Charles King
Housing Works, Inc.
Carol Yankyay
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works Thrift Shop, Inc., was
organized exclusively for the benefit
of and to carry out the mission of HWI
by providing relief, assistance, and
financial support, directly or indirectly,
to homeless persons living with AIDS
or HIV-related illnesses. The Thrift
Shops conduct these activities from
seven shops located in New York City
and one in Brooklyn Heights.
John Kelley, Chair
NBC Universal
Michael Boodro, Secretary
Martha Stewart Living
Matthew Farris
Lord & Taylor
Matthew Aquilone
Freelance artist
Judith A. Bennis
Retired
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Kevin Harter
Bloomingdale’s
James Johnson
Labaton Sucharow & Rudoff LLP
Charles King
President and CEO
Housing Works, Inc.
Boards of Directors
Mario Accumanno
Maureen Cantara
Citi Global Wealth Management
Investment Marketing & Communications
Jen Berman
The New Yorker, Bomb
Alison Brower
Redbook
Mary Ellis
LSG Sky Chefs
John Freeman
National Book Critics Circle
Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller, Inc.
Erica Glasser
The DeNiro Group
Prudential Douglas Elliman
Dwight Garner
New York Times Book Review Elizabeth A. Quarta
Bloomingdale’s
Charles King
Housing Works, Inc.
Norma Reinhardt-Mascarotti
Retired
Matt Nasser
Holtzbrinck Publishers
Susan Skriloff
Retired
Christian Richardson
Caribtips, Lutheran Medical Center
Cynthia M. Tosches
Macy’s
Gotham Assets Property Development
& Management Company, Inc., is a nonprofit corporation established to provide
property management and logistical
services to the Organization.
Edward van Saders
Heavy.com
Philip Van Heusen
Kenneth L. Wyse
Charles King, Chair
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works Food Services, Inc.,
(The Works Catering), was organized
exclusively for the benefit of and to
carry out the purposes of HWI by
providing relief, assistance and financial support, directly or indirectly, to
homeless persons living with AIDS or
HIV-related illnesses. HWFSC provides institutional catering services
to day treatment centers, supportive
residences, and other facilities including community catering.
Housing Works, Inc.
Tony Miele, Chair
Acme Bar & Grill
Peter Aschkenasy, Secretary
Housing Works, Inc.
Daniel Giordano, Ex-officio
President and Executive Chef, The Works
Housing Works, Inc.
Andrew Hultkrans
Artforum/Bookforum
Sean McDonald
Riverhead Books
Meghan O’Rourke
Slate; Poetry Editor, Paris Review
Cheryl Plambeck, Esq.
Davis & Gilbert LLP
Andy Tepper
Vanity Fair
Lynne Tillman
Fiction Editor, Fence
Marie S. Nahikian
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works Bookstore Café, Inc.
was organized exclusively for the benefit of and to carry out the purposes
of HWI by providing relief, assistance,
and financial support, directly or indirectly, to homeless persons living with
AIDS or HIV-related illnesses.
Jen Bluestein, Co-chair
Teach for America
Alan Light, Co-chair
New York Times, Rolling Stone, msn.com,
The Artists Den
Jason Shure, Ex-officio
President
Housing Works Bookstore Café
Bevery Sutton, Board secretary, at the third
annual Keith D. Cylar Awards
“I went through
the Job Training
Program. At
first it was hard.
I hadn’t been in
school for 20
years. My peers
pulled me
through.”
—George
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Staff
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Staff
Staff Listing
403 Housing Works employees range from job trainers and peer
educators to physicians and attorneys. We implement the mission of Housing Works on a daily basis through the provision of
high quality services, customer service, and cutting-edge advocacy.
One-fourth of Housing Works staff are former clients.
Ronald Abad
Victoria Abad
Kiranmayi Achalla
Keirstin Adams
Davida Adedjouma
Robin Alexander
Brian Allen
Donald Allen
Elizabeth Allen
Juan Alvarez
Daniel Amend
Gary Aquino
Santos Aranda
Zane Ashman
Robin Atkins-Bluford
Lisette Aviles
Robert Bacigalupi
Edwin Badia
Fernando Baez
Lisa Baker
Vanessa Baque
Kenute Barrett Jr.
Andrea Bartley
Rupert Bartley
Stephen Bell
Eduardo Bennett
Naomi Bergknoff
Joseph Bernadotte
Matthew Bernardo
Adam Blackman
Wilfredo Bonilla Jr.
Marleina Booth-Levy
Ira Botor
Tamisha Bouknight
Patrice Boyce
Ernest Brockenberry
Larry Bryant
Nicole Bryant
Monique Buchanon
Cesar Bujosa
Tracy Bumpus
Marcella Burfoot
Evaristo Burgos
Robert Cahill
Christine Campbell
Stacy Ann Campbell
Rolando Campos
Jorge Candelaria
Cicely Carew
Matthew Carmody
Debora Carrero
Julie Carrion
Debbra Carroll
De Leon Carter
Ana Castro
Daniel Catoe
Aimee Cedro
Geraldo Cepeda
Derrick Chandler
Olivia Cheatham Shipman
Raymond Chesson
Juanita Chestnut
Michael Clarke
Viola Clement
Andrew Coamey
Alberto Collazo
Lisa Colon
Michael Colon
Nancy Cooper
Robert Cordero
Edith Marie Corra
Daisy Cortez
Nancy Cotto Laboy
Rudolph Creamer
Tyrell Crockett
Ian Crowther
José Cruz
Shakeena Culler
Laureen Cupril
Dwight D. Curry
Thomas D’ Angelo
Geraldine David
Arlan Dean
Rudolph Deans
Nick Debruyn
Raymond DeJesus
Fritzgerald Delsoin
Parool Desai
Hans Desnoyers
Carmela Devito
Ricardo Diaz
Sarah Dillon
Patrick Dolby
Alisa Douse
Aziyah Durham
Carlos Echevarria
Isaias Echevarria
Maria Eisen
Ilena Elevitch
Bahir Etienne
Jason Farrell
Erica Feder
Cinthya Feliu Martinez
Karen Ferries
Rachel Fershleiser
Ronald Ward Fikes
Jeff Filsaime
James Fitzgerald
Judith Fleischman
Christina Floridia
Alyssa Fradenburg
Edwin Fukui
Casandra Gaddy
Eduardo Garcia
Lanequia Gay
Armena Gayle
Yvonne Gelpi
Christine Gibbs-Pyatt
Idell Gillard
Xavia Gillyard
Jennifer Gilmour
Daniel Giordano
Galina Glinka
Michael Goins
Theresa Goldsborough
Isodoro Gonzales
David Gonzalez
Heriberto Gonzalez
Ivan Gonzalez
Yvette Gonzalez
Henry Goodison
Cherry Gordon
Michael Goyea
Karliese Greiner Laurie
Johnny J. Guaylupo
Garth Hallberg
Carolyn Hansma
Gillette Hayman
Teresa Helvy
John Henighan
Valentino Hernandez
Cristina Herrera
Christina Hertel
Nina Herzog
Tracy Yvette Hill
James Holloway
Narlene Holloway
Jennifer Holm
John Holmes
Mary Lou Horvath
Erica Hudson
Emily Hull-Martin
Eula Hussein
Wash Israel Jr.
Carol Jabed-McCall
Tamika Jackson
Lamark Jamison
Ignacio Jaureguilorda
Jerome Jeffery
Jessie Jenkins
Haydee Jimenez
Jennifer Jinks
DeShaunta Johnson
Harold Johnson
Lawrence Johnson
Lisa Johnson
Myra Johnson
Jan A. Jones
Lee Joseph
Andrea Ju
Marea Judilla
Nadege Julmis
Michelle Kalski
Jason Kanellis
Jabeen Karimjee
Daniel Kelly
Leticia Kelly
Allison Kenchen
Jasmine Kenchen
Valerie Kenyon
Charles King
Michael Kink
Emily Kracauer
Donald La Bohn
Christopher La Rosa
Annette Lacoot
Carlos Roberto Lall
Maria Lam
Matthew Landy
Jaclyn Langer
Kelly Leacock
Arnold Leston
George Lewis
Helen Lloyd
Richard Lohmann
Charles Long
Mariel Lopez Mota
Nikkon Lowe
Joy Lund
Susannah Lupert
January Lutz
Robin Lutz
Tracy Mack
Maria Maisonave
James Mallette
Shobha Manaktala
Keith Mancuso
Victoriano Manrow
Jessica Mardis
Danielline Martinez
William Martinez
Vincent McClam
Damon McCalla
Victwan McCorkle
Daneisha McCoy
James McCracken
Eleanor McDonald
Rosabell McFarlane
Rochelle McGee
Cosmo McIntosh Jr.
Katharine McKenna
Makisha McMillan
Jonathan Melton
Miguel Mendez
Miguel Mendez III
Judith Mercado
Kaisar Merhai
Armen Merjian
Trevern Metivier
Susan Miles
Robin Milim
Alandra Mitchell
James Moore
Joseph Moore
Wanda Moore
Sergio Mora
Erick Morales
Gladys Morales
Manley Morrison III
Anthony Mouzon
Marie S. Nahikian
Maria Elena Najera
Botsitse Nduna
Gillia D. Neckles
Jeovanny Nelson
Saisha Newsome
Sandra Nicaisse
Kevin Noble
Luz Ocasio
Akira Ohiso
Duke Okoh
Diana Oliva
Jose Ortiz
Jose L. Ortiz
Primitivo Ortiz
Xiomara Ortiz
Hanson Padmore
Yesenia Pagan
Denise Palmer
Jeaniene Palmer Conant
Lorraine Patterson
Sheila Peeples
Julie Peña
Sandra Peoples
Dexter Pereira
Yvette Perez
Tyrone Perry
Laurencia Peters
Heather Phillips
Keith Phillips
Randee Phillips
Wanda Pieretti
Ida Pinckney
Derrick Pleasant
Alexander Plummer Jr.
Vaty Poitevien, M.D.
Reba Poots
Robert Armand Provost
Hugues Pyram
Monserrate Quijano
Sylvia Quiles
Emerson Ramirez
Monique Reed
Carmen Reyes
Allison Reynolds
Kenneth Richardson
Lee Richardson
Anthony Riley
Michael Rios
Cheryl Rivas
Gladys Rivera
Leonor Rivera
James E. Robinson Jr.
Kenneth Robinson
Valencia Robinson
Carlos A. Rodriguez
Elias Rodriguez
James Rodriguez
Taina Rodriguez
William Rodriguez
George Rolack
Gilbert Rosa
Editha Rosario
Esperanza Rosario
Philip Rose
Faun Rosenthal
Bryce Rudert
Ann Ryant
Samuel Sack
John Salley
Tashawna Sams
Julia Sanchez
Marangely Sanchez
Douglas Sanders
Talonie Sani
Maria Santana
Valerie Santangelo
Luis Anthony Santiago
Maurice Saxton
Diana Scholl
Christopher Sealey
Rashid Sharief
Wade Sharlot
Jason Shure
Ruben D. Sierra Gomez
Maria Silvers
Cynthia Simmons
Norbert Sinski
Andrea Skowronek
John Sloane
Linney Smith
Nicole Smith
Omar Smith
Richard Smith
terri smith-caronia
Fitzroy Sobers
Dianne Solomon
Keith Solomon
Elaine Sostre
Albert Speranza
Sheila Spivey
Kiara St. James
Dinyll St. John
Jennifer Steele
Pamela Steinkamp
Andrew Sullivan
Erika Summers Sylla
Beverly Sutton
Zelalem Takele
Sarah Tanenbaum
Frederick V. Taylor Jr.
Luvena Taylor
Nontrell Taylor
Caleb Terry
Chaya Thanhauser
Theresa S. Thomas
H. Dwight Thompson
Hannah Thorne
David Thorpe
Robert Torres
Stephanie Urena
Roberto Valderrama
Enrique Valentin
Laura Van der Veer
Aisha Varela
Antanisha Vargas
Kimberly Vargas
Ruben Vargas
Danny Vasquez
Jason Vasquez
Ramon Vasquez
Amy Velez Balcazar
Raul Velez
Marcelo Venegas-
Pizarro, M.D.
Grace Marie Vicen
Mario Villamar
June Walker
Above: 25% of staff are
Lynn E. Walker
former clients
Philomena Walker
Below: 41% of staff are
Sherrell Walker
African-American, 26%
George Joseph Warner
White , 25% Latino, 1%
Pamela Warren Toure
Asian-American, and
Gili Warsett
7% Other
Cornell Washington
Kevin Washington
Michele Washington
Ryan Watt
Shirley Webb
Jonathan Weinstein, M.D.
Glenn Mason White
Katie Dru White
Marlow B. White
Kenneth Whitmore
Diane Williams
Kathryn Williams
LaTanya Wilson
Wanda Wilson
Zachariah Wing
Diane Wuestman
Derek Wyche
Makiko Young
Staff is listed through
Efrain Zenon
June 30, 2007.
Tamara Zoni
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Volunteers
Volunteers
+ Volunteers are a critical part of the Housing Works family. They bring their life and work experience to the client services and programs they participate in. Without them, our invaluable social enterprises,
such as the Housing Works Thrift Shops and Housing Works Bookstore Café wouldn’t be possible.
++ Volunteers participate in every aspect of running the seven
Housing Works Thrift Shops, including stocking merchandise,
directing visual merchandising, and providing customer service.
The Thrift Shops have 250 active volunteers who provide $4,500
a week in necessary labor.
++ The Bookstore Café is almost entirely staffed by volunteers.
More than 140 people come for four hours each week to run the
register in the bookstore, brew cappuccinos in the café, and
enter books into the online inventory for sale online. Volunteer
labor is essential to major events like the Open Air Book Fair and
Live From Home concert series.
++ Client programs and services that utilize volunteer support
include the Second Life Job Training Program, outreach,
prevention, and day treatment.
++ Volunteer student interns enroll in high-impact 10- to 14-week
programs in numerous Housing Works divisions including
legal services, advocacy, and communications. The Housing
Works International Volunteer Program, run in cooperation
with Volunteers for Peace of Belmont, Vermont, brings us
international students who are selected for their interest in
public health; they spend four weeks volunteering at our Adult
Day Health Care sites.
++ Housing Works operates a respected community service
program with New York City Courts.
Rafaela Acosta
Michael Adams
Miriam Aldman
Sana Ali
Mary Allen
Andrew Almeter
Jorge Alvarado
Stacey Anderson
Bruce Andreozzi
Rebecca Annhalt
Tony Antoniadis
Natasha Appleweis
Angela Arbach
Alfonso Arriola
Emily Atkins
Topher Aubin
Taylor Backus
Tanya Ballantyne
Sarah Baqi
Sheryl Barnla
Elizabeth Barone
Jon Barron
Geoff Bartakoucs
Elvira Basevich
Bahruz Bashirli
Carolyn Benbow-Ross
Corinne Bennett
Sarah Berenbeim
Amy Berkowitz
Eddy Berzak
Udayan Bhatt
Maureen Blandino
Roman Blotnikoz
Amy Borg
Tessa Boucher
Michelle Boutis
Stephanie Branco
Caroline Brickman
Johanna Brierley
Jodie Briggs
Ryan Brock
Louise Brown
Myron Brown
Salem Brown
Alan Bruton
Andrew Bryant
Melissa Bukuru
Michael Burroughs
Connie Cai
Gary Campbell
Angel Candelario
James Cannon
Pat Capiola
Tom Cardamone
Christina Cariaso
Ann Carroll
Jonas Cartano
Mary Ann Caruso
Tom Casey
Jeremy Castle
Caren Castleman
Kristen Cerelli
Eric Chan
Kelvin Chan
Kelvin Chao
Jessica Chen
Linda Chen
Yanru Chen
Yong Chen
patrick Cheviollet
Pat Chiang
Mara Chinelli
Olivia Chiu
Elizabeth Cho
Sharon Choi
Alice Chu
Mary Chu
Robyn Citizen
Justine Clark
Cynthia Clarke
Nick Clemens
Barbara Cleveland
Molly Clifford
Bethany Cohen
Jennifer Coia
Sahm Contractor
Edgar Cosme
Startaeja Cotman
Jorge Couarrbias
Aaron Coyle
Kim Craven
Sophie Crawford-
Brown
Christina Croll
Miguel Cunillas
Monica Curry
Krista Dandurand
Jordan Daniels
Debbie Dardick
Sophia Darlington
Courtney Davies
Suzanne Dean
James Delk
Michelle Desmoulins
Marcos Diaz
Katherine Dimma
Suzanne Dirks
Emily Dobies
Sean Dosil
Olivia Drabczyk
Carolyn Driscoll
Veronica Dudu
Elana Dugan
Krista Dunbar
Elaina Durso
Julia Ebert
Sarah Elkashef
Jo Elphich
Doug Eng
Kathleen Evans
John Eyck
David Ezell
Matthew Farris
Tom Feeney
Pedro Fernandez
Davide Ferrauto
Renee Fidz
Rebecca Fields
Levi Fishman
Barbara Fitzsimmons
Jenny Fitzsimmons
Michael Fives
Karen Fletcher
William Flounoy
Patricia Foo
Mark Foster
Ryan Fowler
Louis Foy
Judy Frank
Sofia Frank
Brett Fremstad
Sarah French
Nicholas Freundlich
Hillary Friedman
Robbin Friedman
Annie Fu
David Fulmer
Elvina Gago
Robin Gaines
Pamela Galvin
Elise Gans-Thayer
Deborah Garber
Heidi Gardner
Kenneth Gardner
Christine Garvey
Marsha Gertzog
Louise Giraldi
Theresa Gjenasaj
Christine Gleason
Myrel Glick
Amanda Gluck
Jessica Goldberg
Ben Gomilla
Melissa Gorelick
Nadia Goskirk
Kevin Gotchet
Robert Grabowski
Natalie Graham
Claudette Grant
Michelle Grau
Natalie Greaves
Briana Green
Mara Greenberg
Irma Greenwald
Katherine Kozub Grier
Corey Griffin
Eleanor Griffith
Jordan Groh
Greenwald Gross
Laura Grotenstein
Jennifer Gu
Diana Guan
Maria Guarascio
Joanne Gucciardo
Marta Hafner
Anique Halliday
Sun Wook Han
Emilie Harkin
Vanessa Harris
Kate Hart
Pierre Hauser
Brian Hayes
Alana Heller
Tim Hemmeter
Clay Henrick
Sophia Hepheastou
Danielle Herman
E. Charlie Hernandez
Nancy Hernandez
Joel Herzig
Jo Hodara
Garrett Hodge
Collin Hodges
Christine Holt
Kimberly Hom
Ruoxi Hong
Brenda Hornstein
C.J. Hortillo
Charlotte Horton
Wan-Ling “Zoe” Hsu
Michael Hu
Shirley Hu
Ken Hua
Terry Hua
Alice Huang
Daonne Huff
Rebeca Huntt-Rivero
Aejin Hwang
Marian Hyme
Amanda Ice
Fumio Ichikawa
Danabelle Ignes
Krista Ingebretson
Shirley Ip
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Volunteers
Anita Iskenderian
Patricia Izon
Ariel Jacobs
Michael James
Michele Jang
Dustin John
Adrienne Johnson
Kirsten Johnson
Lisa Johnson
Suzanne Jones
Alphina Kain
Gabriel Kalmuss-Katz
Alyssa Kapnik
Eshanya Karle
Lisa Katagawa
Dess Kelley
Val Kenyon
Richie Khan
Luan Kevin Khuong
Natalie Kil
Jennifer Kim
Kibum Kim
Linda Kim
Peter Kim
Gilbert Kirsch
Kathleen Klock
Irina Knopf
Max Kolbowski-
Frampton
Toni Konkoly
Denise Korey
Liz Kowalczyk
Elspeth Kramer
Charon Kraus
Suzanne Krause
Yael Krevsky
Heather La Mastro
Michael Lain
Janey Lam
Daisy Lan
Zachary Lane
Meaghan LaSala
Hanh Le
Brenda Lee
Daniel Lee
Dionne Lee
Ebonie Lee
Ken Lee
Wendy Lee
William Lee
Amanda Lemen
Francis Lennon
Nancy Leon
Cathy Leone
Barry Levinsohn
Duncan Lewis
Hermine Lewis
Dolly Li
Beth Linas
Clarissa Liu
Tracy Lloyd-Watts
Lori-Ann Lowe
Patty Lu
Matthew Lucas
Zack Mabel
Shirleena Mack
Hejo Mackenshins
Veronica Mae
Jennifer Maguire
Kathleen Maher
Shelly Makleff
Shaw Malcolm
Jessie Male
Olinde Mandell
Max Mansopit
Becky Margonelli
Peter Marifioti
Bernadette Martin
Sayan Martin
Chantal Martineau
Hector Martinez
Pedro Martis
Randi Mason
Jean-Paul Masters
Lyndsey Matthews
Liz McCarthy
Pat McCarthy
Shea McKenzie
Connell Mcmannin
Clay McMickens
David McNeel
Rebecca Mercier
Mollie Middleton
Nelly Mikhaiel
Oliver Miller-Farrell
Veronica Mittnacht
Afsana Mizi
Alan Montalvo
Jennifer Montalvo
Paul Monteau
Nick Monteleone
Ashley Moore
Sarah Moroz
Mayya Morozovsky
Sarah Morrow
Jody Mosley
Aleaxandra Moya
Nicole Mucciolo
Diana Muniz
Adrianna Murphy
Ann Murray
Rae Nathanson
Thiviya Navaratnam
Alona Nenko
Megan Nesbeth
Juliet Newman
Tracy Nishimoto
Sheer Nisman
Sarah Norris
Uchenna Nwachuku
Hanan Ohayon
Chelsei O’Joe
Gregory Oken
Robert Oliphant
Vanessa Oliva
Jeanne Olsen
Evan O’Neil
Suzie Oppenheimer
Dara Orlando
Duane Pagano
Christina Palliser
Michael Panchek
Elena Papanicolaou
Judy Pardo
Yoonhee Gloria Park
Charlotte Parrish
Marcelle Pederson
Henry Peng
Isabella Penney
Laura Perna
Laverne PerryKennedy
Theresa Peters
Nico Phillips
Jaime Pizarro–Reyes
Cara Pizelle
Cheryl Plambeck
Gemma Plaza
Lee Polott
Kesia Poole
Jenny Poon
Patrick Privee
Rebecca Pynoos
Frank Quinn
Pearl Rabinowitz
Becky Raik
Malika Rakhmankulova
Darlene Ramos
John Redmond
Murray Reich
Elan Reisner
April Reitano
Corey Richardson
Cassandra Richmond
Roberta Riddick
Sherri Rifkin
Katherine Ripullone
Gene Roberts
Teresa Roberts
Miguel Rosario
Anette Rosenzweig
Lucas Ross
Brynn Rovito
David Rubin
Van Russell
Sam Sacks
Stella Salazar
Victoria Salter
Annie Samachson
Ines Sambucini
Paola Santin
Matthew Sapio
AJ Sapulnick
Emily Saunders
Elizabeth M. Savage
Rob Schacter
Susanna Scherzer
Eva Schloer
Erika Schmidt
Eileen Schneer
Alexy Scholl
Sam Scholl
Robyn Schwartz
Jo Scutts
Ann Seestadt
Allison Senatar
Nurit Seri-Pokart
Lena Serrano
Lyuba Shamailova
Rashri Shamsundar
Jesse Sharp-Williams
Melanie Shaw
Carly Shen
Michael Shen
Eric Shorey
Shekeab Shroff
Noorulain Siddiqui
Georgia Siegchrist
Sarah Silberman
Rachel Silberstein
Don Silver
Julian Silverman
Zoe Silvermann
Nicole Simon
Rachel Simons
Calder Singer
Gabrielle Singh
Sophia Sinko
Jonas Siregar
Navy Sisomphou
Katie Slamen
Jenny Slate
Alison Slyziuk
Afyia Smith
50
Volunteers
51
Our Par tners
Government and Foundation Par tners
Our Partners
Alexandra Smith
Arthur Smith
Krystal Soler
Fidencia Solomon
Hae-Sook Song
Daniel Sorbello
Emma Specter
Deborah Spokony
Chelsea Stamm
Yvonne Steiert
Maggie Stein
Rebecca Stepler
Sean Stewart
Genea Stewart
Kalmia Strong
Catherine Sullivan
Reginald Sumala
Joyce Sun
Stephen Supoyo
Tara Sussman
Coleen Sweeney
Alexandra Talbot
Laura Tanenbaum
Maggie Taylor
Cameron Teedon
Susanna Teemer
Albert Tenbrink
Jeremy Teperman
Raksha Thapa
David Thayer
Aalishante
Thompson
Marjorie Thurston
Veronica Tjioe
Sara To
Harrison Topp
Laura Torres
Rebeca Torres
Marilin Tovar
Debbie Trencher
Kurt Truong
Tessadel Tubianosa
Susanna Turner
Suzanne Undy
Beau Unruh
Kat Urban
Delores Urove
Karen Valen
Dwight Vaughn
James Vickers
Cindy Victoria
Diana Vilas Boas
Jadviga Villa
Demetrios Vital
John Walker Jr.
Alissa Wall
Laura Wall
James Walther
Cliff Walts
Jing Wang
Sophie Wang
Charlotte Wasserstein
Derek Weng
Clara Wheatley-
Schaller
Darcy Whittier
Caitlin Williams
Dennis Williams
Jessica Williams
Reginald Williams
Richard Williams
Derek Wilson
Dovie F. Wingaard
Julia Winston
Andrew Wolman
Kurt Wong
Lagena Woods
Shelly Woolman
Ashley Wright
Ian Wrobleski
Luke Xu
Kim Yacoubian
Ai Yamanaka
Helen Ye
Sequoya Yiaueki
Artin Yip
Debbie Yoo
Michelle Yoo
Grace Yoon
Catriona Yuna
Cynthia Zara
Ada Zhang
Naishi Zhang
Yu Zhang
Andrew Zheng
Ling Zhou
Jia-Jia Zhu
Nanci Zimmerman
Housing Works provides lifesaving HIV prevention, treatment, care, housing,
and other services through the generous support of a diverse mix of donors.
Companies and individuals who purchase goods and services from our social enterprise ventures generate income that subsidizes the cost of providing services
that public and private funders may not cover. Foundation, corporate, and government funders directly support our programs; individual donors help make a
difference by partnering with us through generous tax-deductible contributions.
GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
Federal
U.S. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development
U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
MEET A VOLUNTEER
Brooklyn high school student Ayana
Mortley decided to volunteer at the
new Housing Works Thrift Shop in
Brooklyn Heights after her brother
told her how much he was enjoying
volunteering at the 23rd Street store.
“I’m so glad I tried it—I love it! We’re
like a family here,” she says. Housing
Works mission is important to her,
which is why she’s happy to make the
45 minute commute to and from the
Brooklyn Heights shop. “We have to
take care of people who have HIV but
also prevent infections. Young people
think, ‘It will never happen to me.’
They have to know that’s not the case.”
State
New York State Department of
Health—AIDS Institute
New York State Legislature—
Communities of Color HIV/AIDS Initiative
New York State Department of Labor
New York State Office of Temporary
and Disability Assistance – Homeless
Housing Assistance Program
City
Medical and Health Research Association
New York City Council—Communities
of Color HIV/AIDS Initiative
New York City Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of HIV
Prevention and Control
New York City Human Resources
Administration—HIV/AIDS Services
Administration (HASA)
FOUNDATION PARTNERS
Top Partners—$50,000-$550,000
Robin Hood Foundation
Public Welfare Foundation
Arcus Foundation
Federal Home Loan Bank
Partners—Up to $25,000
ABC Home and Planet Foundation
Aid for AIDS (Spa Day)
AIDS Council of Northeastern New York
American Express Foundation
Avon Products Foundation, Inc.
Boston Foundation
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Coalition for a District Alternative
Community Foundation
Council of Community Services
Ellen Howe Foundation
Epstein Philanthropies
F.B. Heron Foundation
GE Foundation
Gesso Foundation
Henry & Elaine Kaufman Foundation
Jockey International, Inc.
John F. Kidde Foundation
Kite Key Foundation
Legal Aid Society of Northeastern
New York
Levenstein Family Foundation
Manhattan Mustangs
National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
Next Jump, Inc.
Other Means
Pfizer Foundation
Taproot Foundation (In Kind)
The Today Show Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
United Way
Verizon Foundation
Wachovia Foundation
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Our Par tners
Corporate Par tners
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Our Par tners
Corporate Par tners
Fountainhead Construction
Four Strokes Jeans
Freddie Leuba Inc.
Fremantle Media
Fresh Butter
Fresh Farm Films
Friends of Hudson River Park
Frye Company/
JIMLAR Corp.
Gucci Corporation
Guess Inc.
Hackney Hill Interior Design
Harper Collins
HBO
HDNet Films, LLC
Headquarters PR
Heavy Inc.
Heights Cleaners
Heirloom Restaurant
Fsall Selection, LLC
Full Disclosure of NY
Furla
G.W. Einstein Co.
Galleria J. Antonio
Geist (Showroom)
George Little Management
Geosphere
Geox
Gerald Peters Gallery
Gerry Nichol Inc.
Gerschel & Co.
Ghost, Inc.
Gigantic Pictures
Giorgio Armani Corp.
Glazer Imports
Glenn Gissler Designs Inc.
Godinger Silver
Goodlife Clothing
Google, Inc.
(Google Grants Beta)
Gotham Inc.
Grand Cleaners
Grant Thornton LLP
Great River
Productions
Green Your World
Greg Broom Photography Inc.
Greystone Home Collections LLC
Groove Camp
Gryson Inc.
Gubelmann Family
Foundation
Heller Inc./Heller Online.com
Hicks & Warren LLC
Hilton Hotels
Himelsein-Mandel
Advisors, LLC
Hinman Consulting Inc.
Hitana
HKM Productions
Holly Hunt New York LTD
Holtzbrink Publishers
Home Goods
Homer
Hooky LLC
Hotline Showroom, Inc./Joe’s Jeans
Hua-Shia Corp.
Hudson Planning Group
Hugh Duthie Inc.
Hugo Boss Fashions Inc.
Hungry Man Productions
Hyatt Associates
ICOT Showroom
Ideaology
Identity
IMG Models
Imre Communications/
Shop Studios
In Record Time
Ina’s Boutique
Inc Design
Innervations
Integrated Textile Group
Intel Corporation
Corpor ate Partners
101 Productions
2KH
3 Hooks, Ltd.
4 Eyes Photography
595 Black Bird Inc.
7 For All Mankind
A&E Television Networks
A. Cicognani Communications
ABC Carpet & Home
ABC No Rio
Accessory Exchange
Acedia Design
Acroback Inc.
Adam & Eve
Adam Baumgold Fine Art
Aero Studios Ltd.
Aetna
AIT Consulting
AJK System
AK Set Design
Alain Ducasse Restaurant
Alan Brasington Inc.
Alan Bruton Studio
Alan Tanksley Inc.
Alan Wanzenberg Design LLC
Alana & Lewis Frumkes Foundation Inc.
Albert Hadley Inc.
Alberti Feretti Co.
Alchemy
Aldik Artificial Flowers
Alenane Corp.
Alex Gaines Inc.
Alfred Dunhill
Allan Kardec Doctrinal Society of NY
Alpine Trading Co.
Alturas Films
Amanda Nisbet Design
AMC/Associated
Merchandizing Corp
Amfar: Int’l Toy Center
An Design Studio
Andrew Martin Interiors
Andrews McMeel Universal
Angels of New York
Anichini La Collezione
Ann Gish Inc.
Anna Sui Corp.
Anna-Perenna Inc.
Anne Edgar Associates
Anthony Garden
Boutique, Ltd.
Anthony Potter
Productions
Antiques 202 by Sheila Britz
Apropos
Archer Entertainment
Arcos Communications
Areawear
Ariela-Alpha International, LLC
Armando Pigner, LLC
Armani Casa
Arnold Newman Studios
Arnold NY
Arnold Worldwide
Aronson’s Floor Covering
Arrow Promotional Group
Art Creations
Arte Italica
Arthur Lauer Inc.
Artistic Tile Inc.
Artists Co.
Artrepreneur Inc.
Artscope, Inc.
Ashleigh Manor
Ashley Yao, Inc.
Associated Cut Flower Co., Inc.
AT&T
Axiom Legal
Azur Communication
B Five Studio, LLP
B.Bothwell Studio LLC
B.Swank Online Boutique
Baboo Productions
Baccarat
Balenciaga America Inc.
Barefoot Books
Barney’s
Barneys New York
BCA Resources Inc.
BDDW
Be Lisa G. Inc.
Beale-Lana Interior Design
Beauvais Carpet
Beekman Advisors, Inc.
Bella Porcelain
Belle Costes NYC
Bellekocks, Inc.
Beneath the Surface
Big Belly Banks
Big Chief Entertainment Inc.
Big Tips Candy
Black Oak Capital Management, LLC
Burke Supply Company
Burson-Marsteller
Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein Home Design
Candle Cafe Inc.
Canterbury Productions
Cappellini Modern Age
Caption America, Inc.
Carlisle & Company Literary Agency
Carnegie Corporation of Common Ground Community
Compact Novelties
Completely Bare
Concentric Entertainment
Connoisseur’s Advisory Group
Consulting Group
Corcoran Group Cares
Corey Rug/Interior Alternative
Corneliani USA
Cowtan & Tout/Larsen Inc.
DIFFA
Digitas
DIGS
Dillywood Inc.
Dinaburg Arts
DNK Studio
DOA Productions
Dog Run Fun
Dolce & Gabbana USA Inc.
Doll & Toy Musuem Blackmailed Productions
Blackred Rose Productions
Blackwind NY
Blinghouse Inc.
Bliss
Block Marketing
Bloomingdale’s
Blousy Brown Interiors
Blu: Element Inc.
Blue Alternative Asset Management
Bob Altavilla Interiors
Boehm Business Services
Bohen Foundation
Bolero
Bonaparte NY
Books to You
Boston Harbor
Boston Warehouse Trading Corp.
Brand Building PR
Brand Collaborative
Brand Explorer
Bridgeman Art Library
Bridges To Health
Broadway Famous
Broadway Shoes
Brooks Komoroff & Co., Inc.
Brothers & Sisters Showroom
Bruce Watkins & Co.
BTQ Financial
Buck House
Buckley & Fudge, PA
Buford Family Foundation
(Ann Buford)
Burberry
New York
Carole Gratale Inc.
Carolina Herrera, Inc.
Carolita Johnson, Inc.
Carrie Robbins
Designage, Inc.
Casting By Charles Rosen
Castle Rock Pictures/
Music & Lyrics By
Catalyst
Catone Inc.
CBS ‘Guiding Light’
Century Tower Condo
Chambers Hotel
Chas. Peter Nagel Funeral Home
Chelsea Eye Associates LLP
Chelsea Pictures
Chelsea Pines Inn
Cherrie Bixler Associates
Chester by Glen Arthur
CHF Industries
Christian Dior
Citigroup
Citizens of Humanity
Clary & Co. Antiques
Classic Kicks
Clayton Productions
Clear Peak
Communications
Clos-Ette LLC
CMFS, LLC
Coby Foundation
Cockpit USA
Cohn & Company
Cole Haan
ColorEdge Visual
Crate & Barrel Furniture
Creative Center
Creative Edge Parties
Croscill Home
Crossroads Films
Crunch/AGT Acquisitions
Crystal Equity Research
Cullman & Kravis
Culture & Reality
Cutting Vision
Cyclops Productions
Cynthia Rowley Inc.
Dakota Personal Training, LLC
Dan Cohen & Sons
Daniel Smith Disign, LLC
David Beahm Design
David Reinhard Events LLC
David Rockefeller Fund
Davies Furniture Company
Day & Meyer, Murray & Young Corp.
DDB NY
Deco Etc.
Decoline International Inc.
DelaTorre Design Studio
Demisch Danant
Dennis Miller Associates, Inc.
Department 56
Der Creatures
Derek Lam Company LLC
Desiron Furniture
Dialogue LLC
Diamint Upholstery
Diamond Baratta Design
Diane VonFurstenburg Studio
Diesel USA
of NYC
Donghia Furniture/
Textiles Ltd.
Donzella Ltd.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation, Inc.
Double Knot Rug Gallery
DPE, Inc.
Drake Design Associates
Duchess Arts & Antiques
Dutch Flower Line Inc.
Dutry Fine Arts Inc.
D’Vash Jewelry
Dwell Brands
Earnest Sewn Company
Eastern Garment Manufacturing Corp.
Ebenezer Wesleyan Methodist Church
Educational Housing
Edward Lobrano Interior Design
Eileen Fisher Inc.
Eller Events
Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP
Emmelle Design
Empire
Entertainment/
Millenium Hotel
Employees Only, LLC
End of History
Entertainment Studio
Environment 337
Eric Cohler Designs
Ermenegildo Zegna
Ernest Studios, Inc.
ESPN Cold Pizza
Esprit
Essence Magazine
Ethan Allen Inc.
Euro RSCG
Worldwide
Evaad Design
Evins Communications, Ltd.
Exchange
Exponents, Inc.
Exposed Public Relations
Extra Virgin Restaurant
Factory PR
Farafalla Productions
Farqui & Farqui LLC
Farrow & Ball
Farrugia’s Corp.
Featurewell
Feingold Feinberg Group
Figue, Inc.
First Act Guitars
Fisch for the Hip
Fish Can Sing
Flight 001
FLOU By Repertoire
Focus Features
Focus on Fun
Entertainers
Foliage Garden
Food Commander
Productions
Footwear News/
Conde Nast
Publications
For Arts Sake
Productions
Forms of Design
Fortune City. Com Inc.
Interiors by Royale/
Royal Draperies
International Interior Finish
Interview Magazine
Irena Hochman Fine Art, Ltd.
Isaac Mizrahi
Isabel Rose Foundation
Italica Press Inc.
Izquierdo Studio
J. Crew
J.P. Morgan Chase
Jackie Rogers Inc.
Jacqueline Schnabel, Inc.
James Beard Foundation
James Mohn Design Studio
James Perse Enterprises
Jamrd Inc.
Jazz Record Center
JBD Acquisition Corp.
JC Penney Inc.
Jean Claude Ltd.
Jed Johnson Associates
Jeff Harris Photography
Jeffrey New York
Jennifer Grambs Collection
Jens Umbach Photography, Inc.
Jerry Pair & Associates
JL Barns LLC
JM Visuals/
Jeffrey Marcus
JMK Realty
Joan Pagano Fitness
Joanna Wilson Photography
Jockey International,
Inc.
Joey Showroom
John Derian Co., Inc.
John Morning Design
John Norwood Antiques, LTD
John Robshaw Textiles
John Sahag Workshop
John Varvatos Inc.
Jon Valdi LLC
Joseph Abboud Corp.
Joseph Cady Inc.
Joukowsky FamilyFoundation
Judd Pilossof Studio Inc.
Juicy Couture
Julie Morgenstern Enterprises
Julliard School Costume Shop
Jurlique
Karlsberger Architecture
Kashya Hildebrand Gallery
Kate Edmonds Corp. & Private Events
KB Studio
Keri Levitt Communications
Kessite & Co.
Kid Kraft
Kidro Productions
Kim Parker Inc.
Kimlor Mills Company
King of the Eastside Construction Corp.
Kinz Tillou & Feigen Art Gallery
Kirwald Design LLC
Kiwi Design, Inc.
Klein International Ltd.
Knoll Furniture
Konnie Nelson Design
KR Corporation
Kristin Gary Fine Art
Kristol Company, LLP
Kurt Rausch for Flowers LLC
Kuttner Prop Rentals
L.N. Kangas Design
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Our Par tners
Corporate Par tners
Lacoste
LaForce & Stevens
Lamb
Lambertson Truex
Landell’s Realty, LLC
Lane Venture
Laura Bohn Design Associates
Laura Davidson Public Relations
Lauralee Kelly, Inc.
Madison Capital Management
Madison Development
Manhattan Film
Manhattan Lodgings
Marakesh Voyage
Marc Bouwer Co.
Marc Jacobs Inc.
Mare Vaporum Corp.
Marie K. Zopt Antiques
Mariette Himes Gomez Inc./The Shop
Laurie Gates Design Inc.
Law & Order
Le Sportsac
Le Tigre
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
Leo Design, Inc.
Leor Management Corp.
Les Migrateurs
Les Pierre Antiques
Levenstein Family Foundation
Levi’s
Lexington Gardens
Lifetime Brands
Lignting Enterprises
Lima Chapman Productions
Linda Tam Salon Inc.
Linda Wong Design
Lindebaum & Silber
Lite Brite Neon
Little Dust Productions
Little Red School House
Liz O’Brien Inc.
Lockerwood Corporation
Loews Hotel Corporation
Lois dela Haba Agency Inc.
Lois Rosenthal Design
Loose Juice. Com
Lord & Taylor
Lori Weitzner Design
Loving & Co.
LTI NY/Loy Taubman Inc.
Lumiere Productions
Lutz & Patmos
M Group
M2L Inc.
M3 Enterprises
Marjory Warren Studio
Marmur.com
Marsh & McLennon
Marshall Watson Interiors
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Marty Umans Photo Studio
Matisia Inc.
Matt McGhee (Store)
Matthew Marks Gallery
Maxim Magazine
Mayle
Maytex Mills
McCann, Erickson Inc.
Melanie Young Communications
Mella USA, Inc.
Mercer Management Consulting
Metropolitan Design Group
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Michael Aram Inc.
Michael Brandt Inc.
Michael Davis Architects
Michael Kors Inc.
Michael Kors USA
Michael Leone/M.L. Inc.
Michael Levine Search Consultants
Mikasa Showroom/
Arc International
Miller Media Design
Milly
Mincho Stash
Minners Designs
Miracle House
Miss M Productions
Miss Meghan/Shoe Therapy
Mission Living
Mission of Monaco
Mixed Greens
MMG Consulting
Montgomery Group
Moon River Chattel Inc.
Moonheart Music Co.
Mooshoes
More Inc.
Mother Industries
Moxie Pictures
MPPI Insurance Services
MSPR/Alice Ritter
Multiple Sarcasim LLC
Museum Of Modern Art
Musicians On Call
MVP Productions/Alex’s Now and Then Collection
N House, LLC
Nancy Hall Inc.
NAPWA
Narciso Rodriguez LLC
National Advocates for Pregnant Women
National Geographic Adventure Magazine
NBC Saturday Night Live
Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter
Net Aid
New York Design Center
Next Creations
NIC Studio, LLC
Niche Media
Nicholas Antiques
Nicole Miller Inc.
Nikina, Inc
NLS Productions
Noise Productions
Non-Stop Pictures
Norsworthy Fund
Northeast Dental
NY Audiology Center, Inc.
NY Makeup Studio
NY Makeup Styling
NY Merchandise Mart
NY State Democratic Committee
NYU Costume Shop
Obliq Sound
Octomello Design
Odegard Inc.
Off Broadway Boutique
Office Star Products
Ogan Dallal Associates, Inc.
Old Lane, LP
Olive & Bettes
Omega Management Services LLC
One Carnegie Hill
One Coast N.E. Home
One Source, One Light
Open I Networks
Opening Ceremony LLC
Orentreich Family Foundation
Ostafin Design
Oxbridge Group
P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray School
Paige Premium Denim
Palma Settimi LLC/Allegri
Palmer Jones LLC
Paoli Design Ltd.
Paragon Sports
Park Long Beach LLC
Park Pictures
Parlux Fragrances, Inc.
Patricia Underwood Co.
Patrick McMullan Studio
Paul Smith Men’s Store
Paul Wilmot Communications
Paulo Netto Photography
Period
Peter Rad Photography
PFC Music
Philip Baloun Studio
Philip Colleck, Ltd.
Philips Electronics
Philmark Lithographics
Picture Ray Studio
Pierre Frey Inc.
Pilar & Juan Pablo Molyneux Studio
Pivotal Physical Therapy
Placas Inc.
Planter Resource
Playhead, Inc.
PMA Literary &
Film Management
Pollack & Associates
Pomeroy Collection
Pop World Inc.
Post Properties
POZ Magazine
Prestige Box Corporation
Price Media
Profiles
Prop Company/
Kaplan & Assoc.
Prophesight
Props, Displays and Interiors
Provence Lavandes
Provence Restaurant
PRPS/Kemistre 8
Pyramid Consulting
Quatrochi Art Agents Ltd.
R 20th Century
Radical Media
Rafe New York
Rainbeam Healing Center
Raquel Ramati Associates
Raymond David Auto Trim
Raymond Waites Design
(Next Creation)
Real Simple/Time Warner Inc.
Really Cool Foods Company
Rebecca Beason Inc.
Rebecca Taylor Inc.
Reed & Barton
Rejoy Maritime Ltd.
Related Companies LLP
Relish Caterers
Renaissance HDFC
Rene
RES Manufacturing Corp.
Research Institute for the Study of Man
Respite
Retail Relativity, Inc.
Richard Cohen Collection
Richard Frank PC
RMD Studio Inc./RO Bags
Robert Grahaam Designs, LLC
Robert Pascal Inc.
Robert Stilin, LLC
Robert Verdi Inc.
Robertson Productions
Robot Repair Corp.
Roderick N. Shade Inc.
Rosa Studio Inc.
Roselola Productions
Rosenstone Co. & Inc.
Ross Anderson Architects
Route 7 Productions
RSA Films USA, Inc.
Rufus
Russell Steele Antiques
Saatchi & Saatchi Consumer Healthcare
Saks Fifth Avenue
Salzano Photo Studio
Sandra Nunnerley Inc.
Sandusky Capital
Sanskrit Studies
Santo, LLC
Sarut Inc.
Sat A Gee, Inc.
Satz International
Savvy Kat Music, Inc.
Saxony Carpet
Saxony Consulting
SBX Holdings
Schmitty Says LLC
Schreck, Rose, Dapello, Adams & Hurwitz
Schumacher
Scott Sanders LLC
SE Art & Design
Sean Moser Photography
Searle [Store]
Second Story Antiques
Seeds To Plant
SelectHealth
Selkem Records
Seminars In Communication
Sentimento Inc.
Sentry Corporate Services
Serious Business Music
Shawn Ray Fons Corp
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Our Par tners
Corporate Par tners
Shebar Tech Inc.
Shifrin Research
Shubert Botein Policy Assoc.
Sight on Seventh
Sigma Investments
Sills Huniford & Associates
Simple Silhouettes, LLC
Simply Yoga
Sizzle Unlimited
SJB Entertainment Inc.
SJS Designs
Snedens
Something of Value
Sora Inc.
SoWear, Inc.
SP Group LLC
Speedy Print of St. Cloud
Spell Inc.
Spencer Realty
Spot Co.
SPURR
SSS Sales of NY
St. Martin’s Press
St. Vincent’s Hospital AIDS Medical Center
Staff USA
Star Polish LLC
Stedila Design
Steel Media Inc.
Steinman Plumbing
Sterling Publishing
Steven Alan LLC
Steven Sclaroff Design
Steven’s Untitled Corporation
Stewart Galanor
Kestrel Books
Stitches Jeans/Da-Nang
Straight Edge
Stroheim & Romann, Inc.
Stroman Productions
Studio E
Studio Printworks
Studium NYC
Sunshine, Sachs & Associates
Susan and Leonard Feinstein Foundation
Sussman & Morris
Suzanne Shaker Inc.
SVCA Inc.
Swahini Imports Inc.
Synergy SLHR, Inc.
Synta Inc.
Syratech
Syroco, Inc.
Tahari Ltd.
Taho Designs
Tansey Design
TCK, Inc.
Teak Fellowship
Ted Baker Inc.
Teen Vogue
Telebeam Telephone Systems, Inc.
Tempur-Pedic International Inc.
Terra Crew, Inc.
Thad Hayes Design Inc.
The Rug Company
The Sak
The Sinc
The Write Effect
Theory
Therapedic International
Thomas Pink
Three Stories/Club Heaven
Threshold Enterprises
Tien Shan Inc.
Time Out New York
Timothy MacDonald Inc.
Tina Lutz Inc.
TLM Associates
Toby NYC
Todd Cooper Design
Tokay Blue, Inc.
Tom Flynn Inc.
Tomatoe Group, Inc.
Top Flight Travel
Topsin Entertainment
Tory Burch Inc.
Tracy Feith Studio
Transfer International/
Alessandro Mitrotti
Transitions USA
Tree House Design Ltd.
Treillage Ltd.
Trengove Studios Inc.
Trentacosta NY
Triple Five Soul Inc
Tristan
Trovata Inc.
Troy Boy Beauty
True Religion Jeans/
Guru Denim Inc.
Tumi
Twin B Photo
Twinkle by Wenlan
Ultimate Homeware
Uluru LLC
Uncommon Goods
Universal City Studios Warehouse
University Club
Urban Outfitters Store
Ursus Books
Valentino Vaughan Inc.
VCNA c/o Euro RSCG NY
Vera Wang Corp.
Versace USA
VH1
VidaCare
Village Cleaners
Vintage Red
Violet Purchasing Corp.
Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Mobile USA
Virginie Blachere Photography
Visionaire
Vital Energy Source
Viva International Group/
Guess Eyewear
Vivian Hodges Interiors
Voth Barral Design
WABC TV
Waechtersbach USA, Inc.
Waifersongs
Walker Malloy & Co.
Wall Street Journal/
Dow Jones & Company
Warburg Pincus, Co. LLC.
Watch Entertainment
Waterford Wedgewood
Waverly Writers Collective
Wechsler Ross & Partners
Weill Medical College
Welpak
Westbrook Travel Service
Westside Music Together
Wet Seal
Wettling Architects
White Truffles, Inc.
Wildenstein & Co. Inc.
William Clark Associates
William Heuberger Photography
William-Wayne & Co.
Wilson Construction
Winter Design Group
Wise Construction LLC
Wooster House
World Monitors Inc.
Worth Art Advisory
Yale Wagner Photography
Yianta, Inc.
Yimbe, Inc.
Yves Durif Salon
Yves St. Laurent
Zang Toi Couture/SZT LLC
Zero Maria Cornejo
Ziff Brothers Investments
Zoomies LLC
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Our Par tners
Individual Par tners
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Our Par tners
Individual Par tners
Individual
Partners
Top Partner
Over $25,000
Charles King
Partners over $1,000
Anonymous [28]
Bernadette Aulestia
Robert Bennis
Karen Boltax
Jonathan Bond
Michael Boodro
Pamela Brier
Joann & David Cohen
David Colón
Robert Cordero
Paul Edward Dassenko
Caroline Dean
Sheila DiCioccio
Mark Donohue
Mary Beth Farrell
Amy Feinstein
Maura Hayes-Chaffe
Erik Helper
James Johnson
John Kelley
Clay Kirk
Ben Kracauer
Reed Krakoff
Richard Kressler
John Lyons
Helen Mannjing
Barry Munger
Patrick O’Connell
Anna Patton
Lynn Penney
Connie Anne Phillips
Elizabeth Pierce
Craig Prince
Alexander Roepers
Jonathan Sheffer
Karen Sherman
Colleen Simmons-
Barnswell
Stanley Skriloff
Emery Snyder
Gary Timmerman
Edward VanSaders
Darrell Wheeler
Samuel Wilson
Jason Windawi
Partners up to $1,000
Anonymous [56]
Ronald Abad
Richard Abrahamsen
Jeff Adler
Suzanne Aisenberg
Roberta Alpert
Reshma Alva
Susan Amenechi-
Enahoro
Victoria Amory
Joan Anderson
Mecca Andrades
Judith Andros
Regina Aragón
Gina Arias
Jonathan Arnold
Janet Asimov
Robin Atkins-Bluford
Pamela Auchincloss
William Autry
Michele Awobuluyi
Zohra Azi
Brian Babst
Robert Bacigalupi
Robert Bank
Matthew Barhydt
Leona Barsky
Ronald Barta
Patricia Bass
Deborah Batcha
Annabel Bates
Yvette Bavier
Douglas Baxter
Dale Beach
Norbert Beatty
Susan Becher
Kathleen Bendsen
Sol Benhamou-Perez
Judith Bennis
Joel Berger
Marc Berger
Nancy Berger
Matthew Bernardo
Bradford Bernstein
Janet Bernstein
Simone Berry
Eric Bessemyer
Raoul Bhavnani
Harriet Black
Rebecca Blair
Dianalynn Bodero
Dallas Boesendahl
Laura Bohn
Karen Boltax
William Bordeau
David Bowker
Kirsten Brant
Andrew Brennan
Katherine Breslin
Bonnie Bressler
Matt Brown
Mary Ann Bruning
Gretchen Bryant
Robert Buccini
Lynn Buffington
Cesar Bujosa
Thomas Burak
Nilsa Burgos
Marc Butlein
Megan Byrne
Christine Campbell
Rolando Campos
Rosalie Canosa
Michelle Cardone
Hunter Carter
Lila Carter
Lisa Carvalho
Rosanna Cassano
Geraldo Cepeda
Ana Cerro
Shona Chakravartty
Barbara Lee Chase
Marcela Chaves
Leonard Chazen
Chamrong Chhut
Michael Clarke
Jean Claude
Garfield Clunie
Andrew Coamey
Carole Coamey
Tom Cody
Caroline Cohen
Jill Cohen
Mark Cohen
Rhoda Cohen
David Coleman
Louis Coletti
Lisa Colón
Maureen Conneen
Elizabeth Conover
Robert Conway
Susan Conway
Francisco Costa
Adam Cott
Matthew Cowherd
Sharon Cox
Carol Crehore
Humberto Cruz
José Cruz
Mary Crynes
Mark Cunningham
Steven Cutler
Diane D’Alessandro
Thomas D’Angelo
Louise Dann
Lea Davies
Jose Davila
Harold Leigh Davis
Arlan Dean
James Dendler
Michael DePrisco
Paul DeSilva
Hans Desnoyers
Sylvie Destian
Charles Detrizio
Barbara Devore
Patrick Dolby
Robert Drach
Richard Dudley Jr.
Louise Lee Duncan
Lauren DuPont
Duane Ebesu
Soraya Elcock
Ilena Elevitch
Anne Elliot
Beverly Eng
Joseph Entin
Richard Ernesti
Janet Escalante
Pieter Estersohn
Lorinda Ezersky
Kathleen Fahy
Vincent Falcone
Bradley Farber
Paul Fargione
Jill Farnham
Paula Feddersen
Dean Feldman
Joyce Feldman
Martin Feldman
Samantha Fennell
John Jay Findysz
John Fitzgerald
Mary Fleischer
Donald W. Florence
Angela Fogel
Costantino Formicola
Roberta Kopeppel Foss
Jennifer Foyle
Kim France
Blair Frost
James Gaffey
Kristine Ganancial
Cara Garofalo
C.T. Gatto
Paul Gavriani
Armena Gayle
Gino Gianneschi
James Gimian
Pauline Glabman
Judith Goldman
Henry Goodison
Andrrew Gordon
Michael Gordon
William Gowen
Marcy Grau
Anthony Green
Patricia Gregory
Patrick Groenendaal
Coral Groh
Johnny Guyalupo
Suzy Haber
Robert Hammond
William Handley
Troy Hanson
Rev. Errol Harvey
Andree Harrell
Victoria Harris
Barbara Hart
Kevin Harter
Errol Harvey
David Harwood
Sherri Havis
Lowell & Lorna Hawthorne
Zoe Heller
Sherrin Hersch
Nina Herzog
Michael Hickey
Katie Hobbs
Howard Hochhauser
Priscilla Hoffman
Barry Hoggard
Stella Holmes-Hughes
Maureen Howard
Stephane Howze
Milan Hughston
James Huniford
Eula Hussein
Mark Hutcheson
Erik Hyman
Victor Jaccarino
Douglas Jensen
John Cass
Lynda Jurist
Gary Kalbaugh
Sapna Kapoor-Chawla
Mary Karr
Fortunata Kasege
Lance Kaufman
Andrew Kay
Gayle Keller-Scarfi
E. O’Brien Kelley
Klaus Kertess
Marilyn Kessler
Bill Keyes
Fern Khan
Carl Kiesel
Arlene Kieta
Jean Kim
Nellis Kim
Michael Kink
Rita Kleiman
Janis Klein
Allan Knee
Tiffany Koch
Charles Kreloff
Lisa Kressbach
Edward Ku
Marjorie Kuhn
Liz Kurtz
Carla LaMonarca
Heather Lamont
Marva Langaster
Peter Laquer
Barbara Leadholm-
Abrams
Marc Lebowitz
Stephanie Lee
Mark Leeds
Salvatore Lenzo
Matthew Lesieur
Michael Leva
Elizabeth Levine
Noah Levine
Robert Levinson
John Corcos Levy
Mary Ellen Lewis
Barbara Licalzi
Yinting Lin
Adam Lippes
Grace Lissauer
Charles Long
Benjamin & Helen Longo
Luis Lopez
Sam Losar
Donald Lutt
William Lysogorski
Alison MacDonald
Donald Macleod
Stephen Maggiore
Angel Maisonet
Gloria Maki
Eric Malley
Cynthia Maloney
Shobha Manaktala
Donald Manning
Robert Margolis
Norma Mascarotti
Judy Mauer
Richard Mauro
Alfred Mayerhoff
Timothy McCarron
Daneisha McCoy
Rosabell McFarlane
Jean McGinty
Patrick McGovern
Peter Meinig
Diane Mellon
Miguel Mendez
Armen Merjian
Susan Miles
Lewis Miller
Sarah Gray Miller
Chris Mitchell
Lewis Mizler
Beth Mollins
Grace Moon
Erick Morales
Jeffrey Morgan
Samara Mormar
Barbara Mosinski
Rosamond Moxon
Paul Mullin
Mariana Munoz
Michael Murphy
Patrick Murphy
Tim Murphy
Marie Nahikan
Angel Nanla
Michael Needleman
Julie Neisloss
Audrey Nizen
Frank Oldham
Brittany O’Neil
Ellen Donoghue O’Neill
Gary Ott
Hanson Padmore
Mario Palumbo
Rob Parker
Robert Passalacqua
Meredith Patten
Rowena Pearl
Shela Peeples
Adrienne Perlow
Laurencia Peters
Shirley Petersen
Dale Peterson
Roberta Pilette
Lyne Pitts
Susan Phillips
Jodi Platt
Geri Pomerantz
Miguel Pons
Nick Poppy
Benita Potters
Fatima Prioleau
Paula Puhak
Mark Rabiner
Jonathan Raiola
Margarete Rajner
Delores Rasalas
Keith Recker
James Reginato
Miriam Pollack Rehmar
Claudius Reich
Norma ReinhardtMascarotti
Karen Remy
Ellen Renstron
Sandra Rhoades
Richard Ridge
Brian Riordan
Leonor Rivera
Rosario Rivera
Ruth Rivero
Ken Roach
Louise Roback
Kenneth Robinson
Diane Rodriguez
William Rodriguez
Kenneth Rohrbach
Florence Roistacher
John Rojas
Editha Rosario
Esperanza Rosario
Ellen Rosenberg
Andrew Ross
Christopher Ross
Jennifer Rossano
Daniel Roth
Richard Roth
Annette Russo
Barbara Saltarelli
Douglas Sanders
Eric Sawyer
Terron Schaefer
Steven Schall
Beatrice Schapiro
Dan Scheuer
Audrey Schlaepfer
Gregg Schoenberg
Sharon Schoenberg
Lucas Schoormans
Donna Schultz
Keith Scott
Christopher Sealey
Jeffrey Seller
Jack Shaifer
Alan Shaw
Annette Shear
David Sheppard
Cathryn Shin
Virginia Shubert
Jason Shure
Pedro Julio Shuster
Lee Siegelson
Nunzio Signorella
Norbert Sinski
Alexander Sipkes
Mark Skakel
Susan Skriloff
Linney Smith
Terri Smith-Caronia
Jay Thomas Snyder
Richard Socarides
Mary Somerfeldt
Jeffrey Soref
Steven Sorrentino
Danette Stephens
Kim Steube
Thomas Stevenson
Paul Stone
Stephanie Strickland
Gary Stross
Larry Stuckey II
Gary Sumers
Beverly Sutton
Christopher Swope
James Symons
Elaine Tamvakis
Frederick Taylor
Thomas Taylor
Mary Teahan
Gretchen Teran
Laura Thomas
Sebastian Thomaz
Hayley Thompson
Richard Thompson
David Thorpe
Judith Thoyer
Michael Thoyer
Daniel Tietz
Megan Toledo
Valerie Tomasello
Wilfredo Torres
Cynthia Tosches
Denise Utt
Richard Vals
Jennifer Van Dyck
Amy Velez
Dr. Marcelo Venegas-Pizarro
Greg Ventra
Tom Vickery
Anthony Victoria
Amelia Vinal
Darren Walker
Michelle Walker
Wanda Walker
Patricia Wang
Earl Ward
Dick Warner
Janet Weinberg
Barbara Weinstein
John Weiser
Michael Weiss
Steven Weissman
Joseph Werzinski
Angela Westwater
Nat Williams
Robert Wilson
Constance Winters
Mary Withington
Jill Woller
Monica Wood
Jennifer Wotochek
Kenneth Wyse
Paul Yannolo
Marsha Yarde
Bruce Zablow
Paul Zietz
Caryn Zucker
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In Memoriam
59
In Memoriam
IN MEMORIAM
In this space we remember and honor
members of the Housing Works family
who are no longer with us.
Bernardo Acevedo
Nathaniel Adams
Sammy Adorn
Pedro Agron
James Aikens
Jasper Alcadez
Yolanda Alercon
Gladys Algarin
Jose Almodovar
Marabel Alonzo
Mohammed Amir
Harry Anderson
William Anderson
Juan Andrades
Omar Anil
Joseph Arato
Frank Arcuri
Carmen Armezquito
Hansuyen Armstead
James Arnold
Hector Arrastia
Luis Arroho
Juan Arroyo
Rochelle Austin
Raul Avile
Maria Aviles
Nelson Aviles
Sammy Badillo
William Baez
Arlene Bailey
Ronel Bailey
Fritz Baptiste
Darryl Barnes
Hebert Barneswell
King Bass
John Becker
Edward Bellinger
Claudette Benjamin
Hank Bergin
Ella Mae
Berry-Lawrence
Scott P. Bernard
William Birmingham
Fritz Blanchard
Marvin Block
Sergio Bolzoni
Sandi Boone
Michael Bossie
Lisa Boyd
Kenneth Boykin
Coleen Brandt
Leslie Brapham
Terry Bratcher
Leslie Brapham
Ray Brockington
Denise Brown
Irving Lee Brown
Ronald Brown
Sharon Brown
William Brown
Timothy Bryant
James Bullet
Frank Burgos
John Burkhardt
Tyrone Burns
Alberto Calderone
Julio Calabrio
Gil Camacho
Santa Camacho
Edwin Cancel
Kevin Cannon
Lope Capo
Aaron Cardona
Patricia Anne Cardona
Pedro Carpena
Jorge Carrera
Antonio Carrero
Barry Carter
Goldie Carter
Samuel Carter
Celestina Castillo
Arturo Castro
William Catres
Fred Caviness
Hector Centeno
Kenneth Chaplauske
Stephanie Chapman
Faith Chau
Shamel Chestnut
Willie Childs
Allen Clark
Miriam Coca
Diane Coleman
Darrin Collins
José Colon
Maria Colon
Celeste Cook
Raymond Copeland
Anthony Cordero
Jorge Correa
Celestina Costillo
Chester Crawford
Karlene Crawford
Luz Crespo
Mercedes Cruz
William Cruz
William Cuevas
Heriberto Cuevos
Alvin Cumberbatch
Keith D. Cylar
Loxie Daley
Timothy Damon
William Daniels
Rosalind Davis
Frank Deanne
Kevin DeGraffe
Heriberto Dehoyas
Jean Desravines
Miguel Devalle
Thomas Dews
Carmello “Mello” Diaz
Jorge Diaz
Vincent “Vinnie” Dibiasi
Regina Dixon
Edward Downing
George Drayton
Darlene Dunmeyer
Kenneth Dyer
James Edwards
Sheila Edwards
Vincent Ellis
Teresa Ellison
Rosales Enedito
Indalecio “Tony” Esteban
Fatima Evans
Randolph Evans
Edgardo Falcon
Eleanor Farrow
Stephanie Felder
Luis Figueroa
Sammy Figueroa
Timothy Figueroa
David Fisch
Theodore Fleary
Carlos Flores
Vincente Flores
Pietro Fohstra
Harold Ford
Michele Foster
Samuel Franceschi
Mark Freeman
Clemente Garcia
Jesus Garcia
Maria Garcia
Renard Garland
Darryl Gaston
Kelvin Georges
Tina Gerstein
Recco Glenn
Jorge Gonzales
Thomas Goodrow
Elena Gould
Daisy Gracia
Jessie Gracia
Charles Greene
Racheim Green
Sharon Green
James Greenidge
George Guzman
Jaqueline Hall
James Harrington
Cynthia Harris
Daryl Harris
Ronald Harris
William Harris
Beverly Hawkins
Mark Hayes
Robert Heitmann
St. James Henry
George Hernandez
Lillian Hernandez
Gloria Hills
Alvin Hines
Bernice Hoeffler
Arlene Hoffman
Gregory Holmes
Wanda Hooks
Jessie Hopkins
Elizabeth Hughes
Maurice Hughes
Lawrence Hunter
Walique Hurt
James Indanse
Pedro Irrizarry
Clarence Jackson
Samuel Jackson
Norris Jackson
Phillip Jacobs
Toripio Jacquez
Andranette Jamerson
Peter Jean-Paul
Bishop Jefferies
William Jenkins
Jose Jimenez
Soraida Jimenez
Luz Jobi
Anthony Johnson
John Johnson
Maurice Johnson
Arthur Joiner
Richard Jones
Miguel Jorge
Cornell Joseph
Anthony Kastis
Thomas Keenan
William Kiel
Rea King
Richard Klimek
Calvin Knight
Dwayne Knox
Stephen Kozlowski
Angela Laras
Robin Lewis
Nancy Lightfoot
Marcelino Linares
Albert Lindler
Dorothy Lineberger
Lavincent Lockhart
Wilhemina Logan
Angel Lopez
Cy Lopez
Steven Love
Richarl Lovell
Mikkel Lovvorn
Beverly Lucas
Padua Luis
Eddy Luzon
Martha Maged
Barry Manigo
Miriam Marengo
Charles Marshall
Bienvenido “Benny” Marquez
Richard Martin
Jesus Martinez
Sandra McClary
Troy McClary
Patrick McCosker
Frank McDonald
Clifford McGurk
George McLeod
Melvin Means
Pablo Medina
Rene Meilleur
Cookie Mejias
Harvey Mejias
Jose Melendez
Magdelena Melendez
Gary Menczer
Raymond Mendez
David Mercado
Eladio Mercado
Jacqueline Mercado
Lisa Milhouse
Julio Millan
Roy Miller
Barry Mingo
Kenny Mixon
Lisa Monge
Wanda Monroig
Maria Morales
Orlander Morris
Janet Moss
Miguel Munoz
Richard Murillo
Joseph Mwale
Lonnie Nance
Johnnie Newton
David Nieves
Ronald Nieves
Santo Nieves
Miguel Nunez
Cornelia Ortiz
Miguel Ortiz
Hector Ortiz
David Outlaw
James Owens
Gilbert Pabon
Josephina Pagan
Shattel Parham
Melvin Parks
Steve Parrigen
Brandi Patton
Rosa Payne
John Pearl
Joseph Pearson
Janice Peek
Ernest Charles Peeples Jr.
James Samuel Peeples
Francisco Pena
Michelle Penfield
Ava Perez
Linda Perez
Hector Perez
Susan Periera
Brian Perry
Ollie Pickens
Anthony Piskin
Keith Pittman
Alberto Plair
Raymond Post
Robert Preston
Robert Pridgen
Kyle Prisco
Marlene Prichett
Donna Pullen
Lee Purnell
Lenny Purnell
Griselle Quintana
Eddie Ramos
Lydia Ramos
Santiago Ramos
Marlene Raye
Evelyn Reed
Jerome Reeves
J.W. Reeves
Emilio Renaud
Steph Renee
Carmen Reyes
Aubrey Richardson
Celso Rigga
Benigno Rivera
Jose Rivera
Juan Rivera
Luis M. Rivera
Manuel Rivera
Richard Rivera
William Rivera
John Rivers
John Roberson
Erskin Roberson
Pat Roberson
Gregg Rodney
Esater Rodriguez
Manuel Rodriguez
Diana Rodriguez
Carmen Rodriguez
Marisol Rolon
Carmen Roman
Samuel Rosa
Ramiro Rosado
Ana Rosario
George Roseborough
Milton Rowe
Paul Ruiz
Adolfo Ruiz
Adam Saldago
David Santiago
Robert Santiago
George Santana
Heriberto Santana
Laura Santiago
Modesto Santiago
Robert Santiago
Estaban Santos
Glenn “Tattoo” Schaeffer
David Saunders
Anthony Sclafford
Troy Scott
Teodoro Sepulveda
Eduardo Serrano
Rafaela Serrano
Phyllis Sharpe
Charles Shaw
Larry Shellbourne
Joseph Shepard
Harold Sheppard
Riqui Sherrod
Alan Shuler
Sunshine Simmons
Richard Simmons
Richard Simpson
Ana Singletary
John Smart
Adine Smith
Derek Smith
Richard Smith
Mary Sookdeo
Edwin Soto
Daisy Spicer
Antonio Springer
Ivy Springer
Lorraine “LaLa” Stathum
Suzanne St. Felis
Roger Steele
Bruce Stevenson
Gary Steward
William Streeter
Victor Streety
Julius “Mary” Sturdivant
Jose Suarez
Raymond Djolo Tagro
Susan Temkin
Janie Terry
Cynthia Thomas
Lennie Thompson
Nathaniel Thompson
Nancy Tirado
Luz Tobi
Tujuana Tolbert
Michael Toney
Milton Torres
Elizabeth Torres
Ramon Torres
Richard Torres
Marleen Trotman
Gregory Tucker
Randee Turner
Alferdo Valencia
Armando Valencio
Juan Valentin
Virge “Molly” Vannack
Rafael Vargas
Sergio Vasquez
Yolanda Vasquez
Juan Vasquez
Francisco Vega
Mackline Velazquez
Mario Velencio
Dionision Velez
Vern Venzen
Patricia Veronne
Pedrol Vidal
Peter Vilar
Terry Vining
Nathaniel “Johnnie” Walker
Sonia Wallace
Keith Wallace
Fredrick Walsh
Dena Warren
Floyd “Alexis” Washington
Charles Watson
Dessie Webster
Mary Whitaker
Richard White
Ricardo Whitley
Jerome Wiggins
Henry Wilkins
Herbert Williams
Jeanette Williams
Jeffrey Williams
Michael “Rose” Williams
Vinson Williams
Aubrey Williamson
Abraham Wilson
Richard Wilson
Ricardo Wilson
Sharon Wilson
Edward Wrighton
Joseph Wydner
Joan Young
Yolanda Zeno
Maria Zinberg
Those community members whose names are
printed in pink have died
within the last year.
Fighting the Twin Crises of AIDS and Homelessness
Second Floor
Second Floor

2007 AnnuAl RepoRt

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