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AAFE opens Jackson Heights office; Rep. Ocasio-Cortez joins ribbon cutting ceremony
AAFE) opened a new Community Services Center in Jackson Heights, Queens April 16, with U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joining other elected officials and community leaders in a ribbon cutting ceremony.
State attorney general joins Queens tenants to fight Zara Realty
Years of organizing and activism are finally starting to make a difference for tenants of Zara Realty’s buildings in Queens. On March 1, State Attorney General Letitia James and Gov. Cuomo announced a lawsuit against the notorious landlord for violating rent stabilization laws and harassing residents. AAFE, along with our nonprofit partners, has been helping tenants in Jamaica and surrounding neighborhoods stand up for their rights for the past five years.
AAFE opens One Flushing, bringing 231 affordable apartments, robust community services to Queens
It’s a new era for AAFE in Queens! A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Feb. 21 at our new building, One Flushing, the largest affordable housing project to come to Flushing in decades.
Residents who lost everything in 2010 Chinatown fire receive $900,000 settlement
Nearly 100 residents who lived in three buildings on Grand Street in Manhattan’s Chinatown received settlement checks, eight years after a devastating seven alarm fire destroyed their homes.
AAFE helps the dream of citizenship come true in Jackson Heights and across New York City
In the last days of 2018, we have been profiling some of the people helped by AAFE programs in the past year. Today we head to Jackson Heights, Queens to meet Sara Mencho Lopez (pictured with husband Joab Romero, her daughter Daritza and Jessica Salgado, a counselor in our Jackson Heights office That’s Jessica on the left).
AAFE calls on City Planning Commission to reject large-scale towers in Two Bridges neighborhood
On Tuesday, Oct. 29 AAFE submitted a Public Comment on proposals to build three large-scale towers in the Two Bridges neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.