Did You Know That:

This winter, as HUD programs for the poor and elderly were threatened by cuts, Queens West received an $86.5 million HUD mortgage insurance guarantee, which is security against financial failure.

Queens West has not secured the actual financing for the first building!

People are being told that they can't take pictures on the NY Waterways property.

47th Road at the East River is illegally blocked, and being illegally filled in at the waterfront.

In John Andrews Park, the recent replacement of the basketball court with children's play equipment was financed by the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority.

It will cost $2 million of N.Y.C. capital funds to restore one Gantry.


To contact the Hunters Point Community Coalition
Call or write:

Hunters Point Community Coalition
P.O. Box 1276
Long Island City, NY 11101
718-472-4260

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Last Update: April 15, 1996