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Banana Kelly was featured in the Bronx Times! Thank you to Councilmember Rafael Salamanca for his support of our Summer Camp and After School Program! Read the article here.
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Banana Kelly is honored to be featured, along with JOE NYC, in the latest LISC e-newsletter for the recent closing on BK Union HDFC, Please see the article below. We are so very grateful for the support of LISC NYC and the National Equity Fund in the ongoing efforts to preserve affordable housing. Click HERE for the full article
http://rew-online.com/2018/08/22/bank-antes-funds-cash-strapped-non-profit-developers/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/22/nyregion/rent-payments-credit-score-scott-stringer.html
PRESS RELEASE:
ENTERPRISE AWARDS NEW YORK CITY $1.65 MILLION TO SUPPORT THE FORMATION AND EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS Grant awarded to fund four initiatives citywide, including a new CLT to promote affordable homeownership in southeast Queens and Brooklyn
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331 East 146th Street Garden Build:
Bronx 12 Report – “Digging begins for community garden in Mott Haven”
DNA Report – “Overgrown Lot in South Bronx Being Transformed Into Community Garden”
Bronx Net: Open Wednesday with Daren Jaime, January 2016.
Banana Kelly CIA, Inc. 2015 Family Day Sack Races
Kelly Green Opening
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Mayor Bill de Blasio Announces Affordable Housing Program at Our College Ave. Building.
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Watch Now: NY1 story on Gentrification Conference
Articles about Banana Kelly’s latest efforts
- Tenants in Foreclosed Buildings Slam Private Equity Firm for Neglect
- Tenants and Advocates Demand that Stabilis Stop Putting Affordable Housing at Risk
- Tenants Demanding Better Care of Bronx Building
- Tenants Push to Evict Landlord
- Melrose Tenants Endure Slum Conditions
- Using Baseball History to Teach Children Big Lessons
- Renovation and Hope
- Hope Grows on Kelly Street
- Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network opens chapter in Bronx; leader aims to help borough’s social issues
- Banana Kelly Group Takes Over Dilapidated Bronx Buildings
- Longwood building gets green treatment
- NYCT Article Aug 2011
- A Community’s Inspiration
- In the South Bronx, Blight Returns to a Rehabilitated Block
- Daily News Article by Sarah Armaghan
- Response to Daily News Article by Sarah Armaghan: Still a Long Way to Go
- Hunts Point Express Article: Back on Kelly Street for Unfinished Business
- Featured News_ManhattanCollege
- Will Banana Kelly make blocks more appealing in South Bronx
- Once-Crumbling Apartment Buildiing Seeks to Add Health Food Store