The latest from Community Preservation Corporation ... Vera Institute ... AG Barbara Underwood

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Want to reimagine prison tomorrow? The Vera Institute of Justice is hosting an event on the topic at a time when a New York City plan to close Rikers through the construction of borough-based jails throughout the city has met with community resistance. Tickets are sold out for the Vera Institute event, but a livestream will be available at 12 p.m. Here are the details.

 

The Community Preservation Corporation has secured 72 apartments in three Brooklyn buildings. Almost $11 million in three permanent mortgages made through the Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan program enabled the expansion of affordable housing efforts supported by the nonprofit, according to an Oct. 8 press release from the New York City-based organization. Here are some details taken verbatim:

  • CPC delivered a $6.6 million permanent loan for the refinancing of the 56-unit residential building at 371-391 Etna Street in the Cypress Hills neighborhood of Brooklyn.
  • CPC delivered a $2.4 million permanent loan for the refinancing of the four-story, eight-unit building at 786 St. John’s Place in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn.
  • CPC delivered a $1.8 million permanent loan to refinance a total of eight units at 104 Fort Greene Place in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn.

 

The National Association on Drug Abuse Problems has received a new $11.4 million contract with the New York City Department of Social Services. The three-year deal will fund a case management support program in Brooklyn, according to the City Record. Fedcap Rehabilitation Services won a $14.25 million contract of the same duration with the department to fund a “wellness comprehensive assessment rehabilitation” in Brooklyn and Queens. The Department of Homeless Services finalized a one-year contract with Institute for Community Living – the $6.3 million deal will fund the Borden Avenue Shelter at 2110 Borden Avenue in Long Island City, Queens.

 

New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood is not letting up on the Donald J. Trump Foundation. Her filing last week against the president’s nonprofit states that the organization committed various violations of state and federal law, including using the registered charity for campaign purposes in the 2016 election. Basically, it was just a sham, NPR reports.

Read all the details of the suit in the embedded filing below: