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QUEENS WEEKLY, AUGUST 30, 2020
NYCHA Pomonok Houses receives $125M in capital
funding for security upgrades and compactors
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
Assemblyman Daniel
Rosenthal has secured
$125,000 in state and municipal
funding to replace
long defunct compactors
and security upgrades at
NYCHA’s Pomonok Houses,
after hosting NYCHA Chair
Gregory Russ earlier this
year following a high volume
of complaints from the
community.
Rosenthal was joined by
Tamika Williams, president
of the Residents Association,
and Senator Toby
Ann Stavisky, who recently
submitted $250,000 for the
development-wide repairs of
exterior lights, at the Pomonok
Houses on Aug. 21.
Alongside other elected
representatives and the Resident’s
Association, Rosenthal
organized a property
walkthrough at Pomonok
Houses. The stakeholders
discussed and surveyed a
litany of challenges afflicting
the 35 buildings that
house 4,200 residents in total.
A
mong the issues raised
at the meeting were unsanitary
conditions from the accumulation
of trash due to
inoperable compactors.
“With this grant, we can
begin to tackle the hazardous
sanitation conditions
faced by residents for too
far long,” Rosenthal said.
“Amid the greatest health
crisis of a century, we cannot
stand idly by while our
community is knowingly in
harm’s way.”
Another crucial focus
of the meeting was the security
concerns created
from dozens of broken outside
lights, which Senator
Stavisky has identified as
one of her capital funding
focuses.
Stavisky had toured
Pomonok Houses in February
after her office received
numerous complaints from
residents over deteriorating
conditions and inadequate
security features.
“Because no one should
ever feel insecure or vulnerable
in their own homes and
neighborhoods, I was able
to allocate funding to help
restore exterior lighting for
residents and upgrade safety
measures throughout
the Pomonok community,”
Stavisky said. “We want the
Pomonok Houses to be considered
a ‘crown jewel’ of
the New York City Housing
Authority, and we need to
continue to work diligently
to improve the quality of life
for residents.”
The Pomonok Houses are
the largest concentration of
individual developments in
Queens built in 1952 utilizing
its original antiquated
system of malfunctioning
equipment, according to
Williams.
“NYCHA has adopted the
practice of making small repairs
that affix ‘band-aid’
remediation while accruing
major capital expenses.
Garbage disposals, trash
compactors and containers
all have a 10 percent depreciation
rate which has
far outlived its lifespan of
10 years,” Williams said.
“Pomonk is a beautiful community
housed on a 52-acre
landscape that is riddled
with dark and gloomy areas
which are breeding grounds
for crime and vermin. While
residents are met with huge
bags of garbage at their entrances,
vermin also greet
their presence, tearing into
garbage bags and feeding on
its contents.”
Williams said their goal
is to curtail major pest issues
and enhance lighting
security so residents feel
safe.
“We would like to thank
our local government, Assemblyman
Daniel Rosenthal
and Senator Toby
Stavisky for not only acknowledging
the need and
impact of safe and sanitary
living conditions, but also
for the commitment to improve
the quality of life at
Pomonok Houses and its
surrounding communities,”
Williams said.
Reach reporter Carlotta
Mohamed by e-mail at cmohamed@
schnepsmedia.com
or by phone at (718) 260–
4526.
Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal announces funding for security
upgrades and compactors at NYCHA Pomonok Houses on Aug.
21.
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