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While we are building green housing for ex cons and converting prisons into condos, our neighbors to the north are fighting to block a new drug treatment center on 159th Street.  Details after the jump:

South Washington Heights and North Harlem Residents Association

Monthly Meeting

STOP A NEW DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM ON W. 159th St.
WE DON'T NEED IT AND WE DON'T WANT IT

COMMUNITY MEETING TO ORGANIZE AND PLAN:
Saturday, May 19th
12:00 Noon
Sisters Uptown Bookstore
1942 Amsterdam Ave., between 156th and 157th St.

It's time to come together and say NO!
It's time to stand up with our neighbors for out community!

COME RALLY WITH US AT THE COMMUNITY BOARD 12 MEETING TO STOP THE DRUG  
PROGRAM:
Tuesday, May 22nd
7:00pm
Community Board 12
711 W. 168th St. (off of Ft. Washington Ave)

Friends,

Veritas Villa is a company that runs drug treatment programs, and  
they want to build a new facility for 200 clients on 159th St,  
between Broadway and Amsterdam.  We don't need it and we don't want it.

This neighborhood already has many more drug treatment programs than  
other neighborhoods in upper manhattan, such as Inwood.  Furthermore,  
this block is a Play Street all summer and is home to many families  
and child care facilities.  The block's tenants and home-owners have  
begun to organize--they don't need this program and don't want it on  
their block.  We're not against drug treatment programs, but this  
neighborhood--and this block in particular--have been dumped on over  
and over again, and we're tired of it.

On Thursday, May 3rd, about 50 neighborhood residents went to the  
monthly meeting of the "Health and Environment Committee" of  
Community Board 12.  We packed the meeting and demanded that the  
committee recommend to the full Community Board that the proposal by  
Veritas Villa be DENIED.  Because of our testimony and our pressure,  
the Committee did vote in our favor, but it is not a binding vote-- 
the full Community Board 12 needs to vote on it.

This Saturday, May 19th at 12:00, we'll be meeting at Sisters Uptown  
Bookstore to discuss the proposal and plan how we can help the  
residents of that block stop this drug treatment program.

The following Tuesday, May 22nd at 7:00, the full Community Board 12  
will vote on whether or not to approve Veritas Villa's proposed drug  
treatment program on 159th St--its decision is binding.  We need to  
pack this meeting.  We need to make sure that the Community Board  
knows that voting for Veritas Villa is voting against the community  
and that they will be held accountable!

We hope to see you this Saturday and the following Tuesday.  Its time  
to come together and say NO!  Its time to stand up with our neighbors  
for our community!

The details for the 19th and the 22nd are above, along with an  
attached flyer you can print out and post around your building and  
block.  If you want to help out more, please contact us!

Sincerely,

South Washington Heights and North Harlem Residents Association

Address:    PO Box 348, New York, NY 10032
Phone:      212-928-4745
Email:      SWHNH.Residents@Gmail.com