Protest at Columbia University

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HDFCCentral Web Forum 722.1


Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:38:56 -0400 (EDT)
To: reysmont@yahoo.com
From: reysmont@HDFCCentral.org
Subject: Protest at Columbia University - 27Apr06

From: BFrappy24@aol.com
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:42:43 EDT
Subject: Re:
To: reysmont@yahoo.com, NYC-CB9M@juno.com

Jordi,
Can you post our demo notice? Tom d


To CPC MEMBERS AND ALL OTHERS WHO ARE INTERESTED: 4/25/06
(batch 3 of 3)


THURSDAY APRIL 27: PROTEST AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY THIS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON
4:00PM TO 6:30PM

Thursday, April 27: Demonstration at Columbia (Spanish flyer is pasted
in below and our basic flyer is two-sided in English and Spanish)
Call Tom DeMott 212 666-6426 or 917 969-0669 to pick up flyers, if you
would like to help, or email to get flyer sent as an attachment. Thanks.


STOP HURRICANE COLUMBIA!


COME DEMONSTRATE

THURSDAY, APRIL 27 4:00 TO 6:30PM

OUTSIDE THE GATES OF COLUMBIA

116th Street & Broadway




COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY WANTS TO BULLDOZE AND REZONE 125TH TO 133RD ST AND
BEYOND.


WILL YOUR HOME, JOB OR BUSINESS BE NEXT?




LOOK AT 125TH STREET AND BROADWAY:
(here on our flyer, we have a picture of the 125th and Broadway area
and
businesses that are gone - but the graph messes with the email so we
did not try
to include it in this email to you)


CU'S PLAN OF ATTACK: FIRST GET US WHERE WE SHOP, THEN WHERE WE WORK AND
THEN
WHERE WE LIVE.



STOP HURRICANE COLUMBIA!



COME DEMONSTRATE


THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 4:00 TO 6:30PM


OUTSIDE THE GATES OF COLUMBIA


116th Street & Broadway



DEFEND YOUR COMMUNITY. STOP DISPLACEMENT.


KEEP HARLEM AFFORDABLE, DIVERSE, AND SAFE.


COME OUT, HELP OUT!



COALITION TO PRESERVE COMMUNITY


United for an Open and Strong Community

PO BOX 50 Manhattanville Station TEL: (212) 666-6426 or
(212)
234-5005


365 West 125th Street TEL:
(212)
234-3002 (ESPANOL)

New York City, New York 10027 EMAIL:
bfrappy24@aol.com


West Harlem Business Group: cell 917 705-2922 (212) 678-4862 o
Student Coalition on Expansion and Gentrification: (646)-296-5927,
(267)-252-6542 (856) 371-6123



SEE BACK FOR HURRICANE COLUMBIA WEATHER REPORT

(below is back side of flyer)

HURRICANE COLUMBIA - WEATHER REPORT:

(1) Columbia recently bought 3251 Broadway and tried to close down the
freight elevator that five floors of auto mechanics and an antique
restoration
business depend on to survive. These businesses provide SKILLED JOBS,
the kind
that would be PRESERVED AND ENHANCED IN THE COMMUNITY 197A PLAN AND
ELIMINATED IN
COLUMBIA’S PLAN. We stopped Columbia in January, but the University
refuses
to give leases to the businesses. Columbia claims it respects the
community.
WE SAY: SHOW YOUR RESPECT BY GIVING LEASES TO ALL THE 3251 BROADWAY
BUSINESSES.

(2) FOUR BUILDINGS IN THE PROPOSED EXPANSION AREA ARE ELIGIBLE TO
BECOME LOW
INCOME OWNERSHIP (TIL) BUILDINGS. Two of them (602
West 132nd St. and 3289 Broadway) are in the middle of the conversion
process. BUT COLUMBIA WANTS TO EVICT TENANTS AND DEMOLISH 8
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
USING EMINENT DOMAIN. Columbia claims it respects the community. WE
SAY: SHOW
YOUR RESPECT, LET TENANTS STAY AND TAKE EMINENT DOMAIN OFF THE TABLE.

(3) LARGE, LOCAL, LONGTIME BUSINESSES WANT TO STAY. All of them have
been
here for years, and are expanding. Columbia wants to have them
condemned if they
don’t want to sell. Columbia claims it respects the community.
WE SAY: SHOW SOME RESPECT, TAKE EMINENT DOMAIN OFF THE TABLE AND LET
LOCAL
BUSINESSES STAY.

(4) Columbia University wants to build HIGH BIO-SAFETY LEVEL LABS IN
MANHATTANVILLE. These labs can conduct experiments with dangerous and
deadly
biological agents such as Avian Flu, Sars, and the Plague. Many of
these agents are
transmitted by air, highly contagious, and could cause serious illness.
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN. WHY RISK THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF A RESIDENTIAL
COMMUNITY? These
labs would get federal grants, including money from the Department of
Defense.
THEY WOULD MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A POTENTIAL MILITARY TARGET. Columbia
claims
it respects the Community. WE SAY: SHOW SOME RESPECT, PUT YOUR BIOTECH
LABS IN
A LOW POPULATION, ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE LOCATION.

(5) ARE YOU NEXT? COLUMBIA’S PROPOSED EXPANSION IS FEEDING
DISPLACEMENT THROUGHOUT HARLEM:
* 3333 Broadway owner opts out of Mitchell Lama, removing affordability
protections.
* Morningside Gardens' cooperative triples sales prices for apartments.
* Public Housing is under increased pressure with add-on costs and
privatization threats.
* Buyout offers pressure tenants on Tiemann Place at the southern end
of expansion area.
* Columbia removes apartments from rent-regulation status and converts
to dorm spaces.
WE SAY:
NO TO DISPLACEMENT, EMINENT DOMAIN, BIOTECH ON THE HUDSON
YES TO DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE COMMUNITY 197A PLAN and LEASES FOR 3251
BROADWAY
COALITION TO PRESERVE COMMUNITY -
United for an Open and Strong Community - (Contact Info on other side)


SPANISH FLYER: Front and back is below


LA UNIVERSIDAD DE COLUMBIA QUIERE DERRUMBAR LA VECINDAD DE LA CALLE
125 A
LA 133, Y MAS
SERAN PROXIMOS SU HOGAR, EMPLEO O NEGOCIO?

FIJESE EN LO QUE ESTA PASANDO EN LA 125 CON BROADWAY:
EL PLAN DE ATAQUE DE COLUMBIA: PRIMERO DESAPARECEN LOS LUGARES DONDE
HACEMOS
NUESTRAS COMPRAS, DESPUES DONDE
TRABAJAMOS Y ENTONCES DONDE VIVIMOS



BASTA AL HURACAN COLUMBIA

UNASE A LA GRAN MANIFESTACION DE LA COMUNIDAD
JUEVES 27 DE ABRIL DE LAS 4:00 A LAS 6:30
EN LA ENTRADA DE COLUMBIA CALLE 116 CON BROADWAY

DEFIENDA A SU COMUNIDAD, ALTO AL
DESPLAZAMIENTO
MANTENGAMOS A UN HARLEM ECONOMICO,
ACCESIBLE Y CON SEGURIDAD PARA TODOS
UNASE CON NOSOTROS, JUNTOS TRIUMFAREMOS!


For additional information contact: Coalition to Preserve Community
(CPC),.
Email: bfrappy24@aol.com. Call (212)-666-6426. Alternate contact: (212)
234-5005 (se habla espanol: (212) 234-3002).
West Harlem Business Group: 917 705 2922
Student Coalition on Expansion and Gentrificaton (865) 371-6123 or
(267)
252-6542


VEA AL REVEZ PARA UN PRONOSTICO DEL HURACAN COLUMBIA


OTRO LADO

HURACAN COLUMBIA-PRONOSTICO:
1) Despues de comprar el 3251 de Broadway, Columbia intento cerrar
el
elevador de carga sin el cual no pueden funcionar cinco pisos de
mecanicos que
reparan automobiles y un negocio de restoracion de antiguedades. Son el
tipo de
empleo que se debe preservar y que el Plan de Desarrollo Comunal 197A
proteje
mientras que el de Columbia trata de eliminar. Columbia se rehusa a
darles un
contrato de arendamiento a estos negocios. Columbia dice que respeta a
la
comunidad. NOSOTROS DECIMOS QUE COLUMBIA DEMUESTRE SU RESPETO DANDOLES
UN CONTRATO
A LOS NEGOCIOS EN EL 3251 DE BROAWAY.
2) Hay cuatro edificios en la propuesta area de expansion donde los
inquilinos son eligibles a convertirse en propietarios de sus
apartamentos a bajo
costo-el Programa TIL. Dos de ellos (602 W. 132 Street y 3289 Broadway)
ya
estan a la mitad del proceso de conversion. PERO COLUMBIA QUIERE
DESPOSEER A LOS
INQUILINOS Y DERRUMBAR UN TOTAL DE 8 EDIFICIOS RESIDENCIALES UTILIZANDO
EL
PROCESO DE DOMINIO EMINENTE. Columbia dice que respeta a la comunidad.
NOSOTROS
DECIMOS QUE COLUMBIA DEMUESTRE SU RESPETO, QUE LOS INQUILINOS TENGAN EN
DERECHO
A QUEDARSE Y QUE COLUMBIA SE REHUSE A UTILIZAR EL PROCESO DE DOMINIO
EMINENTE.
3) NEGOCIOS LOCALES QUE HAN ESTADO FUNCIONANDO POR LARGO TIEMPO
QUIEREN
QUEDARSE. Todos llevan anos de operar, se han extendido y quieren
desarrollarse
aun mas. Columbia busca a condenar a los que se rehusan a vender sus
negocios. Columbia pretende a respetar a la comunidad. NOSOTROS DECIMOS
QUE COLUMBIA
MUESTRE ALGUN RESPETO, QUE DECLARE QUE NO UTILIZARA DOMINIO EMINENTE Y
QUE LOS
NEGOCIOS LOCALES TIENEN EL DERECHO A QUEDARSE.
4) Columbia quiere construir LABORATORIOS BIOTECNICOS DE ALTOS
NIVELES DE
SEGURIDAD EN MANHATTANVILLE. Estos laboratorios podran conducir
experimentos
con elementos biologicos que pueden tener consecuencias de peligro
mortal, tal
como "SARS, Avian Flu, Plague". Incluso con agents que pueden ser
transmitidos por el aire, que son contagiosos, y pueden causar
enfermedades serias.
ACCIDENTES OCURREN. PORQUE ARRIESGAR LA SALUD Y SEGURIDAD DE UNA
COMUNIDAD
RESIDENCIAL? Los laboratorios obtendran financiamento del gobierno
federal, incluso
el Departamento de Defensa. NUESTRA COMUNIDAD QUEDA POTENCIALMENTE
CONVERTIDA
EN UN BLANCO DE ATAQUE. Columbia pretende respetar a la comunidad.
NOSOTROS
DECIMOS QUE COLUMBIA MUESTRE RESPETO, QUE PONGA SUS LABORATORIOS
BIOTECNICOS EN
ZONAS DE MENOR POPULACION CON MAYOR SEGURIDAD AMBIENTAL.
5) SERA USTED PROXIMO?
NOSOTROS DECIMOS NO AL DESPLAZAMIENTO, DOMINIO EMINENTE Y BIOTECNOLOGIA
SI AL DESARROLLO BENEFISIOSO BAJO EL PLAN COMUNAL 197A
COALICION PARA PRESERVAR A LA COMUNIDAD - ( vea otro lado)

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