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Campaign 2005
Reports from the 2005 campaign trail for district 16.
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District 16
Concourse, Highbridge, Melrose, Morris Heights, Morrisania and Longwood

District 16 Representative

Helen D. Foster

Party:Democrat
Voting Record

Address:
Helen D. Foster
1377 Jerome Ave
Bronx
NY
10452

Contact:
City Hall Phone: (212) 788-6856
District Phone: (718) 588-7500
Fax: (718) 588-7790
Email: foster@council.nyc.ny.us
Web: Helen D. Foster

Committee Assignments:
Parks & Recreation (Chair) ; Aging ; Education ; General Welfare; Health ; Lower Manhattan Redevelopment ; Public Safety

District 16: Highbridge/Morrisania/Melrose

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Community Boards

Community Board No. 3
1426 Boston Rd., Bronx, NY 10456
(718) 378- 8054
Ms. Gloria S. Alston, Chair
Mr. John Dudley, District Manager

Community Board No. 5
Bronx Community College,
Philosophy Hall- Basement 5
University Ave., and W. 181 St., Bronx, NY 10453
(718) 364- 2030
Mr. Kenneth Fogarty, Chair
Mr. Xavierl Rodriguez, District Manager

Community Board No. 4
1650 Selwyn Ave., Ste. 11A, Bronx, NY 10457
(718) 299- 0800
Mr. Ade A. Rasul, Chair
Ms. Margarita Hunt- Tejada, District Manager

Community Plans

Community Plans for District 16 (PDF format)
197-a plan - Partnership for the Future Plan (Bronx Community Board 3)

Comprehensive Community Plan - Claremont Village: Creating a Public Housing Community (The Residents of Claremont Village)

Comprehensive Community Revitalization Plan - Crotona Park East CCRP (Mid-Bronx Desperados Community Housing Corp. CCRP)

Housing Revitalization and Open Space Plan - Achieving a Balance: Housing and Open Space in Bronx Community District 3 (Design Trust for Public Space, in partnership with Bronx Community Board 3 and the Trust for Public Land)

Ethnic Makeup


Source: 2000 Census

Public Schools

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For information on specific schools in your area, visit InsideSchools.org. For the official from the city, visit the Department of Education Web site.

Police Precincts

Although many precincts cover areas solely within one City Council district, there are many which overlap with other districts. In most cases the overlap of precincts among districts is no more than a few blocks. Wherever there is overlap, we have made sure to alert you.

Parks

For a map of the parks in your district (in .pdf format) from New Yorkers for Parks, click here.

For a report card on the state of parks in your area from New Yorkers for Parks, click here.

Community Gardens

For a map of community gardens in your district from the Council on the Environment of New York City (CENYC), click here.

For information on specific community gardens in your area, visit the New York City Open Accessible Space Information System Cooperative (OASIS) Web site. http://www.oasisnyc.net/gardens/cenycmapsearch.asp

(Note: This map was created in 2001, using district boundaries prior to redistricting. City Council district boundaries have been redrawn since the 2000 Census. Community Boards boundaries are the same.)

Historic Districts and Landmarks

For a map of historic districts and landmarks in this area, click here

For more information about specific districts or landmarks, visit the Historic Districts Council or the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission.

(Note: This map was created in 2001, using district boundaries prior to redistricting. City Council district boundaries have been redrawn since the 2000 Census.)

Waterfront Plans

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