Stuyvesant Town

Testimony to the New York City Council Housing & Buildings Committee Preserving Affordable Housing: Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village

Brad Lander
Director, Pratt Center for Community Development
September 25, 2006

Chairman Dilan, Councilmember Garodnick, members of the committee, thank you very much for the opportunity to present this testimony. My name is Brad Lander and I am the director of the Pratt Center for Community Development. We work for a more just, equitable, and sustainable city for all New Yorkers by helping communities to plan for and realize their futures. As you know, we are deeply committed to creating and preserving affordable housing for a wide range of New Yorkers.