This summer I will be interning for Council Member Gale Brewer. Gale Brewer has been the Council Member representing District 6 (Upper West Side and Clinton) since 2002. She was reelected to her current term in 2005. Gale chairs the Committee on Technology in Government and also sits on the following committees: Aging; Finance; General Welfare; Higher Education; Mental Health, Mental Retardation, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse & Disability Services; Oversight and Investigations, and Waterfronts.
This summer I will be gaining exposure to a great deal of what goes on in the Council Member's office (which is a lot). I will be involved with constituent and organization correspondence, allowed to sit in on hearings and meetings and press conferences, and gain exposure to the administrative processes in public office. I will also be working on a broader project for the duration of the summer that will address 80/20 Housing in the Upper West Side.
80/20 Housing is a program which provides tax-exempt financing bonds to finance the construction of residential buildings in which at least 20% of the residence units are affordably priced (with the remaining 80% rented at market value). These affordable units can be rented by individuals who make up to 50% of the area median income. My job this summer will be to research the location of all the 80/20 buildings in Council Member Brewer's district and make a complete, descriptive list. The goal of this project is to make the existence of these units known and also to fight to keep these units affordable.
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