Penn South Cooperative Housing, 1962-1987

File — Box: 20, Folder: 18

Scope and Contents

Nonprofit cooperative housing in NYC built by ILGWU with partial city, state, and federal funding for moderate income residents, originally primarily for garment workers; statement of Jay Mazur, president, ILGWU, in Support of Application by Penn South for 25 Years Phase-in of Local Real Estate Taxes, before the NYC Board of Estimate, June 30, 1987, with note “revised by Walter Mankoff 6/25/87,” with earlier copy, 6/24; letter to Mazur from Mutual Redevelopment Houses, Inc., re decision to increase the mortgage to make capital improvements, March 24, 1987; minutes of co-op Board of Directors meeting, February 17 and March 17, 1987, with cover letters to Mazur; article from New York magazine, October 27, 1986; copy of Penn South News, March 1987, with photos of Mazur, mayor Ed Koch, borough president David Dinkins; notes for speech or interview with New York Times at dedication ceremonies of housing, “Community-Minded Unionism – New York Times May 19, 1962”; memo noting that Penn South now generating 100 percent of its electricity, August 27, 1986

Dates

1962-1987

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

The ILGWU Records, except for publications and materials produced for publication, are restricted. Materials created prior to twenty years from the current date are open to researchers only with prior written permission from the Director of the Kheel Center; materials created during the past twenty-years are closed; the minutes of the General Executive Board are closed. For more information contact the Kheel Center.