East Hampton
housing advocate Gerry Mooney was honored on
Saturday March 27 by the Long Island Progressive Coalition at
their annual luncheon for his work in developing and managing low cost housing for families and seniors.
Mooney manages
three privately developed housing projects in East Hampton
Town and is instrumental in developing another project which has been in
the planning stage for 10 years.
Mooney says that
planning on the east end has not considered how people who service the
homes of the wealthy will be housed.
Residents at the
existing housing units pay a maximum of 30% of their income for
rent. Another senior housing
development is a joint project of Windmill Housing, a
non-profit corporation and St. Michaels Church in Amagansett.
Objections to the
project have slowed its approval by the East Hampton Town Zoning Board.
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from a report
broadcast on WPKN 89.5 FM Bridgeport / WPKM 88.7 Montauk / wpkn.org
