>>> TONIGHT AS PART OF OUR ON

GOING INITIATIVE, CHASING THE

DREAM WHICH FOCUSES ON POVERTY,

OPPORTUNITY AND INEQUALITY IN

AMERICA, WE FOCUS ON THE SOUTH

BRONX, THE SITE OF A ONCE FORMER

JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY IS

ABOUT TO UNDERGO A MAJOR

TRANSFORMATION.

FOR HALF A CENTURY THE SITE

LOCATED IN THE HUNTS POINT

SECTION OF THE BRONX WAS HOME TO

THE SPAFFORD DETENTION CENTER.

BUILT IN '57, THE FACILITY WAS

DESIGNED TO DETAIL HUNDREDS OF

YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE

CITY WHILE BEING PROCESSED FOR

OFFENSES LARGE AND SMALL.

IT WAS CLOSED BY THE CITY IN

2011 AFTER CONCERNS SURFACED

OVER THE TREATMENT OF YOUTH AND

AS THE JUVENILE DETENTION P

POPULATION WAS DECREASING,

ABANDONED UNTIL LAST MONTH.

THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A

PROJECT TO TRANSFORM THE SITE

INTO A FIVE-ACRE, $300 MILLION

CAMPUS ANCHORED BY 740 UNITS OF

AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THE PROJECT IS THE LATEST

COMPONENT OF THE CITY'S

INITIATIVE TO REJUVENATE THE

SOUTH BRONX.

JOINING ME TO TALK ABOUT THE

PROJECT IS ALICIA GLENN, NEW

YORK CITY DEPUTY MAYOR FOR

HOUSING AND ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT.

WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> FIRST, TELL US A LITTLE MORE

ABOUT THIS NEW HOUSING

DEVELOPMENT COMING TO HUNTS

POINT.

>> IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN A

HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, BUT LET ME

START WITH THAT.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN

INCREDIBLY LARGE AFFORDABLE

HOUSING CRISIS IN NEW YORK CITY.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HOUSING IN

GENERAL, BUT A PARTICULAR

SHORTAGE FOR LOW AND MODERATE

INCOME FOLKS.

WE HAVE BEEN VERY FOCUSED THAT

MAKING SURE WHERE WE HAVE A

CHANCE TO USE OUR OWN ASSETS,

OUR OWN PROPERTY, THAT WE ARE

GOING TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR

VERY LOW INCOME NEW YORKERS, ALL

THE WAY UP TO MODERN INCOME NEW

YORKERS.

WE ALSO WANT TO NOT KEEP HOUSING

ISOLATED.

THESE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT

NEED OTHER SERVICES, WHETHER

IT'S FOOD AND RETAIL AND HEALTH

CARE AND CHILD CARE.

WHAT WE'RE DOING AT SPAFFORD IS

ONE OF THE GREAT EXAMPLES OF

WHAT PEOPLE CALL COMPREHENSIVE

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

YOU NO LONGER WANT TO ISOLATE

HOUSING FROM JOBS OR SERVICES.

THE SPAFFORD CAMPUS AND THAT

REDEVELOPMENT EFFORT ALLOWS US

TO BRING THOSE PIECES TOGETHER,

MIXED INCOME HOUSING, GREAT

FACILITY FOR A DAY CARE CENTER,

HEALTH CARE FACILITY,

MANUFACTURING JOBS FOR PEOPLE IN

THE FOOD INDUSTRY.

AS YOU KNOW, HUNTS POINT HAS A

GREAT --

>> DEFINITELY FOOD TO BE HAD AT

HUNTS POINT.

>> WE WANTED TO TAKE SOME OF THE

GREAT TRADITIONS AND INCORPORATE

IT IN THIS MODEL.

>>> AN INCREDIBLY EXCITING

PROJECT, NOT JUST FOR THE BRONX,

BUT A MODEL FOR THE COUNTRY.

>> BEFORE WE GO FURTHER, I WANT

TO GET CLEAR WHAT WE'RE TALKING

ABOUT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING

UNITS.

OF THE 740, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA

OF INCOME LEVELS?

>> AFTFORDABLE HOUSING, PEOPLE

USE THAT TERM IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

CAPITAL A IS THAT THE RENTS ARE

SET BY A REGULATORY AGREEMENT

WITH THE CITY.

THE AMOUNT OF RENT IS ALWAYS SET

AT NO MORE THAN 30% OF THE

INCOME OF THE FAMILY.

IF YOU PAY MORE THAN 30% YOU'RE

WHAT'S CALLED RENT BURDENED.

THE FIRST THING IS TO MAKE SURE

IT'S THE RIGHT PERCENTAGE.

THE SECOND PART IS WHAT INCOMES

ARE WE TRYING TO SERVE.

THERE'S A WHOLE SERIES OF

INCOMES, FROM PEOPLE MAKING

$20,000 A YEAR TO FOLKS MAKING

$80,000 A YEAR WHO ARE ALSO

HAVING TROUBLE FINDING HOUSING

THEY CAN AFFORD.

EACH OF THESE UNITS, EVERY

SINGLE ONE OF THE UNITS IN THIS

PROJECT WILL BE REGULATED BOTH

ON THE INCOME THAT THE FAMILY

MAKES AND THE AMOUNT OF RENT

THEY PAY.

IT'S A VERY UNUSUAL MODEL TO

HAVE 100% OF THE UNITS BE

REGULATED, SO THEY'RE AFFORDABLE

HOUSING, BUT AFFORDABLE FOR A

WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAYOR de

BLASIO CAME TO DO WAS TALK ABOUT

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN A

DIFFERENT WAY, SERVE A LOT OF

NEW YORKERS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS OUT

THERE WORKING TWO JOBS AND CAN'T

FIND A PLACE TO LIVE.

WE NEED TO HOUSE THOSE PEOPLE AS

WELL.

>> SO THEN, ALSO, THERE'S THE

LOCATION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT,

NOT JUST HUNTS POINT BUT OF

COURSE THE SOUTH BRONX.

WE'VE BEEN HEARING SO MUCH ABOUT

THE REVITALIZATION.

TELL US ABOUT THIS LOCATION.

>> THIS IS IN MANY WAYS THE

EPICENTER OF THE SOUTH BRONX.

THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH

BRONX WHO WOULD SAY THERE'S A

LOT OF SUB NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE

SOUTH BRONX.

HUNTSZ POINT IS ONE OF THEM.

SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL ACROSS

THE SOUTH BRONX TO HAVE

OPPORTUNITIES TO BEGIN TO

DEVELOP AGAIN NOT JUST VERY LOW

INCOME HOUSING, BUT COMBINING

LOW INCOME HOUSING WITH MODERATE

INCOME HOUSING AND, AGAIN, THE

JOBS, THE RETAIL, THE SERVICES

THAT PEOPLE NEED.

THERE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVE LIVED

IN THE SOUTH BRONX FOR DECADES

WHO IT'S LIKE TWO MILES UNTIL

YOU CAN BUY A QUART OF MILK.

THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT IN THE CITY

OF NEW YORK.

WE HAVE A BIG PROJECT THAT'S

STARTING CONSTRUCTION IN WHAT WE

CALL THE LOWER CONCOURSE PART OF

THE BRONX, BELOW WHERE THE

STADIUM IS, THAT'S BEEN A

DILAPIDATED WATERFRONT, FILLED

WITH JUNK FOR YEARS.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING THERE.

A HIP-HOP MUSEUM, A NEW PARK,

RETAIL AND A SUPERMARKET THERE.

WE WANT TO LOOK AT ALL THESE

PARTS OF THE SOUTH BRONX THAT

HAVE BEEN DILAPIDATED OR

UNDERUSED AND SAY WHAT DO THE

RESIDENTS NEED?

THEY NEED WHAT EVERY NEW YORKER

NEEDS, A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE,

GREAT OPEN SPACE, A PLACE TO GO

WITH YOUR KIDS TO TAKE THEM TO

THE MOVIES.

THESE ARE THINGS NEW YORKERS

DESERVE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS IN A VERY

HOLISTIC WAY.

>> A GREAT PLACE TO LEAVE IT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THE

SHOW AND LETTING US KNOW WHAT WE

CAN EX-P EKT TO SEE IN THE NEW

SOUTH BRONX.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING

ME.