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Council votes to lift cap on liquor licenses Yawu Miller

Fair Housing Commission Executive Director Dion Irish and Deputy Director Janine Anzalota. The commission is releasing the results of its first-ever testing for housing discrimination, which found possible bias in 40 percent of its cases. (Banner photo)

Commission documents Hub housing discrimination Martin Desmarais Boston may be a majority minority city, but when it comes to finding housing, the playing field is tilted toward white professionals, according to a housing discrimination testing program conducted by the city’s Fair Housing Commission. The test of over 20 housing listings found strong evidence of discrimination in 40 percent of cases examined.

These numbers don’t shock Fair Housing Commission Executive Director Dion Irish, but they do have him seeking more funding to expand efforts to fight housing discrimination in Boston.

The housing discrimination

testing program, which started in September 2012 and was run for about a year, was the first-ever conducted by the city. The Fair Housing Commission, led by Irish, applied for a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to fund the program — and has currently applied for more funding to continue testing.

“It is a new area we are getting involved in and we will continue to do this kind of proactive work,” Irish said. “We have to do proactive enforcement. We are the last line of defense if someone faces discrimination, but we also have to look at our community to see what kind of housing impediments there are.”

The Fair Housing Commission, started in 1982, works to eliminate discrimination and increase access to housing through the investigation of housing discrimination complaints; the enforcement of housing discrimination laws; overseeing the marketing of housing developed with government assistance; maintaining a list of housing opportunities; and providing housing counseling.

According to Irish, the Fair Housing Commission has always done testing for housing discrimination, but it was usually done on a case-by-case basis. If the commission received a complaint or found a potential housing disHousing, continued to page 6

pan there are only nine,” Pressley says. “In Roxbury, there are In a move aimed at increasing 26, and 17 of those are for liquor the number of restaurants in the stores. That speaks to the heart city’s neighborhoods, the City of the disparity.”

Council approved a measure last Upham’s Corner Main Streets week to lift the cap on liquor li- Executive Director Max McCarcenses in Boston. thy says increasing the number of The measure, approved 12-1, liquor licenses would help stimis a home rule petition to reverse ulate business in the Dorchester a law that caps the number of neighborhood. liquor licenses the city can issue.

“We’re trying to support the To become law, it must first be Strand Theatre as a destination,” signed by the mayor, then go to a he said. “You have to have restauvote in the Legislature. rants to anchor that. We know The measure would only restaurants rely on beer and wine apply to restaurants, not bars or sales. Not having a liquor license package stores. is a barrier to At-large entry.”

City CounPressley cilor Ayanna spoke to main Pressley, who “There are 99 streets associahas been buildtions and busiing support for liquor licenses in the ness groups the measure to get input f o r t h e l a s t North End, but in into the meatwo years, says sure and build issuing more Mattapan there are support. The liquor licenses only nine,” Future Boston will help Alliance was spread eco—Ayanna Pressley an early supnomic develporter of the opment to the move. city’s neigh“We don’t borhoods. have places in “Restaurants make most of neighborhoods where you can their profits off selling drinks, grab a drink and talk to your not food,” she noted. “Liquor li- fellow man,” said Future Boston censes greatly increase the like- Alliance Executive Director lihood that a restaurant will be Malia Lazu. “We’re really excited successful.” about shifting away from this Currently, liquor licenses in false economy of liquor licenses Boston routinely sell for between costing $500,000.” $350,000 and $500,000, making The measure met with little them unattainable for many resistance in the Council Chamstartup entrepreneurs, Press- ber. District 2 Councilor Bill ley says. The high cost of the li- Linehan was the only no vote. In censes has put many small-time order to become law, the home neighborhood establishments at rule petition must be signed by a disadvantage. the mayor, then move on to the “There are 99 liquor licenses Legislature for a vote.

Liquor, continued to page 8 in the North End, but in Matta-

Governor announces $2 million renovation of Rox. state park Yawu Miller The governor wants the Roxbury Heritage State Park cleaned up and he’s on a schedule.

“I have a year left in office,” Governor Patrick said during a press conference at the Dillaway Thomas house last week. “I want this done before I go.”

Speaking to a group of reporters, community members and state officials Patrick announced $2 million in funding for renovations to the state park. The funding will go

toward structural repairs to the 18th century colonial house and landscaping.

State officials were light on details about the renovations, saying they will seek public input before any plans are finalized.

“We will do this with the community,” Patrick said. There are important decisions to be made.”

Built in the 1750s as a parsonage for the First Church of Roxbury, the house belonged to Continental Army Commander John Thomas State Park, continued to page 12

Gov. Deval Patrick announces $2 million in funding for renovations to the Roxbury Heritage State Park, which encompases the Dillaway Thomas House, an 1850 Georgian house that was once home to a commander in the American Revolutionary War. (Banner photo)

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NY police whistleblower still paying price for telling truth lanco, 33, however was steep — and he’s still paying for it today.

After a decade on the force, the last three of which he has been in a kind of blue-walled purgatory, Polanco says he looks forward to ultimately leaving the force, fishing and spending time with his three young boys. Currently, he works in Brooklyn, “five tolls and $22.50 one-way from my home,” he says. He spoke about his experiences in his parked car outside his precinct, in full view of officers gathering outside or walking by.

How do you feel being known as a whistleblower?

NYPD officer Adhyl Polanco secretly recorded his commanding officers giving orders to meet arrest quotas. (Courtesy of Adhyl Polanco) Carla Murphy In the fall of 2009, on the advice of a lawyer, a young police officer named Adhyl Polanco started wearing a recording device during roll call at his precinct in the South Bronx, one of the poorest congressional districts in the country. Among the contents captured over a couple of months of secret tapings was repeated instruction that officers complete “20 and 1.”

According to testimony from the union delegate whom Polanco had captured on tape, that

meant officers were required to fulfill 20 summonses and make one arrest within 20 to 22 days of patrol — regardless of whether they reasonably suspected criminal activity was taking place.

According to the federal judge who this August ruled the New York Police Department’s practice of stop-and-frisk unconstitutional, Polanco’s evidence helped provide “a rare window into how the NYPD’s policies are actually carried out.” And thus, she continued, “I give great weight to the contents of these recordings.”

The price for Officer Po-

I don’t like it. It’s not an encouraging word. It’s kinda deteriorating, derogatory to call somebody a whistleblower because it doesn’t fully describe what the person did. It’s like when you work in an office, you do work — but somebody calls you a paper pusher instead of a secretary. It’s not the right word to describe the courage it takes for a police officer to come out from under that much fear and tell the truth. But it is what is.

You’re still a police officer but you haven’t been in uniform for a few years now.

What do you do now?

I’m in a box. I work in a little sub-station where my job is to look at video from cameras in the

projects for eight hours and 23 minutes a day. I’m in a little tiny room. I have no gun, no shield.

It’s punishment. I’m getting second looks from cops because they know whoever’s in that unit is not in good standing. Before this assignment, I was suspended with pay for two-and-a-half years. That happened a day after I was deposed [by plaintiffs’ lawyers] for the stop-and-frisk trial.

What happened in 2009 to end you up here?

I started the whole stop-andfrisk thing from the inside. I don’t want to brag about it, but no cop has ever done what I did.

Before July or August 2009, [my precinct] wasn’t as obsessed with the numbers and repercussions were minimum if you didn’t hit the target. By Aug 2009, though, they wanted “20 and 1” — and one of the commanding officers now said it was nonnegotiable. It was out of control. So I started to be vocal in roll call, asking my supervisor why we were doing this. I wrote to Internal Affairs expressing my concern about the racial profiling and [soon after] I was suspended for three days without pay. After being punished repeatedly, I put the recordings out to the news. Darius Charney at the Center for Constitutional Rights saw the story on Channel 7 and he called me.

He told me at that time he had a lawsuit that was going nowhere.

He asked me if I wanted to be part of it and I said, “Why not?”

You didn’t have to think about it?

Oh, hell no. And he was surprised, too. He said, “Are you sure?” I say, “Yeah, let’s go.” In April 2010, I give the deposition

and a day later, when I get back to work, I get suspended, no reason given. They sent me to Internal Affairs every day to sign a piece of paper and go home. They didn’t give me a reason, they only tell me it came down from the commissioner’s office.

I knew the cost of speaking out was very high. It’s unheard of, going against the culture, the blue wall. At that time, [Officer Adrian] Schoolcraft had come out. [Officer Frank] Palestro had come out. We had the same stories and they all got buried.

Do you think NYPD is a racist organization?

There’s still a lot of racism in the police department. When they see somebody in the projects doing whatever, they call them savages. I been with white cops and I even hear, “Look at the f— savage.” That’s how they refer to black people: savages. It bothers me a lot.

To that point, outgoing Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Kelly point to the NYPD being a lot more diverse. For example, it’s one-third Latino now. Some people might ask: ‘How can it be racist?’

If I give you a job to look at that tree right there [Polanco points] — and you’re black, Chinese, whatever, you’re still gonna’ watch that tree. You can change the people in the department but until you change the nature and the culture, you’re still doing the same thing.

Whistleblower, continued to page 9

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Co-op programs increase chances of landing jobs Kenneth J. Cooper Since the recession started in 2008, many college graduates have struggled to find suitable jobs in their fields. Parents and students, who have started to doubt a degree’s value, may want to consider colleges where students rotate between classes and jobs.

The students there gain valuable experience that helps them land jobs after graduation. The dozens of schools that offer cooperative education, or co-op, have maintained their high rates of placing graduates since 2008.

“It’s been demonstrated, and I speak broadly, throughout North America as well as many other countries we work with, that co-op students do very well in the job market,” said Paul Stonely, CEO of the World Association for Cooperative Education, which is based at UMass Lowell.

“My experience has been, even during a recession, or I’ll say particularly in a recession, there is more of an inclination of companies to hire the co-op student because they know they’re hiring someone with professional experience,” Stonely said. “If they’re hiring fewer, they obviously want to be very selective. We didn’t experience any downturn in hiring co-op students during the recession period.”

Northeastern University, which has one of the oldest co-op

programs in the country, is an example. From 2006 to 2012, 90 percent of Northeastern grads were in full-time jobs or graduate school within nine months of commencement.

Fully 87 percent of those who were working had jobs related to their majors. Of those, half had received a job offer from an em-

get their degrees.

After a year and a half, Tsang transferred to Northeastern.

“I chose Northeastern because I was really interested in the co-op program. I’m a very hands-on type of person, so I wanted to get that experience before graduating — just to make sure it was what I wanted to do,” Nsang said. “I

“My experience has been, even during a recession, or I’ll say particularly in a recession, there is more of an inclination of companies to hire the co-op student because they know they’re hiring someone with professional experience,” —Paul Stonely ployer where they worked as co-op students.

“Co-op, we continue to hear, is a big draw,” said Kara Shemin, media relations manager at Northeastern. “I think the word, ‘jobs’ and knowing the job market is tough is a draw. It’s also the experience. Kids are going to be better prepared for the workforce because of their time on co-op.”

Henry Nsang left Cameroon in West Africa to attend UMass Boston, taking engineering courses. Then he learned that the school has only a two-year engineering program. Most of its students transfer to other colleges to

wanted to make sure that the decisions that I make are the right decisions and the investment I’m making is going to pay off, maybe not immediately, but definitely down the road.”

They did. After graduating in 2010, Nsang’s six-month experience on co-op as a junior engineer in New York helped him land a similar position in Cameroon.

Nsang returned to Northeastern for graduate school the next year, earning a master’s degree in environmental engineering in May. Since September, he has worked as a project engineer for Janey Construction Management

& Consulting on Huntington Avenue near Northeastern.

Of his co-op experience, Nsang said: “I would say it definitely helped in getting my current job.”

Cooperative education began in 1906 at the University of Cincinnati. Northeastern started its program three years later. Initially, the rotating work experiences were in engineering, but then expanded to business students, and then across other academic majors.

About 50 American colleges have participated in programs of the World Association for Cooperative Education. Besides Northeastern and Cincinnati, schools that have large co-op programs include the Rochester Institute of Technology and Drexel University.

D r e x e l ’s n u m b e r s o n post-graduation placement are similar to Northeastern’s. Of Drexel’s class of 2012, 92 percent were employed or enrolled in graduate school, and 44 percent received job offers from former co-op employers.

At least 10 historically black institutions offer co-op programs in some academic areas, including Howard and Hampton universities. Spelman College started a program two years ago.

Typically, employers pay students to work fulltime for as many as six months at a stretch. Then students spend a similar period in classes. Some schools permit parttime co-ops. Colleges build relationships with potential employers, but students must apply and compete for jobs.

Northeastern, for example, has almost 3,000 employers as partners. They include retailer TJX,

the Boston Globe and data storage giant EMC, as well as state and federal government agencies.

At Northeastern, the standard options for undergraduates are two co-ops in four years of enrollment or three over five years.

Students are heavily advised to do co-op jobs, Shemin said, but have flexibility in how many. Transfer student Tsang, for instance, did one in two-and-a-half years.

Stonely said the recession did have one limited impact on co-op education: companies offered fewer positions for undergraduate students.

“But those co-op students they did hire, they tended to hire them (permanently) and, obviously, they continued to do well,” Stonely said.

“In that perspective, certainly the recession did not hurt the cooperative education field.”

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Happy New Year Established 1965

Mandela’s life a sterling example for others to follow Fastidious individuals often draft a set of resolutions every new year to correct their petty flaws. Memberships in health clubs will rise in January and February and gym parking lots will be crowded for a few months. Invariably people return to the habits that caused them some concern on New Year’s. Occasionally thoughtful people will subject themselves to a more thorough self-assessment.

The more challenging question of such an assessment is “what have you done with your life.” There is little concern about whether you exercise enough and have put on some weight or contrive to support some bad habits. More important is whether your life is on a trajectory toward success or whether you are just drifting.

It will usually require a special occasion to provoke such self-inquiry. Bearing witness to a life of extraordinary achievement can be enough to do it. The death of Nelson Mandela has enabled people all over the world to become aware of the quality of life that he lived. He set a standard that few can hope to emulate, but there is much to learn from his biography about the potential of human nature.

As President Obama stated in his eulogy at Mandela’s funeral, “given the sweep of his life, the scope of his accomplishments, the adoration that he so rightly earned, it’s tempting … to remember Nelson Mandela as an icon, smiling and serene, detached from the tawdry affairs of lesser men.” One way to avoid that pitfall is to begin one’s contemplation not at the achievements of an adult but at the beginning.

According to reports, Mandela was raised by the elders as a prince of the Thembu tribe. It is unlikely that any of his tribesmen ever called the youthful Mandela a kaffir, the Boer version of the N-word. As an adult he walked with such

extraordinary dignity that his very presence commanded respect. It is helpful to remember that every great being began life as a child. This is the time when the process of self-respect begins.

An adult who believes he was slighted in his early years is especially attuned to becoming a beacon of understanding for the younger generation. Who knows where the next “Mandela” will emerge for the benefit of all humanity. Just think of the enormous impact if all adults began to treat the youth as the next generation of leaders. This attitude would be as uplifting for the adults as it would be for the maturing young.

The development of self-confidence gave Mandela the strength to be resolute and tenacious. Once he was committed to his objective to free his people he never deviated from that path. Often those with weaker willpower use any excuse to abandon a plan they had once resolved to pursue. For Mandela, 27 years in prison was an insufficient deterrent. How resolute are you?

Once released from prison, Mandela exercised the self-discipline to embrace his jailer.

Mandela’s goal was not just to end white domination, but to establish “a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and [with] equal opportunities.” He knew that the demonstration of vengeance against oppressive whites would demolish the possibility of attaining such a society. Imagine Mandela’s quiet battle suppressing the anger over his abusive treatment.

Few will have goals as grand as Mandela, but his qualities of self-confidence, dignity, tenacity and emotional discipline are helpful even for lesser objectives. This new year is a good time to assess how you measure up.

Mayor-elect Walsh probably doesn’t understand that Chapter 121A tax agreements are signed by the mayor of Boston [see Housing issues loom large in town Hall mtg., 12/19].

The BRA’s decision is to declare the project site blighted. The tax giveaway is negotiated between the city assessor and the developer, and the mayor signs. It. And every year, the mayor’s assessing department sets the amount of the in-lieu-of-tax payment the 121A project pays. So this is not just a BRA issue. Mr. Walsh will have to deal with it himself.

Shirley Kressel Fenway

Let kids be kids While I applaud BPS’s effort to ensure recess for all children [Recess now mandatory for Boston public schools, 12/19], I’m disturbed by their belief that recess has to be struc-

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tured by adults. For 20 minutes, can’t we just let kids create on their own?

And if they need 20 minutes to just chill and talk with their friends (because every other second of the day is designed to be “on task” — ruthlessly in some cases), then shouldn’t they have that right? Sometimes, adults need to get out of the way (and this goes beyond recess, but let’s start there).

Chris Buttimer

Spirit of the season With the holiday season upon us,

let us not forget the spiritual principles that are behind the Christmas tradition. It is Christ’s spirit of love that inspires us to give to others, not just material goods, but to give of ourselves in this season. It is easy to get caught up in the web of consumerism, to think we have to break our backs to find the right gifts for our loved ones. As we fight our way through traffic and compete for parking spaces, please remember that one act of kindness in this season can go a long way.

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OPINION Obama sends message on draconian drug sentencing Earl Ofari Hutchinson President Obama sent the strongest message on the insane waste of the nation’s draconian sentencing laws when he granted clemency to eight, mostly low-level drug offenders. Obama’s clemencies for their drug crimes follow hard on the heels of Attorney General Eric Holder’s virtual demand that U.S. Attorneys rethink how and who they prosecute for drug crimes. That followed even closer on the heels of Congress’s passage of the Fair Sentencing Act. Before that, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that modified the draconian sentence for a convicted cocaine peddler. Their actions wiped out much of the disparity in the blatantly racially tinged sentences slapped on crack cocaine users.

The drug sentencing disparities certainly have become a national embarrassment. But they are still on the books. The U.S. Sentencing Commission and Congress now should go much further and put an end to the embarrassment, by totally scrapping all sentencing disparities.

They have wreaked dire havoc in mostly poor black communities, as well as cast an ugly glare on the failed and flawed war on drugs.

Countless studies have shown that blacks make up the overwhelming majority of those sentenced in federal court for crack cocaine use and sale. Contrary to popular myth and drug warrior propaganda, more than half of crack users are white, and presumably a good portion of them are crack dealers as well. But it’s the heart-wrenching tales of the legions of poor young men and women who have received sentences totaling decades behind bars for the possession or sale of a pittance of cocaine or marijuana. In many cases, they are young mothers and fathers who, out of poverty and desperation, resorted to the use and sale of drugs.

What has ignited even more outrage is that often their sentences have stood in stark contrast to the sentences of murderers, rapists and bank robbers who, in many cases, have walked out of prison years before the petty drug offenders. The sentences given to the eight men and women Obama granted clemency to were a horrific example of that. Their minimum sentence was 15 years. Some were serving life sentences. The end result of the bloated, grotesque drug war is that the U.S., with 5 percent of the planet’s population, has nearly 25 percent of its inmates.

The myths about who uses drugs, their danger and the injustice in sentencing have been amply exposed in surveys, such as one conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the drug habits of Americans. It found that whites are much more likely die of drug overdoses than any other ethnic group.

Other studies have found roughly equal rates of drug usage by blacks and whites. But what made the survey more eye-catching, is that it didn’t solely measure generic drug use, but singled out the use of cocaine and street drugs.

The drug warriors have and will continue to resist any effort to scrap the blatant and deliberate racial disparity in drug sentencing laws. In an odd way, they have to take their hard stand. The public scapegoating of blacks for America’s drug problem during the past two decades has been relentless. A frank admission that the laws are biased and unfair, and have not done much to combat the drug plague, would be an admission of failure. It could ignite a real soul searching over whether all the billions of dollars that have been squandered in the failed and flawed drug war — the lives ruined by it, and the families torn apart by the rigid and unequal enforcement of the laws — have really accomplished anything.

This might call into question why people use and abuse drugs in the first place — and if it is really the government’s business to turn the legal screws on some drug users while turning a blind eye to others?

Obama should be applauded for taking the long overdue and much clamored for big step toward restoring sanity to the drug sentencing laws. Now Congress should do what Obama has called for, and once and for all end the insanity in the drug sentencing laws. It’s a matter of simple justice.

The drug sentencing disparities certainly have become a national embarrassment.

But they are still on the books.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. He is a frequent MSNBC contributor. He is an associate editor of New America Media. He is a weekly co-host of the Al Sharpton Show on American Urban Radio Network. He is the host of the weekly Hutchinson Report on KTYM 1460 AM Radio Los Angeles and KPFK-Radio and the Pacifica Network. Follow Earl Ofari Hutchinson on Twitter: @earlhutchinson.

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What would you like to see happen in 2014?

I want to see Dennis Rodman exiled. If he likes it so much in North Korea, he should move there. And I’d like to see a cure for AIDS and an end to homelessness.

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I’d like to see more jobs and less crime and people take their health more seriously. I’d like to see people be more kind to one another.

For myself, I want to make more money and stay healthy. I would like my business to grow. And I’d like to see more peace in the world and safety in our neighborhoods.

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I’d like to see better bus service, less violence and better communication between people.

I’d like to see the crime rate go down, rent control and an increase in the minimum wage. I’d also like to see reform in child support laws.

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Charley Murphy

The board of directors of the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center is pleased to announce former State Representative Charley Murphy, as their new president and CEO. In this role, he will oversee all aspects of the Dorchester-based health center, which provides services, ranging from primary care to preventative medicine and health education, predominantly to the families of North Dorchester, Roxbury and Mattapan.

Murphy brings years of government and strategic experience from his time on Beacon Hill and the private sector. A graduate of Villanova University, Vermont Law School and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, Murphy is also a former captain in the United States Marine Corps. He served as chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means from 2009 to 2011. He most recently served on the senior management team at Arcadia Solutions, a health-care data analytics firm, as vice president of public policy and government affairs.

“I am humbled to have been selected to take the helm at Harvard Street, whose mission is critical to the wellbeing of countless underserved families here in Boston.”

Murphy said. “I intend to work with the team here every day to provide

the best possible care to the people of Dorchester, Roxbury and Mattapan.”

Serving a diverse and primarily low-income constituency, Harvard Street’s mission is to serve as a primary health care provider regardless of ability to pay.

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crimination violation in research it would go out and investigate that case.

For the housing discrimination testing program, the commission recruited and trained just over 50 testers — people who go out as if they are looking for housing, but are really trying to determine if there is housing discrimination.

The testers vary in demographics and background. The program examined 22 cases with different testers who were white, black, Latino or Asian. The specific areas of discrimination focused on included race, national origin, religion, source of income, sexual orientation, disability and familial

status.

This approach mirrors national testing efforts by HUD — as do the results.

“It is a pretty big number. I wouldn’t say I am surprised. We know there is discrimination out there,” Irish said. “That is why we sought additional funding to keep doing this in the next months.”

According to the HUD’s decennial study of housing discrimination, released in 2012, blacks, Latinos and Asians learn about fewer housing options than equally qualified whites because real estate agents and rental housing providers recommend and show fewer available homes and apartments to minority families, thus restricting their housing options.

Nationally, black renters who contact agents about recently ad-

vertised housing units learn about 11 percent fewer available units and are shown roughly 4 percent fewer units. Black homebuyers who contact agents about recently advertised homes for sale learn about 17 percent fewer available homes and are shown about 18 percent fewer units.

Hispanic renters who contact agents about recently advertised housing units learn about 12 percent fewer available units and are shown roughly 7 percent fewer units.

The study’s main conclusion was that blatant acts of housing discrimination faced by minorities seeking homes have declined in the United States, but more subtle forms of housing denial still persist — and that this is a national and not regional trend.

It also emphasized that minority renters and homebuyers are told

about and shown fewer homes and apartments.

The HUD study was conducted using a “paired testing” approach in which researchers compared the treatment of whites and minorities seeking homes in a nationally representative sample of 28 metropolitan areas, including Boston. Of the more than 8,000 paired tests, two trained individuals (one white and the other black, Latino or Asian), contacted a housing provider to inquire about a unit randomly selected from recently advertised homes and apartments.

Irish says that his findings

“Given the very clear pattern of segregated housing in the city of Boston, as indicated by the 2010 Census, they should be actively testing for discrimination,” he commented.

According to the most recent numbers from HUD, Boston had 42 cases filed for housing discrimination in fiscal year 2012, 50 in 2013 and seven so far in 2014. A majority of these cases are filed under the “disability” or “familial status” category, but 16 were filed under the “race,” “color” or “national origin” categories in 2012; 19 under these categories in 2013; and two in these categories in 2014.

“It is a pretty big number. I wouldn’t say I am surprised. We know there is discrimination out there.”

—Dion Irish

Mayor Menino was invited to speak at the annual We Are Boston event at the BCEC. This event attracted nearly 1,000 friends and supporters, from diverse communities, that came together to recognize the contributions immigrants have made to the city. (Photo courtesy of the Mayor’s Office)

in Boston also reflect the trend that housing discrimination is no longer blatant but more subtle, often through advertising, and now most commonly on the Internet. He explained that his office will typically see ads that use code words such as “professionals” to try and discourage families from pursuing the housing. While this may seem like a small thing, this kind of practice is still housing discrimination under the law, he pointed out.

City Councilor Charles Yancey supports Boston’s Fair Housing Commissions efforts to do more to probe housing discrimination in Boston.

Over this period of data, the cases completed in Boston are slightly higher than the total cases filed in 2012 and so far in 2014, and slightly under the total cases filed in 2013.

The cases found to have “cause” and the cases found to have “no cause” are just about even for all years.

In fiscal year 2012, Boston cases were paid $249,517 in compensation; in 2013 they were paid $585,577; and in 2014 they have been paid $31,390 so far.

Irish said that all the housing discrimination cases found by the Boston Fair Housing Commission testing program so far will be referred for possible enforcement.

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HUD cracks down on Dallas for housing discrimination Nikole Hannah-Jones The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has accused Dallas, one of the nation’s largest cities, of violating civil rights law through housing practices that discriminated against black, Latino and disabled residents.

HUD officials laid out the results of a four-year investigation in a letter sent to city leaders late last month. HUD found that Dallas, which accepted tens of millions in federal dollars with promises of using that money to help integrate the deeply divided city, had instead “subjected persons to segregation” and “restricted access to housing choice.” The city, the letter said, had denied local residents opportunities to participate in housing programs “because of race, national origin and disability.”

The agency has given the city 30 days to respond to the accusations, which jeopardize millions in annual HUD funding.

HUD’s findings against the country’s ninth largest city cap a year that has seen some of the most substantial developments in federal fair housing enforcement in

years. As ProPublica documented in a series that ran late last year, the federal government has spent the last 45 years largely neglecting provisions of the Fair Housing Act that require it to take affirmative steps to eradicate housing segregation. The chief way to do that has been to cut off federal funds to communities that act in ways that maintain or increase housing segregation. But HUD never did.

When President Obama came into office, the nation’s top housing officials vowed to change that. “Until now, we tended to lay dormant,” Ron Sims, HUD’s then deputy secretary said in August 2009. “This is historic, because we are going to hold people’s feet to the fire.”

Still, little improved during Obama’s first term. That appears to be changing.

While HUD may not have turned into the raging Goliath that activists had hoped, the giant is stirring.

This year, HUD released a proposed regulation that for the first time clearly defined the steps local and state governments that receive HUD funding must take to show they are complying with the Fair Housing Act. Advocates

have waited decades for HUD to issue the rule, which was shelved by the Clinton Administration in the face of objections from counties and cities.

Earlier this year, HUD also released a long-awaited regulation formalizing a national standard for

and those found guilty by federal judges of violating civil rights.

When outside parties have alerted HUD to the ways government officials have discriminated through building and zoning — such as in the landmark Westchester County, N.Y., fair housing case that settled in 2009 — HUD has been reticent to take serious steps.

That’s why the Dallas findings could be big.

Similar to the Westchester case, HUD was alerted to the possible wrongdoing of Dallas officials by a whistleblower, in this case a developer who’d had affordable

The city, the letter said, had denied local residents opportunities to participate in housing programs “because of race, national origin and disability.” when housing practices violate civil rights law by disproportionately harming racial minorities, the disabled and other protected groups.

HUD’s history has been dominated by its deference to the cities and towns it funnels billions of dollars to — even those sued by the U.S. Department of Justice

housing blocked in a downtown district that is white and affluent.

The developer, Curtis Lockey, accused Dallas officials of conspiring to keep black, Latino and disabled residents out of downtown.

Lockey filed a complaint with HUD in February 2010.

HUD refused to get involved

with the Westchester case until a federal judge overseeing the case began lambasting HUD for its failures to enforce the Fair Housing Act. But Dallas was different — HUD investigated and confirmed Lockey’s accusations.

Dallas officials deny wrongdoing. “The city complies with HUD guidelines and regulations in its work with affordable housing projects,” said a Dallas spokesperson in a statement.

Before this year no locality had ever lost its HUD dollars over failures to comply with civil rights laws. But this fall, HUD stripped $7.4 million in federal development grants from Westchester County for failing to comply with the Fair Housing Act. HUD’s new efforts have caught the attention of major housing industry players who have long opposed heightened fair housing enforcement. Just this week, the American Banker published a piece questioning whether the agency’s hiring of a former National Fair Housing Alliance staffer to handle enforcement represents a conflict of interest. (HUD says there was no conflict.) By the time the article ran, the HUD official in question had been heading fair housing enforcement for more than three years.

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Pressley says she’s had no assurances of a yes vote from Mayor Thomas Menino, but is

optimistic.

“I’ve been encouraged by my conversations with the mayor,” she said. “I hope to earn his vote.”

The state’s control of liquor licenses, which dates back to the 1930s, is not limited to Boston.

Many smaller cities in Massachusetts are also supportive of returning licenses to local control, according to Lazu.

“Most gateway cities have the same problem we have in Boston,” she said. “We hope that

Boston can be a leader.”

Pressley says her conversations with legislators on the home rule petition have been positive.

“There’s an appetite for change,” she said.

Continue to meditate.

Through meditation, keep climbing higher.

O courageous soul, have no fear.

O dear one, complete your sadhana with a brave heart.

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You grew up in Washington Heights, a Dominican immigrant enclave located just north of Harlem.

Do people in the old neighborhood know you’re a part of this big case?

Not a lot of them know. They don’t care. Spanish people, they don’t want to deal with police. They don’t want to talk against police.

They’re more focused on daily life.

More focused on, “If I don’t get in to work today I’m not going to have money to eat tomorrow.” It’s a different way of seeing things.

Sounds like you understand.

Yeah, I definitely do. But, somebody has to step up. Crime was off the bazoo when I was growing up.

The day we don’t have a shooting, something was wrong. And yet where I lived I didn’t have any interaction with the police. Because they knew who the dealers were and they knew who was working people. They distinguished between drug dealers and people who were living their lives.

And that distinction’s been lost?

You have a lot of criminals in the South Bronx and they’re all black and Hispanic; I’m not going to argue that. But the problem is not whether you stop black or blue. The problem is whether you stop innocent black or criminal black — or [as a cop] you don’t even know the difference [between the two]. The NYPD says, the community is 90 percent black: How’re we not gonna stop black? That’s their argument.

I’ve heard some blacks and Latinos say the same thing, especially about young black men.

There’s [some] of black people that when slavery was over [were] opposed to the end of it, too.

We’re not ready for freedom, they said. And everybody’s entitled to their opinion. But speak for your freedom, don’t speak for mine.

Are you against stop-andfrisk?

I’m not against stop-and-frisk.

I’m a cop. And I’m Hispanic.

But every person you touch that you’re not supposed to touch, that you violate, it’s a mistrust you’re leaving for the next cop coming behind you. Bloomberg and Kelly want us to trade our freedom for safer streets. There’s no connection between the two and numbers show they don’t match.

How did you feel when Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled stop-and-frisk unconstitutional, based in part on your testimony and secret recordings?

I felt good. But I didn’t want to overreact. [Outgoing Mayor] Bloomberg’s a very powerful man in terms of money and he knows a lot of people.

Governor Patrick honors firefighters from across the Commonwealth at the annual Firefighter of the Year Awards Ceremony at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium in Cambridge. (Photo courtesy of the Governor’s Office)

There’re a lot of ways to protest. You could just leave the job.

Do you believe in independence?

What do you mean?

This country is independent right? If they quit we wouldn’t be sitting here today. Quitting is not the option. Quitting doesn’t make changes. Dr. King didn’t quit.

Many people had to fight and stand up for what they believe for us to be sitting here. Quitting, that’s a very troubling word. If we quit, quit don’t bring changes. Leaving the job is something that I’m definitely, I’m strongly contemplating.

But quitting, no. Quitting mean it’s OK what they did and I don’t have what it takes to bring it out.

And they expected that. They expected for me not to fight. They expected for me to give up … and then they would’ve kept on doing what they doing.

It’s not easy. But I do have my kids. No matter what, my boys are there. But I’ve been through a lot.

They’ve done everything possible to discourage me. But I’m not leaving. Bloomberg and Kelly are.

But I’m not. I haven’t done anything wrong.

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Young & Restless:

Angell Conwell chats about her movie career, daytime soap acting

Kam Williams Angell Conwell was born in Orangeburg, S.C., on Aug. 2, 1983, but raised in nearby Columbia. At 17, she made her big screen debut in the gritty, John Singleton drama “Baby Boy” opposite Tyrese, Taraji P. Henson and Snoop Dogg.

She followed that outing with well-received supporting roles in such feature films as “The Wash,” “Soul Plane” and “24 Hour Love.” More recently, Conwell enjoyed a starring role on the TV-One hit series “Family Time” with Omar Gooding, as well as a recurring role as Kevin Hart’s exwife on the hit BET series “Real Husbands of Hollywood.”

Her TV credits include guest starring roles on such shows as “NYPD Blue,” “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” “Moesha,” “That’s So Raven” and “3rd Rock from the Sun.” She has also appeared in the music videos “Batter Up” and “Ride Wit Me” and Usher’s “Confessions.”

In her spare time she enjoys reading inspirational books, days at the beach, walks with her dog,

Xeena, and giving back by helping to serve at MyFriendsHouseLA. com. She spoke with The Banner about her upcoming independent movie “4Play” with Wesley Jonathan, and about playing Leslie Michaelson on the daytime drama “The Young & the Restless,” which just celebrated its 40th anniversary on the air.

What interested you in doing a soap opera?

Being on a daytime drama never crossed my mind until the breakdown for the character “Leslie” was released. She was described as a strong, spitfire legal shark. It’s rare that an opportunity comes to play such a character, and being that “The Young & The Restless” is not only the No. 1 daytime drama overall, it’s also the No. 1 daytime drama within my family — they’ve all been watching since before I was born. After considering all these things, it made complete sense.

Tell me a little about your character, Leslie Michaelson.

Leslie Michaelson is an attorney. She has a passion for what she does. She’s a stand-up woman who has been through many terrifying situations in life, but has turned them to her advantage. She loves her younger brother, Tyler [played by Redaric Williams], with all of her heart, and she stands by her man, Neil [played by Kristoff St. John], without being smothering. She’s quite a lady!

How did you prepare to play a lawyer?

As far as the legal lingo, I googled most of the terminology and started to try to use it on a daily basis so that it would begin to sound normal coming out of my mouth. It’s not every day talk for me, so I had to get used to that.

Once I learn the material, it’s mainly all about helping to give Leslie some spice and life. The writers put it all on the paper. My job is to bring it.

Are there any upcoming developments you can share about Leslie and her love interest, Neil?

Plenty of Neil and Leslie’s relationship has revolved around Gus [Leslie’s father], Rose [dead woman from Gus’ past], a mysterious blogger, and figuring out the different connections. So, I’m hoping that we may get to see another dynamic to their relationship soon. Maybe more romance and passion, but honestly, I have no idea.

“The Young & The Restless” has endured on TV for 40 years. Do you feel any pressure to live up to that record of success and to honor the show’s long legacy?

I used to feel pressure, but as time goes on, I realize that all you can do is do your best at any given moment.

You’re also on another hit show, “The Real Husbands of Hollywood,” on which you play Kevin Hart’s wife.

How is acting on a fake reality show different from appearing on a soap opera?

Two words: one take! For the most part, we shoot everything in one take on “The Young & The Restless,” which makes it unlike anything I’ve ever worked on. It’s a great adrenaline rush!

In your upcoming movie “4Play,” you share the screen with a couple of former child stars — Jaleel White and Wesley Jonathan. How was it working with them?

Jaleel has fantastic comedic timing. He is clearly such a pro.

Wesley and I worked together on the NBC morning show, “City Guys.” We’ve been friends since, but haven’t worked together in over 10 years. It’s great being able to be on set again with him.

What message do you think people will take away from the movie?

It’s a great movie about maturing in life. We all come to a point where we realize we need to change in order to become better. This movie highlights that we either remain stagnant in life and love or face our fears and grow.

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Millenium Choir lauds Xmas with harmonic gospel style

Members of the New England Conservatory Millenium Choir perform during a concert at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston last Friday.

The gospel music choir was led during the performance by five music ministers from area churches. (Charlotte Zoller photo) Susan Saccoccia Glorifying God as well as the power of the African American gospel music tradition, the New

England Conservatory Millennium Choir captivated its audience on Friday night at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston with a high-spirited celebration of the Christmas season.

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Every seat in the Remis Auditorium was filled at the performance, the choir’s fifth Christmas concert here since 2005, an event that has become a beloved annual tradition

for many in the audience.

The choir generated excitement from the moment they strode on stage. Dressed in black, a long stream of men and women entered and took their places on tiered stands, forming three rows. Co-founder Patricia Dance, her red dress matching the women’s red scarves, exuded warmth as she introduced the “multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-generational” ensemble.

Founded in 2000, the NEC Millennium Gospel Choir performs with the heart and skill to equal the grandeur of its mission — to bring the majesty of black gospel music into the new millennium. The choir draws its 200 members from more than 30 church choirs in Boston and surrounding towns. The singers were chosen for their superior vocal gifts and dedication to gospel music, and range in age from 16 to 82.

Key to the black gospel tradition is a visual and auditory experience that blends precision with exuberant passion. Its disciplines nurture individual voices and styles within a common framework that breeds familial warmth and human connection.

At the MFA, the choir was radiant as they swayed and clapped in unison; the singers encompassed the audience in a tidal wave of sound and emotion.

On hand to lead the choir were five of its music directors, distinguished music ministers serving at area churches. Taking turns conducting were Dance and fellow co-founder Donnell Patterson, an NEC faculty member, as well as David Coleman, Herbert Jones, Renese King and Jonathan Singleton.

Deftly accompanying the choir were keyboardist Adonis Martin, drummer Jamal Shoffner and bassist Domenic Davis.

Recalling the choir’s 2007 concert tour in South Africa, Jonathan Singleton led a tribute to Nelson Mandela. He conducted the singers in a hymn they sang during their visit, a majestic Alleluia chorus interwoven with a Swahili chant.

The choir rendered a virtuoso cappella version of “God Rest You Merry Gentlemen,” the men and women braiding their voices into rounds of exquisite harmony.

Donnell Patterson led the choir in an ecstatic song of praise, their joyful rendition of Handel’s “For Unto Us a Child Is Born.” His arms spreading in ever-wider arcs, he seemed on the verge of taking flight.

The varied repertoire mingled traditional carols with sublime arrangements of contemporary R&B hits.

The choir elevated the Isley Brothers’ R&B hit, “Caravan of Love” into a hymn of human connection.

David Coleman accompanied the choir with delicate lyricism on the keyboard as they sang his soaring arrangement of Chris Brown’s “This Christmas.”

Just before a closing hymn by iconic gospel composer Richard Smallwood, the choir mined the gold in a hit by ‘60s rock-androll pioneer Jackie DeShannon.

Backed by the strong groove of Jonathan Singleton’s keyboards, the choir sang “Put a Little Love in Your Heart,” embracing the audience in an ecstatic high and strong rhythmic pulse.

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things we can do for any neighborhood is to let people know who lived there before them and what they did,” Rushing said during the press conference. “If they know, they can be better prepared to make decisions about the future of the neighborhood.”

The renovation of the Dillaway Thomas House and Roxbury Heritage State Park is part of the Patrick administration’s commitment to creating and preserving green space in Boston. During his two terms in

than three community meetings, according to Rich Sullivan, secretary of energy and environmental affairs.

“It will be short,” he said of the process. “We have a construction season we’ll have to be hitting so the governor can be back for the ribbon cutting.”

Dudley Square Main Streets Executive Director Joyce Stanley said she welcomed the renovations, but would like to see funding for staff.

“They need programming and staff to bring in more people, fund-

“It’s important that every community has access to green space. It’s time to re-invest in Roxbury.”

—Gov. Deval Patrick

Built in the 1750s, the Dillaway Thomas House is part of the Roxbury Heritage State Park. (Banner photo)

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during the American Revolutionary War. Roxbury played a pivotal role during the siege of Boston. Continental Army troops stationed there controlled all land access to the city and eventually helped convey can-

nons brought from Fort Ticonderoga by General Knox to Dorchester Heights, effectively ending the siege and forcing the British Troops to retreat.

The Dillaway Thomas House is one of the few surviving houses from that era in Roxbury and was nearly razed when the adjacent Timilty School was constructed.

The house underwent a renovation in the 1930s, then again in the early 1990s after state Rep. Byron Rushing petitioned the Legislature to preserve the house as part of a state park. The house opened to the public in 1992 and has hosted community events and been a stop on historic tours of Roxbury.

“One of the most important

government, the state has created or rehabilitated 170 parks across the state.

“It’s important that every community has access to green space,” Patrick said. “It’s time to re-invest in Roxbury.”

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Making Roots youth workers play with children in Haiti. The faith-based organization works in Passe Catabois and Cite Soleil, and will hold a fundraising gala at the Mission Bar and Grill on Jan. 4 to support its efforts.

Kassmin Williams Boston resident Leah Beidler couldn’t walk away from the hardship she saw Haitian children dealing with after living and working in Haiti for one year as a teacher for four adopted children.

“Being present there just kind of gave me a different perspective of how to walk in the world,” Biedler said.

In 2008, Beidler and her sister Caitlin Beidler partnered with Haitian organization UEBH, which connected them with a church in a village north of Port-au-Prince, Passe Catabois, and formed the faith-based organization, Making Roots.

The organization operates in Passe Catabois and Cité Soleil, and aims to improve the lives of Haitians.

Making Roots is hosting its fifth annual Holiday Gala fundraiser on Jan. 4 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Mission Bar and Grill to raise funds to support its summer programs in Haiti.

A $20 donation includes access to live art and music, a silent auction, hors d’oeuvres and one bar beverage.

The organization runs a summer camp named Camp Hope, which supports students through its Planting project; creates artwork

with the two communities through its Community Murals project; and provides support in times of emergency with its Mercy Relief project.

Beidler called the summer a “quiet time” in Haiti.

“I don’t think the kids are getting the enrichment they should be getting for development for mental, emotional and physical development,” Beidler said.

According to her, Cité Soleil and Passe Catabois are two different environments — Passe Catabois suffers from poverty, while Cité Soleil is plagued with gang violence.

“It’s a very hard place. It has [about] 32 zones. It’s very much like each zone has a gang, so it’s very hard to transcend into other zones or even reach certain people with some of the gang activity,” Beidler said.

When Making Roots started in 2008, Camp Hope was a threeweek program and serviced about 60 children.

Today, the camp is four weeks and provides youth workshops to about 170 children.

During the session, the children receive one meal and participate in youth workshops that include theater, art, sports and music.

The organization’s Community Mural project reach out to the community for participation, and aim at uniting different groups in art. This

has been particularly successful in Cité Soleil.

“We did a mural and it was really cool because it drew out all different people from different walks.

We had pastors. We had children.

We had gang leaders. We had gang members. We had elderly people,” Beidler said. “Everyone was working together for one project for the neighborhood and it wasn’t necessarily because anybody was getting anything out of it, it was jus they wanted to be there.”

The Mercy Relief project operates to support Haiti in times on need.

For example, during the Cholera outbreak, which started in 2010, Making Roots raised funds for a clinic in Haiti that was running short on supplies.

The Planting project supports 12 students in Haiti, financing their education.

Beidler said she hopes that the volunteer-run organization can support more students in the future.

Beidler, who has lived in Dorchester for the past eight years, is also looking for more ways to get rooted in Boston.

“I’d love to see how we can be deeper rooted with some [Haitian-based] organizations to see what they’re doing in Haiti, to see if there’s potential of a partnership or even resources,” she said.

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TRAINING PROGRAM In order to be eligible as an applicant these basic qualifications must be met at the time the application is assigned: 1. be 18 years of age or older; 2. have a high school diploma or GED; (GED will only be accepted if you completed and passed the 10th grade) 3. must meet the requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and any other applicable immigration law; 4. have a Driver’s License/Photo ID and Social Security card in your possession; 5. capable of performing essential function of the work.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU00P1967GM1 In the interests of Tyler Scott Bowman-Ryan of Dorchester, MA Minor NOTICE AND ORDER: Petition for Resignation or Petition for Removal of Guardianship of a Minor 1.

2.

NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition to Resign as Guardian of a Minor or Petition for Removal of Guardian of a minor filed by Easter D. Bowman of Jacksonville, MS on 09/23/2013 will be held 01/15/2014 09:00 AM Guardianship of Minor Hearing Located at 24 New Chardon Street, 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02114 — Family Service Office Response to Petition: You may respond by filing a written response to the Petition or by appearing in person at the hearing. If you choose to file a written response, you need to:

File the original with the Court; and Mail a copy to all interested parties at least five (5) business days before the hearing.

3.

Counsel for the Minor: The minor (or an adult on behalf of the minor) has the right to request that counsel be appointed for the minor.

4.

Presence of the Minor at Hearing: A minor over age 14 has the right to be present at any hearing, unless the Court finds that it is not in the minor’s best interests.

The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater.

The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of $1,000,000. Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

Filed sub bids will be required and taken on the following classes of work: $61,000

HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING

PAINTING $31,000 ELECTRICAL $96,000 ACOUSTICAL TILE

$34,000

FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEM

$27,000

The Authority reserves the right to reject any sub bid of any sub trade where permitted by Section 44E of the above referenced General Laws. The right

is also reserved to waive any informality in or to reject any or all proposals and General Bids.

This contract is subject to a Minority/Women Owned Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that not less than THREE PERCENT (3%) of the Contract be performed by minority and women owned business enterprise contractors. With respect to this provision, bidders are urged to familiarize themselves thoroughly with the Bidding Documents. Strict compliance with the pertinent procedures will be required for a bidder to be deemed responsive and eligible.

This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246).

The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000.

Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: An important court proceeding that may affect your rights has been scheduled. If you do not understand this notice or other court papers, please contact an attorney for legal advice.

Date: November 25, 2013

Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Probate Court SUFFOLK. ss

Docket No. SU13E0128QP

To: The Keeper of Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages of Boston in the County of Suffolk and To The Unknown Father Of Parts Unknown, In the Matter of Gianni Perez born on July 18, 2005 of Boston in the County of Suffolk, a minor child.

CHELSEA APARTMENT

4+ bdrms Newly renovated, 2000+ sq ft apt in 3 fam, no smkng/pets, hrdwd flrs, eat-in kit, pantry, lg master bedroom, din and lv rm, laundry rm, enclosed frnt/bck prchs, off street prkng, T access, min to Bost.

Sec 8 OK

A petition has been presented to said Court by Jessica Baez of Boston in the County of Suffolk and is the mother of said minor child is asking that to correct her name on her daughter’s birth certificate #124436 reads as Trinity Perez and to correct it to her birth name of Jessica Baez and any other relief as this Honorable Court may deem just and proper for the reasons more fully described in the petition.

If you desire to object thereto you or your attorney should file a written appearance in said Court at Boston before ten o’clock in the forenoon on the 20th day January, 2014, the return day of the citation.

WITNESS, Joan P Armstrong, Esquire, First Judge of said Court, this 16th day of December, 2013.

Patricia M. Campatelli, Register MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. L1025-C7, LOGAN OFFICE CENTER - FIRST AND THIRD FLOOR RENOVATIONS, ONE HARBORSIDE DRIVE, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S - Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 021282909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

Sealed filed sub bids for the same contract will be received at the same office until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014, immediately after which, in a designated room, the filed sub bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT SUITE 209S – LOGAN OFFICE CENTER, ONE HARBORSIDE DRIVE, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02128 AT 9:00A.M. LOCAL TIME ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2014.

The work includes A PHASED 8,290 S.F. INTERIOR OFFICE RENOVATION AFFECTING DEPARTMENTS ON TWO FLOORS OF THE LOGAN OFFICE CENTER.

OFFICE SPACE DORCHESTER/ MILTON 1st Class Office Space Corner of Gallivan Blvd and Washington St ample parking.

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Affordable Rental Opportunity The Victor 110 Beverly Street, Boston, MA 02114 www.VictorLottery.com 10 Units # of Units

Type

Price/Rent

% Income

2

Studio*

$1,024

70%

7

One Bedroom**

$1,194

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1

Two Bedroom

$1,365

70%

*1 Handicap accessible unit available, **1Handicap Accessible unit available & 1 Hearing Impaired unit available Maximum Income Per Household Size 70%

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$46,250

2

$52,850

3

$59,450

4

$66,100

5

$71,350

6

$76,650

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Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2013.

Households may request an application be sent by email or mail from January 13th- January 26th through the following methods Website: www.VictorLottery.com Phone: 617-209-5411

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Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form.

Applications will also be available in person on the following dates and times: Location: 110 Beverly Street, Boston, MA 02114

On-site parking, in home W/D, fitness center, on bus lines, storage space, on-site management & 24-hour emergency maintenance

In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract General Bidders must submit with their bid a current Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. The estimated contract cost is EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($860,000.00).

In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract, filed Subbidders must submit with their bid a current Sub-bidder Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance and a Sub-bidder Update Statement. The filed Sub-bidder must be certified in the sub-bid category of work for which the Sub-bidder is submitting a bid proposal.

Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44H inclusive, Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid.

Date

Time

Monday, January 13th

10:00AM-2:00PM

Wednesday, January 15th

3:00PM-7:00PM

Saturday, January 18th

10:00AM-2:00PM

Return completed applications by mail only, postmarked no later than February 3rd, 2013: Maloney Properties, Inc. Attention: The Victor 27 Mica Lane, Wellesley MA 02481 Selection by lottery.

Asset, Use & Occupancy Restrictions apply.

Preference for disabled household for 2 ADA units. Preference for hearing impaired household for 1 hearing impaired unit.

Preference for Boston Residents.

Preference for Households with at least one person per bedroom.

For more information or reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, call Maloney Properties, Inc. 781-943-0200 – US Relay 711 or Victor@MaloneyProperties.com.

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BRAND NEW Studio and One Bedroom Apartments

Projected occupancy: Winter 2014

Monthly Rents: Studio $1,057 | 1 Bedroom $1,114 *HUD published effective 12/11/2012, Revised FY 2013.

Subject to change annually.

Max. Monthly Gross Annual Income Limits: 1 person $47,150 | 2p $53,900 | 3p $60,650 | 4p $67,350* *HUD published effective 12/11/2012, Revised FY 2013.

Subject to change annually.

Applicants will be chosen through a lottery.

All applicants must meet the community’s Resident Selection Plan criteria.

Applications will be taken from 12/9/13 - 2/9/14.

Applications must be fully completed and received by 2/9/14.

Please mail or drop off your completed application to: Gerrish Compliance, 88 Gerrish Avenue Chelsea, MA 02150 Lottery will be held on 2/10/14.

For more information on the lottery and to receive an application: CALL: (617) 884-7271 | TDD: CALL 7-1-1 E-MAIL: BOXDISTRICT@HALLKEEN.COM www.FlatsAt44.com Temporary Management Office Located at 88 Gerrish Avenue, Chelsea, MA 02150

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ATTENTION BOSTON RESIDENTS Commercial glazing contractor seeks qualified Boston residents with 5 years’ experience in commercial window installation to work on the Dudley Square Municipal Office Facility and the Edward W. Brooke Charter School projects.

PLEASE SEND RESUME TO: LOCKHEED WINDOW CORP. Commercial Sales Department PO Box 166, Route 100 Pascoag, RI 02859

Boston Public Health Commission is hiring a Information Security Officer - Info Tech Services

Experience with security tools and assessments; familiarity with Windows administration; strong understanding of networking and network protocols analyzers; in-depth knowledge of information security risks and counter-measures for Windows and Unix/ Linux platforms; hands-on experience in networking, information systems security, risk assessments, and penetration testing.

Knowledge of HIPAA/HITECH security policies and procedures required. Bachelor degree required. 3-4 years experience in information security field. Minimum of 2 years experience developing and administering an information security program. Working knowledge of and experience in the policy and regulatory environment for information security, especially in public. Boston Residency Required, or willingness to relocate.

To apply online, please go to www.bphc.org EEO G/L/B/T

National Association of Social Workers

Has Two Job Openings

Complete job descriptions at www.naswma.org

1. Director of Government Relations and Political Action

Boston Public Health Commission is hiring a Senior System Administrator BA/BS degree OR equivalent experience. 5 years of experience in a Microsoft environment with Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy Design, and windows clustering McAfee ePO. Exposure to other technologies, such as Linux, SQL Server 2005-2008, SharePoint 2007.

Dell server hardware and Open Manage, Symantec / Veritas Netbackup, and data center design / build out experience preferred. Boston Residency Required, or willingness to relocate.

To apply online, please go to www.bphc.org

• Responsible for all Chapter activities in the public policy, legislative, and political action arenas.

• Oversees Legislative Agenda and all lobbying efforts • Represents NASW in the State House and on Coalitions • Organizes Annual Legislative and Educational Action Day • Follows public policy issues such as health care and welfare • Other projects as needed.

2. Membership Development Associate • Develop and promote all membership recruitment and retention initiatives • Manage all student and newer professional activities.

• Head public relations and public image efforts, including all major social media platforms, and establishing links with the media.

• Manage the Licensing Test Prep Courses, and the Safety Training Project • Other projects and initiatives as needed.

Qualifications: MSW or BSW preferred with demonstrated

initiative and proven ability in areas outlined above. Must have ability to balance several projects, write and speak convincingly, and have a MA Driver’s license and car.

We are located in downtown Boston, non-smoking office, EOE/MF. Send cover letter and resume to: Chapter@naswma.org

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Executive Director We Help People Get and Succeed at Good Jobs Free job-search and career development help: • Most people who complete our 60-hour job-search workshop qualify for free, individual job-search help.

• We refer people to jobs that pay $20,000 — $30,000 and offer benefits.

• We mentor people who accept jobs through our referrals for two years.

If you are a low-income adult who is: • Looking for a full-time permanent job; • Willing to participate in our two-year mentoring program; • Age 22 to 55; • Legal to work in the U.S.; • Able to succeed in an English-speaking workplace, then…

Orientation Every Thursday, 1:00 PM Call us to see if you qualify at (617) 424-6616.

• You will need to bring your résumé • If you do not have a résumé, bring a list of: - Jobs and military service since high school; - Education and training.

- Be sure to include month and year; be sure that all dates are correct.

The Barnstable Housing Authority seeks qualified applicants for the full-time position of Executive Director to manage operations of a large housing authority.

The Executive Director is responsible for administration of 965 housing units: 85 units of family housing, 223 units of elderly/ disabled housing, 52 units of special needs housing, 491 mobile Section 8 vouchers, 25 project-based Section 8 vouchers, 39 MRVP vouchers, 15 transitional units and 35 Shelter Plus Care units.

The position oversees the management of 19 employees.

Qualifications include: Six years or more experience in the field of housing management, community development, public administration, or a closely related field. Considerable knowledge of local, state, and federal governmental procedures and regulations as they relate to housing development, construction and the management of local housing authority operations. Must have a working knowledge of fiscal management, maintenance systems, personnel and administrative management systems in public or private housing. At least one year of supervisory experience overseeing a staff of seven or more is preferred. A bachelor’s degree will be considered comparable to two years of experience.

Excellent written, verbal, and computer skills necessary in order to effectively communicate with local officials, boards, residents and funding agencies. Experience working with people of various socio-economic backgrounds. Certification as a Public Housing Manager from a HUD approved organization is required, but may be substituted by certification as a property manager or similar classification by a nationally recognized housing or real estate organization or by certification as a MPHA by a DHCD-approved Massachusetts Public Housing Administrator Certification Program. Must successfully pass a CORI screening and be bondable.

Minimum work schedule of 37 ½ hours per week. Salary or fee is commensurate with experience and Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development guidelines with a starting range of $75,517 to $78,162. A candidate will be selected in March 2014 with a starting date of April 1, 2014. The successful candidate must enter into a contract which will be reviewed and deemed acceptable to Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD). Applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, and salary requirements to Executive Director Search Committee, Barnstable Housing Authority, 146 South St., Hyannis, MA 02601 on or before January 15, 2014. Equal Opportunity Employer.

Boston Public Health Commission is hiring a Data Architect – ITS Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering is required.

An advanced degree in a relevant technical discipline and /or public health is a plus.

3+ years of experience coding/optimizing/analyzing Transact-SQL on Microsoft SQL Server and experience with Microsoft Reporting Services, SSIS, and SSAS. SAS experience a plus. Boston Residency Required, or willingness to relocate.

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