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Margert Community Corporation is a nonprofit, community-based organization that has been providing neighborhood preservation services, housing assistance, and housing counseling to low-income tenants and homeowners, the elderly, and persons with disabilities since 1980. While our primary service area is Far Rockaway, Queens, we also provide vital housing services to Queens County and the NYC Metro Area.

Our Mission

Margert Community Corporation was founded in 1980 by the R.C. parishes of St. Mary Star of the Sea, in Far Rockaway, and St. Gertrude's, in Edgemere.

The purpose of the corporation is to enable these parishes to serve their communities in the areas of housing, senior citizens, and youth concerns.

The focus of our work is to assist poor and lower income individuals and families, and in this way to bring good news, in a practical manner, to the poor.

We are currently involved in study and plans that hope to see new, decent and affordable housing built in our communities.

Faithful to our mission, we seek housing that will indeed be good news for both homeowners and tenants, and a sign of hope for others.

In our plans, we want to be faithful in serving lower-income persons by offering decent and affordable housing in an environment that provides the dignity and services that enable them to improve their lives and the lives of their children and families.

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Joseph G. Barden, Executive Director

jgb@nyct.net

Agency Brochures:

Weatherization Assistance Program

Neighborhood Preservation Program

Homebuyer Education and Learning Program

Home Maintenance Training and Repair Program

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We are the nonprofit housing agency of the Rockaways, serving the five boroughs of New York City and Long Island.

Margert serves as the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) service provider for south Queens.

Board of Directors

Margert holds its monthly Board of Directors meeting on the 2nd Thursday of the month, September thru June, in the Rectory of St. Mary Star of the Sea, at 1920 New Haven Avenue, or 336 Beach 38th Street, in the Tessier Learning Center at St. Gertrude's.

Officers

Chairman:
Rev. James K. Cunningham
Pastor, St. Mary Star of the Sea

Vice-Chair:
Open

Treasurer:
Paul H. Gannon

Members

Hubert Hinds

Harry Leroy

Hank S. Otero

Daisie Rodriquez

John Schiavone

Honorary Directors

Rev. Msgr. Sean G. Ogle

Kevin Kearney, Esq.

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What is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit?

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IRS Letter of Determination

NYS Charities Registration

HUD Re-certification Letter

NYS DHCR CHDO Designation

NYS DHCR NPP Manual (2007 update)

The Preservation Program Manual is designed to provide Preservation Program participants with a handbook that explains the requirements, processes and procedures of the Neighborhood Preservation Program.

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