and building communities and the arts

2013ANNUAL REPORT

On the cover: Roy Spells viewing the exhibition Olé

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In early 2011, the Board of Safe Harbors of the Hudson developed a three-year strategic plan. Building on our core mission of providing housing, support and opportunity for our tenants, the plan detailed a vision for the expansion of the organization. Safe Harbors and the Ritz would work in concert to spur the redevelopment of downtown Newburgh; we would secure dynamic tenants for our Broadway commercial space, pursue opportunities to replicate our unique housing model and create a vibrant arts scene on lower Broadway, serving as a catalyst for cultural tourism and renewed

community pride.

The vision and accompanying goals and objectives outlined in 2011 have resulted in a strong, dynamic organization. Safe Harbors and the Ritz created a beautiful box office and a newly designed marquee will be installed this spring. Innovative partners have been identified for 115 and 117 Broadway and those long-dormant spaces are now being built out to house two vibrant new businesses. These façade improvements and development in the building enhance the aesthetics of the block and contribute to the vitality of Broadway. A new partnership with community theater production company Hatmaker’s Attic and expanded programming in the Lobby at the Ritz and Ann Street Gallery draw more people to our downtown each year.

The innovative and now iconic public art on the east façade of the building serves as a defacto gateway to our city and helps solidify our role as an arts and cultural hub in the community.

While we pursue additional housing opportunities in the City of Newburgh and the region, Safe Harbors continues to provide responsive on-site management at the Cornerstone and, with our partner Independent Living, succeeds in keeping evictions low and tenant success and achievement high.

As we enter 2014, I would like to extend a sincere thank you to Adam Rodd who served the organization with extraordinary commitment as Safe Harbors Board Chair from 2011 through 2013. We welcome James Moss as the new Chair of the Board and look forward to working with him to grow our mission into the future. Safe Harbors also thanks founding Ritz Theater Board Chair James Beard for his distinguished leadership and unwavering support of the Ritz Theater and our restoration efforts. We welcome new Chair Eileen Osterby and her enthusiastic embrace of the project.

In the coming year, we will continue to provide housing and opportunity for those most in need while welcoming our innovative commercial space partners, thousands of guests attending our cultural events, hundreds of neighbors joining us to clean our City and the twinkling new lights of the marquee casting their glow on a new and improved Broadway.

Sincerely,Lisa Silverstone, Executive Director

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SAFE HARBORS and CORNERSTONE NEWS AND NOTEWORTHY

• Lisa Silverstone was appointed Executive Director in July.• Tricia Haggerty Wenz, Safe Harbors Founder, was the recipient

of the Cornerstone of the Community Award at this year’s Annual Gala.

• The 2013 Gala enjoyed record attendance.• Safe Harbors welcomed Stefanie Pearl to the Safe Harbors Board and Eileen Osterby to the Ritz Theater

Board.• Cornerstone resident William Greene was the recipient of the Jacob T. Coleman Neighbor of the Year

Award at the Safe Harbors/Independent Living-sponsored Tenant Gala.• Cornerstone resident artists Kristine Jaroka, Jonathan Dobin, Peter Cody and Ruben Rivera were

featured in the Newburgh Open Studios Tour.• Safe Harbors supported the local film office by serving as the holding venue for the locally-produced film Mi America.• Longtime Cornerstone resident Fayola Imani graduated from SUNY Empire with a Bachelor of Arts

degree. Fayola was also nominated Supportive Housing Network of New York Tenant of the Year and was recognized with the Tenant Personal Achievement Award at the Tenant Gala.

• Safe Harbors hosted Newburgh’s first community-supported agriculture (CSA) with partner Huguenot Street Farm.

• Cornerstone resident and student of the GED program, Billy Ford, received his diploma in June after much hard work and determination.

• The community Diversity Job Fair, hosted at the Cornerstone, brought more than 25 employers and 250 job seekers.

• Bells on Broadway welcomed more than 300 neighbors to share in holiday cheer.• The Cornerstone Men’s Group hosted this year’s tenant BBQ at Algonquin Park.• Safe Harbors hosted a record number of community members at its annual Thanksgiving Day Feast.• Cornerstone resident Ron Heckle was the winner of the city-wide holiday window decorating contest.• Cornerstone residents enjoyed outings to the New York Botanical Garden, Walkway Over the Hudson

and an Army football game.

Lisa Silverstone and William Greene

Fayola Imani

Tricia Haggerty Wenz and Maurice Hinchey

Tenant Gala 2013


Community Cleanup 2013

Billy Ford

TenantsOUR

Tenant Population

Office ofMental Health 39 31%Disabled 44 36%Artists 11 9%Veterans 13 10%Retired 17 14%

Tenant Ethnicity

Black 54 44%Hispanic 16 12%White 54 44%

Tenant Sources of Income Supplemental Security Income/ Social Security Disability 31%Social Security Disability 16%Salary 15%Social Security 8%Veterans Administration 10%Department of Social Services 15%Pension 3%Family 2%

30.7% of our tenants supplement their above listed income with employment.

Tenant Gender

Male 79 64%Female 45 36%

Tenant Ages 20-29 7%30-39 14%40-49 13%50-59 37%60-69 19%70-79 8%80+ 2%

Tenant Annual Income $0-4,999 5%$5,000-9,999 50%$10,000-14,999 21%$15,000-19,999 9%$20,000-29,999 11%$30,000+ 4%


Peter Cody and Will Springs

Paul Sanders and daughter Mariann Sanders

Carmen Ortiz and friend

Guests enjoying the Tenant Gala

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Cornerstone residentsSyreeta Terry and Alice Monk

Safe Harbors’ sister organization, the Ritz Theater-Newburgh, Inc., celebrated 100 years of live theater at 107 Broadway with an array of well-attended programs and events. In a major step forward in the restoration of the historic theater, work began on a new marquee that will soon light up lower Broadway illuminating the cultural hub we have established in the heart of downtown.

Highlights• With our partner the Bardavon, sponsor Newburgh Veterinary Hospital and a grant

from NYSCA, the Ritz presented the Tom Humphrey Music Series with performances by Jazz legend Bucky Pizzarelli with Vinny Raniolo and Frank Vignola, Steve Katz and Rebecca Martin featuring Larry Grenadier.

• The new children’s program Stepping Stones Stage featured storytelling, music and puppetry performed by authors and musicians Lydia Adams Davis, McKenzie Willis and Evan Gottfried.

• A free outdoor concert for kids featured local performer Gustafer Yellowgold.• Other programming included an Evening of Local Literati with Genie Abrams reading

from her novel Louie Levy’s Greatest Catch and Brian C. Petti with excerpts from his monologues Echoes of Ireland.• The Ritz hosted the fifth annual RitzKidz “Newburgh’s Got Talent!” Talent Show with many talented performers

returning to the stage for the third, fourth and fifth time joined by many others making their debut performance.• Ritz Theater forged a partnership with Hatmaker’s Attic and staged several performances in the Lobby. The 25th

Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and A Few Good Men were performed to sold-out audiences. Hatmaker’s also produced Underneath the Lintel starring local actor and Hatmaker’s co-founder, Edward-Gibbons-Brown, The Love Song of Sidney J. Stein by local playwright, Brian C. Petti and Ebenezer, a unique take on Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.”


Bucky Pizzarelli (center) withVinny Raniolo (left) and Frank Vignola Performing at the Lobby at the Ritz

In 2013, the Ann Street Gallery presented five thought-provoking exhibitions encouraging a greater understanding and appreciation of contemporary art across cultures and between generations.

Highlights• The Gallery welcomed more than 3,000 visitors.• Five exhibitions were presented: Abstractions: New Modernism, Olé, Light as Medium, Sublime Revisited

and Practice and Process.• Three engaging artist lectures included Holography and Tintypes with Linda Law, Michael Gabor, Eric

Anthony Johnson and Susan Cowles; The 360 Walks of Life: Labyrinth with Chee Wang Ng and Artist’s Process with Stefana McClure and Jill Baroff.

• Patrons of the arts enjoyed a wine tasting fundraising event, sponsored by Palaia Vineyards, that featured local wine and food and a sneak preview of the exhibition Practice and Process.

• The gallery received generous support from the Virginia Cretella Mars Foundation.


Marianna Russell (left) and visitors at the opening of the exhibition Sublime Revisited

Cornerstone resident Joyce Hill viewing the exhibition Olé


Visitors viewing the exhibition Abstractions: New Modernism

Cornerstone resident Joyce Hill viewing the exhibition Olé

Voices from the Community

I came to learn about Safe Harbors soon after I began exploring

the area surrounding my new home in Newburgh. I moved here in the fall

of 2012. More than anything, I found myself drawn to Newburgh with a

hope that my new home and the city would continue to heal a heart that

had been broken by the loss of a beloved partner. I was seeking a new

beginning and Newburgh provided that. In looking for things to do, I was

immediately drawn to events that happened at this hard-to-miss place

on Broadway. Working in the theater myself, I was instantly swept up in

the story of the Ritz Theater and was anxious to have a reason to visit. A

performance, though, wasn’t what brought me initially inside the building

that I later learned was intimately tied to Safe Harbors; it was a Christmas

Bazaar and art show. As I wandered through the halls that first time, I

remember being struck by the art, the community spirit, and feelings of

happiness.

In the following months, I continued to come in contact with

different aspects of Safe Harbors without seeing its pieces as part of a

whole. I attended openings at the Ann Street Gallery; I even became a

member. I went to a few performances in the Ritz Theater Lobby and I

stopped by a variety of special events. All these things were great, but

it wasn’t until a conversation with a man whom I had hired to do some

carpentry work that I began to fully understand the work of Safe Harbors

of the Hudson. Through our conversations, I learned of his personal story

and that he lived in the Cornerstone Residence. I had already developed

respect for him as a gifted craftsman and his personal story of resilience

both inspired me and caused me to consider the value of Safe Harbors

in its provision of a secure and supportive place for him to live and grow.

Through my carpenter, I began to understand the total mission of the

organization and, then, I began to believe in it.

In preparing to write this, I have often wondered if somehow the

mission of Safe Harbors isn’t finding its way into the whole of the City of

Newburgh. After all, of all the places I could have chosen to live to continue

to heal some deep wounds, I chose the City of Newburgh. I’m glad that

Safe Harbors and its work at the Cornerstone Residence, the Ritz Theater,

and the Ann Street Gallery are my neighbors. I’m hoping that the spirit of

what’s done in these places will continue to ripple out to all those in need…

including myself…for whatever those needs might be. We all deserve a safe

harbor to live and grow. That’s the importance and the gift of Safe Harbors

of the Hudson.

BRAD CROWNOVER


Financials

RENTAL

OTDA

OMH

HUD

DEVELOPMENT

FUNDRAISING

Ann Street Gallery

OTHER GRANTS

Tenant Services

Administration

Development

Ann Street Gallery

Taxes

78% Tenant Services $1,212,883 9% Administration $200,920 8% Development $126,129 4% Ann Street Gallery $64,787 1% Taxes $20,039


2013 Expenses

2013 Sources of Income

RENTAL

OTDA

OMH

HUD

DEVELOPMENT

FUNDRAISING

Ann Street Gallery

OTHER GRANTS

Thanksgiving at the Cornerstone Residence

Ann Street Gallery

Grants

Rental

Fundraising

Tenant Services

Administra0on

Development

Ann Street Gallery

Taxes

RENTAL

OTDA

OMH

HUD

DEVELOPMENT

FUNDRAISING

Ann Street Gallery

OTHER GRANTS

RENTAL

OTDA

OMH

HUD

DEVELOPMENT

FUNDRAISING

Ann Street Gallery

OTHER GRANTS

50% Grants $813,532

44% Rental $709,052

6% Fundraising $98,769

0% Ann Street Gallery $3,405

Including Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance, Office of Mental Health and Housing & Urban Develop-ment

Tenant Services

Administration

Development

Ann Street Gallery

Taxes

Tenant Services

Administration

Development

Ann Street Gallery

Taxes


$1-99Eugenie AbramsAll Kinds of SignsAnna’s RestaurantChris AshmanAssociation For The Visually ImpairedSheryl AugustineWonee AversaDavid and Eileen BaileyKippy BoyleKarmen BuckeyPaul and Beatriz ButtonOlympia CancelosiDavid and LouiseCarnrightNancy CasparianCitizens for LarkinEnrico ClementeThomas ConroyAnne CoonMargaret CorrieriKathleen CoxJohn DelkRonald and Laura DePaceKatherine DordickHerbert and Marie Dorfman

Paul DuffyMary DurbinJohn EbertElant, Inc.Jayne FieroRoger FlaumEugene FleishmanCharles FrankelAndrew GarnWilliam and Joanne GeiserAndrew and Anita GennaJessica GersonRobert and Jinny GoffElyse GoldbergMichelle Goldfrank and James CariotGreater Hudson Valley Family Health CenterMichael and Susan GreenSteve and Bobbi GroveHabitat For Humanity of Greater NewburghSuzanne HamlinRobert and Barbara HatfieldHazard’s Pharmacy

Zina HernandezAdam Husted and Joe AlfanoInnate ChiropracticCatherine JonesEileen MacAvery KaneDrew KartiganerTerrence KennedyThomas and Marianna KennedyKim Resch, Inc.Mary Elin Korchinsky and Mark CarnesRussell and Allynne LangeLaw Offices of Michael H. SussmanStan and Diana LevyMiriam LippinBevalie MacFarlandElaine MagwoodLouis and Nancy Clavin MarquetChristina MavoidesMichael McGarveyClayton and Louise MelickMill Street Partners, LLC

Patricia MonelloRamona MonteverdeMartin MoomeyJonathan NasserDominick NisiLarry NummyDaniel and Karen OlsonArne and Eileen OsterbyPeter and Ilene OsinskiDeborah and Gail PariserLynda ParisiJay Parker and Corinne BridgesEdward PeruckiPano and Pamela PitsinosDick Polich and Cathy KuttnerJohn PonessaNancy Proyect and Bill WebberDenise QuisJuila and Tom RileyAdam and Evelyn RoddBill and Kirsten RolonMindy RossPaola Saunders

John SeaburyElaine and Phil SegaliKathleen ServidioRichard SimmsGraham SkeaRichard and Wendy SpierlingSupportive Housing Network of New YorkTallie Carter LawNancy ThomasGeorge and Anna TilleyRobert and Anne TullyNick and Susan ValentineTheresa Vargas and Judy JohnsonSusanne and Stephen VondrakLucille WalkerRosemarie Werkman Westlake Reed LeskoskyKevin White Brian Whitehill Kathleen Wilson

$100-199AFLACAlexis DinerAmerican Endowment Foundation Robert and Lauren AndersonBardavon 1869 Opera HouseToshiba Business SolutionsGalati Pools & SpasDudley and Karen BodenMonsignor John Budwick

C. R. Bard FoundationChris’ DeliCarole CowanDabrusin Auto PartsJames DavidsonCarla DeckerDr. John O’Brien, DDSCornelius and Carol DrislaneF.E.A.S.T. at Roundhill

Pat FavataConrad and Elizabeth FernandesDasic FernandezDonald and Mary FronzagliaHeights Lumber CenterJames HoekemaEloisa JessupJohn Poggioli

Elaine and William Kaplan Family Private FoundationStuart and Nancy KesslerSandra KessnerDavid LattucaBrian and Joanna LeddinPatricia LewisLiberty LocksmithDavid and Constance Littman

Donor Recognition

Cannon Heyman & Weiss, LLP Anthony CasharaKevin FergusonChris and June HenleyIndependent Living, Inc.Lynn Peebles and Doug LandLeo’s Restaurant & Pizzeria

My PALSSusan NajorkPelham Brokerage, Inc.Michael PotackSt. Luke’s Cornwall HospitalSUNY Orange FoundationTD Bank

TextronTH Remodeling & Renovations, Inc.Unitex/A&P Coat, Apron & Linen SupplyMary Latino and John Yates III


$200-299All New York Title AgencyAmerican Felt & Filter Co.Walter Balchunas and Kathleen CoxJames Beard and Jimi PolhamusScot BennJean and Bruce Blair

Commercial Industrial Construction Corp.Hudson River BinderyIntegrity BenefitsMary KitchenPamela LaLondeLaser & Cosmetic Surgery Specialists, PC

Nick and Roberta ManfredoAnne Kennedy McCarthyRobert and Ginny McCurdyDavid and Mary McTamaneyMid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union

Mount Saint Mary CollegeCait MurphyNewburgh ChemistsNewburgh Lions ClubDonald and Mary PetruncolaRank & Smith CPAs, PCGary Smith

Karen Strain SmytheStanley Marks & Co., LLPTEG Federal Credit UnionPaul TurgeonValuation ConsultantsVillage Paint Supply

Loughran’s Irish PubMarangi Disposal Catherine McCarthyElizabeth McCarthyJohn McCormickDaniel and Cynthia McEvoyKaren Mejia and Jerry MaldonadoJoseph and Frances MonastiroMr. Cris Pizzeria

Bill and Mary MurphyNew York Life Insurance CompanyNewburgh Auto SpaNewburgh Free LibraryNewburgh SharksTimothy and Marta NewkirkDavid NolanPatricianne Norton

Anne and Fred Osborn IIINancy PeckenhamLucinda PoindexterJohn RathRider, Weiner and Frankel, PCMichelle Ries and Ed CaseyDavid SagerSally’s Fish MarketShapiro’s Furniture Barn

Shuree Abrams FoundationJohn H. SmithThe Vinyl Resting PlaceGloria TurkVal-U-Office Products Co.Mary and Gerardus VerdegaalGerry and Laurie WagnerRuth Walker and Chris FordWilliam A. Smith & Son, Inc.

$100-199 (continued)

Safe Harbors Donor Recognition

$300-399Carlton and Ann BaconThe Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York

Central Hudson Gas & ElectricGE United Way CampaignGreater Newburgh Partnership

Joseph and Susan MaloneyThe Wherehouse

$400-499Anonymous Rotary Club of Newburgh

$500-999Theresa BrownCDPHPBrad CrownoverDavid and Marie FitzgeraldGerbes & GerbesHess Companies

LSLW CorporationWilliam LubyFrederic and Betsy McCurdyMobil Life Support ServicesMorehead Auto Sales

James Moss

Robert and Virginia NasserAndrew and Stacey PskowskiScott and Lisa SilverstoneTricia Haggerty Wenz

$1,000-2,999

Donor Recognition


Hannah BrooksDrake, Loeb, Heller, Kennedy, Gogerty, Gaba and Rodd

Koch Group & Co., LLPThomas and Mary McGowanMountco Construction Development Corp.

$3,000 +

Safe Harbors Donor Recognition

$1-49Barbara BenjaminEllen ClearyJeff DoolittleCatherine FarberPatricia Favata

Richard and Kathleen FenwickRosemarie GatesBert and Barbara MaineyLesli MalleJohn McCormack

Frank and Helen O’DonnellCherisse VickersRosemarie Werkman

Citizens Bank Foundation $5,000Dyson Foundation $125,000Key Bank National Association $1,000Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union $250New York Life Insurance Company $5,000NYS Office of Mental Health $189,447NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance $307,200

Stewart’s Shops Corp. $1,000TD Charitable Foundation $5,000The Warwick Savings Foundation $5,000U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development $157,500Virginia Cretella Mars Foundation $10,000Wal-Mart Foundation $2,000Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union $3,000

Grants

Newburgh Veterinary Hospital $5,000Sponsor

Donor Recognition


$50-99Judith AlbertsonRobert and Lauren AndersonSusan CassidyStephen ChinoranskyJohn EbertPatricia GarrisonTheresa Vargas and Judy Johnson

Mary Elin Korchinsky and Mark CarnesBenjamin Lambert and Raymond BaublesUrsula LeveltMount Saint Mary CollegeLynda ParisiJames RichardsDaniela Russo - In Memory of Salvo Guttilla

Carl AielloSteve Bassett and Anne McLeodDay Seckler, LLPEliza GilkysonMichelle Goldfrank and James CariotMichael and Susan Green

Jeffrey and Rachelle HarmerDeborah JindelaKoch Group & Co., LLPMarlena LangeJames and Ann LoebRichard ManleyMary and Bill Murphy

Newburgh Lions ClubDavid NoriegaJo-Ann PaigeDavid SagerScott and Lisa SilverstoneSt. Nicholas Ladies Philoptochos Society

Barbara ValentinoGerardus and Mary VerdegaalGerry and Laurie WagnerRuth Walker and Chris FordMary Latino and John Yates III

Ritz Theater Donor Recognition

Allan AtzrottJames Davidson - In Memory of Dr. Professor Virginia J. DavidsonLou and Suzanne DawesMilton Eager

Eugene Fleishman and Judith ElkinGerald and Marlene JacobowitzRocco and Deborah LandesmanRussell and Allynne Lange Tricia Haggerty Wenz

$200-499

$500-999 $1000 +

Church Communities Foundation $10,000U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development $5,000The EASTER Foundation $1,000

NYS Council on the Arts $4,480NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation $200,000 Shuree Abrams Foundation $1,500

Grants

Hannah BrooksDavid and Marie FitzgeraldThomas and Marianna KennedyChristopher and Kathleen LaCroixMi America, LLCMid-Hudson Medical Group

James Beard and Jimi PolhamusRobert and Barbara HatfieldHatmaker’s Attic ProductionsPamela LaLondeSusan and Joseph Maloney

Frederic and Betsy McCurdyClayton and Louise MelickSusan NajorkDick Polich and Cathy KuttnerGloria Turk

$100-199


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Adam Rodd ChairHannah BrooksVice ChairAnthony CasharaTreasurerTheresa BrownSecretaryJim HoekemaKaren Mejia

James MossRobert NasserLynda ParisiStefanie PearlVirginia Smith

Tricia Haggerty Wenz Founder and DirectorJames BeardChairLynda Parisi Vice ChairBucky Pizzarelli Honorary ChairMarianna Kennedy Treasurer

Vivien Collens SecretaryCharles FrankelRobert HatfieldCathy KuttnerPamela LaLondeEileen Osterby

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