New York City Utilities
ConEd
Local electric company
Website: www.coned.com
Phone: (800) 75-CONED
Verizon Telephone
Local phone company
Website: www.verizon.com
(212) 890-2350

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New York City Department of City Planning Community District Profiles
New York City Department of City Planning
New York City’s 59 community districts, established by local law in 1975, illustrate the remarkable diversity of the city’s land uses and population.
They range in size from less than 900 acres to almost 15,000 acres, and in population from fewer […]

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The Independent Guide to New York City Public Schools
A group of committed public school parents, children’s advocates, journalists and teachers dedicated to improving public education in New York City. They visit schools, speak with parents and teachers, and comb the media to present an independent and authoritative view of New York City schools.
They provide a […]

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New York Housing Resources
Bellport, Hagerman, East Patchogue Alliance, Inc.
1492 Montauk Hwy
Bellport, NY 11713
631-286-9236
Acquires, rehabilitates and rents houses to the homeless and very low-income households in Brookhaven Township, provides support services, housing counseling and other community services.
Catholic Charities Diocese of Rockville Center
90 Cherry Lane
Hicksville, New York 11801
516-733-7000
Website: http://www.catholiccharities.cc/
Catholic Charities provides more than 1,200 safe comfortable, affordable […]

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Automated City Register Information System, known as ACRIS is a free online resource made available by the New York City Department of Finance. It makes available property records for Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan.
ACRIS allows:

Searching property records and viewing document images for Manhattan, Queens, Bronx, and Brooklyn back to 1966
Computing property transfer taxes
Creating cover pages […]

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