ridgewood bushwick senior citizens council type non profit organization founded 1973 1 headquarters bushwick brooklyn key people vito lopez founder 2 james cameron ceo 3 angela battaglia director of housing 3 revenue 21 217 906 usd 2009 4 number of employees 553 2009 4 website http www.rbscc.org rbscc ridgewood bushwick senior citizens council is a non profit organization in bushwick brooklyn . founded in 1973 by vito lopez now a new york state assemblyman rbscc offers housing and family services to neighborhoods in brooklyn and queens.ridgewood bushwick senior citizens council is a non profit organization in bushwick brooklyn . rbscc offers housing youth healthcare family and senior services to the residents of bushwick williamsburg greenpoint east new york ridgewood glendale and surrounding brooklyn and queens communities . contents 1 services provided 2 investigations 2.1 2010 nyc doi probe 3 references services provided edit rbscc is one of new york city s largest non profit social service providers with over thirty years of providing services to residents of brooklyn and queens . 5 in 2009 rbscc established the community empowerment center to address homelessness and unemployment through innovative programs . the primary services of the community empowerment center include homeless prevention re housing from shelter legal services veteran s services adult education and job training and placement . they also offer ongoing tenants rights and financial literacy trainings for community residents . 6 other main components of rsbcc include buena vida health care center home to 240 long term and short term residents ; youth programs including after school educational programs and summer youth employment ; senior center programming and new development of affordable housing . 5 in 2015 rbssc opened the coretta scott king senior houses in east new york brooklyn . the new development includes 51 units of affordable housing with onsite supportive services for very low income senior citizens and their families . 7 in 2016 rbssc presented an initial plan on possible rezoning for increased density and affordable housing in bushwick . 8 investigations edit media reports in september 2010 reported that rbscc was under investigation for political conflicts of interest and financial mismanagement . 9 city and state contracts with rbscc were put on hold pending the outcome of these investigations . 10 2010 nyc doi probe edit according to a 2010 report by the new york city department of investigation rbscc employees at the hope gardens senior center received city funding for services that were not provided submitting falsified attendance sheets contracts and other fraudulent paperwork to substantiate the claims . 11 the report outlined inadequate management and oversight by rbscc and expressed concern regarding the organization s board . references edit rbscc.org via internet archive ridgewood bushwick senior citizens council 2008 archived from the original on july 10 2008 gottlieb martin 1993 02 07 growth of a new age political machine new york times a b return of organization exempt from income tax irs form 990 pdf ridgewood bushwick senior citizens council 2008 a b return of organization exempt from income tax irs form 990 pdf ridgewood bushwick senior citizens council 2009 a b our work rbscc . www.rbscc.org . retrieved 2016 01 28 . about us community empowerment center . community empowerment center . retrieved 2016 01 28 . press room rbscc . www.rbscc.org . retrieved 2016 01 28 . community driven rezoning aims to stall displacement in bushwick . dnainfo new york . retrieved 2016 06 28 . goldstein joseph ; seifman david 2010 09 15 vito lopez backed charity led by the clueless new york post seifman david 2010 09 28 vito boiling as city freezes 12m deals new york post the criminal case involving the hope gardens senior center of the ridgewood bushwick senior citizens council pdf new york city department of investigation 2010 07 20 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ridgewood bushwick senior citizens council & oldid 727394152 categories organizations established in 1973organizations based in new york citybushwick brooklynhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 june 2016 at 18 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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