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Resource Directory
Dispute Resolution (6) 
Coop and Condo Mediation Project
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund, 42 West 44th Street, New York, New York 10036.
Tel: 212-382-6648.
A mediation project specifically designed for cooperatives and condominiums. Disputes involving tenant-shareholders, unit owners, residents, boards, and building management and employees all affect the quality of life within a relatively small community. Frequently, issues involving communication, interaction, noise, odors and a wide variety of lifestyle matters cannot be efficiently addressed through litigation and the court process. This project is an attempt to provide a forum for effectively dealing with such disputes.
Educators for Social Responsibility, Metropolitan Area
475 Riverside Drive, Room 554, New York, NY 10115.
Tel: 212-870-3318.
Fax: 212-870-2464.
Email: info@esrmetro.org.
ESR Metro works in public schools and community organizations throughout New York City to help teachers, youngsters, parents, and youth activists build skills, knowledge and community. Through their programs, people learn to solve conflicts nonviolently, challenge bias, communicate better, and work together to build a more just and peaceful society. Call them to arrange for activities in your community. Their new Teachable Moment Web site provides educators with timely teaching ideas to encourage critical thinking on issues of the day and foster a positive classroom environment.
Partners Anonymous, Inc.
159-34 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032.
Tel: 212-927-7738.
Fax: 212-927-6942.
Provides therapeutic services on a sliding scale to all members of families affected by domestic violence in order to curtail domestic violence and to help family members change the ways they relate to one another. Services include individual psychotherapy, marital counseling, family therapy, lectures, training workshops and consultation. Referrals and mediation provided.
Safe Horizon
Washington Heights/Inwood Office: 336 Ft. Washington Avenue, New York, NY 10033.
Tel: 212-740-7446. 24-hour hotline: 212-577-7777.
Email: info@safehorizon.org.
Provides services to crime victims and domestic violence victims, and prevention services in communities, including nonviolent dispute resolution. Instead of going to court, people involved in a nonviolent dispute can sit down with a trained neutral mediator, tell their story, and work toward a mutually agreeable settlement. If a settlement is reached, these settlements are put in writing and signed by both parties. This becomes a legally binding contract.
Uptown Youth for Peace and Justice
Tel: 646-537-1111.
Email: kparekh@valleynyc.org.
A coalition of youth groups in Northern Manhattan and the Bronx that educates high school students about local and international peace issues. Recent activities include protesting against the war in Iraq, working to create local peace zones where students can feel safe from youth violence, and petitioning to create a youth center at an old school on West 145th Street.
Washington Heights-Inwood Coalition
652 West 187th Street, New York, NY 10033.
Tel: 212-781-6722.
Fax: 212-740-8509.
Provides housing and community service programs where people can learn about tenant rights, receive assistance with housing benefits, organize tenant associations, and teach tenants how to improve their buildings. In addition, WHIC offers conflict resolution programs where disputes among community residents are resolved.