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Philadelphia Tribune - Friday, September 18, 2009 - Index

Friday, September 18, 2009 Page 5-B
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Michael Nutter (D), Mayor
City Hall, Room 215
(215) 686-3000 file complaints.
Mayor’s office
of Information Services
1234 Market St. Suite 1850
(215) 686-8101
(Provides technical development
for access to information.)
Mayor’s Action Center
Noam Kugelmass,
Executive Director
City Hall, Room 110 (215) 686-3000
(Information and complaint office.)
Chief Clerk Patricia Rafferty (215) 686-3410
Sheriff John D. Green (D)
100 S. Broad St., 5th floor (215) 686-3530
COUNCILAT-LARGE:
W. Wilson Goode, Jr. (D) (215) 686-3414/15
William K. Greenlee (D) (215) 686-3446
Jack Kelly (R) (215) 686-3452
James Kenney (D) (215) 686-3450/51
Bill Green (D) (215) 686-3420/21
Blondell Reynolds Brown (D) (215) 686-3438/39
Frank Rizzo (R) (215) 686-3440
BY DISTRICT:
Find your district on the online map:
www.phila.gov/citycouncil/maps/index.html
1st District – Frank DiCicco (D) (215) 686-3458/59
2nd District – Anna C. Verna (D) (215) 686-3412/13
3rd District – Jannie L. Blackwell (D) (215) 686-3418/19
4th District – Curtis Jones Jr. (D) (215) 686-3416/17
5th District – Darrell L. Clarke (D) (215) 686-3442/43
6th District – Joan L. Krajewski (D) (215) 686-3444/45
7th District – Maria Quinones-Sanchez (D) (215) 686-3448
8th District – Donna Reed Miller (D) (215) 686-3424/25
9th District – Marian B. Tasco (D) (215) 686-3454/55
10th District – Brian J. O’Neill (R) (215) 686-3422/23
STATE GOVERNMENT
Governor Ed Rendell (D)
225 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, Pa. 17120 (717) 787-2500
Governor’s Advisory
Jennifer Kyung, Assistant Deputy
Room 506, Finance Building
Toll-free telephone (877) 374-0222
Commission on African-American Affairs
Ted Darcus, Executive Director,
Forum Building, Room 362, Harrisburg, Pa. 17120
(GACAAA assists African Americans
in gaining full access (877) 374-0222
Cdarcus@state.pa.us to all opportunities
to citizens of the Commonwealth of Pa.)
Pa. Senators
Lawrence M. Farnese (D) (District 1) 1802 S. Broad St.
(215) 952-3121
(717) 787-5662
Christine Tartaglione (D) (District 2) 1061 Bridge St.
(717) 787-1141 (215) 533-0440
tartaglione@pasenate.com
Shirley Kitchen (D) (District 3) 1701 W. Lehigh Ave.,
Suite 104 (717) 787-6735 (215) 227-6161
kitchen@pasenate.com
LeAnna Washington (D) (District 4)
(717) 787-1427
Michael Stack (D) (District 5) 12361 Academy Road
(717) 787-9608, stack@pasenate.com
Vincent Hughes (D) (District 7) 4601 Market St., 1st flr.
(717) 787-7112 hughes@pasenate.com
Anthony Hardy Williams (D) (District 8)
6630 Lindbergh Blvd., Suite One, (215) 492-2980
williams@pasenate.com
Dominic F. Pileggi (R) (District 9) 100 Granite Dr., Media
(717) 787-4712 dipileggi@pasenate.com
State Representatives:
Hon. John Michael Perzel (R), 172nd district
7518 Frankford Ave. (215) 331-2600
Hon. Michael McGeehan (D), 173rd district
7731 Frankford Ave. (215) 333-9760
Hon. Michael H. O’Brien (D), 175th district
610 N. 2nd St. (215) 503-3245 (215) 426-6604
Hon. John Taylor (R), 177th district
4725 Richmond St. (215) 744-2605
Hon. Tony J. Payton Jr. (D), 179th district
4915 Frankford Ave. (215) 744-7901
Hon. Angel Cruz (D), 180th district
2749 N. 5th St. (215) 291-5643
Hon.W. Curtis Thomas (D), 181st district
1348 W. Girard Ave. (215) 232-1210
Hon. Babette Josephs (D), 182nd district
1528 Walnut St., Suite 1901 (215) 893-1515
Hon.William F. Keller (D), 184th district
1531 S. Second St. (215) 271-9190
Hon. Robert Donatucci (D), 185th district
PFN Building, 1808-13 Oregon Ave. (215) 468-1515
Hon. Kenyatta Johnson (D), 186th district
1610 Broad St. (215) 952-3378
Hon. James Roebuck (D), 188th district
4800 Baltimore Ave. (215) 724-2227
Hon. Vanessa Lowery Brown (D), 190th district
4706 Westminster Ave.
(215) 879-6615
Hon. Ronald Waters (D), 191st district
6027 Ludlow St., Unit A (215) 748-6712
Hon. Louise Williams-Bishop (D), 192nd district
1991 N. 63rd St. (215) 879-6625
Hon. Kathy Manderino (D), 194th district
6511 Ridge Ave. (215) 482-8726
Hon. Frank Oliver (D), 195th district
2839 W. Girard Ave. (215) 684-3738
Hon. Jewell Williams (D), 197th district
2224 N. Broad Street (215) 763-2559
Hon. Rosita Youngblood (D), 198th district
5736 Greene St. (215) 849-6246
Hon. Cherelle L. Parker (D), 200th district
1534-36 Wadsworth Ave., (215) 242-7300
Hon. John Myers (D), 201st district
5847 Germantown Ave. (215) 849-6592
Hon. Mark Cohen (D), 202nd district
6001 N. 5th St., 2nd floor (215) 924-0895
Hon. Dwight Evans (D), 203rd district
7174 Ogontz Ave. (215) 549-0220
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
US Senators:
Robert P. Casey (D) (202) 224-6324
B-40 Dirksen Senate Building, Wash., DC 20510
555 Walnut St., 1st Flr., Harrisburg, PA 17101
(717) 231-7540
2000 Market St., Suite 1870, Phila., PA 19103
(215) 405-9660
Arlen Specter (D) (202) 224-4254
Arlen_specter@specter.senate.gov
600 Arch St., Suite 9400 (215) 597-7200
US Representatives:
The Honorable Chaka Fattah (D), 2nd district
Main: 4104 Walnut Street, 19104
NW Office: 6632 Germantown Ave., 19119
Main: (215) 387-6404 NW Office: (215) 848-9386
Congressman Robert A. Brady (D), 1st district
1907 S. Broad St., 19148 (215) 389-4627
Congressman Joe Sestack (R), 7th district
600 N. Jackson St., Suite 203, Media, PA 19063
(610) 892-8623
Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz (D), 13th district
7219 Frankford Ave., 19135 (215) 335-3355
HOUSING
Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA)
(Develops, acquires, leases and operates affordable
housing for residents with limited income)
12 S. 23rd St. (215) 684-4000
(800) 654-5984 TTY
www.pha.phila.gov
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Philadelphia Homeownership Center
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East (215) 656-0500
www.neighborhoodnetworks.org
Northwest Counseling Service
5001 N. Broad St. (215) 324-7500 nwcs@erols.com
Philadelphia Council for
Community Advancement
1617 JFK Blvd., Suite 1550 (215) 567-7803,
www.philapcca.org
Office of Housing
and Community Development
(Supports housing development and preservation,
housing counseling and community development
programs benefiting low- and moderate-income
Philadelphians.)
1234 Market St., 17th floor (215) 686-9749
www.phila.gov/ohcd
Philadelphia Housing
Development Corporation
(Provides home improvement services and housing
purchase opportunities for low- and moderate-income
households)
1234 Market St., 17th floor (215) 448-3000
www.phdchousing.org
Redevelopment Authority
(Offers financing products designed to make owning a
home more affordable for low- and moderate-income
Philadelphians)
1234 Market St., 16th floor (215) 854-6500
www.phila.gov/rda
Tenant Union Representative Network
The Philadelphia Building, 1315 Walnut Street,
Third Floor (215) 940-3900
Underemployment Information Center
(Counsels in default and foreclosure.)
1201 Chestnut St., #702 (215) 557-0822
Germantown Settlement, 218 Chelten Ave.
(215) 849-3104
Mount Airy, USA 6639-41 Germantown Ave.
(215) 844-6021
Housing Association
Information Program
(Offers default, pre-purchase
and landlord/tenant counseling)
658 N. Watts St. (215) 978-0224
LEGALASSISTANCE
Philadelphia Bar Association
Lawyer Referral and
Information Services (LRIS)
1101 Market St., 11th floor (215) 238-6300
(215) 238-6333 lris@philabar.org
Barristers Association of Philadelphia
George Gossett Jr., President
P.O. Box 54344
(Addresses the professional needs and development
of African American lawyers.)
(215) 568-2001, www.phillybarristers.org
Community Legal Services
(215) 981-3700
Common Pleas Court
(215) 686-7932
Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
(EEOC) District Office, 21 S. 5th St., 4th floor
(Provides administrational and judicial enforcement
of the civil rights laws and handles complaints.)
(215) 440-2600 (215) 440-2610 TTY
Homeless Advocacy Project
(Provides free legal aid and counseling
to homeless individuals and families)
(215) 523-9595, (800) 837-2672
Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
Philadelphia Regional Office
State Office Building, Suite 711,
1400 Spring Garden St., Phila., PA 19130
(215) 560-3496 www.phrc.state.pa.us
TRAFFIC COURT
Thomasine Tynes, President Judge
(215) 686-1621,22
City of Philadelphia
Parking Violations Branch
P.O. Box 41818 (215) 561-3636,
www.phila.gov/parking
CIVIL RIGHTS
Urban League of Philadelphia
(Offers counseling for default/foreclosure, pre-purchase
and rentals.) 121 S. Broad Street, 9th & 10th Floors
(215) 985-3220 www.urbanleaguephila.org
Local NAACP
Philadelphia Branch NAACP
J. Whyatt Mondesire, President
1619 Cecil B. Moore Ave. (215) 978-7500
Media Area Branch NAACP
Dr. Joan Flynn, President (610) 358-1582
Willow Grove NAACP
1416 Rothley Ave., Abington (215) 659-7400
Norristown Branch NAACP
P.O. Box 201, Norristown, PA 19401 (610) 994-4000
NAACP PA State Conference
209 W. Seventh St., Chester
Yeadon Branch NAACP
Linda Ofinupebi, President
P.O. Box 5514, Yeadon, PA 19050
VOTER INFORMATION
Commissioner Edgar A. Howard
494 City Hall (215) 686-3256
The Committee of Seventy
Eight Penn Center, 1628 JFK Boulevard,
Suite 1002 (215) 557-3600
PHILADELPHIA
STREETS DEPARTMENT
Report a pothole
(215) 686-5560 or dial *FIX from cell phone.
Free dumping facilities in Philadelphia
(dump up to eight bags per household trash only):
South and Southwest – 63rd St. & Passyunk Ave.
Roxborough and Northwest –
Domino Lane and Umbria St.
Northeast – State Road and Ashburner St.
(215) 686-5560 - Find your trash collection day
Call the CVN officer in your police district
to report illegal dumping
Licenses and Inspections
Municipal Services Building, 11th floor
(215) 686-2463 – 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
CLEAN AND SAFE STREETS
Streets and Walkways Education
and Enforcement Program (SWEEP)
(215) 685-4277
File a complaint about dumpster placement
or appeal for a licensed dumpster near your home:
(215) 686-2418
Other sanitation violations:
Food disposal, (215) 685-7495
Rat complaints, (215) 685-9000,02
Mosquito complaints, (215) 685-9027
Animal management complaints,
(267) 385-3800
Food and restaurant complaints (215) 685-7495
Report abandoned property: (215) 686-2463
Request a recycling bin: (215) 685-RECYCLE
Streets Lighting Division,
To report defective streetlights.
(215) 686-5610 – 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
For requests after 5 pm, call 3-1-1.
Philadelphia More Beautiful
Committee (PMBC)
(215) 685-3968
PUBLIC SAFETY
Abandoned Vehicle Unit
4000 N. American St.
(215) 685-9500
24-hour hotline: (215) 683-CARS
Operation Safe Streets,
Philadelphia Police Department
Narcotics Bureau
5301 Tacony St., Building 110, Box 113
(215) 685-1138
Confidential Narcotics Report
Narcotics Intelligence Squad, (215) 685-1137
Narcotics Strike Force, (215) 685-1107
Narcotics Field Units
North: (215) 685-2475
South: (215) 685-4135
East: (215) 685-1006
Roll Call Complaints
District Attorney’s Office
Attn: Edgar Jaramillo
Public Nuisance Task Force
1421 Arch St.
(215) 686-5819
To report non-emergency
neighborhood concerns.
Philadelphia Police Department
www.ppdonline.org
Snow Emergency www.phila.gov for a list
of snow routes. (215) 686-SNOW
Permits
Request a demonstration permit
Pedro A. Ramos, managing director,
(215) 686-3480
Highway Division’s Right of Way Unit
MSB, 1401 J.F.K. Blvd, Rm 940
(215) 686-5501,02
Main streets (215) 686-3488.
Parades (215) 683-2489
Deadlines and forms at
www.phila.gov/streets/blockparty.html
Block Captain Registration (215) 685-3981
HEALTHCARE
Chestnut Hill Hospital Outpatient Surgical
Center 8815 Germantown Ave (215) 242-5353
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard
(215) 590-1000
Eagleville Hospital
1007 W. Lehigh Ave. (215) 228-0780
Episcopal Hospital
2701 N. Broad St. (215) 227-1961
Albert Einstein Medical Center
5501 Old York Road (215) 456-7240
Fox Chase Cancer Center
7701 Burholme Ave. (215) 728-6908
Frankford Hospital
4900 Frankford Ave. (215) 612-4000
Friends Hospital
4641 Roosevelt Boulevard (215) 831-4635
Graduate Hospital
1800 Lombard St. (215) 893-2000
Hahnemann University Hospital
Trauma Center
221 N. Broad St. (215) 762-7963
Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia
501 S. 54th St. (215) 748-9000
Methodist Hospital
2301 S. Broad St. (215) 952-9026
Pennsylvania Hospital
301 S. 8th St. (215) 829-5733
Presbyterian Medical Center
39th and Market Sts. (215) 662-8150
Roxborough Memorial Hospital
534 Walnut Lane (215) 483-8048
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Erie Ave. at Front St. (215) 427-5000
Temple University Hospital
3401 N. Broad St. (215) 707-2000
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
111 S. 11th St. (215) 955-6840
University of Pennsylvania Hospital
3400 Spruce St. (215) 662-4000
Samuel J. Patterson Mercy Wellness Center
(215) 748-7811
EMERGENCY NUMBERS
Lead Poisoning Prevention (215) 685-2797
PECO (800) 841-4141
PGW (215) 235-1212
Philadelphia Water Dept. (215) 685-6300
Poison Control Center (215) 386-2100
Fire and other safety emergencies Dial 9-1-1
National Response Center (Oil spills, chemical
or biological terrorism) (215) 814-9016
American Red Cross of Southeastern PA
23rd and Chestnut Streets (215) 299-4000
Salvation Army Eliza Shirley House
(Overnight Intake for Homeless Women
and Children, 4 p.m. - 6 a.m.)
1320 Arch St. (215) 568-5117
Adult Protective Services Hotline, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
(Abused, neglected, exploited adults 18-59)
(215) 686-5671
Emergency Shelter and Services for Homeless
Women and Children, 7 a.m. - 4 p.m.
141 N. Juniper St. (215) 686-7150
Emergency Shelter and Services for Homeless
Men, Ridge Avenue Center,
1360 Ridge Ave. (215) 236-0909
Office of Emergency Shelter and Services
(215) 686-7105
National Clearinghouse for the
Defense of Battered Women
125 S 9th St. (215) 351-0010
Women in Transition (215) 751-1111
Women Against Abuse (215) 386-1280
Women Organized Against Rape
(WOAR) (215) 985-3333
Medical College of PA Rape Victim’s Program
(215) 842-4010
Dept. of Public Health
1101 Market St. Suite 840 (215) 686-5000
Philadelphia Corporation for Aging
Older Adult Protective Services
Senior Hotline (215) 765-9040
Child Abuse Line (800) 422-4453 (215) 683-6100
Youth in Crisis Covenant House of Philadelphia
417 Callowhill St. www.covenanthousepa.org
(800) 999-9999 hotline, (215) 923-8350
Youth Emergency Services
(YES) (215) 787-0633
Voyage House 24-hour hotline for runaways
(215) 232-7272
Department of Human Services
(215) 683-6100
Suicide Prevention Hotline (215) 686-4420
Mental Health Association of
Greater Philadelphia
1211 Chestnut St. (215) 751-1800
Survivors of Suicide for those who lost someone
to suicide (215) 545-2242
Black Family Services
3801 Market St. (215) 662-0533
WIC General Information
642 N. Broad St. (215) 978-6100
AIDS Activities Coordinating Office
(215) 685-5600, (800) 985-AIDS
Community AIDS Hotline (215) 985-2437
Lutheran Settlement House
1340 Frankford Ave. (215) 426-8610
Choice Sexual Health Hotline
(bilingual hotline) (215) 985-3300
Homeless Outreach Coordination Center
(Project H.O.M.E.) (215) 232-7272
Heat Crisis Hotline (215) 686-2590
Office of Mental Health, 24 hours (215) 685-0400
Philadelphia Domestic Violence Hotline
24 hours (866) 723-3014
Bilingual Domestic Violence Project, (215) 739-9999