NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY EXECUTIVE OFFICE WILLIAM H. GOLDSTEIN President & CEO               April 21, 2005 Ms. Gwen Goodwin Coalition to Save PS 109 152 East 100 Street New York, NY 10029 Re: Placement of PS 109 into the Capital Budget Dear Ms. Goodwin:: I am writing on behalf of Chancellor Klein in response to your April 11, 2005 letter concerning your desire to see funding for restoration of PS 109 Manhattan included in the 2005-2009 Capital Budget Plan. Although I appreciate the significance of this building to the 109 Community, as was explained to the Community Education Council (CEC) District #4, our projections indicate that this district does not have a need for additional elementary or high school seats. We continue to look at demographics. Should you wish to do that, my staff would be happy to go over the demographic projections with you. Should you have any other quyestions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call the NYC School Construction Authority (SCA) Project Support Manager, Michael Mirisola at 718-472-8082. Sincerely, WILLIAM H. GOLDSTEIN President and CEO c:  Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of NY Representative Charles Rangel       30 - 30 Thomson Avenue Long Island City, NY 11101-3045 TEL    718 472-8003 FAX    728 472-8009 wgoldstein@nycsca.org