Eternal Agitation Is The Price of Living Here- City Limits_ News for NYC's Nonprofit, Policy and Activist World

Among the many tenants who have toiled to make a Harlem
apartment complex livable, one woman fights every day for
civilized conditions. > By Curtis Stephen

Inside a 12-story Harlem apartment building, Deborah Elliott-
Bloodman, 54, peers down from a living room window to survey
the streets below. It's the day before Easter, and a driving
rainstorm sends pedestrians without umbrellas scurrying along
the sidewalks. While Elliott-Bloodman, a native of Savannah,
Georgia, usually greets the season with enthusiasm, her mood
at the moment resembles the gloomy weather. The source of
her frustration is the drab two-bedroom apartment that she's
presently living in and her daunting experiences with poor living
conditions, a succession of negligent property managers and
New York City's housing court system.

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