[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 91 (Friday, July 14, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1244]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                     RECOGNIZING STEPHEN WEISS, JR.

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 13, 2000

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Stephen Weiss, Jr., 
a man who has been very instrumental in assisting hundreds of Brooklyn 
residents in the transition from apartment renters to first time 
homeowners.
  Mr. Weiss, a graduate of Yale University, is an executive with 
Flintlock Construction Services, LLC, as well as with several other 
property development companies. Mr. Weiss is also actively involved in 
the operations of a property management company. Mr. Weiss joined these 
various firms in 1980, with the goal of using his positions with them 
to develop and construct primarily affordable housing, both for rental 
and for sale. Mr. Weiss also used these enterprises to develop much-
needed medical centers, to further benefit the community.
  With his partner, DeCosta Headley, Mr. Weiss has developed and built 
hundreds of affordable apartments in East New York, Brownsville and 
Bedford Stuyvesant. Many of these homes, built to house working people, 
were rebuilt out of abandoned shells that used to blight these 
neighborhoods.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you and all of my colleagues to join me in 
recognizing the lifelong efforts of Stephen Weiss, Jr., and wish him 
continued success in his future endeavors.

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