[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 168 (Tuesday, October 25, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1076]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                     IN RECOGNITION OF HANAC, INC.

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 25, 2022

  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I rise to pay 
tribute to HANAC, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, on the occasion 
of its 50th anniversary celebration. For half a century, HANAC has been 
working to empower and serve the needs of New York City's most 
vulnerable residents.
  Founded in 1972 by Evangeline Douris and her late husband George T. 
Douris as the Hellenic American Neighborhood Action Committee, HANAC 
has a long history of improving our community through a variety of 
public services designed to help seniors, immigrants, families, youth, 
and those fighting alcohol and substance abuse.
  HANAC continues its mission by developing, implementing, and 
administering the operation of service programs for the betterment of 
the community; providing these services to any and all who are in need 
without discrimination as to race, creed, national origin or other 
defining characteristic; and working closely with other providers, the 
city, state and federal governments for the betterment of the 
community.
  Through education programming, employment training, counseling, and 
senior and family housing, HANAC directly helps to improve the lives of 
over 35,000 people and their families annually. HANAC has grown into 
one of the city's largest providers of social services and continues to 
demonstrate its loyalty to a principle that is the bedrock of our 
nation: a community is strongest when those who live in it look out for 
one another.
  HANAC currently operates--either independently or in partnership with 
other entities--several hundred units of low-income senior housing with 
plans to expand this number by hundreds of additional units. As the 
city continues to face an affordability crisis in housing, HANAC has 
provided a critical resource allowing New Yorkers to spend their golden 
years in the communities in which they have long lived.
  In addition to its affordable housing, HANAC operates four senior 
centers which provide senior specific programming to thousands of 
Queens residents including New York City Housing Authority residents in 
western Queens.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the 
amazing work done by HANAC and in expressing my gratitude for the 
immense dedication of all the employees, board members, and supporters 
that have allowed HANAC to improve the lives of so many in our city.

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