A year ago, with a $95,000 low-interest city loan, he did a moderate rehabilitation that included water metering.

Next in line come the moderate rehabilitations done to occupied tenement buildings.

The city will pay the cost of the moderate rehabilitation.

The private units mainly received city tax assistance for moderate rehabilitations.

Starting with the Bronx, the city will hand over 70 buildings to private contractors and property managers for moderate rehabilitations.

Another approach that could be given greater emphasis involves low-interest loans for moderate rehabilitation of occupied rental buildings.

"For the last 10 years we failed to solve the Curries Woods problems," he added, explaining that moderate rehabilitation has been done.

They are in 170 buildings, more than 100 of them upgraded by moderate rehabilitations in the last 10 years.

In addition, it calls for the moderate rehabilitation of 30 occupied buildings.

In addition, it projected new financing or moderate rehabilitation for 140,000 additional units under the ten year plan.