Gianni Alemanno, Mayor of Rome, with NYCHA Commissioner Margarita Lopez and Citizens Committee President Peter H. Kostmayer during his visit to Concrete Safaris, which set up the first student-designed urban farm on NYCHA property. Citizens Committee was one of the first organizations to support Concrete Safaris' student-run initiative in East Harlem.

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