New York State Office of the Attorney General
Eliot Spitzer
120 Broadway, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10271
(212) 416-8400 (phone)
(212) 416-8393 (fax)

Complaint Form

Date: ______________________

Name of Complainant: ____________________________________________________________

Address: _______________________________________________________________________

Home Phone: __________________________   Business Phone:___________________________

Complaint against: 
Family Promise Home – Current Owner of facility
Address:   8328 Erie Rd, Angola, NY 14006  
Phone: (716) 549-1651	Saving Grace Ministries – Buyer of facility
PO Box 1013
Williamsville, NY 14231
Office phone: (716) 893-1840	
	
	This letter is to express my utmost opposition to the proposal allowing Saving Grace Ministries to purchase and convert the Family Promise Home facility from a retirement home into a facility for men recently released from prison who have medical needs. 
	
Family Promise Home is presently home to around 24 elderly retirees who are unable to care for themselves and require others to care for them. Many of these people have no place to go and have called the Family Promise Home facility home for many years. Some of these residents may be left to share housing with these ex-cons. 

There are also great concerns throughout the community for the safety of the children. There are numerous schools, parks, beaches and playgrounds nearby. One ballpark where 100's of children participate in little league games and play is located directly behind the family promise home facility. There are five schools within a five mile radius from the Family Promise Home location and one less then a mile away. If these ex-cons are willing to travel up to 10 miles away  the number of schools, playgrounds and parks available to them more then doubles. See appendix A:

Also, there are concerns over the loss of another business off the tax roles in our community. We already have  around twenty six non-profit and nontaxable organizations in our community. No one seems to be able to tell us how this will affect our property value, local businesses as well as how familes and friends of the ex-cons visiting the facility will affect our local traffic. Many of those visiting the facility may themselves be criminals or ex-cons.

The local residents and taxpayers of the Evans-Angola area are very disappointed with the way our local town representatives have handled this whole situation, almost seemly keeping the whole thing hush hush. We feel our representatives should be much more concerned with the safety and well being of the children and the elderly in their community. Also, we feel that more should be done to help places like Family Promise Home who provide a service to aid the elderly.

We would appreciate any assistance that you or your office could provide in regards to this matter in helping us in Evans-Angola as well as those in the surrounding communities to protect the children and the elderly by not letting their well being and the well being of the communities be put at risk. We appreciate those who try to help others that are in need such as these ex-cons with medical needs, but there has to be a better equipped and a more secure area to house these ex-cons instead of so close to our children and without destroying the lives of our elderly.

Thank You for you assistance with this matter,

Appendix A:

Schools within a 5 mile radius from 8328 Erie Rd, Angola, NY 14006 (family promise home):

Lake Shore Senior High School 959 Beach Rd, Angola, NY 14006-9702
Distance: 0.9 miles Approximate Travel Time: 2 mins

William T Hoag Elementary Schl 42 Sunset Blvd, Angola, NY 14006-1012
Distance: 1.4 miles Approximate Travel Time: 3 mins

Lake Shore Middle School 8855 Erie Rd, Angola, NY 14006-9620
Distance: 1.1 miles Approximate Travel Time: 1 min  

John T Waugh Intermediate Schl 100 High St, Angola, NY 14006-1308
Distance: 1.5 miles Approximate Travel Time: 3 mins  

Most Precious Blood Parochial 17 Prospect St, Angola, NY 14006-1413
Distance: 2.3 miles Approximate Travel Time: 4 mins  

Anthony J Schmidt Elementary 9455 Lake Shore Rd, Angola, NY 14006-9216
Distance: 4.0 miles Approximate Travel Time: 9 mins

Highland Elementary School 6745 Erie Rd, Derby, NY 14047-9670
Distance: 4.6 miles Approximate Travel Time: 7 mins

Parks, Playgrounds, Beaches in the area:

Evans Youth Baseball Field - Where hundreds of children participate in baseball games and play.
0.1	miles Approximate Travel Time: 1 min

Evans Historical Society, Town of Evans Historical Museum - Children from the schools are bused in here for field trips.
Distance: 0.0 miles Approximate Travel Time: 1 min  

Evangola State Park
Distance: 5.9 miles Approximate Travel Time: 12 mins 

Wendt Beach & Soccer Field - Where hundreds of children participate in soccer tournaments
1.9 miles Approximate Travel Time: 4 mins  

Evans Beach
Distance: 2.7 miles Approximate Travel Time: 5 mins  

Bennett Beach
Distance: 3.5 miles Approximate Travel Time: 5 mins  

Point Breeze Beach
Distance: 3.8 miles Approximate Travel Time: 8 mins