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Remembering David Smith, Housing Advocate - The New York Times

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The longtime opponent of the privatization of Penn South, the public cooperative housing project in Chelsea, died at 90 on Saturday.

David Smith. David Smith, a longtime housing leader in Manhattan who fought to keep co-ops truly cooperative, died Saturday at 90. Mr. Smith made his reputation as a champion of cooperation in the face of what he called “ unbridled greed .” Mr. Smith moved his family into the Penn South co-op housing development in 1963, a year after it had been completed by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and dedicated by President John F. Kennedy. From 1972 to 1998, he served in the voluntary positions of director, president of the board and chairman of the board of the 2,820-apa

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