b"\x02James H. Johnson, Jr.NYCHA, Plasterers AssistantMember since1983The following is an edited version of James Johnsons oral history interview from December 9, 2016.Was 1983 the year you went to work for the City of New York?Yes. I was forty-two.Did you have another job prior to working for the City of New York?Yeah.I was unemployed and a friend of mine got me a job at the hotel where I lived. I was working there when I gotthe call to come and work with the New York City Housing Authority.Where did you work? Were there different locations?I started out in Queens, then I was in Manhattan for a little bit. I wound up in Brooklyn, I worked the rest of my careerin Brooklyn.What were the names of the different housing sites? I worked at Queensbridge, I worked at Promenade in Flushing, Jamaica Houses, uh I can't remember the other twoprojects in Queens. Then I worked in the Bronx for a little bit. I think it was Edgemere. Then I worked in Manhattan at aproject down on Delancey Street across the street from the bridge. I worked a lot of projects in Brooklyn. I worked at Roosevelt Houses, Sumner Houses, Marcy Houses, Van Dyke Houses, Langston Hughes all in Brooklyn.What was your job title?I was a plasterer's helper.Why did you decide to go work for the Housing Authority?A friend of my mother used to work as a clerk for the City. She told me about the test. I went and applied and tookthe test in '79. They called me in '83.Did anyone influence your decision to go into the City service? Had you been thinking about it before yourmother's friend told you about applying? I didn't know it existed.160 "