Charity Stripe: Mo Vaughn Providing Affordable Housing In N.Y.

Former MLBer Mo Vaughn’s new business venture, Omni N.Y., was profiled on ESPN’s “Outside The Lines” Sunday morning. ESPN’s Kelly Naqi noted Vaughn serves as co-Managing Dir of the company which “provides affordable housing to low-income residents, 95% of whom qualify for Section 8 housing assistance.” Vaughn said, “Don’t get me wrong, we’re a for-profit company. But the tenants win, the city wins, everybody wins in the business that we are in” (“Outside The Lines,” ESPN, 8/19).

NOTES: Nets F Richard Jefferson has pledged a $3-5M gift to the Univ. of Arizona's athletic department, which "could be the largest by a current athlete to his alma mater."  Jefferson played at UA from '98-01  (TUCSON CITIZEN, 8/18)....The two-day WEEI/NESN radio telethon, which included a number of fundraising measures conducted around the Red Sox' homestand last week, raised $3.6M for the Jimmy Fund (Mult., 8/19).