Barry Hersko further added that a professional real estate agent must have an ability to understand the needs of the client and avail them the properties that match their needs and requirements.

Barry Hersko, who owns numerous properties in Brooklyn and elsewhere throughout New York City, is well known for his generosity, having also contributed heavily toward the city’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program in addition to supporting HASA’s housing efforts. “Since initially committing to HASA’s efforts, I’ve housed countless individuals,” says Barry Hersko, “at properties including 60 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, and a nearby address on Flatbush Avenue.”

First established in the 1980s and supported by landlords and property investors such as Barry Hersko, HASA, as the organization is known today, exists to assist individuals living in New York City with HIV and AIDS. Renamed the Division of AIDS Services and Income Support in 1995, the program became the HIV/AIDS Services Administration—or HASA—in 2000, and, more recently still, was extended to serve thousands of further individuals living in New York City who are HIV positive but asymptomatic.

HASA—originally the HIV/AIDS Services Administration—exists to assist individuals living in New York City with AIDS or HIV-related illnesses, in order that they may live healthier and more independent lives, according to Barry Hersko, with services also recently extended to include low-income residents of the city who are HIV positive but asymptomatic. “HASA also offers a number of other services,” he adds, “including assistance in helping to apply for services such as Medicaid, transportation and cash assistance, mental health and substance abuse screening, treatment referrals, and employment and vocational services.”

Barry Hersko is a respected property investor, landlord, and real estate professional based in Brooklyn and known for his philanthropic nature and charitable efforts. New York City native Hers has now supported programs such as HASA and the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, plus other emergency and non-emergency housing initiatives, for more than a quarter of a century, selflessly entering numerous owned properties in the city into these and other similar schemes. New York City, meanwhile, the most populous and densely populated city in the United States—today home to more than 8.6 million people—is currently focused on financing and administering a plan intended to end HIV and AIDS in the city by the end of the decade.