Awarded for 18th Year in a Row On Thursday, May 12, the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada awarded the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) with a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its annual comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year that ended on December… MORE
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NYCHA has a long-standing commitment to fostering resident access to green spaces at its developments. A 2017 survey of NYCHA gardens, conducted by the NYC Parks Department’s GreenThumb program, counted 595 gardens at 146 NYCHA developments. One recent community garden was created at Manhattanville Houses in West Harlem by former NYCHA residents in partnership with… MORE
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NYCHA’s Environmental Health and Safety Department’s Indoor Air Quality Oversight Team (IAQOT) identifies and addresses hazards that impact air quality, such as mold, leaks, asbestos, toxic gases, and other airborne contaminants. The IAQOT includes one administrator and five specialists, who perform a range of health hazards investigations and oversight of mold remediations to ensure that… MORE
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Most of the time, major apartment repairs can be completed while NYCHA residents still live in their apartment. But on the rare occasions when NYCHA residents need to temporarily move to another apartment or hotel due to necessary renovation or repair work, the relocation unit in NYCHA’s Family Partnerships Department comes to their aid. In… MORE
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Resident Association Leaders, PACT Partners Deliver Comprehensive Apartment Upgrades, Renovated Community Spaces, and Infrastructure Enhancements That Will Improve Public Safety and Quality of Life for More Than 6,000 Brooklynites On May 20, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Regional Administrator Alicka Ampry-Samuel, NYCHA Chair and CEO Greg… MORE
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NYCHA’s Office of Emergency Management’s (OEM) Field Coordinators program improves the coordination of response efforts to emergency incidents across the Authority. Before becoming a permanent program, the initiative was launched in 2019 as a six-month pilot program, with 12 on-call field coordinators managing day-to-day communications between different responding departments (and, in some cases, other City agencies).… MORE
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Sixteen NYCHA residents recently graduated from the NYCHA Resident Training Academy’s (NRTA) construction training. The training was conducted by the Business & Industry Workforce Training Center at CUNY’s New York City College of Technology. The NRTA is a collaboration among NYCHA, the Robin Hood Foundation, and a variety of premier training providers in New York… MORE
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Some New Yorkers who applied for and got positions in the City’s temporary economic recovery program, City Cleanup Corps, didn’t expect that those short-term positions would open the door to permanent employment and the start of hopefully long careers at NYCHA. The City Cleanup Corps (NYC CCC) employed approximately 10,000 New Yorkers across 10 City agencies… MORE
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The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has recognized NYCHA’s work to electrify energy uses at a Manhattan development that is home to nearly 350 residents. NYCHA was presented with NYPA’s Leader in Building Electrification award at its 2022 Clean Energy Exchange event in Albany on May 11. The award recognizes a NYCHA heat pump project… MORE
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On May 3, NYCHA’s mattress recycling program, NYC’s first and only mattress recycling program, was discussed during Circular City Week, an open collaborative festival dedicated to topics about circular economy (that is, an economy where goods are reused and recycled as much as possible). Circular City Week is the biggest circular economy festival in the… MORE
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More than half a year after their local gym was shuttered, Red Hook community youth are back to working out again thanks to the efforts of a neighboring basketball franchise. A newly rebuilt fitness room was unveiled by the Brooklyn Nets on May 4 in the Joseph Miccio Community Center at NYCHA’s Red Hook East… MORE
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As part of its efforts to partner more closely with City officials and increase transparency on capital investments, NYCHA’s Asset & Capital Management Division hosted its first “Council Day” session on April 26. Members of the City Council and other City staff were invited to NYCHA’s Central Office at 90 Church Street in Manhattan for… MORE
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In April, NYCHA’s Capital Projects Division (CPD) completed security camera installations, lighting upgrades, and exterior building restoration in the Bronx and Manhattan as part of its work to provide enhanced services for residents and employees. CPD oversees more than $1 billion in construction projects across the Authority’s portfolio that are funded with federal, State, and… MORE
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On May 6, NYCHA’s Resident Engagement Department (RED) celebrated Mother’s Day with a special breakfast organized by men to honor the women of the department. Community Coordinator Kevin Peacock organizes Mother’s Day celebrations every year, and said that this year’s celebration was especially festive for the women in RED.
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The Hamilton-Madison House preschool, located at NYCHA’s Smith Houses in Manhattan, installed a compost bin so preschoolers can compost food scraps from their lunches and snacks. The bin was established with funding from City Council Member Christopher Marte and is maintained by Earth Matter, a non-profit dedicated to advancing composting in the metropolitan area. The… MORE
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Matthew Cespedes was ready to make a career change when the Per Scholas tech training program caught his attention. The longtime resident of McKinley Houses in the South Bronx “always had a hands-on knack” for taking things apart and putting them back together, so learning how to fix computers seemed to be right up his… MORE
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On April 27, members of the NYCHA community received awards from the Citizens Housing & Planning Council (CHPC) at the organization’s 62nd Annual Luncheon, “Policy with a Purpose.” CHPC is a non-profit organization that focuses on housing and planning policy, and its work has helped shape housing policy in New York City for more than… MORE
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May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, which is a good reminder that taking care of your health includes taking care of your mental health. This month also serves as a time to raise awareness, provide education and resources, support people with mental illness, and reduce the stigma regarding mental illness. It is always okay to… MORE
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NYCHA’s Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer Patti Bayross recently participated in City & State’s Creating a Culture of Data Sharing panel, which brought together data and information leaders in public service to discuss how to foster a data-sharing culture in government. Ms. Bayross spoke about how information technology and data sharing at… MORE
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I’m thankful for every day that I open my eyes to see another day because I’m still afraid of this journey, but I refuse to let it define me – I’m living life to the fullest. -Excerpt from Tracy Tomer’s writing on her breast cancer experience In early March 2020, while most New Yorkers were… MORE
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Chair Russ Answers Your Questions Every month, Chair Greg Russ will respond to questions from staff on topics like operations, the future of the agency, and how we’re overcoming everyday challenges. Have a question for Chair Russ about NYCHA? Send it to AsktheChair@nycha.nyc.gov and check back here to see if it was selected to be… MORE
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Be Air Aware & Prepared Air Quality Awareness Week is May 2 to 6 this year, and NYCHA’s Environmental Health and Safety Department is celebrating the national “Be Air Aware & Prepared” campaign by providing the following information on how you can check the air quality in your community and look out for triggers that… MORE
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Kudos for Longtime Service to Residents and the City Each month, NYCHANow recognizes the staff who’ve achieved more than five years of service, in multiples of five. Congratulations to the employees who reached these milestones in April! 5 Years of Service 10 Years of Service 15 Years of Service 20 Years of Service 25 Years… MORE
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