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Month: November 2025

November 2025

NYCHA’s Capital Projects Roundup: Fall 2025 

This fall, NYCHA’s Asset and Capital Management division (A&CM) completed a range of projects to improve services for residents, from new energy-efficient heating systems in the Bronx and elevator upgrades in Brooklyn to remodeled community center bathrooms in Queens and Manhattan and roofing repairs in Brooklyn.  A&CM oversees a multi-billion-dollar capital projects portfolio funded with… MORE

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ChangemakersEmployee VoicesExceptional ColleaguesHighlightedNovember 2025

Building Leaders by Building Each Other: Inside a Transformative NYCHA Mentorship

When Miguel Ballena and Avik Das first crossed paths at NYCHA, they didn’t share much more than a nodding acquaintance in the hallways of 90 Church Street. Each man worked in a different corner of this vast organization — Mr. Ballena in Performance Tracking and Analytics, Mr. Das in Internal Audit and Assessment. Then NYCHA’s… MORE

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FeaturedNovember 2025Sustainability

NYCHA Earns Award for Capital Heating Projects in the Bronx 

NYCHA has been recognized by a national construction industry publication for two energy-efficient heating and hot water projects in the Bronx.    On November 20, Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) New York region presented NYCHA’s Asset and Capital Management division with a “Best Project” award in the residential/hospitality and excellence in sustainability categories for its geothermal domestic hot… MORE

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Exceptional ColleaguesHighlightedNovember 2025

Recognition of NYCHA’s Heating Plant Technician Trainee Program

NYCHA’s Learning and Development Department (L&D) was bestowed the James C. Hall Program Award by the Continuing Education Association of New York for Outstanding Business/Organization Collaboration with New York City College of Technology (City Tech), for the operation of the jointly run Heating Plant Technician (HPT) Trainee Program. This innovative job training program was recognized… MORE

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CelebrationsEmployee VoicesHighlightedNovember 2025

NYCHA Staff Celebrate Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival with Warmth, Wisdom, and Community

On October 28, members of NYCHA’s Chinese-American Association (CAA) welcomed colleagues from throughout the Authority to the Ceremonial Room at 90 Church Street to celebrate a cherished tradition of East Asian culture: the Mid-Autumn Festival. On October 28, NYCHA’s CAA warmly welcomed their colleagues to the Ceremonial Room to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival The Mid-Autumn… MORE

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Employee VoicesExceptional ColleaguesHighlightedNovember 2025

US Navy & NYCHA Vet Mike Marrero: A Life of Service From Wagner Houses to the South China Sea

When you talk with Mike Marrero, a few facts about him become clear almost immediately: Mr. Marrero is a lifelong New Yorker; he’s a seasoned NYCHA staffer as well as a former resident; and he’s been serving this country, this city, and this Authority for nearly all his adult life. Mr. Marrero, a Community Associate… MORE

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Health & SafetyHighlightedNovember 2025

The New Technology That’s Helping NYCHA Repair Old Piping

The teams who oversee NYCHA’s underground water and fire-protection systems are tasked with finding and fixing underground leaks within those systems as quickly as possible – leaks which can occur anywhere, at any time. In NYCHA’s massive, aging network of pipes and plumbing, this challenge is further complicated by the fact that so much hardware… MORE

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