Author: Latoya Jordan

Last May, we released Next-Generation NYCHA, our 10-year strategic plan to preserve public housing for the more than 400,000 people who call NYCHA home and to protect it for our next generation of residents. I want to thank you; the plan was developed with your input, and over the past year you’ve worked hard, beginning… Read More NextGen NYCHA: A Year of Progress

NYCHA hosted its 2016 Minority-and Women-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) and Section 3 Business Concerns (S3BC) Trade Show at BNY Mellon in Manhattan on April 19. More than 300 vendors, contractors, and consultants were in attendance—excited about the opportunities to provide some of the $1 billion of materials, supplies, and services NYCHA purchases each year. Guests… Read More NYCHA Extends Business Opportunities to All New Yorkers

NYCHA’s Superstorm Sandy Recovery Program, in partnership with the Office of Resident Economic Empowerment and Sustainability (REES), hosted the first-ever Careers in Construction Resource Fair at Hamilton-Madison House in Lower Manhattan on May 10. Hundreds of residents interested in various construction careers learned first-hand from carpentry, plumbing, painting and electrical union representatives about training and… Read More Careers in Construction Resource Fair

In New York City, all City employees and members of the public using City services are legally allowed to use the single-sex facility they choose based on their gender expression. Gender expression is the external representation of an individual’s gender identity and can be expressed through names, hairstyles, behaviors and choice of clothing that may be… Read More Single-Sex Facility Access Policy Provides Equal Rights Protections

Thirty-five property management supervisors and caretakers were busy in the Ceremonial Room on April 19 placing plastic water bottles, metal cans, milk cartons and a cardboard pizza box in the proper blue or green receptacles. Green was for containers holding mixed paper and cardboard, and blue was for metal, rigid plastic, glass, and cartons. This… Read More NYCHA Wastes No Time Preparing to Meet Recycling Goals

Three innovative digital initiatives by the IT department have received awards for Outstanding Achievement in Administrative Innovation at the Middle Atlantic Regional Council Conference of the National Association of Housing and Development Officials (MARC NAHRO) in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on April 28. “We are extremely proud that NYCHA is being recognized for the hard… Read More NYCHA Recognized as Leader in Information Technology

Denise Guess, a community coordinator in the Resident Engagement Department, has worked for NYCHA for 10 years. Raised in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, she earned her bachelor’s degree in human services from Claflin College and a master’s in human services from Lincoln University. A resident of East Flatbush, Ms. Guess says her most outstanding… Read More “I Am NextGen” Honorees Personify NYCHA’s Commitment to Service