Meet Devon Boyd, Contract Specialist in Procurement Operations When handling priority assignments for NYCHA’s Procurement Operations, Contract Specialist Devon Boyd is prepared to put in the time to get the jobs done. A former NYCHA resident who lived in Cypress Hills Houses for most of his life, Mr. Boyd said he knows how important it is to address repairs… Continue Reading Making a Difference for Residents
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Dear Colleagues, We continue to make updates to our organization to strengthen the Authority and our service to residents. I am pleased to announce the following appointments to our leadership team that were made this month. Daniel Sherrod, our new Chief Operating Officer, is now on board at NYCHA. In collaboration with his current employer, the U.S. Department of… Continue Reading New Executive Appointments
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Meet Jeffrey Sanders, Supervisor of Special Initiatives in the Pest Control Department Formerly a regional manager of a healthcare company’s marketing team, Jeffrey Sanders took a new direction in his career by joining NYCHA in 2019. Mr. Sanders was hired to supervise the work to install door sweeps across the portfolio. After all the necessary… Continue Reading Making a Difference
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Since July 2021, NYCHA has collected and recycled more than 2,800 old mattresses (150 tons worth) from 27 developments in all five boroughs through its mattress recycling program. Instead of taking up to 90 years to decompose in landfills, 80 percent of the collected mattresses were recycled or repurposed, creating carpet padding and soundproofing materials.… Continue Reading NYCHA Is Now Recycling Mattresses at Dozens of Developments
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NYC Speaks survey deadline extended to Friday, February 11! Dear City Employee, We appreciate your hard work over these very challenging years. As we make our way toward recovery, we invite you to bring all that you’ve done and learned to help shape the priorities and policies of the Adams administration. NYC Speaks is a… Continue Reading What Do You Want to Tell the New Mayor?
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NYCHA has pre-qualified 201 entities, 37 minority- and women-owned firms, and 38 non-profit social service providers in the effort to bring comprehensive repairs and resources to 62,000 apartments with PACT On January 19, NYCHA announced the re-release of the PACT Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to solicit partners for the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program. The RFQ supports the… Continue Reading NYCHA Reopens Annual Request for Qualifications for a Range of PACT Partners
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NYCHA’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) created a permanent Emergency Field Coordinators program to improve the coordination of response to emergency incidents across the Authority. The initiative was tested in 2020 when OEM launched a six-month pilot program, hiring 12 on-call field coordinators who managed day-to-day communications between different responding agencies. After the pilot program… Continue Reading NYCHA Boosts Emergency Response with Field Coordinators Program
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Attention NYCHA staff: Did you know that every home in the U.S. is eligible to order four at-home COVID-19 tests. The tests are completely free and will usually ship in 7-12 days. Order them here: https://www.covidtests.gov/ As always, you can find an in-person COVID-19 testing site near you by visiting nyc.gov/covidtest or texting “COVID TEST” to 855-48.
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For the next phase of his long career in law enforcement, James Secreto has returned to his roots at NYCHA. After spending his childhood years at Brooklyn’s Albany Houses, Chief Secreto later had a 40-year career at the NYPD, where he devoted his last few years to leading the Housing Bureau. Less than two years since his January 2020… Continue Reading Chief James Secreto Called Back to Duty in Return to NYCHA
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In 2021, NYCHA farms produced 22,000 pounds of organic fresh vegetables, greens, and herbs. There are currently seven farms on the Authority’s open spaces. The inaugural farm at Red Hook Houses was launched in 2013. The other six farms are located at Wagner Houses, Howard Houses, Bay View Houses, Forest Houses, Mariners Harbor Houses, and… Continue Reading A Fruitful Endeavor: Farms at NYCHA
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Soccer or basketball? It’s a choice for youth to consider when they step onto a court at NYCHA’s Butler Houses in the Bronx. Thanks to a project of the nonprofit Over Under Initiative, a space that was once just a basketball court now offers a multi-sport opportunity with retractable goal posts that rise from underground. The innovation was first implemented at… Continue Reading New Retractable Goal Posts Create Multi-Sport Space at Butler Houses
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Since January 2020, a team of NYCHA’s compliance, safety, and quality assurance experts have been making regular visits to NYCHA developments to inspect their buildings and grounds. Since the start of the program, 39 NYCHA developments have been inspected and assessed according to protocols. NYCHA’s Environmental Health and Safety team checks for issues related to… Continue Reading Ensuring Safety at NYCHA Through Compliance Visits
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Meet Elena Tenchikova, Senior Director of NYCHA’s Office of Mold Assessment and Remediation (OMAR) Elena Tenchikova first stepped into a NYCHA office 10 years ago, as a NYC Civic Corps volunteer. She was assigned to be a liaison to the Authority’s resident green committees, which are organized groups of NYCHA residents volunteering to beautify their developments.… Continue Reading Making a Difference
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Read the Compliance Department’s Quarterly Newsletter Development Risk Scoring Assessment Background Compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations and NYCHA’s standard procedures (SP) is vital to NYCHA’s mission to provide safe and affordable housing to its residents. To help meet this goal, the Compliance Integration Reporting and Evaluation (CIRE) Unit in the Compliance… Continue Reading Inspiring a Compliance Culture
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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 December! 5 Years of Service 10 Years of Service 15 Years of Service 20 Years of Service 25 Years… Continue Reading December Work Anniversaries
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