Does your work involve trying to reach a large audience? Try reaching them through social media. NYCHA’s official channels reach thousands of residents, employees, and their communities on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. The first step to success is to start planning your outreach early. As soon as you have a date set for an… Continue Reading NYCHA’s Social Media Can Help You Succeed
Read MoreThis year’s application filing period for the Automated Transfer List System (ATLS) for several District Council 37-represented titles runs from January 30, 2017, through March 6, 2017. Once a year, eligible employees are allowed to select up to six locations in ATLS to which they would like to transfer. When a vacancy occurs at a… Continue Reading ATLS Transfer Period is Coming for DC 37
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Here’s one resolution that everyone should add to their list: Don’t forget to update your beneficiaries. Every employee should complete a Designation of Beneficiaries form to ensure that any monies due upon the employee’s death are given to only the individuals they have selected. Updating your pension beneficiaries does not change beneficiaries for other payments… Continue Reading Update Your Beneficiaries in 2017
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Excerpted and abridged from the Human Resources Manual which can be accessed on Connect on the HR page under “Helpful Links.” NYCHA employees are entitled to excused paid leave not to exceed 4 hours (including travel time) each calendar year to undergo breast and/or prostate cancer screenings. Employees are entitled to excused leave only when… Continue Reading Excused Leave for Cancer Screening
Read MoreThe federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded NYCHA’s Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program its highest designation for outstanding performance, underscoring NYCHA’s efficiency and effectiveness administering Section 8. “This designation demonstrates how we are succeeding in fundamentally changing how we do business and becoming more efficient,” said Chair & CEO Shola… Continue Reading NYCHA Gets an “A” for Its Section 8 Program
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NYCHA continues to bring outstanding employees, residents and other stakeholders to the attention of the public through its popular “I Am NextGen” campaign. Our latest honorees, Shameya Muniz and April Andrews, are helping their fellow residents at Queensbridge Houses go digital. In the summer of 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a $10 million investment… Continue Reading “I Am NextGen” Honorees Bridge the Digital Gap for Queensbridge Residents
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NYCHA recently crossed one major item off its New Year’s resolution list: bring recycling bins and Department of Sanitation (DSNY) recycling pickup to every single development. NYCHA achieved this milestone in December 2016, giving more than 400,000 residents the ability to foster a healthier, cleaner, and greener planet by recycling. As part of NextGeneration NYCHA… Continue Reading NYCHA Provides Training on Recycling
Read MoreTo improve service to our residents and reduce rodents, NYCHA is reinstating routine extermination treatments on a quarterly basis, beginning January 23, 2017. Routine apartment extermination will treat “wet” areas, such as the kitchen and bathroom(s). As part of this initiative, NYCHA will schedule comprehensive building “clean-out” extermination treatments. A clean-out is a thorough extermination… Continue Reading New Exterminator Services Program
Read MoreNextGeneration NYCHA mandates the use of data to support decision making and help NYCHA become a more transparent organization. The Performance Tracking and Analytics Department (PTAD) has taken a critical role in supporting the Next Generation NYCHA goal of operating as an efficient and effective landlord. Our mission is to provide performance management and business… Continue Reading Employee Voices: Connecting Residents to Community Resources
Read MoreAs of mid-December, the Southern Poverty Law Center had tracked 1,100 hate crimes since the November 2016 election. Though the frequency has dropped since then, that number is five times the number of hate crimes that followed President Obama’s election. The number of recognized hate groups has also risen since the election. The Law Center… Continue Reading Hate Speech Has No Place at NYCHA
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In keeping with New York City’s historic role in welcoming and supporting immigrants to our shores, Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito have issued the following statement: “During these uncertain times we must remind ourselves of who we are as a city, and hold steadfast to our values. Hard work, respect… Continue Reading A Message to Immigrant New Yorkers from Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Mark-Viverito
Read MoreBatei Tsibur, the organization of Jewish employees at NYCHA, held its annual Chanukah celebration on December 28, 2016, beginning with the lighting of the Chanukah menorah. Batei Tsibur president Alan Pelikow recalled the two miraculous events that the holiday commemorates: the unlikely military victory of a small band of Jews against rulers that wanted to… Continue Reading Chanukah Celebration
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Congratulations to Department of Communications’ photographer Leticia Barboza, whose photograph, at left, is featured prominently in the “City at Work: Portraits in Civic Pride” exhibit in City Hall. The images of City employees and residents provide a collective portrait of the individuals that City Hall and its agencies advocate for on a daily basis.
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For almost 10 years, Thomas Osei, a housing assistant at Butler Houses, has been working with a friend in Ghana to build and supply books for a library in his hometown of Kumasi, the nation’s second largest city. Completed in 2008, the library now contains almost 5,000 books and is visited yearly by approximately 1,200… Continue Reading Thomas Osei Helps Hometown Kids in Ghana
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Twenty volunteers from NYCHA’s employee associations, the Department of Community Engagement and Partnerships, and the Office of Intergovernmental Relations joined with volunteers from Hillsong Church on December 21 to help Santa distribute gifts to more than 150 children living in NYCHA developments. A toy drive spearheaded by Marcela Medina, in Intergovernmental Relations, and Alicka Ampry-Samuel,… Continue Reading Toy Drive Makes Holidays Merrier
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On December 30, 2016, NYCHA closed a groundbreaking agreement under the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program to bring significant financial resources and desperately needed renovations to the Ocean Bay (Bayside) Apartments in the Rockaways. PACT is New York City’s implementation of the federal government’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), which includes collaboration between NYCHA, residents,… Continue Reading NYCHA Closes First RAD Agreement Bringing Repairs to 3,700 Residents
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