July 2021

Lead paint inspections and assessments are required by law and are important so we can create safer and healthier homes for NYCHA residents, especially the Authority’s youngest residents (who are most susceptible to the health effects of lead).  A visual assessment is one way NYCHA determines if there is lead paint and lead-based paint hazards in apartments. During a visual assessment, staff look for… Continue Reading Keeping Residents Safe with Lead Paint Inspections

In 2014, Matthew Coward, an Amsterdam Houses resident, was working two jobs to make ends meet – as a construction worker and a grocery store associate earning $13 an hour at each job. When NYCHA’s Resident Training Academy (NRTA) advertised its pre-apprenticeship training opportunities, Mr. Coward decided to apply. NYCHA’s Office of Resident Economic Empowerment… Continue Reading NRTA Graduate Builds Successful Career in Construction

As part of its partnership with NYCHA on stormwater management projects, the NYC Department of Environmental Protection recently completed a drainage upgrade at Gowanus Houses in Brooklyn. This work included the construction of nine green infrastructure installations that will capture nearly 2 million gallons of stormwater in a typical year. By capturing the stormwater that… Continue Reading Green Infrastructure Upgrades at Gowanus Houses

The Elevator Oversight Team in NYCHA’s Environmental Health and Safety Department understands the importance of maintaining safe and reliable elevator service for our residents and employees. The team’s elevator industry professionals represent a combined 65 years of experience and have extensive knowledge of elevator construction, maintenance, and repair as well as elevator regulations and safety… Continue Reading Meet NYCHA’s Elevator Oversight Team

NYCHA has announced the launch of the newly formed Team for Enhanced Management Planning and Outreach, or TEMPO, a program dedicated to outreach, inspection, and remediation in NYCHA apartments where there is known or presumed lead-based paint, and where a child under the age of 6 lives or routinely spends more than 10 hours per… Continue Reading NYCHA Launches TEMPO to Address Lead-based Paint at Developments

Throughout New York City’s battle with the COVID-19 pandemic, NYCHA has relied upon nearly 9,000 essential employees to help ensure the seamless delivery of services to hundreds of thousands of public housing residents across the city.    They were among NYCHA’s dedicated staff who continued to show up to their job sites at the height of the pandemic, while others transitioned to working remotely, to… Continue Reading NYCHA Essential Employees Join ‘Hometown Heroes’ Parade

NYCHA, the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), and the NYC Housing Development Corporation (HDC) finalized two deals that will bring 393 new affordable senior apartments to the Soundview neighborhood in the Bronx and the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn through the pending groundbreakings of the Casa Celina and Atrium at Sumner housing development… Continue Reading NYCHA Finalizes Deals to Construct 393 Affordable Apartments for Seniors in the Bronx & Brooklyn

Two of NYCHA’s real estate development projects were recently named finalists for the ULI New York Awards for Excellence in Development. Urban Land Institute (ULI) is an international organization of real estate and urban development professionals. Every year, the Awards for Excellence in Development recognizes development projects throughout New York State that best demonstrate the… Continue Reading NYCHA Named Finalist for Development Award

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 June! 5 Years of Service 10 Years of Service 15 Years of Service 20 Years of Service 25 Years… Continue Reading June Work Anniversaries