The Floating Hospital Workshops Give Queensbridge Men Safe Space to Talk Health 

For many men, discussing the topic of their health, both physical and mental, is best kept as a private matter.  A new program of The Floating Hospital, however, is working to change that perception for some adult men from NYCHA’s Queensbridge Houses and the surrounding community. Partnering with NYCHA, the nonprofit Floating Hospital – which… MORE

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NYCHA CEO Honored with Salvadori Center’s Public Service Award 

NYCHA Chief Executive Officer Lisa Bova-Hiatt was honored with the Salvadori Center’s 2024 Award for Public Service at the non-profit organization’s annual benefit on May 1.  Established in 1987, the Salvadori program teaches science, technology, engineering, arts/architecture, and math (STEAM) to youth through a collaborative, hands-on, project-based approach that uses the built environment – buildings,… MORE

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NYCHA Signs 2024 Project Labor Agreement for Renovation Work Involving Construction Trades

Dear Colleagues,  Since 2015, NYCHA has maintained a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) with the Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York (BCTC) and the unions that BCTC represents. The agreement aims to establish standardized terms and conditions of project-related employment for construction trades, improve worker pay and training, avoid shortages of skilled workers… MORE

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NYCHA Employees Thrive in Management Roles Years After NRTA Janitorial Training 

Several years after starting their NYCHA careers as Caretakers, Tiphany Malloy and Jermaine Hall have moved up the ranks to management-level roles.   South Beach Houses resident Ms. Malloy has been serving as an Assistant Resident Buildings Superintendent at the Woodson/Van Dyke II Houses consolidation in Brooklyn for over a year, while former Saint Mary’s… MORE

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Celebrating the Life Stories of NYCHA Residents

In November, a group of NYCHA’s older adult residents participated in a virtual celebration to honor three years of building community and sharing their life stories.  The event was the culmination of a program facilitated by Life Story Club (LSC), a Brooklyn-based non-profit organization and NYCHA partner that creates small social clubs where older adults… MORE

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Gas Restored at 17 Developments Impacting More Than 1,000 Households in Time for Thanksgiving

NYCHA additionally repaired or replaced more than 5,000 stoves in more than 150 developments and, alongside staff and volunteers, is distributing approximately 9,000 Thanksgiving meals at 210 developments NYCHA announced today that since the beginning of November, gas service has been restored at Breukelen, Coney Island I (Sites 4 & 5), Bland, East River, Gun… MORE

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NYCHA Distributed Welcome Baby Bags to Expecting Families

More than 205 bags with baby essentials and toys were distributed to NYCHA families who registered their expecting status through the Authority’s Self-Service Portal. NYCHA’s Resident Engagement Department, in cooperation with Health Initiatives and the Fund for Public Housing (the Fund), partnered with Baby2Baby and Moms for Moms to purchase, assemble, and deliver door to… MORE

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NYCHA Celebrates New Community Garden at Manhattanville Houses

NYCHA has a long-standing commitment to fostering resident access to green spaces at its developments. A 2017 survey of NYCHA gardens, conducted by the NYC Parks Department’s GreenThumb program, counted 595 gardens at 146 NYCHA developments. One recent community garden was created at Manhattanville Houses in West Harlem by former NYCHA residents in partnership with… MORE

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Celebrating Graduates of NYCHA’s Construction Training

Sixteen NYCHA residents recently graduated from the NYCHA Resident Training Academy’s (NRTA) construction training. The training was conducted by the Business & Industry Workforce Training Center at CUNY’s New York City College of Technology. The NRTA is a collaboration among NYCHA, the Robin Hood Foundation, and a variety of premier training providers in New York… MORE

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NYCHA’s Mattress Recycling Featured in Circular City Week

On May 3, NYCHA’s mattress recycling program, NYC’s first and only mattress recycling program, was discussed during Circular City Week, an open collaborative festival dedicated to topics about circular economy (that is, an economy where goods are reused and recycled as much as possible). Circular City Week is the biggest circular economy festival in the… MORE

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Mobile Prostate Cancer Screening Unit Available for NYCHA Residents

NYCHA residents from Harlem, the Upper East Side, and Queens can now check their prostate health at the Mount Sinai Robert F. Smith Mobile Prostate Cancer Screening Unit. The mobile van – which is the result of collaboration between NYCHA, the “One Hundred Black Men” non-profit, and Mount Sinai’s Department of Urology – was launched… MORE

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13 NYCHA-owned Houses to Be Rehabilitated and Sold to Low- and Moderate-income New Yorkers

Sixteen eligible families will have an opportunity to purchase their first home through “Habitat Net Zero,” a project bringing long-term affordable homeownership opportunities to Southeast Queens. Through the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s (HPD) Open Door program, 13 vacant, dilapidated, previously NYCHA-owned houses will be rehabilitated into 16 new Passive House standards homes… MORE

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NYCHA Establishes PACT Resource Team to Facilitate Resident Involvement in PACT

NYCHA has partnered with local organizations to launch the new PACT Resource Team. The team is currently recruiting technical advisors who will consult with and support residents in developments selected for PACT (the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together program). NYCHA’s partners in the initiative include Local Initiatives Support Corporation New York City (LISC NYC), Public Works… MORE

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NYCHA Residents Take Construction Business Training

Twenty NYCHA public housing and nine Section 8 residents were selected to participate in the Construction Business Pathways (CBP) program, which is helping them build and grow their own construction businesses. The program is being implemented by the Fund for Public Housing (the Fund) and NYCHA’s Office of Resident Economic Empowerment and Sustainability (REES), with… MORE

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New Fitness Hub for Seniors at Pink Houses

On October 13, NYCHA leadership joined representatives from East New York Restoration Local Development Corporation (ENYRLDC), the Department for the Aging (DFTA), Maimonides Medical Center/Community Care of Brooklyn, Assembly Member Charles Barron, and New York City Councilwoman Inez Barron to celebrate the opening of a Fitness Hub for seniors at Pink Houses. The outdoor area… MORE

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