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CelebrationsMarch 2026Partnerships
Joshua Olesker

Honoring History Through Action: NYCHA NAACP Branch Turns Black History Month into Ongoing Community Impact

Founded more than a century ago as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, today’s NAACP observes Black History Month each February via a variety of compelling programs and celebrations. In that same spirit, the NAACP’s branch at NYCHA led and hosted a range of Black History Month observances this February, many serving… Continue Reading Honoring History Through Action: NYCHA NAACP Branch Turns Black History Month into Ongoing Community Impact

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Ask the CEOMarch 2026Partnerships
Joshua Olesker

Urban Fellows Visit NYCHA for Conversation with CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt

When the newest cohort of the New York City Urban Fellows Program visited NYCHA recently, they came prepared with questions about some of the most complex issues facing public housing in New York City. Gathered in the Ceremonial Room at one of NYCHA’s central offices, the fellows met with Chief Executive Officer Lisa Bova-Hiatt, who… Continue Reading Urban Fellows Visit NYCHA for Conversation with CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt

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December 2025HighlightedPACTPartnerships
Vincent Echavaria

Real Estate Development Team Receives Public Service Award 

On December 4, NYCHA’s Real Estate Development Department (REDD) was honored by the New York Housing Conference (NYHC) for the Authority’s successful efforts in advancing the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program.   The nonprofit affordable housing policy and advocacy organization presented the REDD team, led by Executive Vice President and Chief Real Estate Officer Jonathan… Continue Reading Real Estate Development Team Receives Public Service Award 

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CelebrationsJune 2025Partnerships
Joshua Olesker

Pride in Unity: The NYC Unity Project

The NYC Unity Project, housed within the Mayor’s Office of Equity and Racial Justice (MOERJ), is New York City’s LGBTQ+ innovation hub, working to advance equity through cross-agency collaboration. By tackling the root causes of systemic inequity, the NYC Unity Project designs and delivers culturally competent programs and policies that focus on the needs of… Continue Reading Pride in Unity: The NYC Unity Project

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FeaturedJanuary 2025NYCHA DevelopmentsPartnerships
Vincent Echavaria

New Exhibit Traces Evolution of Open Spaces Across NYCHA Campuses 

In an exhibition space at Brooklyn’s FXCollaborative Gallery, visitors can take a visual journey through the changing landscapes of open spaces across NYCHA, beginning with the early years of the organization.   The Authority’s parks and green spaces play the central role in the newly launched exhibit, “Living in the Shade: NYCHA Open Space Past, Present,… Continue Reading New Exhibit Traces Evolution of Open Spaces Across NYCHA Campuses 

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Health & SafetyJune 2024Partnerships
Vincent Echavaria

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

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Salvadori Center award
Exceptional ColleaguesHighlightedMay 2024Partnerships
Michael Corwin

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,… Continue Reading NYCHA CEO Honored with Salvadori Center’s Public Service Award 

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NYCHA development
February 2024Partnerships
Michael Corwin

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

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Employee VoicesHighlightedPartnershipsSeptember 2023
Vincent Echavaria

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… Continue Reading NYCHA Employees Thrive in Management Roles Years After NRTA Janitorial Training 

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June 2023Partnerships
Vincent Echavaria

NYCHA, NYC Parks Kick Off Open-Space Revamp at 1471 Watson Avenue 

NYCHA and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks) have set in motion the construction of an upgraded playground and open space area for the community at 1471 Watson Avenue in the Bronx.   On June 13, local community members were joined by NYCHA Interim CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt, NYC Parks Commissioner Sue… Continue Reading NYCHA, NYC Parks Kick Off Open-Space Revamp at 1471 Watson Avenue 

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May 2023Partnerships
Vincent Echavaria

NYCHA High Schoolers Explore Real Estate Industry in NYU-Based Program  

When NYCHA resident Tajeira Thomas now looks at a development parcel somewhere in New York City, she likes to think about its potential.   Whether considering how to revise a real estate project or plan a future use, the high school senior describes her vision as “imagining the world around me and building it up.” It’s… Continue Reading NYCHA High Schoolers Explore Real Estate Industry in NYU-Based Program  

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group of people and text "NYCHA Life Story Club 3rd Annual Celebration"
December 2022Partnerships
Latoya Jordan

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… Continue Reading Celebrating the Life Stories of NYCHA Residents

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Thanksgiving meals distribution
November 2022Partnerships
Michael Corwin

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

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August 2022Partnerships
Michael Corwin

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… Continue Reading NYCHA Distributed Welcome Baby Bags to Expecting Families

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bronx baby shower
August 2022Partnerships
Michael Corwin

NYCHA Hosts Baby Supplies Giveaway in the Bronx

On July 23, NYCHA’s Health Initiatives team – in collaboration with 30 partners such as the NYPD, Little Essentials, Bronx Cares, and Council Member Althea V. Stevens – organized a giveaway of baby and child essential items at Mullaly Park in the Bronx. Almost 500 residents and community members who are expecting or have a… Continue Reading NYCHA Hosts Baby Supplies Giveaway in the Bronx

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Betances ribbon cutting
June 2022Partnerships
Michael Corwin

Betances Residence Opens in the Bronx

On June 16, NYCHA and partners, including Breaking Ground (New York’s largest supportive housing developer), celebrated the opening of Betances Residence in the South Bronx. The new building brings 152 units of affordable and supportive housing to the Mott Haven neighborhood, in addition to a new community facility space and landscaped courtyard. Betances is a… Continue Reading Betances Residence Opens in the Bronx

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COVID test distribution
COVID-19June 2022Partnerships
Michael Corwin

Bringing COVID-19 Tests Close to Home

Since April, NYCHA, in partnership with resident associations, has been distributing free at-home rapid COVID-19 tests to NYCHA residents across the city. Each household is eligible to receive four tests (two test kits) along with two eight-ounce bottles of hand sanitizer. Over 600,000 test kits were provided to NYCHA by New York State for distribution.… Continue Reading Bringing COVID-19 Tests Close to Home

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Garden Manhattanville
May 2022PartnershipsSustainability
Michael Corwin

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… Continue Reading NYCHA Celebrates New Community Garden at Manhattanville Houses

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NRTA Graduation
May 2022Partnerships
Michael Corwin

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… Continue Reading Celebrating Graduates of NYCHA’s Construction Training

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Mattress Recycling
May 2022PartnershipsSustainability
Michael Corwin

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… Continue Reading NYCHA’s Mattress Recycling Featured in Circular City Week

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Prostate Screening Van
April 2022Health & SafetyPartnerships
Michael Corwin

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… Continue Reading Mobile Prostate Cancer Screening Unit Available for NYCHA Residents

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April 2022Partnerships
Michael Corwin

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

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February 2022PACTPartnerships
Michael Corwin

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… Continue Reading NYCHA Establishes PACT Resource Team to Facilitate Resident Involvement in PACT

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Construction Business Pathways
November 2021Partnerships
Michael Corwin

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… Continue Reading NYCHA Residents Take Construction Business Training

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Fitness Zone Opening at Pink Houses
October 2021Partnerships
Michael Corwin

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… Continue Reading New Fitness Hub for Seniors at Pink Houses

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News from the Chair and CCOP
October 2021Partnerships
Michael Corwin

Streamlining and Sequencing Capital Repairs Across NYCHA

Dear Staff: We recently wrote to inform you that NYCHA and the Citywide Council of Presidents (CCOP) signed a new MOA that officially recognizes the CCOP as the Authority-wide voice for residents and formalizes its role in advising on all areas of NYCHA’s portfolio. Specifically, the agreement establishes a framework for how NYCHA and CCOP… Continue Reading Streamlining and Sequencing Capital Repairs Across NYCHA

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News from the Chair and CCOP
October 2021Partnerships
Michael Corwin

NYCHA and CCOP Sign New Memorandum of Agreement

Dear Staff: As we continue our work to transform NYCHA, we understand that strengthening our partnerships with residents is a critical component of improving New York City’s public housing. Today, we are writing with important news: NYCHA and the Citywide Council of Presidents (CCOP) have signed a new MOA that officially recognizes the CCOP as… Continue Reading NYCHA and CCOP Sign New Memorandum of Agreement

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