Employees Honored by City Hall for Rat Reduction Efforts
NYCHA staff members were recognized recently by Deputy Mayor for Operations Laura Anglin for their hard work helping to reduce the rat population at developments where they were most problematic.
On July 29, NYCHA staff, along with employees from the city’s Departments of Education, Mental Health and Hygiene, Sanitation, and Parks & Recreation, were singled out for their dedication and remarkable contributions to decrease rat infestation levels in key neighborhoods throughout the city as part of the Neighborhood Rat Reduction (NRR) program.
Launched in 2017, NRR is a multi-agency initiative to reduce rat populations by targeting specific communities where they are most challenging. Thanks to NRR, the 60 initial developments in the program experienced a 73 percent decline in rat burrows.
“The people recognized do an amazing job treating, planning, and doing the hard reduction work that improves the lives of New Yorkers every day,” said Elena Tenchikova, Director of Prevention & Intervention Strategies. “I also want to recognize the NYCHA teams that supported these efforts to make NYCHA developments healthier and cleaner communities, including Analytics, Capital and Sustainability, Resident Engagement, the many front-line staff members doing the work regardless of the weather or task, and NYCHA leadership.”
Kudos to the following employees who were recognized:
Most improvement in Brooklyn: Marcy Houses
Darryl Brown, Supervisor of Exterminators
Latoya Ramseur, Property Manager
Kim Taylor, Supervisor of Exterminators
Dana Hylton, Exterminator
Most improvement in the Bronx: Morris/Butler Houses
Jasmine Williams, former Housing Manager, Morris Houses
Pedro Vasquez, Resident Building Superintendent, Morris Houses
Jimmy Santana, Deputy Director of Skilled Trades, Bronx
Chukwuma Ndukah, former Property Manager, Butler Houses
Orlando Pardo, Property Maintenance Supervisor, Butler Houses
James Barksdale, Lead Housing Exterminator
Most improvement in Manhattan: Exterminator team for the borough
Bill Klippel, Deputy Director of Skilled Trades
Lashawn Wilson, Supervisor of Exterminators
Rasheed Wilds, Exterminator
Kimani Darnt, Exterminator
Albert Martinez, Exterminator
Elizabeth Moolchan, Exterminator
Sulaiman Toppins, Exterminator
Daniel Rodriguez, Exterminator
Krystle Saunders, Exterminator
Excellence in Extermination
Jose Lozano, Exterminator
Anthony Alvarado, Exterminator
Rufus Mason, Exterminator (recently retired)
Kenya Vick, Exterminator
Geeton Bowier, Supervisor of Exterminators
Jose Oquendo, Deputy Director of Skilled Trades
Prevention & Intervention Strategies
Josey Bartlett, NRR Program Manager
Bryan Pena, Supervisor of Burrow Collapsing
Jeffrey Sanders, Supervisor of Door Sweeps Team
Damon Barnard, Supervisor of Exterminators
Frank Williams, Supervisor of Exterminators
Ruben Nieves, Deputy Director
Ronald Griffin, Technical Resource Advisor
Harry Peralta, Program Manager
Individual Staff Awards:
Innovation in Extermination
Edwin Arroyo, Exterminator
Overall Enthusiasm for the NRR program
Denise Torres, Technical Resource Advisor for Pesticides
Waste Management
Shawn Collymore, Supervisor Housing Groundskeeper, Riis Houses
Proactive
Paula Davenport, Resident Buildings Superintendent, LaGuardia Houses
Grounds Management
Kizzy Flowers, Supervising Housing Groundskeeper, Smith Houses
