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    NYCHA Pest and Waste Management Action Plan Approved

    Waste Management  •  Citywide

    Image Credit: NYCHA.

    The new Pest and Waste Management plan will better coordinate and handle pest and waste incidents by targeting the root causes of infestations and waste incidents. On January 26, 2021, the Federal Monitor approved the New York City Housing Authority’s Pest and Waste Management Action Plan. This plans approval follows two years of improvements made by the City Housing Authority. (read more…)

    Date:02/09/2021
    Category : New York City Housing Authority
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    NYCHA and HPD Announce Construction of Affordable Housing Co-Operative Development in the Bronx

    Affordable Homeownership  •  Soundview, Bronx

    Renderings of the new co-op buildings that will be part of the Soundview campus. Image Credit: NYCHA

    Seventy-two co-op units will be available for purchase. On October 2, 2020, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) announced that Lemle & Wolff Companies and Avante Contracting Corp will develop a 100 percent affordable homeownership housing development at NYCHA’s Soundview campus in the Bronx. The buildings will be located across the street to the north of Soundview Park along Lacombe Avenue at the cross street of Lacombe and Rosedale Avenue. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable homeownership, HPD, NYCHA, soundview
    Date:10/08/2020
    Category : New York City Housing Authority
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    NYCHA Earns Over $2.6 Million By Transferring Hobbs Court Development Rights

    Development Rights  •  East Harlem, Manhattan

    Part of NYCHA’s Metro North Plaza Houses, which will receive funds from the transfer of development rights at Hobbs Court. Image Credit: Google Maps

    NYCHA seeks to raise revenue for capital repairs by selling transferrable development rights on NYCHA properties. On March 5, 2020, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) announced the finalization of an agreement to transfer approximately 9,000 square feet of development and parking rights at the Hobbs Court development, located at 315 E 102nd Street in East Harlem, Manhattan.

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    Tags : development rights, hobbs court, NYCHA
    Date:05/21/2020
    Category : New York City Housing Authority
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    Mayor Appoints Gregory Russ as New NYCHA Chair

    Appointment  •  Citywide

    Gregory Russ is the new NYCHA Chair. Image Credit: Minneapolis Public Housing Authority

    Russ has worked with municipal housing authorities across the country, including in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Minneapolis. On June 18, 2019, Mayor Bill de Blasio and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson announced Gregory Russ as the new Chair of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). The national search for a new chair began in January after an agreement was made between NYCHA, HUD and the Southern District of New York (SDNY). Under the agreement, a federal monitor was appointed to supervise the reform of NYCHA’s operations. The agreement resolved federal claims against NYCHA for violating health and safety regulations. (read more…)

    Tags : appointment, gregory russ, HUD, NYCHA, SDNY
    Date:06/20/2019
    Category : New York City Housing Authority
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    De Blasio and Union Agree on New Work Schedules and Fair Wages for NYCHA Maintenance Workers

    Labor Agreements  •  Citywide

    Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office

    The agreement will result in more frequent maintenance services and repairs, benefitting nearly 400,000 NYCHA residents. On April 9, 2019, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Teamsters Local 237 President Greg Floyd announced that the City has reached an agreement for a tentative contract with the union for fair wages and work schedules for maintenance workers. The agreement secures fair wages for approximately 1,000 NYCHA maintenance workers and approximately 350 maintenance workers at various other City agencies. The agreement is retroactive and covers a period from December 17, 2017 through January 1, 2022. It is part of the de Blasio administration’s promise to restore a productive relationship with the City’s workforce.

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    Tags : Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City Housing Authority, NYCHA, Teamsters Local 237
    Date:04/19/2019
    Category : New York City Housing Authority
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