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    NYCHA Receives $24.7 Million HUD Grant to Support Resident Safety and Security Needs

    Grants  •  Citywide

    Image Credit: NYCHA.

    The funds will go toward improving security lighting and lead abatement. On December 31, 2020, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) announced that the agency received a $24.7 million Emergency Capital Needs Safety and security Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to be used to address resident health, safety and security concerns.  (read more…)

    Tags : grants, HUD, NYCHA
    Date:01/20/2021
    Category : NYCHA
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    Sanitation Commissioner Appointed as Interim Chair of NYCHA

    Chair Appointment  •  Citywide

    Department of Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia at the CityLaw Breakfast on October 5, 2018. Image credit: CityLaw.

    Garcia will work to strengthen public housing as Interim Chair. On February 5, 2019, Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia as the Interim Chair of the New York City Housing Authority. She will be succeeding Stanley Brezenoff, who will depart from the position later this month. Commissioner Garcia will serve as Chair while the City begins the process of selecting a permanent Chair. (read more…)

    Tags : Kathryn Garcia, Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City Housing Authority, NYCHA
    Date:02/11/2019
    Category : NYCHA
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    Construction Begins On Renovation of Upper East Side Community Center

    Renovations and Upgrades  •  Upper East Side, Manhattan

    Council Member Ben Kallos at the press conference on renovation and upgrade to the Isaacs Center. Image credit: Council Member Ben Kallos.

    Senior center and youth center in NYCHA housing will have kitchen and bathrooms upgraded. On June 8, 2018, City Council Member Ben Kallos, together with the New York City Housing Authority, announced the start of renovations and upgrades for the Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center. The Isaacs Center is located in Holmes Towers at 415 East 93rd Street. Construction is expected to be completed by February 2019 and full completion and use of the facility scheduled to be available by July 31, 2019. (read more…)

    Tags : Ben Kallos, capital, City Council, City Council Member, citywide capital, Isaacs Center, NYCHA, renovations, upgrade
    Date:06/14/2018
    Category : City Council, NYCHA
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    DOI Report Exposes NYCHA’s Failure to Maintain Fire Safety Devices

    Department of Investigation Report  •  Citywide

    Mark Peters, Commissioner of the Department of Investigation. Image credit: CityLand

    The Department of Investigation’s Report found that NYCHA maintenance workers were negligent in their duties to ensure smoke and CO detectors were functioning. On October 4, 2016, the Department of Investigation issued a Report finding that New York City Housing Authority maintenance workers frequently ignored their obligation to perform safety checks and often falsified documents to cover up their negligence. DOI Commissioner Mark G. Peters stated in the Report that, “DOI has now found that NYCHA workers blatantly flouted basic precautions, supervisors failed to check on them, and tragedy was the result.” (read more…)

    Tags : Butler Houses, Commissioner Mark G. Peters, Department of Investigation, FDNY, NYCHA
    Date:10/11/2016
    Category : NYCHA
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    NYCHA Announces First Infill Locations: Plans to Build 1,000 New Housing Units

    Affordable Housing  •  Citywide
    NYCHA Chair and CEO Shola Olatoye. Image credit: NYCHA

    NYCHA Chair and CEO Shola Olatoye. Image credit: NYCHA

    Boerum Hill, Upper East Side developments to be developed under NextGeneration Neighborhoods program.  On September 10, 2015, the New York City Housing Authority announced that it will launch its NextGeneration Neighborhoods program at its Wyckoff Gardens and Holmes Towers sites, which are located in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn and the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, respectively.  NextGen Neighborhoods, a NextGen NYCHA program, aims to build new residential units—50% affordable and 50% market-rate—on underutilized NYCHA property.

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    Tags : affordable housing, affordable housing buildings, NextGeneration Neighborhoods, NextGeneration NYCHA, NYCHA, Shola Olatoye
    Date:09/22/2015
    Category : NYCHA
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