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2012 Press
May 2012
NYCHA Launches New Economic Opportunity Platform
ENYCE Donates Uniforms for NYCHA Citywide Basketball Tournament
NYCHA, HPD, BRONX PRO GROUP, SERVICES FOR THE UNDERSERVED, CHASE AND ENTERPRISE Break Ground On New Energy Efficient Affordable And Supportive Housing Development
April 2012
Plan Announced to Give NYCHA Residents Preference in Filling 2,000 Jobs at New Barclays
NYCHA Replaces Thousands of Alarms as Carbon Monoxide Alarm Replacement Law Goes into Effect
City Partners Celebrate Opening of 168 New Affordable Apartments at the Elliot-Chelsea Development on the West Side of Manhattan
March 2012
"NYCHA Grows with its Garderners" Conference Held for the 10th Year
February 2012
NYCHA Opens New Community Center in the Polo Grounds
NYCHA Launches Strategic Plan Online
NYCHA Receives $10 Million from the New York City Council to Hire Public Housing Residents to Perform Crucial Repair Work
NYCHA Names Frederick S. Harris as Executive Vice President For Development
NYCHA Youth, NYC Public High School Students Kick Off Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week with Life in Fashion Forum (DOE Press Release)
January 2012
NYCHA Launches Wizard's Corner Pilot Study Area Program for Children
HDC, HPD, HCR & NYCHA Join MacQuesten Development and Partners to Celebrate Rev. Dr. Fletcher C. Crawford Apartments (HPD Press Release)
New NYCHA Inspector General Appointed by Department Of Investigation Commissioner (DOI Press Release)
NYCHA Unveils Its New Strategic Plan - Plan NYCHA: A Roadmap for Preservation
2011 Press
December 2011
NYCHA Chairman Rhea and HPD Commissioner Wambua Announce Second Development in NYC to Combine Affordable Rental Units and Public Housing
November 2011
NYCHA, Elected Officials and Residents Acknowledge the Excellent Work Done by the Maintenance Work Order Taskforce at South Jamaica Houses to Address the Backlog of Repairs
DEP and NYCHA Unveil Green Infrastructure Project
NYCHA Joins with Construction & General Building Laborers’ Local 79, MTDC to Celebrate the Addition of More Than 200 Public Housing Residents to the Union
NYCHA, HUD, and VA Announce That Over 1,400 Homeless Veterans Have Found Permanent Housing in New York City
October 2011
NYCHA, HPD join the Sisters of Charity Housing Development Corporation to celebrate the groundbreaking of Markham Gardens Manor
NYCHA Hosts the 49th Annual Garden and Greening Awards Ceremony
New York City Housing Authority Joins With PLANTERS, The Corps Network, and Green City Force to Expand New Yorkers Access to Open Space
August 2011
NYCHA Chairman John B. Rhea and HPD Commissioner Wambua Announce First of its Kind Development in NYC to Combine Affordable Rental Units and Public Housing
The Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Has Accepted All St. Nicholas NYCHA Families Who Applied For Admission
July 2011
Mayor Bloomberg Appoints First Current Public Housing Resident to New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Board (Mayoral Press Release)
June 2011
Mayor Bloomberg, Harlem RBI, New York Yankee Mark Teixeira and Officials Announce Development of New School and Affordable Housing Units in East Harlem (Mayoral Press Release)
April 2011
Mayor Bloomberg, US Department of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan, Goldman Sachs Group President and Chief Operating Officer Gary Cohn and New York City Housing Authority Chairman John Rhea Join the Harlem Children's Zone to Break Ground on the New Promise Academy Charter School Building and Community Center at the St. Nicholas Houses (Mayoral Press Release)
Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott, NYCHA Chairman Rhea, DYCD Commissioner Mullgrav and Police Commissioner Kelly Open the Gerard Carter Community Center on Staten Island
March 2011
Mayor Bloomberg Announces Appointment of Emily Youssouf as Board Member for the New York City Housing Authority (Mayoral Press Release)
February 2011
Mayor Bloomberg, New York Knicks’ Amar’e Stoudemire and Nike Dedicate New Basketball Court at the Taylor-Wythe Community Center in Brooklyn (Mayoral Press Release)
PAL Teen Impact Center Opens at Brooklyn's Albany Houses
NYCHA Unveils its Safety and Security Task Force Report
