NYCHA Launches First-Ever Large-Scale Urban Farm on NYCHA Property
New York, NY - June 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Linda I. Gibbs and New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Chairman John B. Rhea today launched the Red Hook Urban Farm, a 1-acre urban agriculture installati...
NYCHA Names CAMBA Housing Ventures and CAMBA, Inc. Developer for Brownsville Supportive Housing Site
New York, NY - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has announced that Brooklyn-based nonprofit CAMBA Housing Ventures, Inc. (CHV) has been selected as developer for the Van Dyke Supportive Housing Developm...
NYCHA Housing Court and Eviction Moratorium
New York, NY - November 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- From November 15, 2012 through January 1, 2013, NYCHA management staff in developments affected by Hurricane Sandy will not start any new housing court actions or perform evictions for residential ...
The New York City Housing Authority Continues Restoration and Remediation Efforts in Housing Developments...
New York, NY - November 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Now that electricity, elevators, heat and hot water have been restored in all developments impacted by Hurricane Sandy, the New York City Housing Authority has moved to the next phase of its recove...
NYCHA Development Hurricane Sandy Progress Report
November 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- NYCHA is working to restore power, heat and hot water to developments currently without service due to the storm. During the past week NYCHA has returned heat and hot water to many buildings across the city and is...
NYCHA Recieves $300,000 Planning Grant to Lead Revitalization Efforts in Bronx Public Housing Community
HUD allocation will enable NYCHA to preserve public housing, build stronger neighborhoods and develop innovative partnerships The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has been awarded a $300,000 Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Planning Grant from th...
The New York City Housing Authority Announces Plans to Create Thousands of New, Affordable...
New York, NY - September 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City Housing Authority Chairman John B. Rhea today unveiled new initiatives that would bring hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue to the Housing Authority to help maintain and prese...
NYCHA Announces Receipt of $44 Million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Equity
New York, NY - September 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- NYCHA Chairman John B. Rhea announced the recent receipt of $44 million in low-income housing tax credit equity payments associated with NYCHA’s Federalization transaction. The purpose of the Fe...
NYCHA Receives $10 million from the New York City Council to Hire Public Housing...
New York, NY - March 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York City Housing Authority applauds and welcomes City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn’s announcement today that NYCHA will receive $10 million from the City Council to help fund repairs ...
NYCHA Joins with Construction & General Building Laborers’ Local 79, MTDC to Celebrate the...
New York, NY - November 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York City Housing Authority joined with Laborers’ Local 79 of the Mason Tenders District Council (MTDC) of Greater New York to celebrate the addition of more than 200 NYCHA residents into...
Mayor Bloomberg, Harlem RBI, New York Yankee Mark Teixeira and Officials Announce Development of...
New York, NY - June 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, New York City Housing Authority Chairman John Rhea, Schools Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott and Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Matthew M. Wambua, New York Yankee Mark Teixeira and Harlem RBI Executive Director Rich Berlin today announced a partnership to develop a landmark, mixed-use facility in East Harlem that will include approximately 90 new affordable housing units, the DREAM Charter School and Harlem RBI’s program and office space. Scheduled to open for the 2014-2015 school year, the new school space will accommodate up to 450 students between kindergarten and eighth grade. The announcement took place on Harlem RBI’s Field of Dreams in East Harlem, where the Mayor was also joined by Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito, parents and students from DREAM Charter School and Harlem RBI program participants and alumni.