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43-461: PlaNYC specifically targeted ten areas of interest: Housing and Neighborhoods; Parks and Public Spaces; Brownfields ; Waterways ; Water Supply ; Transportation ; Energy ; Air Quality ; Solid Waste ; and Climate Change . Over 97% of the 127 initiatives in PlaNYC were launched within one-year of its release and almost two-thirds of its 2009 milestones were achieved or mostly achieved. The plan

86-668: A 30 percent decrease in greenhouse gas emissions for the city. In 2011, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enforced its Climate Change Program Assessment and Action Plan by researching the potential effects of climate change on the city's water supply. Areas projected to be affected were determined by the DEP's climate change impact scenarios. Funded projects included the Croton Walter Filtration Plant , which opened in 2015 to filter sediments entering

129-702: A board chair who also serves as NYCHA's chief executive officer. On September 15, 2022, Mayor Eric Adams announced a new two person leadership structure for NYCHA with a split between the NYCHA Chair and CEO roles, with the CEO managing the day-to-day operations and the Chair overseeing the NYCHA Board. The Authority is the largest public housing authority (PHA) in North America. In spite of many problems, it

172-516: A citywide Section 8 Leased Housing Program in rental apartments. However, new applications for Section 8 have not been accepted since December 10, 2009. New York also maintains a long waiting list for its apartments. Because of demand, the Housing Authority in recent years, has selected more "working families" from applicants to diversify the income structure of occupants of its housing, as had been typical of residents who first occupied

215-469: A new bill wasn't agreed upon until the Federal Housing Act of 1949 , rather than just the federal government. Most of the postwar developments had over 1,000 apartment units each, and most were built in the modernist, tower-in-the-park style popular at the time. In the 1950s and 1960s, many New Yorkers, including supporters, became more critical of the agency and in response NYCHA introduced

258-419: A new look that included variations of height, faster elevators, and larger apartments. In 1958, Mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. began to shift construction away from megaprojects to smaller sites which retained the street grid and had under 1,000 units. In 1964, NYCHA ended a policy that held apartments for white tenants in an attempt to integrate the developments. Tenants organized a rent strike in opposition to

301-626: A new plan called A Blueprint for Change which would transfer 110,000 apartments to a newly created public entity - a Public Housing Preservation Trust. In February, 2021 the Chelsea NYCHA Working Group released their plan for the Elliott-Chelsea Houses and the Fulton Houses and the city released an RFP for it. In October, 2012, Hurricane Sandy turned out to be the single most destructive event in

344-601: A nonprofit organization that will seek to raise $ 200 million over three years to supplement NYCHA's efforts and improve the lives of NYC public housing residents. The Fund received its first donation of $ 100,000 from the Deutsche Bank in December 2015. Also in 2015 Mayor Bill de Blasio released a plan called Next Gen NYCHA to address funding and maintenance concerns by "revamping management practices and generate revenue by building mixed-income and affordable housing on what

387-415: A part of Moses' plan to clear old tenements and remake New York as a modern city. Moses indicated later in life that he was disappointed at how the public housing system fell into decline and disrepair. The majority of NYCHA developments were built between 1945 and 1965. Unlike most cities, New York depended heavily on city and state funds to build its housing after the Federal Housing Act of 1937 expired and

430-642: A public corporation that provides affordable housing in New York City, New York, U.S. This list is divided geographically by the five boroughs of New York City : Manhattan , the Bronx , Brooklyn , Queens , and Staten Island . Vanderveer Estates Apartments nka Flatbush Gardens, Tiffany Towers nka Tivoli Towers, Ebbets Field Apartments and Towers of Bay Ridge and Rutland Rd Houses in Brooklyn , all five includes rent, gas & electric (AC including) in

473-588: A scale of 1 to 5 (in this case, 1 being the highest or best rating, and 5 being the lowest, or poorest rating). This report identified $ 6.9 billion in needs required to bring the Authority's structures into a state of good repair. In 2011/12, a second needs assessment survey was done by PBQ&D, which identified $ 16.5 billion in needs. This represented an average of $ 93,000 per unit. It is anticipated that an upcoming needs assessment contract will reveal capital needs in excess of $ 25 billion. The needs assessment survey

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516-529: Is a public-benefit corporation , controlled by the Mayor of New York City , and organized under the State's Public Housing Law . The NYCHA ("NYCHA Board") consists of seven members, of which the chairman is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Mayor of New York City , while the others are appointed for three-year terms by the mayor. The board includes three members who are residents of public housing, and

559-507: Is divided into five broad categories, which are: Architectural, Mechanical, Electrical, Site, and Apartments. Given the large number of apartment units within NYCHA, the report's findings on apartments are based upon an inspection of 5% of NYCHA's total inventory. In mid-2007, NYCHA faced a $ 225 million budget shortfall. In late 2015, NYCHA announced the formation of the Fund for Public Housing,

602-506: Is still considered by experts to be the most successful big-city public housing authority in the country. Whereas most large public housing authorities in the United States (Chicago, St. Louis, Baltimore, etc.) have demolished their high-rise projects and in most cases replaced them with lower density housing, New York's continue to be fully occupied. Most of its market-rate housing is also in high-rise buildings. NYCHA also administers

645-511: Is to increase opportunities for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers by providing affordable housing and facilitating access to public service and community services . More than 360,000 New Yorkers reside in NYCHA's 335 public housing developments across the city's five boroughs. Another 235,000 receive subsidized rental assistance in private homes through the NYCHA-administered Section 8 Leased Housing Program. NYCHA

688-834: The Lower East Side of Manhattan . The parcel of land the houses were located on were purchased from Vincent Astor and the city used eminent domain to secure the remaining property. However, the construction of the First Houses used existing apartment buildings to renovate which proved too costly. NYCHA's first two "new from the ground up" developments were Harlem River in 1937 and Williamsburg in 1938. Both are noted for their art-deco style of architecture, which are unique in public housing. These developments were segregated based on race with Harlem River being black-only and Williamsburg white-only. The Authority boomed in partnership with Robert Moses after World War II as

731-474: The City of New York American Lung Association of New York State American Planning Association Atlantic Avenue Betterment Association Better Hood Pacific Street Block Association Bryant Park Corporation Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York Building Trades Employers Association Chinese Chamber of Commerce of New York Citizens Committee for New York City Council on

774-476: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is cutting the agency's budget to encourage NYCHA to rely on partnerships with private property managers while Governor Andrew Cuomo is withholding his multiyear funding of $ 550 million until a federally required monitor is appointed to oversee the housing authority. Later that year, the de Blasio administration announced a plan, called NYCHA 2.0, to address

817-588: The Sustainable Energy Property Tracking System (SEPTS) to help identify resource-intensive facilities and prioritize energy efficiency investment decisions. New York City Housing Authority The New York City Housing Authority ( NYCHA ) is a public development corporation which provides public housing in New York City , and is the largest public housing authority in North America. Created in 1934 as

860-485: The agency failed to provide tenants with heat and hot water, keep residents safe from lead, involve tenants in policy-making, and hire residents, as required under federal law. In April 2018, under intense pressure from the lawsuit, chairwoman Shola Olatoye resigned. On June 11, 2018, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman filed a lawsuit accusing NYCHA of violating health and safety regulations, exposing children to lead paint, and training its workers to deceive inspectors under

903-547: The capital needs of the agency which includes converting 62,000 NYCHA apartments into Section 8 and bringing in private management to oversee the backlog of repairs for the apartments, and selling air rights over NYCHA property to raise money. The conversion of the properties would be under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) federal program leading to concerns that NYCHA would be privatized. If units were to be brought under RAD, oversight by

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946-448: The city deemed underused NYCHA land, and by using new federal programs to shift NYCHA apartments over to Section 8, a more stable source of federal funding". In 2018, a city-wide survey of NYCHA properties found that the organization needs $ 31.8 billion over five years to address unmet capital repairs including replacing broken elevators, upgrading faulty heating systems, and fix run-down kitchens and bathrooms. Despite its needed repairs,

989-575: The city for air rights from Campos Plaza II, Fulton Houses, and the Ingersoll Houses. The approach of the administration, under NYCHA 2.0, is a turn back to Bloomberg -era initiatives of market rate infill that he once felt ignored the concerns of NYCHA residents after a failed trial of four buildings with a 50–50 split of market-rate and low-cost housing infill did not provide enough money under Next-Gen NYCHA. Then in July, 2020 NYCHA announced

1032-435: The city would deploy TRIRIGA's environmental and energy management software across more than 4,000 government buildings throughout the city. New York City used performance data from IBM TRIRIGA system to provide the city with the critical analysis required to implement carbon reduction strategies and to inform the project selection process for PlaNYC funded retrofit projects. Energy and water usage were measured and entered into

1075-425: The city's greenhouse gas emissions. One of the main goals of Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC was to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2017. In order to meet this goal, the government of New York City signed an agreement worth more than ten million dollars with TRIRIGA, an integrated workplace management system and environmental sustainability software provider that was later acquired by IBM , through which

1118-517: The city's rental apartments. In 2004, NYCHA contracted with the Architectural/Engineering firm Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas to perform a needs assessment survey of all 2500+ properties owned by the agency (excluding FHA Homes, which were inspected by in-house NYCHA personnel in about 2007). In 2005, a report was released detailing the conditions of every aspect and building component of each individual property, based on

1161-477: The facilities. NYCHA's Conventional Public Housing Program has 175,636 apartments (as of 2018) in 325 developments throughout the city. NYCHA has approximately 13,000 employees serving about 173,946 families and approximately 392,259 authorized residents. Based on the 2010 census, NYCHA's Public Housing represents 8.2% of the city's rental apartments and is home to 4.9% of the city's population. NYCHA residents and Section 8 voucher holders combined occupy 12.4% of

1204-692: The first agency of its kind in the United States, it aims to provide decent, affordable housing for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers throughout the five boroughs of New York City. NYCHA also administers a citywide Section 8 Leased Housing Program in rental apartments. NYCHA developments include single and double family houses, apartment units, singular floors, and shared small building units, and commonly have large income disparities with their respective surrounding neighborhood or community. These developments, particularly those including large-scale apartment buildings, are often referred to in popular culture as "projects." The New York City Housing Authority's goal

1247-412: The governor's office because of great opposition from residents in Brooklyn and Queens (on Long Island ), who would have had to pay a toll to enter and exit the island. A major criticism stemmed from the plan's assumption that more riders could use mass transit. New York City Transit, after doing an analysis of each subway route, revealed that many subway routes were already used to capacity, and that

1290-657: The history of the New York City Housing Authority. The storm impacted approximately 10% of NYCHA's developments, which left 400 buildings without power, and 386 buildings without heat and hot water. In February 2014, NYCHA's Recovery and Resilience Department was created bringing about initial agreements in over $ 3 billion in funding for over 33 developments by March 2015. In August 2015, the first construction began on Lower East Side V. In December 2015, NYCHA received $ 3 billion in disaster recovery funding and by December 2016, $ 201 million of construction

1333-661: The lease, so it's not projects or developments owned by NYCHA , even though all five take Section 8 . Campaign for New York%27s Future The Campaign for New York's Future is a coalition of civic, business, environmental , labor , community and public health organizations that supports the goals and strategic direction of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ’s sustainability proposal, PlaNYC 2030 . Members [ edit ] 600 Grand Block Association AARP American Cancer Society American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter American Lung Association of

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1376-700: The monitor and the court would be terminated leading to further concerns that the mold remediation ordered in the 2013 Baez lawsuit wouldn't happen. In 2019, the administration, under NYCHA 2.0, began considering demolishing and rebuilding the Fulton Houses in Chelsea and the Cooper Park Houses in Williamsburg through partnering with private developers and a 70–30 split of market-rate and affordable housing. Other developers began lobbying

1419-512: The next four years, and by agreeing to oversight by a federal monitor. In 2019, the federal government reached an agreement with the city to appoint a federal monitor and $ 2.2 billion spent by the city over the next decade on repair to avoid a federal takeover. In February 2019, federal officials chose Bart Schwartz as the NYCHA monitor. This is a list of buildings held by the New York City Housing Authority ,

1462-408: The oversight of chairwoman Shola Olatoye from 2012 to 2016. According to federal prosecutors, deceptions NYCHA workers used included shutting off buildings' water supplies during inspections to hide leaks and building false walls out of plywood to hide dilapidated rooms from inspectors. That day, NYCHA settled the lawsuit by admitting to the allegations, agreeing to spend an additional $ 1 billion over

1505-866: The policy and the State Commission of Human Rights questioned if the policy was in accordance to the state's laws on discrimination. In 1995, the New York City Housing Authority Police Department and the New York City Transit Police were merged into the New York City Police Department by NYC Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and continues today as the New York City Police Department Housing Bureau . NYCHA

1548-494: The tracks allowed no room to add more trains. Promoters of this mechanism argued that the system could generate much needed funds for MTA Capital Construction projects such as the Second Avenue Subway , 7 Subway Extension , and East Side Access . In 2007, the city aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent of the 2005 levels by 2030. Emissions were reduced by 13 percent between 2007 and 2011. This

1591-482: The water supply after storms, and the renovation of the Delaware Aqueduct . The DEP took action on its own projects such as improving the sewage system by developing a new stormwater drainage strategy focused on areas threatened by flooding and sewer backups and overflows. There was an overall emphasis on maximizing synergy and minimizing tradeoffs among energy, air, water, land, and climate policies. PlaNYC

1634-621: Was attributed to a 26 percent decrease in carbon intensity present in the city's electrical supply during this period as a result of more efficient power plants and increased use of renewable energy. Con Edison also stepped in to curb the threat of fugitive sulfur hexafluoride leakage in its electricity transmission and distribution system, which further lowered emissions by 3 percent. Mitigation efforts included switching fuel sources to cleaner energy. A decrease in demand for energy consumption, new solid waste management strategies, and more sustainable transportation systems were projected to result in

1677-546: Was created in 1934 to help alleviate the housing crisis caused by the Great Depression during Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia's administration and was the first agency in the United States to provide publicly funded housing. The agency used the developments to practice slum-clearance and establish model affordable housing for the city. In 1935, NYCHA completed its first development, the First Houses , located on

1720-456: Was released as One New York: The Plan for a Strong and Just City or OneNYC . The plan had three major components: One of the most controversial aspects of the plan was the mayor's call for congestion pricing , specifically a bid to levy a fee of $ 8.00 on all cars entering midtown Manhattan during peak hours on weekdays, with a few exemptions for through traffic. The proposal was canceled in 2008 despite support from environmental groups and

1763-545: Was supported by Campaign for New York's Future , a coalition of civic, business, environmental, labor, community and public health organizations. According to a study by the mayor's office, the city's municipal buildings accounted for nearly 3.8 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year and utilized 6.5 percent of the city's energy. The city's rate of energy consumption in NYC municipal buildings totaled nearly $ 1 billion each year, and accounted for about 64 percent of

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1806-424: Was underway. By December 2017, $ 1.85 billion in contracts were awarded, and construction was underway at 27 developments. Construction at all Sandy-impacted sites are expected to be completed by the end of 2021. In February 2018, attorney Jim Walden filed a lawsuit on behalf of 400,000 NYCHA tenants living in squalid conditions. The suit demands that the court appoint an independent monitor to oversee NYCHA because

1849-637: Was updated in 2011 and was expanded to 132 initiatives and more than 400 specific milestones for December 31, 2013. Daniel L. Doctoroff , the deputy mayor for economic development and rebuilding, led the team of experts that developed the plan, which The New York Times called the Bloomberg administration's "most far-reaching"—"its fate could determine whether his administration will be remembered as truly transformative." In April 2015, an updated strategic document outlining city policies for inclusive growth , sustainability, and resilience to climate change

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