http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd NYC.gov RSS en Copyright 2008 City of New York Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:00:41 EST http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-06-16-08.shtml Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the South Bronx Initiative, a comprehensive plan to sustain and strengthen the ongoing revitalization of the South Bronx. Developed by the Mayor’s Office and an interagency team in coordination with local elected officials and community groups, the initiative identifies three focus areas – Melrose Commons/Third Avenue, the Bronx Civic Center and the Lower Grand Concourse. For each area, the Initiative outlines specific action items that will be implemented to achieve goals related to office, retail and residential development, affordable housing, transportation and open space. New developments in the initiative area will provide more than 8,000 housing units, about 800,000 square feet of commercial and retail space, 160,000 square feet of hotel and conference space and new and enhanced parks and green spaces. Mayor Bloomberg was joined at the announcement, which took place at the Bronx County Courthouse, by Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert C. Lieber, Bronx Chamber of Commerce CEO Lenny Caro, Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) President Seth W. Pinsky, City Planning (DCP) Commissioner Amanda M. Burden and Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Shaun Donovan and Nos Quedamos Executive Director Yolanda Gonzalez. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-06-16-08.shtml Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:51:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-06-03-08.shtml Cambridge, Mass., – June 3, 2008 – The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School today announced the finalists for the 2008 Innovations in American Government Awards competition. These programs are models of government excellence, representing innovative programming from the local, county, city, tribal, state, and federal levels. The 15 finalists were selected from an initial pool of nearly 1,000 applicants. Winners of the 2008 Innovations Award will be announced in September 2008. Each of the six winners will receive $100,000 toward the replication and dissemination of its innovation. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-06-03-08.shtml Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:01:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-06-02-08-II.shtml Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Senator Charles E. Schumer, Governor David A. Paterson, and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Deputy Secretary Roy A. Bernardi today announced that the bidding process to sell Starrett City will move forward with a signed agreement in place to preserve affordable housing and keep rents down. A Memorandum of Understanding, signed by the current owners of Starrett, the New York City and State housing commissioners and HUD, lays out guidelines governing the sale of the massive properties and strict restrictions on any rent increases. Starrett City is the largest federal subsidized housing complex in the country, comprised of 5,881 affordable housing units. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-06-02-08-II.shtml Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:10:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-06-02-08.shtml BROOKLYN, NY, May 3—New York City Housing Commissioner Shaun Donovan and his staff spent the day cutting and installing drywall at Habitat for Humanity – New York City’s affordable homes in Brooklyn, working alongside the low-income families who will own these homes. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-06-02-08.shtml Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:41:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-05-15-08.shtml The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) today announced the third season of its “Taking it to the Streets” campaign, providing communities across the City with information on HPD’s housing programs and services. The campaign had a successful second season last year, reaching out to over 8,400 people in a total of 53 stops across the five boroughs. HPD is the nation's largest municipal housing agency and a major strategy of the agency is to encourage preservation of affordable housing through education, outreach, loan programs, and enforcement of housing quality standards. These efforts are part of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s New Housing Marketplace Plan to build and preserve 165,000 units of affordable housing over ten years. The “Taking it to the Streets” campaign is led by the agency’s Office of Community Partnerships. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-05-15-08.shtml Thu, 15 May 2008 15:13:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-04-30-08.shtml New York, NY, April 30, 2008 - Catholic Charities Progress of Peoples Development Corporation (Catholic Charities), the housing developer of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, Enterprise, a leading nonprofit provider of affordable housing nationwide, the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) today announced the completion of the full rehabilitation of ten affordable senior housing buildings located in Brooklyn and Queens. More than just improving the structures, this has allowed for enhanced social services crucial for the 1,300 seniors living in these buildings. The rehabilitation was made possible by a pioneering $170 million pooled refinancing package, which is now used as a model throughout the country for the refinancing of housing built under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 202 Program. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-04-30-08.shtml Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:24:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-04-22-08.shtml Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the completion of the Kalahari, a 249-unit mixed-income development on 116th Street in Harlem designed and built to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Certification standards, the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance ‘green’ buildings. Twenty-five percent of the building’s energy comes from renewable sources such as solar and wind. The Kalahari offers 120 homes affordable to moderate- and middle-income households. The Kalahari was developed by Full Spectrum of NY and L&M Development Partners through the Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s (HPD) Cornerstone program which builds multifamily, mixed-income housing on City-owned land. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-04-22-08.shtml Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:13:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-04-16-08.shtml New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Shaun Donovan announced the selection today of the team chosen to design and construct a mixed-use development consisting of community, commercial, and residential spaces located along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. The development team, the Gowanus Green Partnership, is a consortium comprised of the Hudson Companies, Inc., the Bluestone Organization, the Fifth Avenue Committee and Jonathan Rose Companies. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-04-16-08.shtml Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-04-15-08.shtml NEW YORK. The Ash Institute at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government announced today that the NYC Acquisition Fund has been shortlisted as a Top 50 program nationally for the prestigious “Innovations in American Government” Award. The winners of the 2008 award will be announced this summer. The New York City Acquisition Fund is a $230 million partnership that finances the purchase of land and buildings for affordable housing. It uses cutting-edge private finance tools to allow local or not-for-profit developers to compete in a tough real estate market. The Fund will build and preserve 30,000 units of affordable housing over the next ten years. It uses a sustainable model that will allow the Fund to continue without further investments from foundations or taxpayers. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-04-15-08.shtml Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:34:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-04-04-08.shtml The board of the Center for NYC Neighborhoods (CNYCN), in conjunction with the City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the New York City Council, today announced the selection of Michael Hickey as the Center’s first Executive Director. Hickey’s appointment was approved by the CNYCN board on Wednesday. Since 1998, Hickey has served as Vice President of Community Development for Deutsche Bank, one of the top three investment banks in the world. The CNYCN is an independent, not-for profit entity that was founded by the City of New York, the New York City Council and non-profit partners to fund a major expansion and coordination of counseling and referral services, legal assistance, loan remediation, preventive outreach and education, training, research and advocacy around sub-prime lending and mortgage foreclosures. The initiative has a projected budget of $5.3 million in the first year and will seek to assist up to 18,000 New Yorkers annually. The number of foreclosure auctions in New York City in February 2008 accounted for the highest monthly count of foreclosure auctions in the past five years, with 371 foreclosure auctions citywide, demonstrating the need for the CNYCN’s work. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-04-04-08.shtml Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:53:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-03-03-08.shtml The year 2007 saw the highest number of building permits for privately-owned residential units in New York City since 1972, according to newly released data from the US Census Bureau records. With 31,918 units permitted in 2007, it was the second highest amount of permits issued since accurate records first began being kept in 1965. In two of the boroughs, the numbers were even more impressive, with Brooklyn and Queens seeing their highest ever totals. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-03-03-08.shtml Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:33:00 EST http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-02-29-08.shtml Bronx, NY, February 28, 2008 – The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC), a non-profit affordable housing lender, joined today with the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) and housing officials, local developers and proud residents to celebrate the completion of Fordham Gardens, a new mixed-income eight-story apartment complex built in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-02-29-08.shtml Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:39:00 EST http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-02-21-08.shtml The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has launched an online certification for the 421-a Partial Tax Exemption Program. Although applicants for 421-a benefits may still file paper applications, the online version is streamlined and requires less paper documentation. This exciting new tool also includes built-in checks that minimize user errors and dramatically speeds up the processing of these applications. The online application can be found on HPD’s website at www.nyc.gov/hpd. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-02-21-08.shtml Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:50:00 EST http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-02-20-08.shtml Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Shaun Donovan today announced that Landlord Hamid Khan has been sentenced to nine days in jail for criminal contempt for failing to repair hundreds of violations of the Housing Maintenance Code, including immediately hazardous conditions, in his tenants’ apartments. The case involved 1055 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, a 94-unit building in the Bronx. There are currently 2,268 outstanding Housing Maintenance Code violations on the six story building. Conditions in the building that were referenced in court included severe water damage, collapsed floors and ceilings, construction debris throughout the building, a broken toilet, a broken intercom and a defective fire escape. In November of last year, the building was included in HPD’s new Alternative Enforcement Program which targets some of the city’s most troublesome buildings for comprehensive review and repairs http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-02-20-08.shtml Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:30:00 EST http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-01-31-08.shtml New York ACORN Housing Company, government officials and low-income families re-dedicated today Pleasant East Apartments in East Harlem, a set of buildings preserved and renovated over the last three years to house more than 100 tenants in permanently affordable apartments. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2008/pr-01-31-08.shtml Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:18:00 EST