http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd NYC.gov RSS en Copyright 2009 City of New York Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:33:22 EST http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-07-01-09.shtml JUNE 25 – Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced the $100 million acquisition of 30 acres at Hunter's Point South in Long Island City. The site was acquired from the Empire State Development Corporation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and will become the largest middle income housing development since the 1970's. This largely vacant land will accommodate 5,000 new units of housing, 60 percent of which will be reserved for moderate- and middle-income families. The project will also include more than 11 acres of landscaped waterfront parkland, new retail shops, community facility space and a new 1,100 seat high school. Expected to catalyze more than $2 billion in private investment and create more than 4,600 jobs, the first phase of the $175 million infrastructure and park design work will begin this fall. Joining the Mayor in Long Island City were Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, City Councilman Eric Gioia, Deputy Mayor Robert C. Lieber, Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Rafael Cestero, Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Economic Development Corporation President Seth Pinsky and School Construction Authority Executive Director Lorraine Grillo. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-07-01-09.shtml Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:11:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-06-30-09.shtml Deputy Mayor Robert C. Lieber today joined Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero, East Brooklyn Congregations (EBC) Co-Chairman Reverend David K. Brawley, Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner David J. Burney, FAIA and Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) President and CEO Michael Lappin to celebrate the completion of the first phase of the new Nehemiah Homes located on a 227-acre site in East New York. Phase One, with 184 units, forms part of a new community that will include a total of 2,219 affordable homes, new streets, sewers and sidewalks, a public school and four parks. A 620,000-square-foot expansion of the existing Gateway Plaza shopping center is also planned. Nehemiah Houses at Gateway Estates is the culmination of a more than 20-year-long endeavor to transform a former landfill into new a new community. The creation of affordable housing in neighborhoods across New York City is part of the City's Five Borough Economic Opportunity Plan to create jobs for New Yorkers today, implement a vision for long-term economic growth and build affordable, attractive neighborhoods. Also joining Deputy Mayor Lieber and Commissioner Cestero at the ribbon-cutting were Nehemiah HDFC General Manager Ron Waters, Reverend Johnny Ray Youngblood of EBC, Nehemiah Homes design architect Alexander Gorlin and Monadnock Construction Senior Vice President Peter Hansen. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-06-30-09.shtml Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:26:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-06-23-09.shtml June 23, 2009, New York, NY – Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero announced today that Douglas Apple, General Manager of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) will become HPD First Deputy Commissioner, effective September 1, 2009. In this new role, Mr. Apple will be responsible for day-to-day operations of the agency and leading the implementation of the Commissioner’s overall strategic vision. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-06-23-09.shtml Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:50:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-06-11-09.shtml Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced a new public campaign to encourage more New Yorkers to get the free legal assistance, mortgage counseling and education services that are available through the Center for NYC Neighborhood network of providers. While the program has been effective for those who have taken advantage of it, many New Yorkers who have suffered foreclosure filings have not sought the free help. The campaign will urge New Yorkers to call 311 and will highlight the confidentiality of the services. Mayor Bloomberg was also joined by Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter and NY ACORN President Pat Boone to highlight the success of the Philadelphia program that requires mandatory settlement conferences between lenders and homeowners and to urge similar steps be taken in states across the country. Increasing homeownership and helping New Yorkers avoid foreclosure is part of the City’s Five Borough Economic Opportunity Plan. Also joining the announcement, which took place at Legal Aid Society Queens Neighborhood Office in Kew Gardens, were Council Member Thomas White, Jr., Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero and Center for NYC Neighborhoods Executive Director Michael Hickey. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-06-11-09.shtml Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:04:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-06-09-09.shtml June 9, 2009, Staten Island, NY – Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero, together with Borough President James Molinaro and City Council Minority Leader James S. Oddo, joined the Domain Companies, the Arker Companies and Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty today to celebrate the historic and environmentally friendly restoration of two landmark buildings in Sea View, Staten Island, and to cut the ribbon on Staten Island’s premier independent living community for seniors. Also present at the ribbon-cutting were representatives of New York City’s Health and Hospital Corporation (HHC) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The creation of affordable housing in neighborhoods across New York City is part of the City's Five Borough Economic Opportunity Plan to create jobs for New Yorkers today, implement a vision for long-term economic growth and build affordable, attractive neighborhoods. It is estimated that the redevelopment at Sea View created 201 on-site, construction jobs, as well as 135 jobs throughout the five boroughs. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-06-09-09.shtml Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:06:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-06-04-09.shtml NEW YORK – June is Homeowner Empowerment Month in New York City. To this end, the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is collaborating with Borough Presidents and community partners to host a series of Housing Fairs in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Staten Island and Queens. The theme of this year’s fairs is “The Fundamentals of Buying and Owning a Home.” Each event is planned to educate the public about HPD’s HomeFirst Down Payment Assistance Program, the home buying process and housing counseling available for first-time homebuyers. For current homeowners, information on low-interest loan programs and foreclosure prevention services provided by the Center for New York City Neighborhoods’ (CNYCN) network partners will be available. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-06-04-09.shtml Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:01:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-05-28-09.shtml NEW YORK, NY, May 28th, 2009 – Today, the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC), the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and YUCO Real Estate Company, Inc. (YUCO) celebrated the grand opening of 1405 Fifth Avenue Apartments, an 81-unit mixed-income development located in the East Harlem section of Manhattan. The creation of affordable housing in New York City is part of the City's Five Borough Economic Opportunity Plan to create jobs for New Yorkers today and implement a vision for long-term economic growth while strengthening and stabilizing neighborhoods in all five boroughs. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-05-28-09.shtml Thu, 28 May 2009 14:53:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-05-27-09.shtml Queens, May 27, 2009 – The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) joined The Briarwood Organization in celebrating the final phase of construction at the 210-unit Waters Edge development. The 40 two-family homes of the development’s first phase, completed in 2001, represented the first new housing built in the Arverne in over 25 years and the additional 130 middle-income condo units of Waters Edge at Arverne Condominium contribute to the continuing revitalization of an area that was once a thriving beach resort. The creation and preservation of affordable housing in neighborhoods across New York City is part of the City's Five Borough Economic Opportunity Plan to implement a vision for long-term economic growth. HPD and Briarwood were joined by Queens Borough President Helen M. Marshall; Marian Zucker, Executive Vice President of “nyhomes;” and representatives of J.P. Morgan Chase and the Housing Partnership Development Corporation (“The Partnership”). http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-05-27-09.shtml Wed, 27 May 2009 12:02:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-05-19-09.shtml Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Center for NYC Neighborhoods Executive Director Michael Hickey today announced $2.3 million in grants to 19 not-for-profit service providers, designed to help homeowners at risk of mortgage foreclosure throughout the five boroughs. The grants, which will be distributed by the Center for NYC Neighborhoods, the not-for-profit organization announced by Mayor Bloomberg and Speaker Quinn in December 2007, will fund legal assistance, mortgage counseling and education services for the residents of New York City. Since becoming fully operational, the Center has provided housing counseling and legal services to roughly 1,000 New York City families in the second half of 2008, and with the new grants, the Center will have the capacity to provide services to more than 8,000 families in 2009. In addition, next year the Center will begin providing proactive education and outreach to up to 20,000 New Yorkers. Mayor Bloomberg and Speaker Quinn also announced that the Center will establish a dedicated call center to handle foreclosure-related calls that come into 311, New York City’s customer service hotline. Also attending the announcement, which took place at the offices of grant recipient Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, were Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert C. Lieber, Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Shaun Donovan, New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal Commissioner Deborah VanAmerongen, Council Member Lew Fidler, and Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation Executive Director Colvin Grannum, representing the Coalition for the Improvement of Bedford Stuyvesant. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-05-19-09.shtml Tue, 19 May 2009 13:07:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-05-07-09II.shtml New York, NY, May 7, 2009 – Mount Hope Housing Company, a nonprofit community development organization and provider of social services in the Mount Hope section of the Bronx, along with the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), the NYC Housing Development Corporation (HDC) and Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. announced today the grand opening of the New Hope Walton Project, a 63-unit environmentally friendly, affordable housing development for low-income residents. The creation of affordable housing in neighborhoods across New York City is part of the City's Five Borough Economic Opportunity Plan to create jobs for New Yorkers today, implement a vision for long-term economic growth and strengthen and stabilize neighborhoods. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-05-07-09II.shtml Thu, 07 May 2009 15:49:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-05-07-09.shtml The Bronx, May 7, 2009 – New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero and South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (SoBRO) Senior Vice President Neil Pariser announced today the opening of Gateway Building. The building – visible to commuters on the Willis Avenue Bridge – sat vacant for three decades prior to its transformation into high-quality, affordable housing. The creation and preservation of affordable housing in neighborhoods across New York City is part of the City's Five Borough Economic Opportunity Plan to implement a vision for long-term economic growth. Commissioner Cestero and Pariser were joined by Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., Council Member Maria del Carmen Arroyo, and Michael Lambert of the Community Preservation Corporation (CPC). http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-05-07-09.shtml Thu, 07 May 2009 15:38:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-04-22-09.shtml Brooklyn, April 22, 2009 – The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) joined CPC Resources (CPCR) and East Brooklyn Congregations (EBC) as they broke ground today on 103 units of affordable housing located in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. The creation of affordable housing in neighborhoods across New York City is part of the City's Five Borough Economic Opportunity Plan to create jobs for New Yorkers today, implement a vision for long-term economic growth and build affordable, attractive neighborhoods. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-04-22-09.shtml Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:22:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-04-07-09-II.shtml NEW YORK– US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today gave the keynote address at a New York City housing conference on strategies for expanding the nation’s stock of green and affordable housing. In his remarks, Donovan announced that the green conference sponsor, the City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) along with not-for-profit partners, has embarked on a pilot program to rehabilitate a number of small bank-foreclosed homes using green, energy-efficient standards and practices. HPD is responsible for implementing Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s $7.5 billion New Housing Marketplace Plan to create and preserve affordable housing for half a million New Yorkers. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-04-07-09-II.shtml Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:57:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-04-07-09.shtml NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, in cooperation with the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), has been awarded funding from the MacArthur Foundation to embark on a new three-year project to track affordable housing units at risk of converting to market-rate and to identify new opportunities for preserving the housing’s affordability. The Preservation Data Project has three main components: a database of affordable housing in New York City, including detailed information on the dates when restrictions on rents expire; an “early warning” system designed to identify especially vulnerable properties at risk of opting out or failing to meet the requirements of subsidy programs that impose affordability restrictions; and new analytic tools for assessing the potential to preserve the properties as affordable housing. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-04-07-09.shtml Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:47:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-02-13-09.shtml Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today named Rafael Cestero to serve as Commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). Cestero will replace Shaun Donovan, who was chosen by President Obama to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development after serving as HPD Commissioner since 2004. Cestero is expected to begin in the position on March 16. The Mayor made the announcement in the Blue Room of City Hall, where he was joined by Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert C. Lieber and New York City Housing Development Corporation President Marc Jahr. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2009/pr-02-13-09.shtml Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:23:00 EST