Senior city leaders will meet directly with public housing tenants in a series of community forums, with a Brooklyn event scheduled for June.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York City Housing Authority Chief Executive Officer Lisa Bova-Hiatt on Friday announced NYCHA in Your Neighborhood, engagement sessions for NYCHA residents to speak directly with senior leaders and connect with services from a range of city agencies in communities near where they live.
“As we work to deliver the investments and improvements residents deserve, NYCHA in Your Neighborhood will help put public housing residents at the center of policymaking. These forums will give residents a new opportunity to weigh in on the issues that matter most to them and access services from a range of city agencies,” Mamdani said in a statement.
Similar to the Rental Ripoff Hearings, each forum will give residents opportunities to discuss issues affecting developments across the city, including repairs, community programming, pests and waste, elevators, mold, lead and public safety. Each forum will offer residents the opportunity to participate in small-group discussions with NYCHA and City Hall leadership, as well as visit resource tables where residents can engage one-on-one with NYCHA staff about apartment repairs, tenancy concerns, and environmental issues.
The forums will also include support and resources from NYCHA, the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants and other City agencies including the Department of Social Services, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Department of Youth and Community Development and the Department for the Aging, officials said.
“Drawing on a broad array of resident engagement programs and services, we will be bringing senior NYCHA staff and subject matter experts directly to residents to discuss their visions for their homes and campuses," Bova-Hiatt said. "We’re very excited to take this next step alongside the Mamdani administration, as we work with NYCHA residents face-to-face, on an individual basis, to hear concerns and develop meaningful solutions together.”
There is one forum scheduled in Brooklyn:
Date: June 3
Location: Van Dyke Community Center
Address: 392 Blake Ave.
Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm, Doors open at 6:00pm
Requests for reasonable accommodations or language interpretation should be made by May 25, by emailing [email protected] or calling 212-306-3335.
To attend the forum, register here.
