City, County and State Officials Dedicate Playscape at The Ridgeway Mixed-Income Residential Community From left, Victor Sostar, Executive VP, Regions Financial Corporation; City Council Member Shanae Williams; Betsy Mallow, COO, Homes and Community Renewal; Jesse Batus, Regional VP of Development, NY/NJ, The Community Builders; MHACY Board Member Joan Deierlein; Mayor Mike Spano; Deputy [...]
YHA Partnership with Westhab will help to Preserve Affordable Housing in Yonkers Yonkers Housing Authority is using Section 8 Vouchers to Expand and Preserve Affordable Housing YONKERS, NY (May 12, 2023) – Low-income residents will be able to stay in their affordable housing units thanks to a new partnership between The Yonkers Housing Authority [...]
The Yonkers Housing Authority Announces New Hire Danielle Brown Joins Yonkers Housing Authority as Assistant Leased Housing Director January 18, 2023 (Yonkers, NY) - The Yonkers Authority has announced a new hire for its organization. Danielle Brown has been named Assistant Leased Housing Director. Brown joins the YHA with an extensive background managing real [...]
YONKERS, NY (December 2022) -- The Yonkers Housing Authority (YHA) and The Community Builders (TCB) have been working together for more than a decade to redevelop the 1940s-era Cottage Place Gardens public housing complex into The Ridgeway, a modern mixed-income community in Southwest Yonkers. To date, the six-phase master plan has built 327 affordable [...]
Green Infrastructure and planning services to prevent flooding and heat islands has been awarded an up to $900,000 Green Innovation Program grant by NYS Regional Economic Development Council YONKERS, NY (December, 2021) – An innovative green infrastructure plan developed by Groundwork Hudson Valley in partnership with The Municipal Housing Authority for the City of [...]
Dinners Prepared by Renowned Chef Peter Kelly of X2O and Donated by Def Jam Records and Ruff Ryders YONKERS, NY (November 23, 2022) – It was a happy Thanksgiving for more than 350 senior residents of affordable housing run by the Yonkers Housing Authority who received special Thanksgiving meals thanks to the generosity of [...]
Iona University’s Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation to team up with Groundwork Hudson Valley in tackling environmental justice at Yonkers Housing Authority properties YONKERS, NY - (November 9, 2022) – Addressing climate change and environmental justice in urban neighborhoods of Yonkers is the latest project being tackled by the Business Council of Westchester [...]
Counterclockwise: Kerry-Jane King: NYPA Senior Director of Sustainability; Yonkers City Councilman John Rubbo; Wilson Kimball, President and CEO MHACY; Yonkers City Council President Lakisha Collins-Bellamy; Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano; Lisa Payne Wansley: NYPA, VP of Environmental Justice; Yonkers City Council member Shanae Williams, William Serratore, City of Yonkers Sustainability Director. YONKERS, NY [...]
Project is the Fourth Phase of a Six-Phase Master Plan to Redevelop the Cottage Place Gardens Public Housing Complex Into Community of Choice in Southwest Yonkers YONKERS, NY (October 2021) – City, County and State officials joined with the Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers (MHACY) and The Community Builders (TCB) on [...]
La Mora Senior Apartments to Bring 60 New Affordable Apartments to South Yonkers in Highly Energy Efficient Building YONKERS, NY (October 2022) -- Governor Kathy Hochul has announced that construction has begun on a $44 million development that will create 60 energy efficient and affordable homes for seniors in South Yonkers. Known as La [...]