We all love to eat, but we don’t always have time to cook big meals or shop for lots of ingredients. MHACY has the answer. A cookbook filled with easy, healthy recipes that don’t require a shopping cart full of ingredients to prepare. Scrappy Chef Leslie Lampert, Founder of Ladle of Love and [...]
MHACY is proud to announce the completion of 172 Warbuton Avenue. Through an incredible partnership between, federal, state and local governments (county and Yonkers) and The Community Builders, Cottage Place Gardens, a 256-unit distressed public housing complex, has been transformed into The Ridgeway, a mixed-income community of choice in the heart of Southwest Yonkers.The [...]
Now is the time to take action. Contact your senators and representatives and urge them to ensure that any reduction to the “Build Back Better Act” does not come at the expense of proven housing solutions. “Build Back Better Act,” is a $3.5 trillion comprehensive infrastructure and economic recovery package now on its way [...]
Ice Cream Socials at MHACY sites during June and July provided the backdrop for COVID vaccination clinics that vaccinated residents while providing them with a cold and creamy treat. MHACY staff went above and beyond not only getting residents vaccinated, but others in the area, pulling people off the street near Calcagno Homes, including [...]
The Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers (MHACY) and The Community Builders (TCB) announced the selection of Monica Lopez Uran, AIA, LEED AP, Principal of Monica Lopez Architect, LLC, as the architect for Phase VI of the Ridgeway Redevelopment of Cottage Place Gardens. Monica, who has been a professional architect in New [...]
Fifteen cats that were left alone in an apartment in Yonkers will soon have new homes thanks to the quick response by the Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers (MHACY), Mayor Mike Spano and the Yonkers Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation. On July 8 it came to the attention of MHACY [...]
Elected officials and members of the Ruff Ryders celebrated the life of DMX (Earl Simmons) on July 13 during a dedication of a new mural near the building where the late artist once lived. The event was organized by the Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers, which commissioned the mural near 80 [...]
Westchester Parks Foundation will be relocating its Camp Morty operation to Tibbetts Brook Park in Yonkers for the 2021 season. The traditional sleepaway camp was remote last year because of COVID and because of the current climate will transition into an in-person day camp for underserved children in Westchester County ages 8-15 who receive [...]
MHACY is proud to announce that MHACY Service Coordinator Sade Glover has been named a Rising Star 40 under 40 by The Business Council of Westchester. She will be recognized during a virtual awards ceremony on June 17. “Congratulations to Sade on this very well-deserved award,’’ said Wilson Kimball, President and CEO of MHACY. [...]
Need to consult a doctor about your medication? Are you feeling unwell but unable to get to a clinic? Now you will be able to consult your healthcare provider on many medical issues right from the comfort of your home, and MHACY can help. Working with the Yonkers Office for the Aging and St. [...]