The Hope Gardens housing complex renovations will be the sixth transaction under NYCHA’s Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) public and private partnership program, which is a key element in the housing authority’s plan to stabilize its finances and address a massive capital backlog. The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) yesterday released a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) to attract development partners for new projects under the Authority’s Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program to repair and preserve more than 4,400 units in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx.The official is the first pivotal step in unlocking the funds … Under the agreements to be developed with NYCHA, a portion of their subscribers must be low-income New Yorkers, including NYCHA residents and NYCHA Section 8 voucher holders who pay their own electric bills. sector. This paper addresses the issue of the diminishing community garden support in NYC, especially in middle and lower-income areas. Today, NYRP’s community gardens – along with gardens owned and maintained by the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation’s GreenThumb, The Trust for Public Land, the New York City Housing Authority and others – are enjoyed by residents of all ages, with or without green thumbs, and create a vital network of green, open space across the city. Sick and tired of waiting on permission, New York City Housing Authority residents decided to take over an empty lot in Long Island City and transform it into a community garden. A shift in financing. Chapter one provides data showing the Built in 1944, close to the Holland Tunnel, Holland Gardens is a family public housing site operated and maintained by the Jersey City Housing Authority that consists of 5 low-rise apartment buildings containing 192 public housing units. A community garden on the Upper West Side has been closed for more than a year and New York City Housing Authority tenants are fighting to get it reopened. The electricity generated by the solar gardens, also known as “community shared solar,” will belong not to NYCHA but to residents and neighbors who subscribe to the service. The introduction is a personal anecdote about the poor quality of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) gardens, and the work being done behind the scenes to improve them. The ceremony was sponsored by Unilever and highlights the hard work and dedication of NYCHA’s resident gardeners and NYCHA’s Garden & Greening Program, a year-round beautification, environmental preservation, and education initiative that benefits residents and the greater community.