http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd NYC.gov RSS en Copyright 2010 City of New York Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:00:06 EST http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2010/pr-3-16-10.shtml New York, NY – New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero hailed a recent decision in New York City Housing Court granting the application for appointment of a 7A Administrator to manage the property at 452 Ft. Washington Avenue, a six-story building with 54 units located in Manhattan’s Community District 12. More than two years ago the property owner, Dorothea Levine, hired contractors who removed the bathrooms from each unit in the 2-line, purportedly to repair conditions caused by water damage. After one-and-a-half years of constant litigation, in which HPD’s Housing Litigation Division (HLD) was actively involved, the tenants can now look forward to working with responsible new management who will have the authority to make the necessary repairs to restore their homes to livable condition. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2010/pr-3-16-10.shtml Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:44:00 EDT http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2010/pr-2-22-10.shtml Updated Plan Includes Infusion of Additional $1 Billion Largely from NYC Housing Development Corporation Reserves – Not Taxpayer Dollars – Which Rose Even as Other Housing Finance Agencies across the Nation Faltered The Mayor's Remarks as Prepared for Delivery at NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy for the Inaugural Event of its New Institute for Affordable Housing Policy Follow: http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2010/pr-2-22-10.shtml Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:29:00 EST http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2010/pr-1-15-10.shtml New York – New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero joined White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley, and Jonathan F.P. Rose, President of Jonathan Rose Companies today for a tour of the first multi-family housing unit to receive a Green Retrofit Program (GRP) loan from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).The West 135th Street Apartments located in Central Harlem, is a 198-unit, 10 building, Section 8 assisted property that will utilize the $3.6 million GRP loan to make renovations that will enhance quality of life for the residents, increase energy efficiency, reduce utility costs, and create jobs. HUD GRP for Multifamily Housing was authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for energy and green retrofit investment in properties, to ensure the maintenance and preservation of properties and the continued operation and maintenance of energy efficiency technologies. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2010/pr-1-15-10.shtml Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:11:00 EST http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2010/pr-1-14-10.shtml Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced today that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded more than $20 million in Recovery Act funding to the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development under HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2. The grants were awarded competitively to applicants who developed the most innovative ideas to address the impact of the foreclosure crisis on local communities while demonstrating they have the capacity to be responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars. The City will use the funds to buy, renovate and resell foreclosed properties in the most-affected neighborhoods to low- and moderate-income families. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2010/pr-1-14-10.shtml Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:37:00 EST http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2010/pr-1-11-10.shtml New York, NY - New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero and New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) President Marc Jahr announced today that L+M Development Partners Inc. has closed on the construction funding and will begin rehabilitating 1428 Fifth Avenue, a 120-unit Section 8 rental building located on West 116th Street in Harlem through the New York City Housing Development Corporation’s (HDC) Low-income Affordable Marketplace Program (LAMP). L+M recently acquired 1428 Fifth Avenue, which includes both the building and an adjacent vacant land parcel. The project is part of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s $7.5 billion New Housing Marketplace Plan (NHMP) to build and preserve 165,000 units of affordable housing; the largest municipal affordable housing initiative in the nation. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2010/pr-1-11-10.shtml Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:37:00 EST http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2010/pr-1-08-10-II.shtml New York, NY - New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero issued the following statement regarding news today that the owners of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village will miss a multimillion dollar loan payment, putting them in technical default on their mortgages. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2010/pr-1-08-10-II.shtml Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:29:00 EST http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2010/pr-1-08-10.shtml New York, NY - New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero today announced that the agency will be adding additional teams of inspectors this weekend as the temperatures are expected to stay below freezing for Saturday and Sunday, and will have a Supervisor assigned to Office of Emergency Management’s (OEM) Watch Command starting this Friday morning thru Sunday night to respond to heat related emergencies. With the City now well into “Heat Season,” Commissioner Cestero also reminded residential building owners of their legal obligation to provide tenants with hot water year-round and heat when the outdoor temperature warrants it. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2010/pr-1-08-10.shtml Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:57:00 EST http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2010/pr-1-08-10.shtml New York, NY - New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero today announced that the agency will be adding additional teams of inspectors this weekend as the temperatures are expected to stay below freezing for Saturday and Sunday, and will have a Supervisor assigned to Office of Emergency Management’s (OEM) Watch Command starting this Friday morning thru Sunday night to respond to heat related emergencies. With the City now well into “Heat Season,” Commissioner Cestero also reminded residential building owners of their legal obligation to provide tenants with hot water year-round and heat when the outdoor temperature warrants it. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr2010/pr-1-08-10.shtml Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:57:00 EST