Join the New York Housing Conference for a policy symposium on affordable housing strategies to help preserve public housing. RPA’s Director of Community Planning and Design Moses Gates will moderate a panel discussing NYCHA’s NextGen Neighborhoods project and the debate surrounding building affordable housing on NYCHA land. Find more information and purchase tickets here.

When

Thursday, September 22, 2016
Full Symposium: 8AM - 11 AM

Location

CUNY Grad Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

Schedule

8:00-8:30am: Breakfast & Registration

8:30-9:00am: The Future of Public Housing- Policymakers discuss the future of public housing in New York City.

• Errol Louis, Political Anchor, NY1 News and host of ​“Inside City Hall (Moderator)

• Holly Leicht, Regional Administrator, U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development

• Shola Olatoye, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, New York City Housing Authority

• Ritchie Torres, New York City Councilmember, District 15

9:00-10:00am: RAD Program in NYC and Beyond – Experts from NYC & Baltimore discuss RAD’s potential and pitfalls

• Alex Schwartz, Professor of Urban Policy, The New School (Moderator)

• Vic Bach, Senior Housing Policy Analyst, Community Service Society

• Wallace Craig, Tenant Council President, Lakeview Towers (Baltimore)

• Paul Graziano, Executive Director, Baltimore Housing

• Lolita Miller, Treasurer, Ocean Bay (Bayside) Tenant Association

• Cathy Pennington, Executive Vice President for Leased Housing, NYCHA

10:00-11:00: Building Affordable Housing on NYCHA Land– Progress on NextGen Neighborhoods and community engagement

• Moses Gates, Director of Community Planning and Design, Regional Plan Association (Moderator)

• Miguel Acevedo, Resident Leader, Fulton Houses, NYCHA

• Michelle de la Uz, Executive Director, Fifth Avenue Committee

• Nicole Ferreira, Vice President of Development, NYCHA

• Patrick Lee, Principal, Trinity Financial

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