Resident Green Committees (NYCHA)

06/26/2017

04/25/2017

04/13/2017

04/11/2017

Public housing residents across the city are learning how to have a green thumb right in their own backyards.

11/04/2016

11/02/2016

07/06/2016

The Lower East Side Infill Resident Green Committee was awarded the Neighborhood Grant from Citizens Committee NYC and held a Planting Day with the L.E.S. Tenant Association, and over 50 volunteers!!

07/06/2016

Marcy Houses held their 5th annual Clean-Up Day and brought out over 35 volunteers! This event was sponsored by Councilmember Robert E. Cornegy, who also came out to show his support!

06/23/2016

Congrats folks! NYC zerowaste reports that 238,000 of residents (59%) now have access to recycling services!

Give yourselves a round of applause for all your hard work to make NYCHA and a greener place to live.

06/16/2016

Hello all! This week’s is from Pink Houses Community Farm Opening Celebration!

On Thursday, August 13, the public was invited out to East New York, Brooklyn, for a chance to tour the farm, meet the farmers and enjoy locally-grown products!

Have some good photos you'd like to share with us? Direct message them to us and we'll post them the following week!

06/16/2016

Mayor Bill de Blasio, center, and former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, to his right in yellow, were among city officials and others celebrating the planting of the one millionth tree of the MillionTreesNYC campaign in the Bronx’s Joyce Kilmer Park in November. Photo: Malcolm Pinckney, Department of Re...

06/14/2016

Urban agriculture projects can be a great way to build community and provide opportunities for learning about and tasting fresh, healthy foods. And growing your own food is also environmentally friendly: home grown fruits and vegetables do not require the packaging, storage, and transportation that…