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Featured Technology Top Story Youth 

Funding Awarded for NYCHA Youth Tech Corps’ New Cohorts

March 25, 2025May 13, 2025 Vincent Echavaria

Residents will have the opportunity to take part in the next cohorts of the NYCHA Youth Tech Corps program.

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Jobs Top Story Youth 

SYEP Applications Open for NYers 14-24 – Apply Now!

March 4, 2025March 4, 2025 LaToya

Deadline extended to March 14, 2025! Attention NYCHA residents between the ages of 14 and 24: now’s your chance to

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Education NYCHA Residents Top Story Youth 

Meet Joseph Kemp, JD, MBA, MSEd: Entrepreneur, Educator, Lawyer, Gamer – and Queensbridge Kid!

February 25, 2025February 25, 2025 Joshua Olesker

Joseph Kemp is a first-generation American and the first in his family to graduate from college. Raised in NYCHA’s Queensbridge

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STEAM Innovators
Education Featured Public Housing Community Fund Top Story Youth 

Students Design Community Rooms via NYCHA STEAM Innovators

December 17, 2024January 28, 2025 Michael

The middle schoolers cut the ribbons on the new community rooms they designed.

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Connected Communities The Arts Top Story Youth 

“Sprout”: A Neurodiverse Playscape in the Heart of Harlem

December 17, 2024December 17, 2024 Joshua Olesker

At Polo Grounds Towers in Upper Manhattan, an innovative project called Sprout has transformed what had been an aging outdoor

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students presenting project
Public Housing Community Fund Top Story Youth 

Middle School NYCHA Residents Redesign Community Center Spaces 

October 2, 2024October 1, 2024 LaToya

In August, middle school students from Astoria Houses in Queens and Stanley Avenue Preservation (Linden and Penn-Wortman Houses) in Brooklyn

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REES Top Story Youth 

Bushwick Youth Returns to College After NYCHA SYEP Internship 

September 26, 2024September 26, 2024 Vincent Echavaria

For more than 60 years, the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) has provided youth from across the city, including generations

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Communities Top Story Youth 

Van Dyke Houses Holds Groundbreaking for New Playground 

September 25, 2024September 26, 2024 Vincent Echavaria

On September 20, the Van Dyke I Houses community celebrated a milestone moment in the establishment of a new playground

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Grant award
Partners Public Housing Community Fund Technology Top Story Youth 

NYCHA Youth Tech Corps Awarded $25,000 Grant

September 13, 2024September 13, 2024 Michael

Spectrum has awarded a $25,000 Spectrum Digital Education grant to the Public Housing Community Fund for its NYCHA Youth Tech

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Featured Partners Youth 

The Power of “Prep for Prep”

September 13, 2024September 24, 2024 LaToya

Prep for Prep has been quietly changing the lives of students of color from New York ever since it was founded.

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