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Youth 

Coordinating a Farm, Growing into a Leader

July 10, 2019January 31, 2022 LaToya Farms at NYCHA, Howard Houses Farm

It was sometime in 2016 when Kyara Grant looked out the window of her apartment at Howard Houses and noticed

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Justin Baker
Sustainability Youth 

Richmond Terrace Resident Wins Award

February 28, 2019February 11, 2022 LaToya Farms at NYCHA, Green City Force
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Youth 

Lighting the Unity Tree

December 20, 2018October 22, 2019 LaToya

South Bronx residents don’t have to travel to Manhattan to get a glimpse of a beautiful tree: They have one

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Mahfuzar Rahman
Youth 

NYCHA-CUNY Scholar: Mahfuzur Rahman

September 18, 2018October 22, 2019 LaToya

In his mission to serve his East Harlem neighbors, Mahfuzur Rahman, 20, accomplished some firsts: in 2015, he became the

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Ayana Chung
Youth 

NYCHA-CUNY Scholar: Ayana Chung

September 18, 2018October 22, 2019 LaToya

Ayana Chung lives by the motto, “You do not fail until you quit.” These words helped her through some difficult

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NYCHA-CUNY scholars
Youth 

Announcing the 2018 NYCHA-CUNY Scholars

September 18, 2018October 22, 2019 LaToya

They are the next generation of community advocates, social workers, medical staff, teachers, accountants, and public servants. But first, they’re

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Skye Carson-Journal
Youth 

On-the-Job Experience for Young NYCHA Residents

August 30, 2018October 22, 2019 LaToya

This summer, NYCHA’s Summer Youth Employment program, hired 900 14- and 15-year-olds, including 601 NYCHA residents. Interns worked at 195 locations and

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Youth 

The Katherine Perez Scholarship

August 16, 2018October 22, 2019 LaToya

In Memory of a Rising Leader, and a Ray of Sunshine A scholarship has been created to honor the life

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Book Giveaway
Youth 

The Gift of Reading

August 10, 2018October 22, 2019 LaToya

Young NYCHA Residents Receive 75,000 Free Books At Rutgers Community Center, children smiled as they browsed free books they could

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Youth 

A Nice Place to Play

August 3, 2018October 22, 2019 LaToya

NYCHA General Manager Vito Mustaciuolo (third from right in the top row above) and Council Member Antonio Reynoso (left of GM Mustaciuolo) celebrated Hylan Houses’

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