10,000 Jobs for New Yorkers; Over 1,000 at NYCHA

Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced the launch of the City Cleanup Corps (NYC CCC), an economic recovery program to employ 10,000 New Yorkers and make New York City the cleanest, greenest city in the United States. 

NYCHA is one of 10 different City agencies participating in the NYC CCC, and will be hiring over 1,000 seasonal aides in various roles. The Authority is currently interviewing prospective candidates for the positions and all the interview slots have been filled. Job roles include: 

• Grounds Maintenance Aide (Property Management Department): Helps remove garbage debris and maintain lawns and shrubbery; 
• Playground Maintenance Aide (Paint Administration): Repairs playground equipment and fencing and paints playground equipment; 
• Floor Care Aide (Property Management Department): Assists in sweeping, mopping, stripping, sealing, and waxing residential building floors; 
• Pest Control Aide (Pest Control Department): Assists in interior and exterior cleaning, including around compactor areas, helping to reduce trash buildup and other things that attract pests.  Assists in burrow collapsing, and other tasks that help reduce pests.  
• Community Projects Aide (Resident Engagement or Family Partnerships Departments): Supports resident education and outreach, and assists with resident gardens and food distribution; and 
• Resident Association Aide (Property Management Department): Part-time position assisting the Resident Associations and supporting a variety of community projects, including food and supply distribution events. 

Other agencies that are hiring include the Department of Parks & Recreation, Department of Transportation, and Department of Environmental Protection. The City began hiring in April, NYCHA began hiring May 17, and ultimately up to 10,000 people will be hired as part of the initiative.  

NYC CCC workers will help revitalize New York City’s public spaces and neighborhoods, beautifying parks and green spaces, and bringing art to the city’s open spaces. This will include a citywide graffiti removal campaign, pressure washing sidewalks, creating community murals, tending to community gardens, maintaining Open Streets, and working with community organizations to clean neighborhoods. The NYC CCC’s work will focus on key areas identified by local communities and elected officials, business districts, and the 33 neighborhoods hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic as identified by the City’s Taskforce on Racial Equity and Inclusion. 

Announced in the Mayor’s Recovery for All of Us plan, the New York City CCC is modeled after the New Deal’s U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), which hired thousands of unemployed Americans from across the country to improve public lands, forests, and parks during the Great Depression. The federal stimulus passed by President Biden and Democratic majorities in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate will be used to fund the program.