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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                                   MAY 15, 2026     |  The Indian Eye 20

                              Mayor Mamdani, HPD Kick Off Public

              Engagement Process for New Affordable Housing

                 and Community Services in Bedford-Stuyvesant

            “Fulton-Howard West” marks first public site engagement launched under the Mamdani administration

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                    ayor    Zohran   Kwame
                    Mamdani,  Department  of
            MHousing  Preservation  and
            Development  (HPD)  Commissioner
            Dina Levy and Department of Social
            Services  (DSS)  Commissioner  Erin
            Dalton  have  announced  the  launch
            of  a  public  engagement  process  to
            transform  a  City-owned  site  in  Bed-
            ford-Stuyvesant  into  a  mixed-use
            development  with  100%  affordable
            housing and expanded social services.
                The  Fulton-Howard  West  site
            includes   the   Bedford-Stuyvesant
            Multi-Service  Center  (MSC)  and
            adjacent  vacant  City-owned  land  on
            Fulton Street in Brooklyn. This spring
            and  summer,  HPD  and  the  Human
            Resources Administration (HRA) will
            lead a robust community engagement    “Building  affordable  housing  on  part of this project which will not only  within the completed development.
            process that will inform a future Re-  public land is a commonsense step to  bring  much-needed,  affordable  hous-  The  Fulton-Howard  West  en-
            quest for Proposals to develop the site.  deliver  a  more  affordable  city.  With  ing to this city-owned site, but ensure  gagement  process  is  the  first  public
                The new project will deliver hun-  the  development  of  Fulton-Howard  that the wide array of services available  site  engagement  initiative  launched
            dreds of affordable homes, new com-  West,  we’ll  ensure  the  project  is  do-  at the MSC will continue uninterrupt-  under  the  Mamdani  administration
            munity  amenities  and  modernized  ing  double  duty:  not  just  delivering  ed  during  the  development  process,”  and builds on broader efforts to accel-
            space for the organizations currently  much-needed  housing  but  also  pro-  said DSS First Deputy Commissioner  erate  affordable  housing  production
            operating  out  of  the  Multi-Service  viding  important  services  from  City  Saratu  Ghartey.  “We  will  be  work-  on public land. On his first day in of-
            Center, which is in significant disrepair.  agencies  and  our  partners.  With  the  ing closely with all stakeholders at the  fice,  Mayor  Mamdani  signed  Execu-
                The  development  advances  the  LIFT  Task  Force  and  our  work  on  MSC on a smooth transition and look  tive Orders 4 and 5, establishing the
            goals of the administration’s Land In-  public sites across the city, we’ll con-  forward to facilitating these critical ser-  LIFT  and  Streamlining  Procedures
            ventory  Fast  Track  (LIFT)  executive  tinue  working  to  deliver  even  more  vices within this new, high-quality site.”  to  Expedite  Equitable  Development
            order, by using public lands to address  vital,  community-driven  projects  like   The  future  development  site  in-  (SPEED) task forces.
            both the City’s housing shortage and  this one,” said Leila Bozorg, Deputy  cludes  the  Bedford-Stuyvesant  MSC   The LIFT Task Force is charged
            longstanding  community  infrastruc-  Mayor for Housing and Planning.  at  1958  Fulton  Street,  including  the  with identifying City-owned sites suit-
            ture needs.                           “This  building  will  not  only  be  former  P.S.  28  school  building  and  able  for  housing  development,  while
                “New  York  City  is  facing  a  dire  in Bed-Stuy, it will be for Bed-Stuy,”  adjacent track and open space, along  the SPEED Task Force is focused on
            housing  crisis,  and  we  are  using  ev-  said Dina Levy, HPD Commissioner.  with  neighboring  vacant  City-owned  reducing delays in housing production
            ery  tool  available  to  build  the  af-  “Starting today, we’ll be in the neigh-  land.  The  site  was  identified  in  the  by reforming approval, financing and
            fordable  homes  New  Yorkers  need.  borhood  at  workshops  and  on  the  2020  Bedford-Stuyvesant  Housing  lease-up processes.
            Fulton-Howard  West  shows  what’s  streets,  engaging  the  community  on  Plan as a potential location for future   The  administration  has  also
            possible when we treat public land as  what they want to see here. 100% per-  affordable housing development.  proposed  the  City’s  first-ever  Expe-
            a public good. This project will help  cent affordable housing on public land   Organizations currently operating  dited  Land  Use  Review  Procedure
            longtime  Bed-Stuy  residents  stay  in  with  a  dedicated  community  space  at the MSC provide homelessness pre-  (ELURP)  to  shorten  approval  time-
            their  neighborhood  while  creating  designed  for  the  residents  that  live  vention  services,  education,  arts  and  lines for affordable housing develop-
            new  space  for  the  organizations  and  here—that is the investment Bed-Stuy  social justice programming and men-  ments  and  launched  the  Neighbor-
            services that communities rely on ev-  needs, and we are going to get it right.”  torship programs. Those services will  hood Builders Fast Track program to
            ery  day.  And  as  this  process  moves   “In  order  to  effectively  address  remain  in  operation  until  construc-  accelerate  affordable  housing  devel-
            forward,  neighbors  will  help  shape  New  York  City’s  housing  crisis,  we  tion begins, and the City has commit-  opment on City-owned land. Together
            what gets built here, from the housing  must use every resource at our dispos-  ted to ensuring continuity of services  those  initiatives  are  expected  to  re-
            to the public space to the services that  al to develop more housing, and that  throughout the development process.  duce the predevelopment timeline for
            will serve this community for decades  starts with the land the city already con-  The  organizations  will  ultimately  re-  affordable  housing  projects  by  more
            to come,” said Mayor Mamdani.     trols. We are incredibly excited to be a  locate  into  newly  constructed  space  than two years.

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