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RESILIENT RETROFITS - PROTECT YOUR HOME.

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Our Mission

We promote and protect affordable homeownership in New York so that middle- and working-class families can build strong, thriving communities.

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OUR VALUES

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Affordable Homeownership is about equality.

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We're in this together.

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Neighborhoods are at the heart of New York.

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Working collaboratively is working strategically.

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OUR PARTNERS

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Brooklyn
Manhattan
Queens
Staten Island
Access Justice BrooklynGrow BrooklynNeighborhood Housing Services of JamaicaBrooklyn Legal ServicesHousing & Family Services of Greater New YorkNeighborhood Housing Services of New York CityBrooklyn Legal Services Corporation AIMPACCT BrooklynNeighborhood Housing Services of QueensBrooklyn Neighborhood ServicesBronx Legal ServicesJASA: Legal Services for the Elderly in QueensNeighborhood Housing Services of Staten IslandThe Legal Aid SocietyNorthfield Community Local Development CorporationBronx Neighborhood Housing ServicesMargert Community CorporationNew York Legal Assistance GroupCAMBAMobilization for JusticeNew York Legal Assistance GroupChhaya Community Development CorporationMutual Housing Association of NYQueens Legal ServicesCity Bar Justice CenterNeighbors Helping NeighborsQueens Volunteer Lawyers ProjectCypress Hills Local Development CorporationNeighborhood Housing Services of BrooklynStaten Island Legal Services
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Our History

In 2008, the leadership of New York City and private foundations created the Center to meet the challenge of the Great Recession's foreclosure crisis.

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LEADERSHIP

Christie Peale

CEO & Executive Director

Salima Etoka

Chief of Staff

K. Scott Kohanowski

General Counsel

Lisa Lofdahl

Senior Counsel

Natasha Pallan

Chief Financial Officer

Pamela Sah

Chief Program Officer

Jessica Wells-Hasan

Chief External Affairs Officer

John Baker

Director of Impact and Evaluation

Laura Cheung

Deputy Director of Development

John Gestautas

Deputy Director of Salesforce

Sarah Brown

Vice President of Finance

Carolyn Canahuate

Deputy Director, Blue Buffers Operations

Tiffany Chambliss

Deputy Director of Procurement and Compliance

Viviana Chan

Deputy Director of Finance

Kim Fowler

Vice President of People and Culture

Ron Golden

Director of Marketing and Communications

Jade Gary

Senior Staff Attorney

Dakarai Griffin

Director of Homeowner Hub

MaryAnn Lunetta

VP of Lending & Servicing

Caren Johnson

Deputy Director of Digital Products

Jennifer Leisure

Deputy Director of Energy Sustainability Programs

Braden Listmann

Vice President of Program Delivery

Mireille Martineau

Director of Resiliency

Julian St. Patrick Clayton

Director of Policy & Research

Lucie Scott

Deputy Director of Homeowner Services

John R. Smith

Deputy Director, HOPP Partner Management and Relocation Counselors

Alexandra Rickert Melvin

Deputy Director of Repair Programs

Aaron Sturm

Deputy Director of Resiliency

Rudy Ulin

Deputy Director of Case Management

Caitlin Valley

Director of Grants Management - Finance

Nicole Zajdman

Deputy Director of Lending Program Operations

Kevin Wolfe

Deputy Director of Advocacy & Public Affairs

THE TEAM

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ADMINISTRATION

Moneshia Nurse

COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING

Ron Golden

Kelly Kyi

DEVELOPMENT & EXT RELATIONS

Laura Cheung

Grace Kim

Adhira Udayaraj

DIGITAL PRODUCTS

Alexandra Chin

Alexander Manzi

Alejandro Weil

Juan Carlos Patrón

Caren Johnson

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Salima Etoka

Takako Kono

Christie Peale

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Jessica Wells-Hasan

FINANCE

Marie Abraham-Gustave

Natasha Pallan

Gabriel Sanchez

Christina Carpentier

Sarah Stevenson

Viviana Chan

Johanna Plotkin

Caitlin Valley

Acacia Edmondson

Matthew Ramos

IMPACT AND EVALUATION

John Baker

Jacquelyn Perry

Daniel Walsh

John Gestautas

HOMEOWNER HUB

Dakarai Griffin

Yarelyz Vasquez

Jessica Castro

Sydney Wells

Collin Clarke

Stuart Wong

Deanni Dalrymple

Paola Portilla

Jovan Ellis

Shaquille Williams

LEGAL

Pushpa Bhat

K. Scott Kohanowski

Tiffany Chambliss

Lisa Lofdahl

Jade SanFilippo

Julissa Sepulveda

LENDING

Lauren Camasta

Maya Sambolah

MaryAnn Lunetta

Hilman Guillory

Jennifer Nascimento Da Silva

Felix Okema

La Tasha Williams

Melissa Rosario-Tavarez

Reynold Martin

Pamela Sah

Jacqueline Martucci

Ann Britt

PEOPLE AND CULTURE

Kim Ashby Fowler

Michelle March-Cooper

Sydni Scott

POLICY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Sabrina Bazile

Grace Fulop

Josephina Oluwanifise

Margaret Hanson

Yvette Chen

Ariana Shirvani

Julian St. Patrick Clayton

Kevin Wolfe

John Edward Dallas

Michelle King

Melanie Salazar Cobos

PROGRAM DELIVERY

John R. Smith

Rabyaah Althaibani

Robert McCool

Rudy Ulin Lorenzo

Aaron Sturm

Lucie Scott

Carolyn Canahuate

Mireille Martineau

Nicole Zajdman

Sarah Helden

Andrew Cross

Alexandra Rickert Melvin

Theodora Makris

Sara Melomedov

Genesis Sanchez

Jennifer Leisure

Christopher Zimmerman

Braden Listmann

Lauribel Pantaleon

Grace Fitzgerald

Daira Abdul-Raheem

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The Center for NYC Neighborhoods

60 Broad Street, 24th Floor, Bond Collective - Suite 2503

New York, NY 10004

212-566-3050

Dial 311 and ask for the Center for NYC Neighborhoods

Or call us directly at 646-786-0888

1-855-HOME-456

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