NYS Neighborhood Preservation Coalition’s Annual Conference

NPCNYS’s Statewide Housing Conference
Revitalization: Building New York’s Future

Thursday & Friday October 28-29, 2010 New York Law School

On October 28 & 29, 2010 the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal and The Center for Real Estate Studies and Justice Action Centers of The New York Law School will be hosting the 2010 NPCNYS’s Conference on Affordable Housing and Community Development.

We will: 

• Discuss ways we are building New York’s future by revitalizing communities throughout the State. 
• Explore green building strategies, community revitalization efforts and more. 
• Discover innovations in planning, development and preservation in today’s housing industry. 
• Share ideas, tips, and approaches with fellow industry professionals and experts during our networking lunches and workshops. 
• Tackle solutions for all areas of sustainable communities, including environmental, transportation, and health.

A great chance to network with: 

• Affordable housing advocates 
• Architects and planners 
• Community development advocates 
• Lawyers 
• Legislators 
• Lending industry 
• Neighborhood groups 
• Nonprofit housing organizations 
• Public agencies 
• Researchers 
• Residential builders and developers 
• Sustainable development experts 
• Tenants/housing consumers 

A full schedule of events can be found http://www.npcnys.org/conference2010.html.

NYC Mayor and DEP Commissioner Announce New Green Infrastructure to Reduce Sewer Overflows, Improve Quality of City Waterways and Save the City $2.4 Billion

"Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Environmental Protection Commissioner Cas Holloway unveiled a new plan to utilize “green infrastructure” to improve the quality of waterways around New York City by capturing and retaining stormwater to reduce sewer overflows."


"The new plan, called NYC Green Infrastructure, will replace the existing approach for sewer overflow control, which relies solely on traditional investments like holding tanks and tunnels, with a mix of green infrastructure and cost-effective traditional infrastructure that will reduce sewer overflows into waterways by 40 percent by 2030 by capturing more stormwater." 


CLICK HERE to read the rest of the Mayor's Press Release.