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Tracking progress on NYCHA's sustainability goals

1:42:10

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Council Member Chris Banks inquires about how NYCHA tracks its progress in meeting sustainability and resiliency goals. NYCHA officials explain their reporting process.

  • NYCHA publishes annual updates to its sustainability agenda on its website
  • The updates include summary-level information on progress towards goals, such as solar installation targets
  • Officials offer to provide a detailed list of completed and under-construction solar projects
Chris Banks
1:42:10
How does NYCHA track its progress in meeting the its sustainability and resiliency goals?
Siobhan Watson
1:42:16
Sure.
1:42:16
So we actually publish updates to our sustainability agenda every year.
1:42:20
We typically publish them.
Chris Banks
1:42:21
You said if you you publish it every year?
Siobhan Watson
1:42:23
Every year.
1:42:24
Okay.
1:42:25
On our sustainability agenda website, you'll find annual reporting
Chris Banks
1:42:28
of the sustainability.
1:42:29
And that plan, would it state how many developments, have actually, are solar?
Siobhan Watson
1:42:36
So we have a summary level, sort of how man how far we are towards our our solar progress.
1:42:43
I am not sure whether the website currently has the full list of developments, but we can look at that.
Chris Banks
1:42:52
Excuse me?
1:42:53
The the website's not updated, you said?
Siobhan Watson
1:42:55
Or
Chris Banks
1:42:55
you're just not sure?
Siobhan Watson
1:42:56
I just off the top of my head, I'm not sure if we have the list of sites with solar on that sustainability agenda webpage that we update each year.
1:43:05
Do you know?
Dylan Baker-Rice
1:43:05
Yeah.
1:43:06
So, chair, we have the we can provide the list for, projects that are completed and under construction.
Chris Banks
1:43:12
Okay.
Dylan Baker-Rice
1:43:12
What we don't share publicly, is obviously the ones that are in process where we're working on new leases.
Chris Banks
1:43:19
But you you do, have knowledge of the ones that are completed?
1:43:23
Say again?
1:43:24
Do you have knowledge of the Yes.
1:43:25
Of course.
1:43:26
Okay.
Siobhan Watson
1:43:26
Yes.
1:43:27
Yes.
1:43:27
We definitely track that and we have that information.
1:43:30
I was just saying I'm not sure if it's on that website that
Chris Banks
1:43:32
I referred
Siobhan Watson
1:43:32
to, but we will provide you with the full list.
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