Please Join us for our 48th Annual Awards Program featuring:
Event Pre-Show: 11:30 am - 12:00 pm Program: 12 pm - 2 pm
Agenda
Welcome Remarks
Daniel Moritz, Principal, The Arker Companies, 2021 NYHC Event Chair and Rachel Fee, NYHC Executive Director.
NYHC 48th Annual Awards Program Policy Symposium: Federal Update on Infrastructure & BBB
With the passage of the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act and Build Back Better making progress in Washington, get up to speed on federal housing policy. What will infrastructure investments and $150B infusion of HUD funds and LIHTC expansion mean for New York?
Speakers:
Peter Lawrence, Novogradac
Representative Ritchie Torres, NY-15th Congressional District
Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas, NYS Homes & Community Renewal
Moderated by: Rachel Fee, New York Housing Conference
5-minute Break
2021 NYHC Honoree Awards
Mathew Wambua, NYHC Co-Chair - Awards Emcee
- Nonprofit of the Year Award - The Fortune Society, JoAnne Page, President & CEO
- Developer of the Year Award - The Camber Property Group, Principals Rick Gropper and Andrew Moelis
- Advocate of the Year Award - Shams DeBaron "Da Homeless Hero"
- Clara Fox Award - Colvin Grannum, CEO & President, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation
Keynote Speaker
HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge - introduced by Alexa Sewell, NYHC Co-Chair
Community Impact Competition Finalists and Award Presentation
Presented by Erin Longbothum
Concluding Remarks - Rachel Fee
Ritchie Torres
Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas - NYS HCR
Rachel Fee - New York Housing Conference
Marc Jahr - Forsyth Street Advisors
Daniel Moritz - The Arker Companies
Alexa Sewell - Settlement Housing Fund
Mathew Wambua - Merchants Capital