REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION INC
ONE WHITEHALL STREET 16TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10004 www.rpa.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: PROMOTE IMPROVEMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE/ECONOMY IN THE NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY & CONNECTICUT TRI-STATE REGION

NEW CITY PARKS - RPA'S NEW CITY PARKS INITIATIVE WORKS IN SMALL CITIES TO CREATE AND/OR REVITALIZE PARKS IN LOW INCOME AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. WORKING WITH THE MAYORS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES, NCP IDENTIFIES, DESIGNS, BUDGETS AND HELPS TO RAISE DOLLARS TO BUILD OUT NEW PARKS WITHIN A TEN MINUTE WALK OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE FEW PARKS. OUR FIRST CITIES ARE BALTIMORE, JERSEY CITY, PASSAIC, POUGHKEEPSIE AND BUFFALO; TO DATE, WE HAVE BROKEN GROUND ON THREE NEW OR REVITALIZED PARK OPPORTUNITIES.

PUBLIC HOUSING ANALYSIS - NYCHA:THE ASSOCIATION DID SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH ON THE CAUSES, AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS, TO THE CRISIS AT THE NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY (NYCHA) WHERE OVER 400,000 PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN INCREASINGLY DETERIORATED CONDITIONS. THE ASSOCIATION IDENTIFIED 10 SOLUTIONS NEEDED TO BRING NYCHA BACK TO A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR, PARTNERED WITH NYCHA TENANTS TO DOCUMENT HEALTH AND MANAGEMENT CONCERNS, AND CREATED NEW FINANCING, LAND-USE AND URBAN DESIGN OPTIONS WHICH COULD BE USED BY NYCHA IN THE FUTURE.

NYS HEALTH - UNDER THIS GRANT, THE ASSOCIATION WILL LOOK AT HOW NEW YORK STATE'S INFRASTRUCTURE INSTITUTIONS PLAN AND DESIGN ENVIRONMENTS WITH PUBLIC HEALTH IN MIND AND HOW THESE INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF ALL NEW YORKERS. THE "STATE OF THE STATE'S HEALTH" WILL PRESENT A BASELINE OF HOW DIFFERENT PARTS OF NEW YORK STATE ARE PERFORMING ACCORDING TO VARIOUS HEALTH INDICATORS. THE ASSOCIATION'S ANALYSIS WILL MEASURE HEALTH OUTCOMES TO IDENTIFY PATTERNS SHAPED BY THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND RECOMMEND HOW PROJECTS, PROGRAMS, AND POLICIES COULD BE IMPROVED. IT WILL PULL FROM EXISTING HEALTH DATA SETS, SUCH AS THE COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS AND CITY HEALTH DASHBOARD, TO BENCHMARK HEALTH STATUS AND DISPARITIES ACROSS NEW YORK STATE. METRICS WILL BE DEVELOPED TO COVER A WIDE RANGE OF HEALTH-RELATED THEMES, INCLUDING COMMUNITY SAFETY, HOUSING AND TRANSIT, CLIMATE CHANGE, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, AND AIR AND WATER QUALITY. THE DATA WILL THEN BE USED TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES. THE ASSOCIATION WILL SHARE THE REPORT WITH POLICYMAKERS, PRACTITIONERS, ADVOCATES, AND THE PUBLIC, ENGAGING THEM TO LEARN ABOUT THE FINDINGS AND HELP IDENTIFY NEXT STEPS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

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