On Thursday, March 7, 2024, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in partnership with the NYU Furman Center, hosted a hybrid event encouraging cross-sector collaboration to build more affordable housing in New York City.
This event brought together hospital leaders, capital providers, developers, and other key stakeholders. It explored the challenges and solutions for developing both short- and long-term affordable housing options that incorporate social support for the most vulnerable populations in New York City. The event explored the role hospital systems are playing nationally in building affordable housing.
This event was of interest to New York City leaders in the health, non-profit, public policy, and government sectors.
See the agenda for timing of specific conference segments.
March 7, 2024
3:00 pm – 5:30 pm
(Coffee and networking preceded event; reception followed.)
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Auditorium
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY
(Hybrid event)
This event was open to the public; participants could attend in person or join the event virtually.
This event was open to the media. All remarks were on the record, with the recording to be made available afterwards. For media inquiries, please contact Ellen Simon at Ellen.Simon@ny.frb.org.
Agenda
| 3:00pm-3:05pm | Welcome (00:00:10 in video) David Erickson, Head of Outreach & Education, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| 3:05pm-3:20pm | Overview of the Opportunity for Development in New York City (00:04:21 in video) Matthew Murphy, Executive Director, NYU Furman Center |
| 3:20pm-4:10pm | Panel: Getting People Housed: Rapid Housing of High-Need Patients (00:21:05 in video) Moderator: Talor Crawford, Community Development Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Dr. Mitchell Katz, President and CEO, NYC Health + Hospitals Deborah De Santis, President and CEO, Corporation for Supportive Housing Carla Nelson, Vice President, Ambulatory Care and Population Health, Government Affairs, Communications, and Public Policy, Greater New York Hospital Association Molly Wasow Park, Acting Commissioner, NYC Department of Social Services |
| 4:10pm-4:20pm | Lessons from the Field: The Role of Community Loan Funds as Partners to Hospital Systems in Developing Affordable Housing (01:15:41 in video) Steve Saltzman, President and CEO, New Hampshire Community Loan Fund |
| 4:20pm-4:30pm | Lessons from the Field: The Role of Foundations and State Housing Agencies as Partners to Hospital Systems in Developing Affordable Housing (01:27:07 in video) Kimberlee Cornett, Senior Director of Impact Investments, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
| 4:30pm-5:20pm | Panel: Building Homes: Creating Housing Opportunities with Hospital Partners and Financing Models (01:37:06 in video) Moderator: Vicki Been, Judge Edward Weinfeld Professor of Law, NYU School of Law and Faculty Director, NYU Furman Center Kirk Goodrich, President, Monadnock Development LLC Leora Jontef, Assistant Vice President Housing + Real Estate, NYC Health + Hospitals Sydelle Knepper, Founder and CEO, SKA Marin Doug Shoemaker, President, Mercy Housing California |
| 5:20pm-5:30pm | Closing Remarks (02:26:16 in video) Rosa Gil, Founder, President and CEO, Comunilife |
| 5:30pm-6:30pm | Networking Reception |
