Danielle Brown has been named assistant leased housing director of the Yonkers Housing Authority (YHA). Her more than 30 years”™ experience as a program manager included administrative housing development for the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, where she was responsible for rental-assistance cash awards that coordinate and ensure successful permanent housing placements under HPD/HDC housing programs 421A. Brown was also in charge of monitoring compliance for Housing Choice Voucher (S8), state and city rental subsidies programs, including for the city”™s shelter homeless population.
Brown spent nearly two decades as the chairman and clinical director at “Alice B. Robinson Family Trust.” She is a Mount Vernon native with a master”™s degree in social work and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the City University of New York.
The Municipal Housing Authority for the city of Yonkers (MHACY) is the largest provider of affordable housing in the city and the second-largest public housing authority in New York state.