![]() The public-private partnership seeks to improve health and safety in 12 of the city's neediest neighborhoods. It's part of Mayor Bill de Blasio's Building Healthy Communities Initiative. The farm at the Bay View Houses is one of three up and running at NYCHA housing developments, with two more on the way. "A lot of people love what we did here, and they always come in here with a smile on their face," said Angel Gonzalez of the Green City Force Corps. Young workers with the Green City Force, who are part of the federal Americorps program, harvesting kale and basil from an urban farm in Carnarsie, then bagging it up for delivery to a food pantry. NY1's Roger Clark filed the following report. A new program aimed to do just that, with urban farms in public housing developments. The mayor wants residents in some of the city's poorest neighborhoods to have more access to healthy foods and activities. ![]()
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