The Hudson River Community Association (HRCA) partnered with the Westchester Black Women’s Political Caucus (WBWPC) – Yonkers Chapter will host an Affordable Housing Forum on Thursday, November 6, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Yonkers Riverfront Library Auditorium, 1 Larkin Center, Yonkers, NY 10701.
Event Purpose
The forum seeks to bring together residents, housing advocates, community organizations, agencies, and government officials across Westchester to address housing challenges and create a strategic plan for their resolution. As organizers note, “The housing crisis is at a critical point and requires all agencies, including all levels of government, financial institutions, and profit and non-profit developers to work together with renters and public & private owners, to maintain existing housing and to create new affordable housing for all.”
Featured Speakers
Moderator:
- Ron Abad – CEO, Community Housing Innovations
Panelists:
- George Asante – Director of Westchester County Office of Housing Counsel (OHC)
- Angela Davis-Farrish – Exec. Dir of The Southeast Bronx Community Organization Development, Inc. (SEBCO), Deputy Director Rochelle Municipal Housing Authority (NRAMHA), and Countywide President of Westchester Black Women’s Political Caucus
- Tim Foley – Member of the Yonkers Building & Realty Institute and Member of Welcome Home Westchester
- Brendan McGrath – Esq., General Counsel of Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers (MHACY)
- Samantha Valencia – Vice President of Property & Asset Management at Riseboro
- Shanae Williams – Westchester County Legislator (via ZOOM)
*Special guests to be announced
About the Organizers
The Hudson River Community Association (HRCA), established in 1978, has partnered with the Westchester Black Women’s Political Caucus (WBWPC) – Yonkers Chapter to present this series of forums on critical housing issues in Westchester County.
