Overview
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the project at Beach 41st Street Houses, where a steam-system leak left all five buildings without heat and hot water during a cold stretch.
- Each apartment will get a custom, window-installable electric heat pump that provides heating and cooling, improves hot water reliability, and lets residents control temperatures.
- The units come from NYCHA’s Clean Heat for All initiative, with models by Midea and Gradient designed to avoid costly electrical upgrades in multifamily buildings.
- Installations are expected to take two years, with the city planning broader deployment: 10,000 NYCHA apartments by 2030, a 30,000-unit program, Woodside completion this summer, and 1,600 Bay View apartments starting this spring through PACT.
- Officials cite the Woodside pilot’s reported 87% energy savings and cold-weather performance as justification, positioning the effort as a reliability, climate, and equity investment as NYCHA faces an estimated $80 billion repair backlog.