{"id":253780,"date":"2026-06-03T14:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/253780\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T14:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:43:08","slug":"urban-upbound-expands-rockaway-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/253780\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Upbound Expands Rockaway Footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/2026-06-03\/3p1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201313\" class=\"wp-image-201313 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3p1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Today, May 29, Urban Upbound announced the grand opening of its new service center located within the Hammel Houses, marking a major expansion of its foot\u00adprint on the Rockaway Peninsula and strengthening access to critical economic mo\u00adbility services for NYCHA residents and the surrounding communities.\" width=\"300\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-201313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Today, May 29, Urban Upbound announced the grand opening of its new service center located within the Hammel Houses, marking a major expansion of its foot\u00adprint on the Rockaway Peninsula and strengthening access to critical economic mo\u00adbility services for NYCHA residents and the surrounding communities.<\/p>\n<p>Today, May 29, Urban Upbound an\u00adnounced the grand opening of its new service center located within the Hammel Houses, marking a major expansion of its footprint on the Rockaway Peninsula and strengthening access to critical economic mobility services for NYCHA residents and the surrounding communities.<\/p>\n<p>The new office and service center will pro\u00advide residents with direct, neighborhood-based access to Urban Upbound\u2019s comprehensive suite of programs, including workforce development, financial counseling, tax preparation and filing, small business sup\u00adport, and mental health counseling.<\/p>\n<p>During this ceremony, Urban Upbound was joined by several prominent community and NYCHA leaders, including NYCHA\u2019s Chief Operating Officer, Eva Trimble, Assem\u00adbly Member Khaleel Anderson, Council Member Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Joseph Edwards, representing Congressman Gregory Meeks, Lisa Johnson, President of the Ham\u00admel Houses Resident Association, and Rev\u00aderend Evan Gray, Sr. of the Macedonia Baptist Church of Arverne.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis expansion represents a continued in\u00advestment in the people and communities of the Rockaways,\u201d said Bishop Mitchell G. Taylor, CEO &amp; Co-Founder of Urban Up\u00adbound. \u201cBy bringing services directly into the Hammel Houses, we are removing barriers to accessing the tools residents need to build long-term economic stability and escape cy\u00adcles of poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new Urban Upbound service center guarantees NYCHA residents at Hammel Houses have direct access to the resources and opportunities they deserve, in their commu\u00adnity and close to home,\u201d said NYCHA Chief Operating Officer Eva Trimble. \u201cBy bringing a variety of resources\u2013\u2013workforce develop\u00adment, financial counseling, tax preparation, mental health services, and small business support\u2013\u2013directly to residents, the new service center will help create pathways to long-term economic stability and mobility for NYCHA residents and families in the Rockaways. We are deeply grateful to our partners at Urban Upbound for their continued commitment to NYCHA residents and their dedication to en\u00adsuring the Hammel Houses community has access to the tools they need to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today, May 29, Urban Upbound announced the grand opening of its new service center located within the Hammel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-253780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}