james tschikov

multidisciplinary urban planner + researcher currently focused on affordable housing development

open to projects involving urban cartography, cooperative ownership models, environmental justice, climate resiliency, LGBTQ+ spaces, regenerative industries, and more.

based in the world’s borough 
Queens, New York

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NYC DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

MANHATTAN BOROUGH PLANNER
APR 2023 - PRESENT

HPD’s Office of Neighborhood Strategies is charged with ensuring that housing development and preservation efforts are guided by community engagement and coordinated with public investments in infrastructure and services. Planning coordinates design, environmental review, and affordability programs to facilitate projects through the City’s land use review (ULURP).

Notable projects: ShareNYC,The Beacon, Carmen Villegas Apartments, 388 Hudson Street RFP