Dear Member of Our Graduate School Community,

We are very happy to welcome you to New York University and to the Graduate School of Arts and Science (GSAS). We are pleased to write you about the special housing option available through the MacCracken Housing Program (MHP), a unique housing program offered by GSAS to our doctoral MacCracken students for their first year of study.

The Graduate School subsidizes the cost of the housing to insure that we can offer you affordable and appropriate graduate housing near the Washington Square campus for your first year of study. MHP provides housing in converted two-bedroom apartments located in Stuyvesant Town.

When comparing off-campus housing alternatives to MHP housing, please keep in mind that the MHP rates are more affordable than most comparable non-NYU apartments listed at market rates. MHP has many attractive features:

• The Graduate School heavily subsidizes the MHP housing rates
• Utilities are included in the room cost (heat, water and electricity)
• Apartments are furnished
• MHP housing is close to campus
• Laundry facilities are on site
• All buildings have elevators
• Security is maintained by Stuyvesant Town Security

We ask that all students complete an online Statement of Intent, so that we know the interest in MHP housing throughout the class. To take advantage of MHP housing, you first indicate your interest by submitting the Statement of Intent, available at www.nyu.edu/gsas/housing-intent. After we receive your submission, we will send you an email with specific information about the housing application process. Your immediate submission of the Statement of Intent is very important so that we can know that you are interested in our housing.     

We provide descriptive information about MHP on the following pages, including:

• Program Summary
• Six Steps for Participating in MHP
• MHP Housing Options at a Glance
• Stuyvesant Town Converted Two-Bedroom Apartment, Detailed Description
• Housing Policies
• Housing Floor Plan

If you have any questions about the MacCracken Housing Program, please do not hesitate to contact my colleague, Cherone Slater-Bartley, Administrative Aide in the Office of Academic and Student Life at (212) 998-8062 or cherone.slater@nyu.edu.

Everyone in the Graduate School wants you to have the best possible academic experience. We all look forward to hearing from you and to meeting you in September.

Sincerely,

Israel Rodriguez

Director of Student Affairs
Graduate School of Arts and Science
israel.rodriguez@nyu.edu

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Graduate School of Arts and Science MacCracken Housing Program

(For MacCracken Doctoral Students During Their First Year of Study)

Program Summary, 2012-2013

The Graduate School of Arts and Science is pleased to announce the MacCracken Housing Program (MHP). The Graduate School offers all new MacCracken doctoral students the opportunity to reside in graduate housing at a greatly subsidized rate. The housing program is designed to help our students acclimate to New York City during the first year of their doctoral careers. We expect that by the end of their first year, students will be familiar enough with the city and the university to find housing more easily than they would have been able to do at the beginning of their studies.
 

Two Important Notes 

1. MacCracken Housing Program applications must be received by Thursday, May 24, 2012 and be accompanied by a $1,000 application fee. The application fee will be credited to your student Bursar account once you begin living in MHP housing. Applications received after May 24th will be placed on a waitlist and are not guaranteed unless otherwise notified by Israel Rodriguez, Director of Student Affairs.
   
   
2. MHP is a special program specifically designed for new MacCracken doctoral students in GSAS. The application process, procedures, and deadline dates are different from those required for other graduate housing options offered by NYU. Please use the forms and follow the procedures and requirements that GSAS describes in these materials. Do not follow any procedures provided by NYU Residential Life and Housing Services.

What are the criteria for participating in MHP?

MHP—Six Steps for Participating

There are six steps to take in the MHP process.

1. Indicate your interest in MHP by completing the Statement of Intent form located online at www.nyu.edu/gsas/housing-intent. (If you do not have access to the web, please contact Cherone Slater-Bartley, Administrative Aide at (212) 998-8062 or cherone.slater@nyu.edu. Please note that the Statement of Intent begins the housing application process, but it is not the official application and does not secure your place in the MacCracken Housing Program (MHP). The official application is required by Thursday, May 24th to secure housing (please refer to the fourth step).
2. Upon receipt of your Statement of Intent, Cherone Slater-Bartley from the Office of Academic and Student Life (OASL) will send you an email that will ask you to immediately establish an NYU email account. Instructions on how to do this will be provided. Once you activate your NYU email account, OASL will provide you with access to a secure Blackboard web site where detailed information about the graduate housing application procedure and materials are posted (including the official housing application, license agreement, and relevant consent and disclosure forms).
3. Review the housing materials on the Blackboard web site and make a final decision about whether or not you wish to apply for housing through MHP. Married and partnered applicants should review what is needed to complete the Statement of Domestic Partnership form.
4. Mail the official housing application and $1,000 (USD) application fee so that it is received at the Graduate School by no later than Thursday, May 24, 2012. The Graduate School is not able to process a housing application without the application fee.
   
   Two Important Notes about the Application Fee
   
   
   • The $1,000 application fee for MHP is not refundable if you withdraw your application or choose not to accept the housing that is offered. Once you enroll in GSAS in fall 2012 and you move into your assigned MHP housing, the application fee will be credited to your student Bursar account. Please see the sixth step for more details.
   • Full details about acceptable methods of payment are available on the Blackboard web site. The $1,000 must be paid by check or money order. For U.S. students, payment may be a personal check or money order drawn from a U.S. bank. For international students, the payment must be an international money order or certified check drawn in U.S. dollars.
     
     
5. You will be notified of your housing assignment by the end of July 2012.
6. Your $1,000 application fee will be credited to your student Bursar account after you have begin to occupy your MHP apartment.  

MHP—Housing Options At a Glance

 

[2] Students agree to a specific term of occupancy in the MHP housing license. The license may not be extended for longer than the term specified. Early release from the housing license is not possible except for extenuating and unforeseen circumstances.

[3] Complete payment schedules will be released later.

 

MHP—StuyvesantTown

Converted Two-Bedroom Apartments

Stuyvesant Town is a secure enclave of 89 high-rise buildings set in a park-like environment amid lawns, numerous trees, and playgrounds. It is located on the east side of Manhattan, between 14th and 20th Streets, and First Avenue and East River Drive. It is a 20 minute walk to the Washington Square Campus, is connected by the free NYU shuttle bus service, and is close to public transportation. Because of its proximity to NYU’s Washington Square campus, Stuyvesant Town is an ideal choice for newly admitted students.

The Graduate School is pleased to offer converted two-bedroom apartments in Stuyvesant Town. Previously one-bedroom units, these apartments were converted into two-bedroom units, with each bedroom now being a separate room. The approximate size of these apartments is 580 square feet.

Features

• All apartments are furnished, air-conditioned and include two private bedrooms, a full bathroom with tub/shower, a kitchen and a dining area. 
• The kitchen includes a refrigerator, stove, oven, microwave, dishwasher, and sink. Residents must provide their own cookware, dishes, and supplies.
• Each bedroom contains a twin bed, desk, dresser or armoire, and wastebasket. A table and chairs are provided in the dining alcove.
• Additional furnishings are provided for the common area (loveseats or three-seater couch). Windows have shades. Additional large furniture is not permitted in the Stuyvesant Town apartments.
• Students may sign up for University meal plans at other university residences or facilities, if desired, at the published university rates.
• Heat, water, and electricity are included in the rental fees.
• All units are in elevator buildings and are equipped with card operated laundry rooms in the basement. If residents choose to use the laundry rooms in the building, cards can be purchased from the machines and may be refilled for laundry use.
• Residents enter building lobbies using a Stuyvesant Town issued photo identification swipe-card.  Entry into individual apartments, mailboxes or the building’s laundry room are by key          
• Mailboxes for each apartment are located in the entry vestibule of individual buildings.
• Since Stuyvesant Town buildings do not have doormen service, all guests use the intercom to contact their host's apartment and to be buzzed in.
• Stuyvesant Town Security polices the area and works closely with NYU’s Office of Public Safety on issues of concern to student residents. 
• NYU maintains a full-time professional manager, and Graduate Resident Assistants are in residence as part of the Stuyvesant Town community.

Telephone, Cable and Computer Services

Telephone, cable and computer services are not included in the charges at Stuyvesant Town.

Telephone: Students contract independently for telephone service. Residents provide their own telephones (no wall phones). To establish long-distance service, residents must contact a carrier directly. Roommates are solely responsible for telephone bills and should agree beforehand about telephone use and payment responsibility.

Cable: Students contract independently for cable TV service. Residents provide their own televisions and connecting cables. Roommates are solely responsible for cable bills and should agree beforehand about cable television use and payment responsibility.

Computer Access: Students contract independently with internet service providers for access to the internet. Roommates are solely responsible for internet service provider bills and should agree beforehand about internet use and payment responsibility. For more information about connecting from off-campus, see: http://www.nyu.edu/its/nyunet/offcampus/.

MHP—Housing Policies

GSAS MHP participants must comply with all policies and procedures outlined in the NYU Residential Education Handbook. The handbook is on the web at http://www.nyu.edu/life/living-at-nyu/on-campus-living/get-to-know-yourhome.html.
     
Policies include, but are not limited to, the following:

•    Double occupancy is not permitted in rooms scheduled for single occupancy.
•    Subletting is not permitted.
•    Pets are not permitted.
•    Family housing is regrettably not available.
•    Students may sign up for university meal plans at other university residences or facilities, if desired, at published university rates. For more information about NYU Dining Services, visit, http://www.campusdish.com/en-US/CSE/NYU.

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Roommate Anyone?

The Graduate School of Arts and Science is committed to providing a supportive residential experience by providing a roommate selection feature within the MHP application process.

MHP participants may request a roommate from the pool of other MHP participants. Students are not required to select a roommate. However, MHP participants who do not select a specific roommate will be randomly assigned a roommate of their same legal (biological) gender from within the MHP cohort. 

* Students who are single may request roommates from the pool of other GSAS student participants in MHP. New for 2012-2013, MHP students can choose a roommate of the opposite legal (biological) gender.

* Students who prefer to reside with someone of their same gender identity or expression may also choose to do so. 

* Married or Domestically Partnered students may inquire about the eligibility criteria.

* Students who do not elect to choose a roommate will be paired with another MHP student of their same legal (biological) gender.

To select a roommate, students will be prompted to place an advertisement in the bulletin board section on the MHP Blackboard site to find a compatible roommate. Students are encouraged to be specific when describing themselves, individual preferences and their ideal match. Participants will be able to exchange contact information through this process. Once an agreement is made to reside together, students will be asked to verify that their housing preferences match those of a prospective roommate. Each MHP participant must indicate their roommate preferences on the MHP Roommate Pairing Form and send via email to Cherone Slater-Bartley, cherone.slater@nyu.edu by Monday, June 25, 2012.

Students are not required to select a roommate. Individuals who do not identify a specific roommate will be assigned an MHP roommate by NYU Residential Life and Housing Services.  

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MHP Floor Plan

Stuyvesant Town Converted Two-Bedroom Apartment
Approximately 580 square feet

Questions?
The Graduate School’s Office of Academic and Student Life (OASL) works with applicants to coordinate the receipt and handling of the housing application, including application fee and license, and to finalize apartment and roommate assignments.

If you have any questions, please contact Cherone Slater-Bartley, Administrative Aide in the Office of Academic and Student Life at (212) 998-8062 or cherone.slater@nyu.edu.