Bahij Chancey AICP is an NYC-based urban planner who facilitates land use, policy, and program design processes that blend public engagement and analysis.
- _Managing Director and Director of Planning at WXY Studio
- _Board Treasurer and Co-founder at Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op
- _Member of the Gowanus Oversight Task Force
Bahij holds a deep sense of public service and is focused on how people exercise their political agency to shape communal solutions through civic engagement.
Bahij was formerly Senior Manager for partnerships and external relations at Green City Force, a workforce development nonprofit that trains NYC housing authority residents for career pathways in the green economy. Bahij previously served as an AmeriCorps Member with the NYC Parks Department, and as an architectural draftsman. He was formerly a board member of Transportation Alternatives and a public member of Brooklyn Community Board Six.
Bahij has a Master’s in City Planning from MIT, a BFA in Architecture from Yale, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).
Contact
You can reach Bahij at: hi /at/ bahij /dot/ nyc.
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Project Credits
- _Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan
- _Long Island City Neighborhood Plan
- _NYC DOT Curbside EV Charging Expansion program
- _BQE Central, BQE North and South
- _Brooklyn Marine Terminal
- _HumanityLand for Habitat for Humanity
- _Capacity partner for NYC Schools Districts 3 and 13
- _Harvard Allston Enterprise Research Campus
- _Meatpacking District Western Gateway Public Realm Plan
- _Farms at NYCHA