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Peter G. Florey

Peter G. Florey

Over the past forty years, Peter has devoted his career to the production and preservation of housing and revitalizing communities in the New York Metropolitan area.

After completing his Masters in City Planning at the University of Pennsylvania, Peter worked for the City of New York's Department of Housing Preservation and Development and Division of Real Property.

In 1986, he joined The Dime Savings Bank of New York (now JP Morgan Chase) as Vice President of Community Development where he underwrote and administered a portfolio of one-to-four -family rehabilitation loans. He also underwrote affordable multifamily loans and several of the first Low Income Housing Tax Credit transactions. In 1988, he joined Benjamin Development Co. Inc. where he rose to the level of Executive Vice President in charge of Management and Development. While at Benjamin Development, Peter spearheaded twenty-five affordable housing projects in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, the Bronx and Queens. He was the lead project manager for the 128 acre Arverne by the Sea project in the Rockaways section of Queens which, at 2,600 residential units and 300,000 sq ft of commercial space, is the largest transit oriented oceanfront community in the United States.

He formed The D & F Development Group (D&F) with his partner Leonard D'Amico in 2002 and has since completed thirty affordable residential projects with over 3,000 residential units and 150,000 square feet of commercial space. D&F has another five projects underway. In 2019, D&F launched Carlisle Senior Living Communities and has since opened two of three planned assisted living communities located in Patchogue, Levittown and Hauppauge.

He is the Past President of the Long Island Builders Institute (LIBI), a Governor appointed member of New York State’s Public Subsidy Board, Vice President of the New York State Builders Association, a founding board member of the New York State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH), Past President of the Queens and Bronx Builders Association (QBBA), a board member of Vision Long Island, a board member of the Long Island Housing Partnership and a board member of the King Manor Museum, in Jamaica, Queens. Peter is also active in a number of charitable causes.

In 2023, Peter will compete in his tenth consecutive Boston Marathon and he has organized and directed The Race for The INN, a 5K race to benefit The Interfaith Nutritional Network (INN) one of Long Island’s largest providers of food and shelter for the homeless.

Peter is a frequent guest speaker on affordable housing at Vision Long Island, NYU Furman Center of Real Estate and Urban Policy and NYSAFAH.