Borough President Adams joined the family of the late Dr. John Elefterakis and community leaders in cutting the ribbon for the dedication of Dr. John’s Playground in his memory across from PS 277 LATEST INITIATIVES Gerritsen Beach School in Gerritsen Beach.

On Thursday, May 3rd, Borough President Adams fully publicly-financed municipal elections. Council would display information online for both the tenant and Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/ BP’s Oce announced the impact of his $1 million capital budget Member Albanese has campaigned across City for owner to view freely. In response to the legislation’s investment in Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) of PB, a democratic a more robust public financing system, and Borough introduction, which he originally called for in 2016, Borough process in which local residents directly decide how to President Adams armed that this would be his priority on President Adams stated, “take it from The New York Times’ spend part of a public budget, which increased the number the new commission in testimony he submitted in March to own words yesterday: there is an eviction machine churning of community-driven projects funded in council districts the City Council’s Committee on Governmental its way through . We’ve been playing catch up that encompass more than 60 percent of Brooklyn. Tens of Operations. Rather than New York City’s existing limited to these bad actors because we’ve been using an abacus in an thousands of Brooklyn residents cast ballots at locations matching funds system, Borough President Adams advocat- iPhone era. With this legislation, the heat is on.” across the borough — including at Brooklyn Borough Hall ed for a campaign finance system that is fully publicly-fi- — during the 2018-2019 PB cycle voting period, which nanced, only contributes to candidates through a public pool Days after the school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas that took place between Saturday, April 7th and Sunday, April of funding as opposed to individual contributions, and sets claimed the lives of eight students and two teachers, 15th. Borough President Adams’ $1 million contribution contribution maximums at a significantly low level. Borough President Adams rallied in the Rotunda of was apportioned equally to winning projects from the votes Additionally, at a rally held on the steps of City Hall on Brooklyn Borough Hall for expanded security support for conducted by the 10 council members in the borough who Tuesday, May 1st, Borough President Adams announced his every school in New York City. He was joined on Tuesday, are participating in PB this year. This year’s voting cycle support for Charter reform that would achieve instant May 22nd by Council Members Robert Cornegy, Jr. and expanded the reach to more Brooklynites as votes could be runo voting; this would allow voters to rank candidates Antonio Reynoso, representatives from independent charter cast online and at LinkNYC kiosks. The $100,000 based on preference, thereby avoiding runo elections and schools, parochial schools, and yeshivas, as well as educators, designated by Borough President Adams for PB in each empowering communities with the democratic process. parents, and students from across Brooklyn. Intro 70, which participating council district expanded that council was introduced earlier this year by Council Member Chaim member’s committed PB allotment, resulting in additional Borough President Adams teamed up with Council Deutsch, amends Local Law 2 of 2016 in relation to projects winning funding in the upcoming fiscal year. Members Robert Cornegy, Mark Levine, and Ritchie Torres reimbursing small non-public schools for the cost of security Voting in PB is open to all residents of participating in formally announcing their joint City Council legislation guard services. These schools, serving more than 75,000 districts over the age of 11 or at least in the sixth grade. that would empower the New York City Department of students citywide, are currently forced to choose between Participation is open to all district residents regardless of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to utilize funding basic security services and classroom resources such citizenship, documentation status, or involvement in the heat sensors in the 150 buildings with the highest ratio of as sta and supplies. Parochial schools with fewer than 300 criminal justice system. A map of winning projects and full heat-related violations. The announcement took place on students and public charter schools in private spaces are the BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT voting results by district can be viewed at pbnyc.org. Monday, May 21st, at 509 West 134th Street in Hamilton only types of schools in the city that do not get taxpayer Heights — a building with the highest number of these kinds funding for security. At the rally, Borough President Adams Borough President Adams named former Council Member of heat violations in 2017. Under Intro 948, owners of noted that “all of our children deserve to be safe. Students Sal Albanese as his appointee to the Charter Review buildings would be required to install temperature reporting should be learning math, not massacre. Our tax dollars Commission established by the New York City Council on devices in every living room of the home at no cost to the should support all of our children. A crazed gunman doesn’t ERIC L. ADAMS’ Monday, May 14th, with a shared focus on implementing tenant for a period of more than four years; these devices care how big a school is before they attack.” MESSAGE OF THE MONTH UPCOMING EVENTS

EVERY MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SECOND THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH FRIDAY, JUNE 15TH WHAT’S UP AT BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL? 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Brooklyn Borough Hall – Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 Brooklyn Borough Hall – Community Room VIP Entertainment. The heritage recep- Constituent Assistance Center FREE Legal Services for All – Housing Matters, Trusts Men’s Health Symposium Happy Older Americans Month! Brooklyn’s battle against opioids Constituent Assistance Center Walk-In and Estates, Elder Law, and Government Benefits Borough President Adams and the Bay tion featured an awards ceremony hon- continues. Borough President Adams FRIDAY, JUNE 15TH SATURDAY, JUNE 2ND Ridge Center teamed up to host a oring Mexican-American contributions co-hosted “Fighting Back Against the 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EVERY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM to Brooklyn, as well as a live mariachi Opioid Epidemic,” a discussion led by VARIOUS TIMES Senior Tech Fair at Brooklyn Borough Brooklyn Borough Hall band, traditional dance performances, Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 Adopt-A-Shelter-Animal in the Boros Hall on Wednesday, May 2nd, which community leaders, law enforcement, SCORE NYC Small Business Mentoring provided attendees with interactive and a taste of Mexican cuisine. medical professionals, and parents who MONDAY, JUNE 4TH SUNDAY, JUNE 24TH 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM opportunities to learn the latest techno- have lost children to opioids, at the EVERY TUESDAY Brooklyn Borough Hall Eastern between Flatbush and Washington avenues Eat healthy! On Monday, May 7th, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM logical advances, applications, and Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Crown LGBTQ+ Pride Celebration Central Brooklyn Arts and Culture Walk Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 services. The month of festivities contin- Borough President Adams hosted his Heights on Wednesday, May 16th. FREE Legal Services for All – Veterans’ Issues TUESDAY, JUNE 5TH WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27TH ued on Wednesday, May 16th with a third Plant-Based Vegan Meetup at Additionally, his series of free opioid 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM 12:00 PM – 9:00 PM Brooklyn Borough Hall – Community Room Brooklyn Borough Hall celebration Brooklyn Borough Hall, which brought overdose trainings took place through- FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH Brooklyn Borough Hall – All Spaces Brooklyn Borough Board Meeting together a panel of speakers who 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM Caribbean-American Heritage Celebration co-hosted by the Brooklyn Public out the month of May at BPL locations Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 WEDNESDAYS, JUNE 6TH TO JUNE 13TH Library (BPL) and Borough President discussed their experiences with eating in Bay Ridge, Brownsville, Downtown FREE Legal Services for All – Family Law 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM THURSDAY, JUNE 28TH Adams, which included free health train- and advancing a nutritious, plant-based Brooklyn, and Williamsburg. Brooklyn Borough Hall – Plaza 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM diet. On Thursday, May 17th, he led an THIRD MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH School Lunchtime Concert Series Brooklyn Borough Hall ings, musical performances, and a senior 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Latin Professional Summer Soiree resource fair. assembly with third-, fourth-, and In memory of six-year-old Prince Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 TUESDAY, JUNE 12TH fifth-grade students at PS 327 Dr. Rose Joshua Avitto, who was senselessly FREE Legal Services for All – Domestic Violence 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM B. English in Brownsville about the – DeKalb Branch If you have an interest in any of these events, please contact ¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo! On Friday, May stabbed to death in the elevator of his Free Overdose Prevention Training us by visiting brooklyn-usa.org for more information or by SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH 4th, Borough President Adams hosted importance of maintaining good health; building at NYCHA’s Houses calling our event hotline at (718) 802-2328. Additionally, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM THURSDAY, JUNE 14TH to stay up-to-date with the oce, visit brooklyn-usa.org to his annual Cinco de Mayo celebration at he also brought those students on a tour Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 5:00 PM sign up for Borough President Adams’ paperless notifica- Brooklyn Borough Hall with Council of the Brooklyn Borough Hall Green- FREE Legal Services for All – Brooklyn Borough Hall – Plaza tions, like his Facebook page, and follow @BPEricAdams Foreclosure Intervention and Prevention NYC Dance Week on Twitter. Member Carlos Menchaca and Fiesta market on Tuesday, May 29th. Continued on next page

JUNE 2018 WWW.BROOKLYN-USA.ORG WWW.BROOKLYN-USA.ORG JUNE 2018 Borough President Adams joined Council Member Robert Cornegy, Jr. (left), educators, Borough President Adams presented a proclamation to representatives from the Bay Ridge Borough President Adams joined Council Member Jumaane Williams (left), Assembly Borough President Adams spoke to third, fourth, and fifth grade students at PS 327 Dr. parents, and students from across Brooklyn in the Rotunda at Brooklyn Borough Hall to call Center at a Senior Tech Fair they co-hosted in the Rotunda at Brooklyn Borough Hall; the Member Rodneyse Bichotte (right), Council Member Mark Treyger (far right), and Rose B. English in Brownsville about the importance of maintaining a nutritious diet and the for expanded security support for every school in the city. proclamation declared May 2nd, 2018 to be Age Friendly Bay Ridge Day in Brooklyn. Haitian-American community leaders in a ceremony ocially designating a Little Haiti power of eating fruits and vegetables in preserving good health. cultural and business district along in Flatbush.

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four years ago, Borough President Adams Nostrand Avenue as Toussaint L’Ouverture across Brooklyn. The discussion, which took COMMUNITY ALERTS celebrated the Thursday, May 17th ribbon Boulevard, named after the leader of the place in the Community Room at Brooklyn cutting of the Prince Joshua Avitto Com- Haitian independence movement, high- Borough Hall, addressed pertaining issues Borough President Adams and The New laptop dispenser. The temporary location will On Wednesday, May 23rd, Borough Presi- munity Center in East New York, developed lighting the importance of a community such as improved access to hospitals, public York Academy of Medicine launched a serve the community until the original Sunset dent Adams hailed the Metropolitan Trans- in partnership with Good Shepherd Services that Borough President Adams calls the transportation, and schools. boroughwide age-friendly survey that will Park Library re-opens in 2020 following a portation Authority (MTA)’s adoption of the and Man Up!, Inc. His administration “Port-au-Prince of America.” be distributed as part of their joint two-year makeover, which is currently under- Atlantic Ticket, which will o er discounted allocated $250,000 for the center in Fiscal Age-Friendly NYC Neighborhood Initia- LIRR fares for riders traveling between In honor of all those who died in selfless way. The renovation, which was supported by Year 2017 (FY17). Get involved in your neighborhood! That tive. which aims to facilitate the inclusion of Atlantic Terminal, East New York, and service to the nation, Borough President $1 million in capital funding from Borough was Borough President Adams’ message as older persons across the borough . At least President Adams between FY16 and FY17, Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn, as well as Adams joined veterans from across Brook- Borough President Adams commemorated a new group of incoming Brooklyn commu- one out of every eight residents of Brook- will double the size of the new library and seven stations in . The initiative, long lyn in marching at the 151st Memorial Day the opening of two renovated playgrounds nity board members from all 18 districts lyn is 65 years of age or older. The assess- provide the latest technologies for its patrons. sought by Borough President Adams, is part in Brooklyn during the month of May. On were sworn in for a full term at a ceremony Parade in Bay Ridge on Monday, May 28th. ment, which was unveiled on Tuesday, May For more information, visit bklynlibrary.org. of a field study that will be designed to Thursday, May 17th, he joined the family of held in the Courtroom at Brooklyn Borough The parade, which he was proud to co-spon- 15th, has been sent to community groups, measure what impact the lower fare will have local organizations, senior centers, and City on ridership on the LIRR and New York City the late Dr. John Elefterakis, a beloved Hall on Tuesday, May 22nd. He spoke to sor, proceeded down sections of Third and Fourth avenues and concluded with a and State agencies throughout the borough The first-ever participatory budgeting (PB) buses and subways. He urged the MTA to medical professional and civic activist in the new and returning members, including a asking respondents a variety of questions conduct a robust outreach campaign for this memorial service at John Paul Jones Park. process on the State level has been launched Gerritsen Beach community, in dedicating number of 16- and 17-year-old appointees, on access to community resources, health pilot so it can fulfill its promise, stating that “it Dr. John’s Playground across from PS 277 about the importance of civic engagement Later that day, he addressed hundreds of by Borough President Adams and State care needs, housing, parks and green Senator Jesse Hamilton for constituents of promises a greater freedom of movement and Gerritsen Beach School. On Wednesday, and the power of grassroots government to Brooklynites at the 20th annual Memorial spaces, and other relevant topics. The the 20th Senate District, which encompasses a more intelligent use of our transit system, May 23rd, a renovated Kolbert Playground make Brooklyn a greater place to raise Day Concert hosted by Green-Wood, a anonymous and confidential survey asks prioritizing the needs of commuters in need parts of Brownsville, Crown Heights, East in Midwood was unveiled; Borough Presi- healthy children and families. National Historic Landmark cemetery in respondents a range of questions including of a break. We must maximize the opportuni- Flatbush, Gowanus, Park Slope, Prospect dent Adams allocated $500,000 in FY16 Sunset Park. ranking health, housing, and other services ty this field study presents us to expand Heights, Prospect Le erts Gardens, and in their community on a scale of “very commuters’ options, and ensure this pilot to the project, which included adult fitness Borough President Adams kicked o his Sunset Park. A general community assembly equipment and a new spray shower. fifth annual School Lunchtime Concert available” to “not available,” as well as age, becomes a permanent solution to empower- Protect aordable housing! That’s the gender, race or ethnicity, ZIP code, and on PB was held on Wednesday, May 23rd at ing our city’s residents to be able to travel to Series on Wednesday, May 23rd at Colum- St. Francis De Sales School for the Deaf in Ti Ayiti, or Little Haiti, is coming to Brook- bus Park in . The shows, mission of Borough President Adams’ their economic, health, and housing their destination seamlessly.” For more infor- circumstances. The survey is also available Crown Heights, during which time communi- mation on the Atlantic Ticket, visit mta.info. lyn! On Friday, May 18th, Borough Presi- which will run on Wednesdays through June Brooklyn Mitchell-Lama Task Force, which online by visiting brooklyn-usa.org. ty members first proposed how they would dent Adams joined Haitian-American com- 13th, feature dance performances and live hosted its fourth annual legislative summit spend $1 million that Borough President on Thursday, May 31st in the Courtroom at munity leaders in announcing the forth- music by Brooklyn middle and high school The interim location for the Brooklyn Adams will allocate to support projects such Our Constituent Assistance Center is here to coming Little Haiti Cultural and Business students from every corner of the borough. Brooklyn Borough Hall. Representatives Public Library’s Sunset Park Branch as improvements to libraries, parks, public serve all of Brooklyn. If you or someone you know District in Flatbush, an area roughly from City and State agencies discussed the opened its doors to the public at 4201 housing, schools, and other public spaces. All are having any issues, or if you have questions about topics such as alternate side parking, between Avenue H, Brooklyn Avenue, East On Thursday, May 24th, Borough Presi- impact of managing agents on boards, proposed projects must be located in the on Tuesday, May 15th, with sidewalk pickup, or other community matters, 16th Street, and Parkside Avenue. They also dent Adams hosted a disability advocates’ shareholders, and tenants, as well as the a press conference unveiling new class- district; to propose a project or volunteer, visit including the topics in this month’s update, call the unveiled the co-naming of a stretch of roundtable to discuss improvements in services future of the Mitchell-Lama program. rooms, public computers, and a self-service nysenate.gov/senators/jesse-hamilton/pb-form. Center at (718) 802-3700.

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