Borough President Adams shared a smile with children at LATEST INITIATIVES Dueld Children’s Center in Downtown Brooklyn as he read a book to a classroom of four-year-olds at the start On Wednesday, March 14th, Borough President Adams City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) and including heart disease and diabetes, respectively. Borough of the kicko of “Read By Example,” a reading campaign launched his fourth year of Brooklyn Crochets for a New York City Police Department (NYPD), to engage in President Adams and Council Member Cabrera were joined launched by Brooklyn Community Services. Cause, a program which brings warmth to those in need by proactive communication and education with impacted as prime sponsors of Resolution 238 by Council Members providing blankets, hats, scarves, and other garments made businesses along Flatbush Avenue. He also asked DOT to Justin Brannan, a vegetarian, and Helen Rosenthal, who has Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Oce by volunteer crocheters at Brooklyn Borough Hall. This address and monitor the community’s concern of trucks also adopted a plant-based diet. year’s theme is aimed at providing warm garments to loading and unloading on residential side streets. Addition- homeless individuals and families across the borough. Last ally, Borough President Adams asked the City to scrap the Borough President Adams joined an array of parks advocates November, the Coalition for the Homeless estimated that Stipulated Fine Program (SFP) established under the in Highland Park, which straddles the Brooklyn-Queens there were more than 63,000 people in homeless shelters Bloomberg Administration, which enrolled small businesses border and is home to the newly nationally-recognized every night across the five boroughs, including more than in a program that waives their right to challenge parking Ridgewood Reservoir, as he unveiled the findings of “Pulse 15,700 families in Brooklyn. The most recent Homeless tickets and establishes a pre-set, reduced fine amount for of Our Parks,” a year-long analysis conducted to assess the Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE) street survey, each oense. To relieve congestion on the roadways, one condition of 270 parks across the borough. The report’s conducted by the City last February, found nearly 4,000 policy proposal called for by Borough President Adams, in a announcement, on Monday, March 26th, came one day homeless individuals on the streets that night. In previous joint op-ed penned in February with Council Member ahead of the City Council’s preliminary parks budget years, Brooklyn Crochets for a Cause garments were made Justin Brannan, is to implement Manhattan-based conges- hearing, and was held at the Ridgewood Reservoir, which for autistic children, organ donation patients, and those tion pricing. Borough President Adams and other local elected ocials undergoing dialysis treatments due to kidney disease. In recently supported for designation to the National Register mid-February, Borough President Adams distributed In an eort to remove dangerous carcinogens from of Historic Places. “Pulse of Our Parks,” which can be winter garments to multiple shelters in Brooklyn. cafeteria menus, Borough President Adams joined Council accessed online at brooklyn-usa.org, found that 11 percent of Member Fernando Cabrera in introducing a groundbreak- parks lacked access to a drinking fountain, 81 percent had On Monday, March 19th, the first day of new truck ing New York City Council resolution on Thursday, March more than one active uses within their borders, 40 percent delivery rush hour restrictions implemented by the New 22nd, that calls on the New York City Department of did not house a comfort station, 27 percent of parks were York City Department of Transportation (DOT), Borough Education (DOE) to ban processed meats from being aliated with a non-profit organization or formal communi- President Adams addressed the concerns of small served within the city’s public schools. In 2015, the Interna- ty group, and only 12 percent had access to publicly-available businesses of trac congestion along Flatbush Avenue. tional Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer Wi-Fi. With regard to community engagement, Borough The program, entitled Clean Curbs, will restrict rush hour agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), President Adams called for greater involvement of commu- truck deliveries on this thoroughfare between Grand Army classified processed meat as a Group 1 carcinogen, which nity members in the day-to-day care of their local parks Plaza and Tillary Street. According to DOT, approximately indicates substantive scientific evidence that processed including expanding the model used by the Open Space 90 percent of goods are moved by truck in Brooklyn, and meats such as bacon, ham, hot dogs, sausages, and some deli Alliance for North Brooklyn (OSA) in Brooklyn Community the increased number of truck deliveries has led to more meats can increase risk of a variety of diseases including District 1 (CD 1), which is a friends-of group that maintains BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT double parking, reduced mobility for vehicle trac, slower diabetes, multiple cancers, and respiratory illnesses. Resolu- parks across the district and not a singular park, to every bus speeds and declining ridership, greater risks for cyclists tion 238 notes that the DOE serves around 950,000 community in the borough. Pertaining to funding, Borough and pedestrians, as well as slowdowns in commerce. meals to students daily, including oerings containing President Adams proposed implementing a “percent for Standing with members of the North Flatbush Avenue processed meats. Council Member Cabrera introduced the parks” funding model, which would allocate one percent of Business Improvement District (BID) at the intersection legislation at the request of Borough President Adams, both the City budget to NYC Parks; this would total more than ERIC L. ADAMS’ of Flatbush and Sixth avenues in Park Slope, Borough of whom adopted plant-based diets due to underlying $886 million in Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) instead of the President Adams called on DOT, as well as the New York health issues caused by consumption of processed meats preliminary budget estimate of $501 million. MESSAGE OF THE MONTH UPCOMING EVENTS

Every Monday Through Thursday Various Dates Tuesday, April 17th WHAT’S UP AT BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL? 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM Various Times 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Brooklyn Borough Hall – Constituent Assistance Center Brooklyn Borough Hall – Community Room Brooklyn Borough Hall – Community Room Church in Boerum Hill alongside Council Constituent Assistance Center Walk-In FREE Tax Preparation and Filing Uniform Land Use Review Procedure Public Hearing #NoButtsAboutIt! On Thursday, March 1st, Jeries, and State Senator Velmanette Mont- Borough President Adams hosted a community Member Stephen Levin, Boerum Hill Associa- gomery. The event provided young attendees Wednesdays, April 18th to May 2nd Every Monday Through Friday Various Dates 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM forum on colon cancer in the Courtroom at tion, and other community leaders. with information on employment opportunities, Various Times Various Times PS 247 The New York City College Partnership Elementary School Brooklyn Borough Hall Various Locations internships, music programs, and summer 700 Credit Score Club Brooklyn Borough Hall to raise awareness of the Room G-80 SCORE NYC Small Business Mentoring FREE Overdose Prevention Training disease, which is the second-leading cause of On Thursday, March 8th, Borough President camps. Thursday, April 19th Every Tuesday Adams hosted a housing statistics forum in the 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM cancer death in New York City. In partnership 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Sunday, April 1st to Saturday, April 21st Brooklyn Borough Hall - Plaza Courtroom at Brooklyn Borough Hall as part of Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with Borough President Adams and the Ameri- #StudentsDemandAction. On Wednesday, Stop ‘N’ Swap FREE Legal Services for All – Veterans’ Issues Brooklyn Borough Hall – Lobby Open Data Week. The event, held in partnership March 14th, young people from across Brooklyn Prom Dress and Suit Drive can Cancer Society, 10 hospitals across Brook- Thursday, April 19th with Benefit Kitchen, Heat Seek NYC, JustFix Every Wednesday lyn provided free screenings for uninsured and walked out of school to speak out against sense- 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM Tuesday, April 3rd NYC, Mayor’s Oce of Data Analytics, and Riverway Senior Center underinsured individuals throughout the month less gun violence, in the wake of the Valentine’s Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Tenant Resource Fair Open Gov, unveiled a Brooklyn Data Commons FREE Legal Services for All – Family Law Brooklyn Borough Hall - Community Room of March, which is recognized annually as Colon Day mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Doug- Brooklyn Borough Board Meeting Tuesday, April 24th Cancer Awareness Month. web portal containing aordable housing data las High School in Parkland, Florida. At Brook- Third Monday of Every Month 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM from a variety of governmental, non-govern- lyn Borough Hall, students from schools in the 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Wednesday, April 4th Brooklyn Borough Hall - Courtroom Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Arab-American Heritage Celebration mental, and research institutions. Downtown Brooklyn area gathered on the front FREE Legal Services for All – Domestic Violence Brooklyn College Student Center Borough President Adams discussed the future Financially Savvy Youth Conference Thursday, April 26th steps of the building to demand action; later that Second Wednesday of Every Month 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM of criminal justice at two public forums in The second annual Summer Youth Resource Fair afternoon, students converged on the Prospect 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Brooklyn Borough Hall - Plaza Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 Wednesdays, April 4th to April 25th March. On Thursday, March 8th, Borough at University Settlement Ingersoll Community Park Bandshell in an afternoon rally hosted by 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Financial Education Expo FREE Legal Services for All - Foreclosure Intervention President Adams participated in a City and Center in Downtown Brooklyn was held on Borough President Adams, which featured and Prevention Brooklyn Borough Hall - Community Room Brooklyn Crochets for a Cause If you have an interest in any of these events, please contact State panel on closing Rikers Island at the New Saturday, March 10th, and hosted by Council “activation stations” where youth had an Second Thursday of Every Month us by visiting brooklyn-usa.org for more information or by York Academy of Sciences in Tribeca. On Thurs- Member Laurie Cumbo and Assembly Member 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Monday, April 9th to Friday, April 13th calling our event hotline at (718) 802-2328. Additionally, to Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM stay up-to-date with the oce, visit brooklyn-usa.org to sign day, March 15th, he co-sponsored the Brooklyn Walter Mosley in conjunction with Borough Continued on next page FREE Legal Services for All - Housing Matters, Trusts and Brooklyn Borough Hall - Lobby up for Borough President Adams’ paperless notifications, like President Adams, Representative Hakeem Estates, Elder Law, and Government Benefits Participatory Budgeting Open Voting Period his Facebook page, and follow @BPEricAdams on Twitter. House of Detention Town Hall at the Belarusian

APRIL 2018 WWW.BROOKLYN-USA.ORG WWW.BROOKLYN-USA.ORG APRIL 2018 Borough President Adams marched along Ninth Street in Park Slope with the mother of Borough President Adams met with the proprietor of BKLYN Larder, a sustainable foods shop 13-year-old Kevin Angel Flores (far left), who was hit and killed by an oil truck driver in on Flatbush Avenue in Park Slope, to discuss the anticipated impact of the City’s pilot program January, to demand safer streets citywide. for restricted truck deliveries.

On the front steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall, Borough President Adams asked a crowd of hundreds Joined by parks advocates at Highland Park’s Ridgewood Reservoir, Borough Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Oce Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Oce of students gathered from the Ascend Charter School Network to raise their hands if they knew President Adams announced the findings of his administration’s “The Pulse of Our someone who has been a victim of gun violence. Parks” report, which analyzed the needs of 270 parks across Brooklyn.

Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Oce Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Oce COMMUNITY ALERTS opportunity to mobilize for gun reform. On day, April 21st. The event provided young On Sunday, March 25th, Borough Presi- On Monday, March 12th, Borough President by New York University (NYU) Robert F. there were 297 overdose deaths in Brooklyn, Saturday, March 24th, Borough President attendees with information on employment dent Adams joined the Alliance for Coney Adams co-sponsored the Kids March for Safe Wagner Graduate School of Public Service’s the second-highest total of the five boroughs, Adams sponsored several buses of students opportunities, internships, music programs, Island at Deno’s Wonder Wheel in Coney Streets in Park Slope, attended by hundreds of Capstone program. The community workshop, with Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Bushwick, East departing for the March For Our Lives gun and summer camps. Island to participate in the traditional concerned parents, children, and local which included business owners and local work- New York, and Williamsburg the most severely control rally in Washington, D.C. “blessing of the rides” and egg cream chris- advocates. Organized in partnership with ers, engaged the community in a conversation impacted. To attend a training, call (718) Γιορτάστε την Ελλάδα! On Monday, tening of the Cyclone, which ocially Bed-Stuy Safe Streets, Families for Safe on the future of the nearly two-mile roadway 802-4299 or visit brooklyn-usa.org/narcan. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Borough Presi- March 19th, Borough President Adams Streets, Park Slope Neighbors, Transportation and its surrounding environment. To submit opens the amusement park season for the Borough President Adams announced that this dent Adams joined Brooklynites in honoring celebrated Greek-American heritage at his Alternatives, and other community organiza- your views on the study, email pxforward@g- spring and summer months. year’s participatory budgeting (PB) voting tions, the community call to action followed a mail.com or visit goo.gl/iPH7hZ to take a short the rich culture and history of Irish-Ameri- annual celebratory event held in the Court- period at Brooklyn Borough Hall will be a voting horrific incident on Monday, March 5th at the survey on the corridor. cans in the borough at his annual room at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Attendees site from Monday, April 9th to Friday, April Reading is fundamental. On Monday, intersection of Fifth Avenue and Ninth Street Irish-American Heritage Celebration. The enjoyed delicious Greek fare as well as tradi- 13th from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. PB empowers March 26th, Borough President Adams in Park Slope, in which a driver ran a red light Amid a nationwide opioid crisis, Borough Presi- festive occasion at Brooklyn Borough Hall tional dancing from the A. Fantis Parochial Brooklynites with a voice in deciding how tax and killed one-year-old Joshua Lew and dent Adams announced a series of free on Thursday, March 15th featured Irish School in Downtown Brooklyn, D.G. Paro- joined Brooklyn Community Services at the dollars are spent on community improvement four-year-old Abigail Blumenstein. That overdose prevention trainings to teach Brook- cuisine and libations, traditional dancing chial School in Bay Ridge, and Hellenic launch of their “Read by Example” week. projects such as libraries, parks, schools, streets, followed an incident on Friday, January 26th, in lynites how to save lives with naloxone. The He read Addie Boswell’s “The Rain Stomp- and more. For the third year in a row, Borough from the O’Malley Irish Dance Academy in Classical Charter School in South Slope. which an oil truck driver fatally struck announcement was made on Wednesday, er” to an excited classroom of four-year-old President Adams is committing $1 million of his Marine Park, as well as musical entertain- 13-year-old Kevin Angel Flores in March 27th in partnership with the Brooklyn capital budget, apportioned equally to winning ment from the Brooklyn Bards, a traditional In celebration of Women’s History Month children at Dueld Children’s Center in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The march began at Public Library (BPL), New York City Depart- projects from the votes conducted by the 10 Irish band, and Chris Byrne, founding observed in the month of March, Borough Downtown Brooklyn, sharing with them his Ninth Street and Prospect Park West and ment of Health and Mental Hygiene council members in the borough who are partic- member of New York City-based Celtic President Adams hosted two events at love of literature. concluded at the crash site at Ninth Street and (DOHMH), New York City Police Department ipating in PB this year. Everyone in participating rock band Black 47. Brooklyn Borough Hall that brought Fifth Avenue. In speaking to the crowd, (NYPD), and the Brooklyn Committee of districts who is over the age of 11, or at least in Borough President Adams emphasized that Alcoholism and Addictive Services. Free together inspirational women from across Borough President Adams took New York sixth grade, can make their voice heard by “achieving Vision Zero demands real action trainings will be held on select dates at nine Be the belle and beau of the ball! The the city. On Thursday, March 22nd, he gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon on voting on which projects should win funding this that holds dangerous drivers accountable and locations throughout Brooklyn starting on annual prom dress and suit donation drive hosted a Women in Faith Roundtable with a visit to Albany Houses, a New York City year. To learn more about the process, including keeps them o our roadways.” To learn more Thursday, April 5th. Attendees will be trained hosted by Borough President Adams and female interfaith leaders to discuss a variety information on voting sites and eligible projects Housing Authority (NYCHA) development about Vision Zero, visit nyc.gov- on how to recognize and reverse an overdose the Junior League of Brooklyn launched at of issues, including domestic and gun across the borough, visit pbnyc.org. in Crown Heights, on Wednesday, March /visionzero. and restore breathing using the lifesaving medi- Brooklyn Borough Hall on Friday, March violence, education, and mental health. On 28th. They met with Tenant Association cation naloxone, while learning how to become a 16th. The initiative seeks to provide young Thursday, March 29th, Borough President President Joann Campbell and residents of Borough President Adams hosted residents of certified opioid overdose responder. Free Our Constituent Assistance Center is here to women and men with formalwear for senior Adams capped o the month with his the development on a tour of several apart- Park Slope, South Slope, and Windsor Terrace overdose rescue kits with naloxone will be serve all of Brooklyn. If you or someone you know prom and graduation festivities, including annual Women’s History Month celebration at a public meeting at Holy Name Church in distributed to all participants. According to data are having any issues, or if you have questions ments in states of disrepair in order to keep about topics such as alternate side parking, new or gently-used dresses and suits, formal that was highlighted by awards to women South Slope on Wednesday, March 14th to compiled by the New York City Oce of the a bright spotlight on the need for a solution sidewalk pickup, or other community matters, shoes of all sizes and styles, jewelry, ties, and from many walks of life for their service to discuss the findings of a study on the Prospect Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) and the including the topics in this month’s update, call the accessories. The donation deadline is Satur- others. to chronic neglect of public housing. Expressway corridor, conducted at his request DOHMH Bureau of Vital Statistics, in 2016, Center at (718) 802-3700.

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