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Eric L. Adams' Borough President Adams watched surveillance footage with Rabbi Eli LATEST INITIATIVES Cohen, executive director of the Crown Heights Jewish Community On Wednesday, July 12th, Borough President to the facilitation of developing 141 Willoughby stakeholders. Borough President Adams announced Council, from a camera installed outside Mr Clean It, a dry cleaning Adams unveiled Operation Safe Shopper, a Street in Downtown Brooklyn into a 49-story, that the J’Ouvert parade, held in Crown Heights and business in Crown Heights, as part of partnership between local civic organizations and 372,000 square-foot commercial/residential Prospect Leerts Gardens, will now have an ocial Operation Safe Shopper, a partnership the New York City Police Department (NYPD) in mixed-use building with space available for oce permit, issued to the organizers from J’Ouvert City he established between local civic organizations and the NYPD to deploy which he has funded the deployment of security and retail uses. He requested several modifications International, and will feature additional public security technology in commercial cameras in neighborhoods across Brooklyn to assist to the project, including his disapproval of a request safety measures such as 200 light towers along the corridors across Brooklyn. with the investigation of local crimes. Through this for an unprecedented floor area ratio (FAR) in the route of the parade as well as a doubling of the pilot program, Borough President Adams has borough’s central business district as well as the sale number of NYPD ocers from last year’s total, Photo Credit: Patrick Rheaume/Brooklyn BP’s Oce allocated $2,500 each in discretionary funds to the of municipal air rights at a New York City Depart- patrolling in uniform and plainclothes. Alliance for Coney Island, Crown Heights Jewish ment of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Community Council, Myrtle Avenue Revitalization building located at 295 Flatbush Avenue Extension Borough President Adams spoke with the media for Project Local Development Corporation (LDC) in to allow for the creation of the proposed develop- the first time about his recent type 2 diabetes Clinton Hill and Fort Greene, Pitkin Avenue ment, which he requested be inclusive of cultural diagnosis as he hosted his third annual “Cut the Business Improvement District (BID) in Browns- space and new school seats as well as aordable Salt, Curb the Sugar” expo on Thursday, July 29th, ville, as well as the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID; housing units able to support families and be where he also demonstrated low-sodium, low-sugar these grants have been designated for the purchase reasonably priced for senior citizens. dishes from a free cookbook of recipes distributed of security camera technology that will monitor to the public. The event, developed in partnership street activity. Borough President Adams To protect the safety of participants in the annual with DOHMH’s Oce of Faith-Based Initiatives, showcased some of the new equipment at Mr Clean J’Ouvert festivities in September and to honor this the Brooklyn District Public Health Oce, and the It, a dry cleaning business in Crown Heights. celebration of Caribbean culture, Borough Brooklyn Interfaith Advisory Group, also featured President Adams, New York City Police Depart- blood pressure screenings and complimentary After an extensive dialogue with local stakeholders ment (NYPD) Commissioner William J. Bratton, “Health Bucks” usable at the Brooklyn Borough and community activists, including a public hearing and Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Community Aairs Unit Hall Greenmarket. The cookbook includes healthy BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT at Brooklyn Borough Hall, Borough President Commissioner Marco Carrión (CAU) on Tuesday, tips, as well as recipes from aspiring chefs through- Adams submitted a Uniform Land Use Review July 26th unveiled #WeAreJOuvert, a campaign out Brooklyn, who will also be aorded an opportu- Procedure (ULURP) recommendation on Thurs- comprised of public safety and community outreach nity to submit recipes for a digital version of the day, July 21th regarding several applications related eorts that will be undertaken by a coalition of local cookbook on brooklyn-usa.org. ERIC L. ADAMS’ UPCOMING EVENTS MESSAGE OF THE MONTH EVERY MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SATURDAY, AUGUST 6TH WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17TH 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 Brooklyn Borough Hall Brooklyn Borough Hall WHAT’S UP AT BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL? SCORE NYC Small Business Mentoring Brooklyn’s Global Big Latch On Diabetes Awareness Program On with the show! Borough President minutes, and Miki Sudo took the overnight sleep-in at Bushwick Inlet EVERY TUESDAY SUNDAY, AUGUST 7TH THURSDAY, AUGUST 18TH Adams helped cut the ribbon for the women’s title, eating 38 and a half hot Park in Williamsburg to call on the 9:00 PM – 12:00 PM 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Brooklyn Borough Hall Brooklyn Borough Hall and Columbus Park Brooklyn Borough Hall – Community Room 5,000-seat Ford Amphitheater at dogs in the same timespan. owner of the 11-acre CitiStorage site Room G-80 3rd Annual International Day of Friendship Youth Organization Capacity Building Workshop Coney Island Boardwalk on Wednesday, needed to complete the park to accept FREE Legal Services for All – Veterans’ Issues THURSDAY, AUGUST 18TH June 29th. This brand-new oceanside Sing, Sing, Sing! On Friday, July 1st, the City’s oer of $100 million for the MONDAY, AUGUST 8TH 7:00 PM 7:30 PM venue, made possible in part through Borough President Adams invited property. Only six and a half of the full EVERY WEDNESDAY Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk Wingate Park 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM Seaside Summer Concert Series 2016 investment from Brooklyn Borough Brooklynites to join him and production 27 acres of Bushwick Inlet Park that Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series 2016 Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 Hall, hosted its first shows on Indepen- company On Stage At Kingsborough for were promised to local residents have FREE Legal Services for All – Family Law FRIDAY, AUGUST 19TH WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10TH 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM dence Day and will act as the new home “Hot Summer Nights!”, a free outdoor actually been developed. 7:00 PM Kingsborough Community College THIRD MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH of the free Seaside Summer Concert concert series he sponsored at the Long Meadow North at Prospect Park Seniors by the Sea 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM A Summer Movie Under the Stars Series for which Borough President Lighthouse Bandshell on the campus of On Monday, July 11th, Borough Presi- Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 SATURDAY, AUGUST 20TH Adams serves as host. Kingsborough Community College in dent Adams joined Council Member FREE Legal Services for All – Domestic Violence FRIDAY, AUGUST 12TH 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM 6:30 PM Brooklyn Borough Hall Manhattan Beach. Music-lovers Rafael Espinal at a ribbon-cutting for the SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH Church of God of East Flatbush Career Panel Conference on Sports Industry Professions With great ‘relish,’ Borough President enjoyed four Saturday evening perfor- second phase of the renovation of Heck- 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Citizen Preparedness Training Program and Back to School Readiness Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 Adams hosted the weigh-in for the mances of gospel, jazz, soul, swing, and scher Playground in Bushwick, featuring FREE Legal Services for All – Foreclosure annual Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog- other musical genres with great views of new basketball courts and hoops, a new FRIDAY, AUGUST 12TH If you have an interest in any of these events, Intervention/Prevention Services 7:00 PM please contact us by visiting brooklyn-usa.org for Eating Contest on Friday, July 1st at the Atlantic Ocean. synthetic-turf multi-purpose sports field Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk SECOND THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH Seaside Summer Concert Series 2016 more information or by calling our event hotline Brooklyn Borough Hall. At the contest, and perimeter track, as well as upgrades 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM at (718) 802-2328. Additionally, to stay up-to- held on Monday, July 4th outside the Camping out for a cause, Borough to the water systems and drainage. Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 MONDAY, AUGUST 15TH date with the oce, visit www.brooklyn-usa.org historic Surf Avenue eatery in Coney President Adams joined community Borough President Adams provided $1 FREE Legal Services for All – Housing Matters, Trusts 7:30 PM to sign up for Borough President Adams’s paper- Island, Joey Chestnut won the men’s activists and Representative Carolyn and Estates, Elder Law, and Government Benefits Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk less notifications, like his Facebook page, and Continued on next page Seaside Summer Concert Series 2016 follow @BPEricAdams on Twitter. championship, eating 70 hot dogs in 10 Maloney on Saturday, July 9th for an AUGUST 2016 WWW.BROOKLYN-USA.ORG WWW.BROOKLYN-USA.ORG AUGUST 2016 Borough President Adams joined NYPD Commissioner Bratton and Mayor de Blasio’s CAU At a memorial ceremony to honor a young man killed by an o-duty police ocer who was Commissioner Carrión at Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights to unveil #WeAreJOuvert, a allegedly driving drunk in Williamsburg, Borough President Adams urged the New York City campaign comprised of public safety and community outreach eorts that will be undertaken by Police Department (NYPD) to support police ocers who need treatment for substance Borough President Adams led local elected ocials and community activists from As part of his “Cut the Salt, Curb the Sugar” event at Brooklyn Borough Hall, Borough a coalition of local stakeholders in advance of J’Ouvert festivities in Brooklyn this September.
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