COUNCIL MEMBER HELEN ROSENTHAL INVITES YOU TO HER TOWN HALL! 2018 WINTER NEWS BULLETIN Thursday, April 26th, 2018 - 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER HELEN ROSENTHAL JCC Auditorium • 334 Amsterdam Avenue (at 76th Street) 6TH COUNCIL DISTRICT: 563 Columbus Avenue (at the corner of 87th Street) New York, NY 10024 • (212) 873-0282 For accommodation requests, please contact our office at (212) 873-0282 x206 Representatives from the following agencies will answer your questions:

Department of Education (DOE) Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) Department of Parks & Recreation DEAR NEIGHBOR, Department of Transportation (DOT) Housing Authority (NYCHA) Department of Housing Preservation Department of Sanitation (DSNY) ConEd & Development (HPD) The moment has arrived — it’s time to vote on how YOU want Thank you to everyone who helped us get to this point. These are Department of Buildings (DOB) Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Human Resources Administration (HRA) to spend $1 million of YOUR tax dollars to improve the Upper all great projects, and it will be difficult to choose just five! West Side! RSVP appreciated but not required I also invite you to join me at my annual Town Hall on Thursday, With all that our country is facing, it has never been more important April 26th, where you can ask questions to representatives to get engaged in community decision making. Participatory from over a dozen city agencies, including the Departments of Presorted Budgeting (PB) is an extraordinary opportunity to do just that. I am Transportation, Education, and Sanitation. As we did last year, we 2018 WINTER NEWS BULLETIN MEMBER Standard always amazed by the energy and the creativity that Upper West hope to announce the winning PB projects at the Town Hall. U.S. Postage Siders pour into the process. PAID You can RSVP to the Town Hall on my website, and also sign-up New York City Council This newsletter includes a list of the projects that will be included to receive email updates about PB, the Town Hall, and other HELEN ROSENTHAL 10007 on the final PB ballot. These projects were submitted by Upper community events and news. Last year’s winning PB projects, as West Siders and developed into real proposals through the hard well as City agency answers to constituent questions at the 2017 NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL • 250 BROADWAY, 30TH FL. • NEW YORK, NY 10007 work of our neighborhood volunteers. If you would like to volunteer Town Hall, can be found on my website as well. 6th District, Manhattan next year, please let us know! 563 Columbus Avenue In the spirit of PB, I have been leading a monthly conversation at St. New York, NY 10024 Voting will take place from Saturday, April 7 to Sunday, April 15. Agnes Library about ways residents can engage in civic activism. Tel: (212) 873-0282 Remember, this is NOT a political election – you don’t need to be We meet one Saturday a month. Check the events calendar on my [email protected] registered to vote. You just need to live or be a student on the Upper website for details. I look forward to seeing you in the neighborhood! West Side, and be at least 14 years of age. If you can’t come to a Warmly, voting location, call us, and we’ll send you an absentee ballot. You can also vote online. Check my website, www.helenrosenthal.com, during PB week for details.

REAL MONEY. REAL PROJECTS. REAL POWER. VOTE for the projects YOU want to improve the neighborhood! $1 million will fund the winning projects

Voting week is Boletas en Español Saturday, April 7 - estarán disponibles Sunday, April 15 durante la semana in locations across the district de votación Helen is sworn in for her second term by Hon. Civil Court Judge Leslie Participatory Budgeting in action at Amsterdam Houses. (Photo: Office Stroth on January 28, 2018 at P.S. 191. (Photo: Jeff Reed, NY City Council). of CM Helen Rosenthal). VOTING LOCATIONS & TIMES PRELIMINARY LIST OF Monday, April 9 • 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. John Jay College 2017-2018 PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROJECTS 524 West 59th St. (between 10th and 11th Avenues) Tuesday, April 10 • 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. COUNCIL MEMBER HELEN ROSENTHAL Hargrave House 111 West 71st St. (between Columbus and Amsterdam) DISTRICT 6: AND UPPER CLINTON Wednesday, April 11 • 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Peter Jay Sharp Symphony Space 2537 Broadway (between 94th and 95th Streets) CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES PARKS AND RECREATION PUBLIC SAFETY Thursday, April 12 • 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Riverside Library Branch Yard Renovation and Beautification at Youth Tennis Courts in Riverside Park Window Replacement at Engine Company 127 Amsterdam Ave. (between 65th and 66th Streets) Harborview Terrace (NYC Housing Location: Next to the sand pits in Riverside Park 74 Firehouse Authority Development) on 105th St. Location: Engine Company 74 Firehouse Friday, April 13 • 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Location: Courtyard at Harborview Terrace Cost: $400,000 (120 West 83rd St.) Assembly Member Danny O’Donnell’s District Office (525 West 55th St.), next to the Clinton Senior Center Description: Installation of youth-sized tennis Cost: $500,000 245 West 104th St. (between Broadway and West End Avenue) Cost: $500,000 courts next to the beach volleyball courts in Description: Replacement of windows at landmark Saturday, April 14 • 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Description: Renovations of the communal Riverside Park. firehouse to improve safety and the quality of the St. Agnes Library Branch courtyard at the Harborview Terrace public work environment for firefighters. 444 Amsterdam Ave. (between 81st and 82nd Streets) housing development. Sprinkler Play Area Renovation at Sunday, April 15 • Noon to 2:00 p.m. Stephen Wise Towers (NYC Housing Community Board 7 Offices Technology Upgrade for 3 U.W.S. Libraries Authority Development) SCHOOLS 250 West 87th St. (between Broadway and West End Avenue) Location: St. Agnes Library (444 Amsterdam Ave.), Location: Stephen Wise Towers Riverside Library (127 Amsterdam Ave.), and Library (117 West 90th St.) P.S. 166 Technology Upgrades MORE WAYS TO VOTE for the Performing Arts (40 Lincoln Center Plaza) Cost: $500,000 Location: P.S. 166 (132 West 89th St.) Cost: $200,000 Description: Restoration of the concrete bowl Cost: $250,000 Our district office (87th Street and Columbus Avenue) will be a Description: Purchase of new self-checkout kiosks, permanent PB voting location during the week of Monday, April 9 - and replacement of the sprinkler system in the Description: Purchase of new promethean boards, Friday, April 13, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. laptop and desktop computers, printers, and wifi courtyard of the Stephen Wise Towers public desktop computers, tables, chairs, and electrical upgrades at all three libraries. housing development. outlets for the technology lab and 12 classrooms. PB voting runs from Saturday, April 7 thru Sunday, April 15. Additional “pop-up” voting locations will be added as Vote Week approaches. Please visit our website, www.helenrosenthal.com, call (212) 873-0282, Replacement of St. Agnes Library Tree Guards and Neighborhood P.S. 9/Center School Auditorium Renovation ext 206, or email [email protected] for updates. Security System Beautification Location: John Jasper Complex Location: St. Agnes Library Location: Throughout the Upper West Side (100 West 84th St.) If you are unable to come to one of our voting sites, you can also: (444 Amsterdam Ave.) Cost: $42,000 Cost: $500,000 1. Vote by Mail: Please contact our office by April 2, 2018 to request Cost: $80,000 Description: Installation of tree guards around Description: Replacement of all 374 seats in the that we mail you a PB ballot. We must receive your completed ballot no Description: Purchase of new security camera 35 young trees on the sidewalks of the Upper Auditorium of P.S. 9/Center School. later than April 12th, or your vote will not be included in the final tally. system for St. Agnes Library. West Side. Absentee ballots should be sent to the Office of City Council Member Helen Rosenthal, 563 Columbus Ave, New York, NY 10024. VOTING REQUIREMENTS: * Please note that this list is for informational purposes and 2. Vote On-line: We will be emailing residents with details about how 1. Must be at least 14 years old AND to vote online. Sign up at www.helenrosenthal.com/pb to be on our is not a ballot. Projects may be listed in a different order on email list. Online voting will also be available during PB vote week on 2. Must live in District 6 or attend high school or college in the district. the final ballot. Voters can choose up to five projects. the City Council website, www.council.nyc.gov.