Borough President Adams shared a moment of LATEST INITIATIVES silence during the Presentation of the Colors at his annual September 11th remembrance ceremony at Ahead of the L train shutdown slated to take place to know where their children are, especially as they brought together friends groups and green space Brooklyn Borough Hall. next April, Borough President Adams joined are being transported to and from school. For advocates from all five boroughs to discuss the work Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s O ce Representative Carolyn Maloney, State Senator families with students who face disabilities or other that they do in their local communities to keep their Brian Kavanagh, and transportation advocates at a medical challenges, this can be a matter of life and parks clean and green. The initiative, which emerged press conference on Monday, September 17th, to death. In 2018, there is zero reason why we haven’t from a comprehensive parks report he released address the impact of the L train repairs, including developed a secure app to track a school bus along its earlier this year, started a parks coalition that will the introduction of the L-4 shuttle bus for commut- route in real time. OPT needs to move out of the bring together stakeholders to speak up, share ideas, ers in Williamsburg as well as L-5 shuttle bus for dark ages and outfit its contracted bus fleet with the and organize around the need to preserve and expand residents of Canarsie and surrounding neighbor- technology, and if they won’t do it on their own the green spaces in every community across the city. hoods — mitigation e orts that they fought to City Council should require it by law. I urge my secure. He called on the Metropolitan Transporta- colleagues across the city to co-sponsor Intro 1099, In recognition of the Honorable United States tion Authority (MTA) to add shuttle bus service to and I pledge to do what I can to bring this measure to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s the ferries in Brooklyn and to consider expanding passage.” lifetime of service, Borough President Adams the number of ferries during rush hour. He also launched a public campaign on Thursday, September called for an equitable distribution of electric buses On Monday, September 24th, Borough President 27th to rename the Brooklyn Municipal Building being used in Brooklyn and Manhattan, as well as Adams joined the Electric School Bus Campaign, located on Joralemon Street in Downtown Brooklyn urged the New York City Department of Transpor- along with the Carroll Gardens Association, Neigh- in her honor. He sent a public letter addressed to tation (DOT) to constantly monitor the cycling bors Allied for Good Growth, New York Lawyers for Mayor Bill de Blasio requesting the name change, trends in the run-up and during the beginning of the the Public Interest, and New York League of Conser- which was signed by community leaders such as State shutdown to identify whether or not additional vation Voters (NYLCV) Environmental Fund, in Senator Brian Kavanagh, Assembly Member Jo Anne safety measures must be taken. The temporary presenting the concept of electric school buses at Eric Adams @BPEricAdams @BPEricAdams closure of the Canarsie Tunnel will result in disrup- the quarterly Renewable and Sustainable Energy Simon, and Council Members Margaret Chin, tion to nearly 400,000 daily L train riders, of which Taskforce (ReSET) held at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Stephen Levin, Carlina Rivera, and Helen Rosenthal. 125,000 travel only within Brooklyn. Later that The town hall-style public forum, moderated by Other campaign partners include the Brooklyn Bar evening, Borough President Adams attended an L NYLCV Program Director Adriana Espinoza, was Association (BBA); Brooklyn Bar Association Volun- BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT train town hall at Middle Collegiate Church in the composed of experts on public health and school teer Lawyers Project (VLP); Brooklyn Heights East Village to hear from concerned residents in buses. In New York, more than two million children Association (BHA); Brooklyn Historical Society Manhattan about the potential impacts of the ride to school on diesel buses each day. Numerous (BHS); Brooklyn Law School (BLS); Columbia Law shutdown on the environment, safety, tra c, and studies have linked diesel exhaust and its byproducts ERIC L. ADAMS’ School; District Council 37 (DC37); Downtown other issues. to cancer, cardiovascular illnesses, respiratory Brooklyn Partnership (DBP); East Midwood Jewish OF THE disease, and higher mortality rates. Borough Center (EMJC); James Madison High School In support of legislation regarding a mandating of President Adams a rmed his support for electrify- MESSAGE MONTH Alumni Association; Lambda Legal; League of GPS devices on all school buses contracted by the ing the school bus fleet in Brooklyn. Women Voters of the City of New York (LWVNYC); New York City Department of Education (DOE)’s Long Island University (LIU); New York Junior O ce of Pupil Transportation (OPT), introduced Borough President Adams launched the inaugural League (NYJL); National Organization of Women – in the New York City Council by Council Members meeting of his Your Parks Are Our Parks initiative at WHAT’S UP AT BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL? New York City (NOW-NYC); Planned Parenthood Ben Kallos, Mark Treyger, and Chaim Deutsch, Brooklyn Borough Hall on Thursday, September Borough President Adams released a statement on 27th. The event, organized in partnership with of New York City, and YWCA Brooklyn. Supporters Marching with pride, Borough President on course o erings including information awareness and raise funds for research on Tuesday, September 18th that stated “parents and organizations such as New Yorkers for Parks (NY4P), can join the campaign by signing a petition to Mayor Adams took part in a number of parades technology management, user experience ovarian cancer, as well as the 5K Walk/Run in de Blasio at Change.org/RBG. guardians cannot be denied the fundamental right Partnership for Parks, and Red Hook Conservancy, across the city in September, highlighted design, and web development for those who Spring Creek Park co-sponsored by the East by the West Indian Day Parade on Monday, are unemployed or underemployed. New York Restoration Local Development September 3rd, bringing out more than a Corporation (LDC). Additionally, on Satur- UPCOMING EVENTS million people to Eastern Parkway in Crown Never forget. Borough President Adams day, September 15th, Borough President Heights to celebrate Caribbean-American commemorated the 17th anniversary of the Adams co-sponsored the Brooklyn Queens VARIOUS DAYS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2ND WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10TH culture. He also marched in the New York September 11th attacks by bringing victims’ Land Trust’s seventh Annual Bike and Walk- VARIOUS TIMES 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 Murmrr Theater – Union Temple of Brooklyn Brooklyn Borough Hall – Community Room City Labor Day Parade on Saturday, families and first responders together to ing Tour, highlighting community gardens in FREE Legal Services for Al The O ce of Nightlife Listening Tour: Brooklyn Building a Better PA/PTA September 8th along Fifth Avenue in unfurl a memorial banner with the names of Bushwick and Central Brooklyn. Midtown, the Staten Island Black Heritage all 266 Brooklyn residents who died that MONDAY, OCTOBER 1ST TO THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11TH Family Day Parade on Saturday, Septem- day. The ceremony, which took place on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3RD 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM ¡Feliz Mes de la Herencia Hispana! In WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31ST 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM ber 15th on Richmond Road in Stapleton, Friday, September 7th at Brooklyn ALL DAY Brooklyn Borough Hall – Community Room celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Brooklyn Borough Hall – Courtroom Uniform Land Use Review Procedure Public Hearing and the Muslim Day Parade on Sunday, Borough Hall, also honored those lost to Month, Borough President Adams hosted a Brooklyn Borough Hall – Lobby Building Brooklyn Right Woman to Woman Feminine Product Donation Drive September 23rd down Madison Avenue in 9/11-related illnesses and injuries in the reception and film screening of Sembrando TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH Midtown. months and years following the attacks. Tradiciones y Costumbres (Sowing THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4TH 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM MONDAY, OCTOBER 1ST 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM Brooklyn Borough Hall – Community Room Customs and Traditions) on Wednesday, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Brooklyn Borough Hall – Rotunda/BK Sings Karaoke Surviving and Thriving: Domestic Violence On Thursday, September 6th, Borough Borough President Adams co-sponsored a September 12th as well as a commemora- Brooklyn Borough Hall – BP Conference Room Platinum Edition Grand Finale Awareness Day of Empowerment President Adams partnered with the City series of walks and runs that focused on Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB) Meeting tion of the 208th anniversary of Mexican University of New York (CUNY) to environmental and health issues impacting If you have an interest in any of these events, please contact independence alongside Diego Gómez us by visiting brooklyn-usa.org for more information or by co-host a technology career training and Brooklynites. On Saturday, September 8th, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2ND THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4TH 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM calling our event hotline at (718) 802-2328. Additionally, to job placement assistance information he partner on the 10th Annual Tell Every 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM stay up-to-date with the o ce, visit brooklyn-usa.org to sign Brooklyn Borough Hall – Rotunda Brooklyn Borough Hall – Community Room up for Borough President Adams’ paperless notifications, like session at Brooklyn Borough Hall. The Amazing Lady About Ovarian Cancer Continued on next page Brooklyn Borough Board Meeting Latino Heritage Celebration 2018 his Facebook page, and follow @BPEricAdams on Twitter. event provided attendees with information (T.E.A.L.) Walk/Run in Prospect Park to raise
OCTOBER 2018 WWW.BROOKLYN-USA.ORG WWW.BROOKLYN-USA.ORG OCTOBER 2018 Borough President Adams shared a smile with his latest group of Heroes of the Month, including K.M. DiColandrea (right), an Achievement First Brooklyn High School Latin and debate teacher for leading his students to success at regional and national level tournaments, and Bijoun Eric Jordan (left), a Frederick Douglass Academy VII English teacher for raising Borough President Adams enjoyed a visit to the 13th annual Brooklyn Book Festival outside Borough President Adams joined Representative Carolyn Maloney (right) and State Senator tens of thousands of dollars to pay for his students to travel abroad. Brooklyn Borough Hall. Brian Kavanagh (left) on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg to speak out about the need for Borough President Adams shook the hand of a young onlooker at the West Indian Day Parade better communication between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the celebrating Caribbean culture and heritage along Eastern Parkway from Rochester Avenue to Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s O ce Photo Credit: Stefan Ringel/Brooklyn BP’s O ce public leading up to the L train shutdown in April 2019. Grand Army Plaza.
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On Monday, September 10th, Borough President Council to host the annual Brooklyn Recovery Confer- helping residents get to their destinations, increasing Pickering, consul general of Mexico in New Victims Detective Kimberly Marshall for For Accessing Capital at Brooklyn Borough Adams called on the New York City Police Pension ence held at Brooklyn Borough Hall on Friday, Septem- tourism, and promoting economic development. To York, and other dignitaries on Wednesday, serving as the lead investigator into the rape Hall on Thursday, September 27th. The Fund to change its punitive rules on disability pension ber 14th, with support from organizations including submit your feedback on potential new ferry routes and September 19th. Both events were held at of an 11-year-old girl in Prospect-Le erts workshop, sponsored by Accion, America’s claims review for New York City Police Department Bridge Back to Life Center, Inter-borough Develop- stops, visit nycedc.com/resources/studies/2018-fer- Brooklyn Borough Hall. Gardens. Other heroes included Garry Small Business Development Center (NYPD) personnel with 9/11-related illnesses. The mental and Consultation Center, Foundation for a ry-feasibility-study. NYPD’s pension board requires multiple forms of Drug-Free World: The Americas Chapter, Peer Alliance Danilov for being a good Samaritan who (SBDC) New York, Brooklyn Hispanic proof from 9/11 first responders who participated in Recovery Center, Phoenix House, Quest Diagnostics, On the one year anniversary of Hurricane Maria, Reading is fundamental! On Sunday, rescued victims from a car wreck in Sheeps- Chamber of Commerce, and New York City rescue, recovery, debris cleanup, or related support Smart Recovery, and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and which devastated Puerto Rico and other Caribbean September 16th, Borough President Adams head Bay; Achievement First Brooklyn Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, provided services. Seventeen years after the terror attack, a Transgender Community (LGBT) Center. The theme at islands, Borough President Adams issued a statement co-sponsored the 13th annual Brooklyn High School teacher K.M. DiColandrea Hispanic-owned businesses with informa- number of claims have been denied or caught up in this year’s conference was “Innovation, Information, on Thursday, September 20th, stating that “while our bureaucratic red tape due to the di culty in recover- and Inspiration: What’s Di erent This Time?” discussing Book Festival, a literary celebration at sites (DiCo) for founding a traveling speech and tion on how to access sources of financing. fellow citizens continue to struggle, far from full ing lost records, a fact acknowledged by the NYPD. the importance of raising awareness of battling recovery, we are amid another deadly hurricane season. across Downtown Brooklyn. He kicked o debate team for his Crown Heights Borough President Adams, a NYPD veteran who was addiction across a range of substances including alcohol, Puerto Rico is more vulnerable today than it was a year himself a 9/11 first responder who reported to Ground amphetamines, marijuana, and opioids. More than 800 the festival with a panel entitled “Eat students; Bijoun Eric Jordan, a Frederick Rats! Borough President Adams joined the ago, and should another storm strike in the weeks Zero, was joined by fellow 9/11 first responders Detec- Brooklyn residents have been trained in overdose ahead, it is hard to imagine how children and families will Healthy To Be Healthy alongside Douglass Academy VII English teacher who New York City Department of Health and tive Vanessa Dedanzine, who is facing breast cancer, prevention through an ongoing partnership between cope. Just as important is how FEMA and our Federal plant-based authors Tracye McQuirter and has raised tens of thousands of dollars for Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) in presenting a and Lieutenant Maureen Gill, who was diagnosed with Borough President Adams, the Brooklyn Committee of Lukas Vulgar. dozens of his low-income students of color free rat academy on safe and e ective rat ovarian cancer; both have had their disability pension Alcoholism and Addictive Services, Brooklyn Commu- government will respond, as the feeble and half-hearted relief e orts of the Trump Administration to date have in Brownsville to travel abroad, and Food prevention methods on Thursday, Septem- claims denied and shared their personal stories. nity Recovery Center, Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), Borough President Adams called on the NYPD’s DOHMH, and NYPD on a series of free training been a principal cause for the escalating toll of lives lost. Plant Power! That was the spirit behind A Bank for New York City for launching a ber 27th at Brooklyn Law School in Down- pension board to allow 9/11 first responder claimants sessions that have been held throughout this year. I join the mounting call across our nation for Congres- Plant-Based Family A air, a gathering that donation drive for feminine care products town Brooklyn. This training was open for to provide a single form of proof of presence, a reform Brooklyn residents who would like to request an opioid sional legislation to establish an independent inquiry, on Borough President Adams hosted at Brook- for women in need. building supers, businesses, homeowners, he feels may become even more important as 9/11-re- overdose prevention training in their neighborhood the model of the 9/11 Commission, that would lyn Borough Hall on Tuesday, September managing companies, maintenance person- lated illnesses possibly emerge in the years to come. should email [email protected]. thoroughly review the response to Hurricane Maria. Additionally, on Monday, September 17th, he spoke Lives are at stake, both now and in the future.” Borough 18th in partnership with NYC Hip Hop is The Pulse of Brooklyn! That was the theme nel, and tenants alike. Free rodent-resistant out in support of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) On Tuesday, September 18th, the New York City President Adams also participated in the NYC4PR Green. Attendees enjoyed healthy, of the 44th annual Atlantic Antic on bins were ra ed o to participants. workers who are facing 9/11-related illnesses to be Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) silent procession on Sunday, September 23rd, marching plant-based food and music as they heard Sunday, September 23rd, stretching along provided with unlimited paid sick leave as it has been released a feasibility study for new routes to be added to from East Harlem to Trump Tower in Midtown to focus implemented for firefighters, police o cers, and the existing NYC Ferry system, which currently stops attention on the ongoing crisis facing American citizens from guest speakers about the power of a Atlantic Avenue between Fourth Avenue In partnership with the Sino America New other public sector workers. In a public statement, he in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn plant-based diet in transforming health and Hicks Street., which Borough President York Brooklyn Archway Association, in Puerto Rico. To track the Federal response to noted “none of our first responders should be treated Heights, DUMBO, Greenpoint, Red Hook, Sunset Hurricane Maria, visit fema.org/hurricane-maria. outcomes. Adams co-hosted the largest street festival Borough President Adams hosted the 2018 as second-class citizens, including our first-class EMS Park, and Williamsburg. The first phase of the study will in New York City included street vendors Autumn Festival on Sunday, September workers. I strongly believe that government must go include discussions with community stakeholders, and above and beyond its call of duty to help those that an evaluation of population density, existing transit On Thursday, September 20th, Borough o ering goods and services as well as a 30th at Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The performed the ultimate duty on our most tragic day.” access, and environmental impacts. Residents are asked President Adams honored his latest cultural display of Brooklyn’s diverse com- event featured activities for the whole If you believe you should receive benefits due to a to submit their comments on where they suggest a Our Constituent Assistance Center is here to serve “Heroes of the Month” at Brooklyn munities. family including an arts and crafts station, 9/11-related illness or injury, please call our Constitu- study for a new ferry stop. Borough President Adams all of Brooklyn. If you or someone you know are Borough Hall for their contributions to the balloon animal twisting, cotton candy, face ent Assistance Center at (718) 802-3700. has been outspoken about the need to expand ferry having any issues, or if you have questions about topics services to southern Brooklyn including in Canarsie and such as alternate side parking, sidewalk pickup, or borough including New York City Police Borough President Adams joined Ponce painting, giveaways, popcorn, and tempo- Borough President Adams partnered with the Coney Island — two transit-starved locations that would other community matters, including the topics in this Department (NYPD) Brooklyn Special Bank in presenting Technical Assistance rary body art tattoos. Brooklyn Alcoholism and Addictive Services greatly benefit from increased connectivity in terms of month’s update, call the Center at (718) 802-3700.
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