LATEST INITIATIVES Borough President Adams unveiled his recommendations program launch was part of the larger kick-o of the Eagle Heights; it will also be traveling to sites such as Bedford on Wednesday, April 4th for a proposed rezoning along Project, a partnership championed by Borough President Atlantic Shelter in Crown Heights, Kingsboro Star Men’s portions of Hanson Place, South Elliott Place, and South Adams between the Mayor’s Young Men’s Initiative, DOE Shelter in East Flatbush, and Linden Avenue Men’s Portland Avenue in Fort Greene, as part of a Uniform O ce of Equity and Access, and EAF that aims to develop Shelter in East New York. Borough President Adams has Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) response to and support a network of young men of color from grades championed a variety of innovative approaches to serving approve with conditions applications submitted by South 6-12 to excel as future leaders committed to community at-risk populations, including plans for a mobile shower Portland LLC and Randolph Haig Day Care Center, Inc. service, scholarly excellence, and strong character. service that will serve homeless Brooklynites, day laborers, to facilitate the redevelopment of the property at Borough President Adams, who secured $3 million in City sex workers, and runaway LGBTQ+ youth, which he 142-150 South Portland Avenue into a 13-story funding for the Eagle Project, highlighted the importance announced in January through a partnership with mixed-use building with 100 dwelling units that are all of e ectively engaging young men of color and schools Brooklyn Community Services (BCS), and Turning Point designated as a ordable housing. The response was issued learning from each other on educational models that make Brooklyn. Last November, the Coalition for the Homeless following months of dialogue with local stakeholders and the most impact on the borough’s future young leaders. estimated that there were more than 63,000 people in community activists, highlighted by a public hearing he EAF’s network of public schools stands as a national model homeless shelters every night across the five boroughs, hosted at Brooklyn Borough Hall on Tuesday, February of academic excellence and socioemotional development including more than 15,700 families in Brooklyn. The 20th. Borough President Adams recommended advanc- for urban young men of color. In addition to JHS 292 Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE) street ing the development jointly proposed by the Hanson Margaret S. Douglas, the Eagle Project will pair EAF with survey conducted by the City last February found nearly Place Seventh Day Adventist Church and MDG Design + Mott Hall IV in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville Collabo- 4,000 homeless individuals on the street that night. Construction, in keeping with his groundbreaking rative Middle School and Kappa V in Brownsville, MS 394 Borough President Adams took a tour of a new barber Faith-Based Development Initiative. Concurrently, he Mary McLeod Bethune Academy and Ronald Edmonds In an e ort to highlight minority entrepreneurship in mobile at Bergen House Shelter in Crown Heights, a called for restricting the proposed rezoning to exclude any Learning Center II in Crown Heights, Highland Park Brooklyn, Borough President Adams has launched a non-contextual development, in keeping with his Community School in Cypress Hills, JHS 218 James P. #BLKCo eeInBK tour of black-owned co ee shops in the venture started by local entrepreneur Kareem Kennedy administration’s standing policy and supporting the calls Sinnott in East New York, and MS 246 Walt Whitman in borough, aiming to highlight the power of local businesses, to provide haircuts for homeless neighbors in need.
of Brooklyn Community Board 2 (CB 2). Flatbush. particularly those owned by African-Americans, in Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s O ce revitalizing communities that have experienced decades of On Saturday, April 14th, Borough President Adams Borough President Adams hailed a first-of-its-kind economic stagnation. He kicked o his tour on Friday, joined newly appointed New York City Department of empowerment partnership with Kennedy Conglomerate April 20th at Bushwick Grind, a co ee shop and commu- Education (DOE) Chancellor Richard Carranza, Eagle Inc., a venture started by local entrepreneur Kareem nity gathering space in Williamsburg that also serves Academy Foundation (EAF) President and CEO David Kennedy, for a mobile barber service to which he allocated handcrafted drinks, pastries, and sandwiches, and at BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT Banks, and hundreds of students and mentors at JHS 292 $3,000 in discretionary funding to provide free haircuts Bittersweet, a co ee shop and ice cream parlor in Fort Margaret S. Douglas in East New York to launch the Eagle for homeless neighbors in need across the borough. He Greene. To date, his tour has also taken to him Corner Academy Mentoring Program, a groundbreaking joined New York City Department of Social Services Grind and Mixtape Club in Bedford-Stuyvesant, as well as multi-year initiative connecting hundreds of sixth-grade (DSS) Commissioner Steven Banks in kicking o this pilot Sol Sips in Bushwick. Follow the #BLKCo eeInBK tour on male students of color at middle schools across central project on Wednesday, April 18th at Bergen House, a social media and, as Borough President Adams said, “Don’t ERIC L. ADAMS’ and eastern Brooklyn with positive male role models. The 104-bed shelter for men over the age of 62 in Crown just post about them, patronize them!” MESSAGE OF THE MONTH UPCOMING EVENTS
EVERY MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SECOND THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH FRIDAY, MAY 4TH WHAT’S UP AT BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL? 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM Brooklyn Borough Hall – Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 Brooklyn Borough Hall – Courtroom trainings on how to recognize and Constituent Assistance Center FREE Legal Services for All – Housing Matters, Trusts Cinco de Mayo Happy Financial Education Empower- April 5th, they held a fashion show to Constituent Assistance Center Walk-In and Estates, Elder Law, and Government Benefits ment Month! Borough President reverse an opioid overdose, as well as open Fashion Week Brooklyn, showcas- MONDAY, MAY 7TH VARIOUS DATES Adams kicked o a serious of financial restore breathing using the lifesaving ing an array of local young designers and 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EVERY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY VARIOUS TIMES medication naloxone. Hundreds of Brooklyn Borough Hall literacy events with his Financially Savvy models. They also partnered on a survi- VARIOUS TIMES Various Locations Plant-Based/Vegan Meetup attendees came out to the Brooklyn Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 FREE Overdose Prevention Training Youth Conference on Wednesday, April vors’ ceremony for Denim Day, an SCORE NYC Small Business Mentoring 4th at Brooklyn College in Flatbush. On Public Library’s New Lots Branch in annual international campaign to TUESDAYS, MAY 1ST TO MAY 22ND WEDNESDAYS, MAY 9TH TO JUNE 13TH East New York on Thursday, April 5th, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Wednesday, April 18th, he teamed up combat sexual violence that took place EVERY TUESDAY Brooklyn Borough Hall – Community Room Brooklyn Borough Hall – Plaza and subsequent trainings have taken 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM with NIA Community Services Network on Wednesday, April 25th, which led Brooklyn Crochets for a Cause School Lunchtime Concert Series Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 and Operation HOPE to begin a place on Tuesday, April 10th at the into a march over the Brooklyn Bridge. FREE Legal Services for All – Veterans’ Issues TUESDAY, MAY 1ST WEDNESDAY, MAY 16TH three-week “700 Credit Score Club” Sheepshead Bay Branch in Sheepshead 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Bay; Wednesday, April 18th at the Cen- Brooklyn Borough Hall – Community Room course at PS 247 The New York City Make your voice count! Voting for this FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH Brooklyn Borough Hall Brooklyn Borough Board Meeting tral Branch in Prospect Heights; 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM Older Americans Month Celebration Partnership Elementary School in Ben- year’s participatory budgeting (PB) Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 WEDNESDAY, MAY 2ND sonhurst. Capping o the month was his Wednesday, April 25th at the Bedford cycle occurred from Saturday, April 7th FREE Legal Services for All – Family Law 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM WEDNESDAY, MAY 16TH Financial Education Expo outside Branch in Bedford-Stuyvesant, and to Sunday, April 15th, empowering Brooklyn Borough Hall 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Thursday, April 26th at the Coney THIRD MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH Senior Tech: Innovations for the Digital Age Brooklyn Children’s Museum Brooklyn Borough Hall, featuring an Brooklynites in participating council- 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Fighting Back Against The Opioid Epidemic interactive discussion on financial well- Island Branch in Coney Island. manic districts to pick community-de- WEDNESDAY, MAY 2ND Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 signed projects for funding. Brooklyn FREE Legal Services for All – Domestic Violence 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM ness hosted by News 12 Brooklyn’s Kris- PS 247 The New York City College Partnership If you have an interest in any of these events, please contact tie Reeter and financial expert Jamila Borough President Adams and the BK Borough Hall once again served as a Elementary School/700 Credit Score Club us by visiting brooklyn-usa.org for more information or by SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH Sou rant. Style Foundation teamed up twice last voting site and, on Thursday, April 12th, calling our event hotline at (718) 802-2328. Additionally, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM WEDNESDAYS, MAY 2ND AND MAY 23RD to stay up-to-date with the o ce, visit brooklyn-usa.org to month at Brooklyn Borough Hall to Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM sign up for Borough President Adams’ paperless notifica- Borough President Adams has harness the power of the borough’s FREE Legal Services for All – Brooklyn Botanic Garden tions, like his Facebook page, and follow @BPEricAdams Foreclosure Intervention and Prevention Free Workshop: How To Green Your Block on Twitter. launched a free series of prevention growing fashion industry. On Thursday, Continued on next page
MAY 2018 WWW.BROOKLYN-USA.ORG WWW.BROOKLYN-USA.ORG MAY 2018 Borough President Adams held ceremonial scissors as he stood with famed comedian Tracy Borough President Adams joined Yemeni-American bodega owners and community leaders In celebration of Earth Week, Borough President Adams enjoyed a bike ride alongside Borough President Adams held up a denim jacket alongside survivors and activists observing Morgan (right-center), his wife Megan (left-center), and NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell in shutting down the 80th Street Deli in Bay Ridge, in solidarity against the Trump Adminis- dozens of local cyclists at his annual Bike-to-Work event, which started at the Willink Denim Day in the Rotunda at Brooklyn Borough Hall, standing up in support of the interna- Silver (far right) to cut the ribbon for newly refurbished basketball courts and an artistic mural tration’s executive order banning entry to the United States from Yemen and other entrance to Prospect Park and concluded at Brooklyn Borough Hall. tional campaign held annually to raise awareness of sexual violence. at Marcy Playground in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Muslim-majority countries. Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s O ce Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s O ce Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s O ce Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s O ce
Borough President Adams, the first and only of neighborhood policing, it was particularly to Brooklyn Borough Hall went up Flatbush elected o cial outside the City Council to meaningful for Borough President Adams to join Avenue, a corridor that he has asked the New COMMUNITY ALERTS commit funds to PB, joined Council Member Mayor de Blasio on Thursday, April 12th at the York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Carlos Menchaca at the 4th Avenue – 9th Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center subway to take a look at providing safe streets In response to a “Punish a Muslim Day” flyer sites about the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) On Wednesday, April 25th, Borough President Street subway station in Park Slope to get out station in Prospect Heights to announce the infrastructure, stopping by the corner of Ninth circulated in the United Kingdom calling on — a refundable credit for low- or moderate-in- Adams held the first in a series of three free the vote. expansion of the Neighborhood Coordination Street and Fifth Avenue in Park Slope to the public to attack Muslims indiscriminately come working individuals and families, including “How to Green Your Block” workshops at Brook- O cers (NCO) program to the subway system, remember Abigail Blumenstein and Joshua Lew, on Tuesday, April 3rd, Borough President those with children. The amount of EITC deduc- lyn Botanic Garden in Crown Heights, educating In celebration of the life of Winnie Mandela, including Transit District 30 in Brooklyn. who were tragically killed at the intersection last Adams convened an emergency meeting at the tion depends on the recipient’s gross income and participants on how to make their blocks more who passed away in her native South Africa on month, and turning at the Hamilton Avenue Pakistani American Youth Society in Ditmas number of dependents. Nationwide, during 2017, beautiful and green. The series, held in partner- Monday, April 2nd, Borough President Adams Borough President Adams joined famed come- underpass of the Gowanus Expressway to put a Park on Monday, April 2nd to denounce this more than 25.8 million eligible workers and ship with Barclays Center Cares, Brooklyn Com- paid tribute to the “Mother of a Nation” at the dian Tracy Morgan and community leaders in spotlight on the dangerous Red Hook crossing. vitriolic hatred and incitement of violence, and families received about $63.8 billion in EITC, on munity Foundation, New York City Department House of the Lord Church in Boerum Hill. The unveiling newly refurbished basketball courts to reassure the community that they will be average taking back $2,470. If you still need to of Cultural A airs (DCLA), and National Grid, kept safe from harm and harassment. Joining file your taxes or need more information on late Tuesday, April 10th gathering featured multime- and an artistic mural at Marcy Playground in #NoMuslimBan. That was the message at a will continue on Wednesday, May 2nd and him were members of the New York City filing, visit irs.gov. dia tributes and reflections on the lasting legacy Bedford-Stuyvesant. The Tuesday, April 17th Tuesday, April 24th rally attended by Borough Wednesday, May 23rd. It comes ahead of the Police Department (NYPD) Muslim O cers of the pioneering anti-apartheid and human ceremony was made possible by “The Last President Adams and Council Member Justin 24th annual Greenest Block in Brooklyn, a free Society, the nation’s first fraternal organization rights activist. O.G.”, a TBS series set in Brooklyn, and is part Brannan at the Yemeni-American-owned 80th representing Muslim-American police o cers. Following the brutal murder of 26-year-old contest that Borough President Adams holds of the New York City Parks Department (NYC Street Deli in Bay Ridge, as advocates called on The following day, Borough President Adams Brandy Odom, whose body was found dismem- with the Brooklyn Botanic Garden that is open to On Wednesday, April 11th, Borough President Parks)’s “Adopt-a-Park” program. the Supreme Court to strike down the Trump joined State Senator Diane Savino, Assembly bered in Canarsie Park on Monday, April 9th, all of the borough’s residential and commercial Adams honored his latest set of “Heroes of the Administration’s executive order banning entry to Member Felix Ortiz, Council Member Justin Borough President Adams joined the community blocks, as well as community gardens, to show- Month” in the Rotunda of Brooklyn Borough Happy Earth Week! On Thursday, April 19th, the United States from several Muslim-majority Brannan, and community leaders on a patrol of in a vigil on Thursday, April 12th to honor her case their best gardening and planting creations. Hall. The hero for January was HITN TV Presi- Borough President Adams hosted his annual countries, including Yemen. Later that evening, the neighborhood around Fifth Avenue and memory and to plead for anyone to come This year’s deadline to enter is Friday, June 1st. dent and CEO Mike Nieves, a son of Puerto Stop ‘N’ Swap in partnership with Grow NYC Borough President Adams celebrated the 68th Street in Bay Ridge. He also joined local forward with information on the potential perpe- The winners are selected by a panel of judges and Rican immigrants from Bushwick who provided and the New York City Department of Sanita- richness of Arab-American culture and cuisine at Muslim leaders and imams at the Islamic trator of this heinous crime. To keep the atten- then announced in a ceremony held in August, supplies to those in need following Hurricane tion (DSNY). Community members brought a heritage event at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Society of Bay Ridge, where he spoke to the tion on this case, in partnership with clergy mem- with dozens of prizes awarded for greening bers, community advocates, and local elected Maria. February’s posthumous hero was Peter their books, clothing, electronics, housewares, congregation about the need to stay vigilant e orts. To register for the workshops and for o cials in Canarsie including State Senator Wang, a Brooklyn-born student who lost his life and toys to the plaza outside Brooklyn Borough Investing in our communities! On Thursday, against intolerance and violence. If you are a more information on this program, visit Roxanne Persaud, Assembly Member Jaime saving others in the Parkland school shooting. Hall for free exchange or pickup. On Wednes- April 26th, Borough President Adams helped witness to or experience abuse or harassment bbg.org/learn/community. Williams, Council Member Alan Maisel, and Bedford-Stuyvesant’s Tamara Jenkins, a school day, April 25th, he teamed up with the Brooklyn break ground on the restoration of Prospect of any kind, contact the New York City Com- District Leaders Sue Ann Partnow and Frank safety o cer who saved a student from choking, Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB) to hold a Park’s Flatbush Avenue perimeter, for which his mission on Human Rights by visiting nyc.gov- /humanrights. Seddio, he returned to the park with Odom’s was March’s hero, and Bensonhurst native Jamil panel discussion on waste and sustainability in o ce allocated $1 million in capital funding to family and friends on Monday, April 16th to Luis Cruz, a Brooklyn College student who, after the Community Room of Brooklyn Borough open access to the park’s east side. The next day, Ahead of the nationwide tax filing deadline on drape a blocks-long memorial pink ribbon along Our Constituent Assistance Center is here to being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, has Hall. he cut the ribbon for New York University Tuesday, April 17th, Borough President Adams its entrance to mark one week since the discov- serve all of Brooklyn. If you or someone you know worked to raise awareness and research funds to (NYU) Tandon School of Engineering’s new joined Brooklyn Borough Hall sta on a street ery of her murder. He has committed $1,000 of are having any issues, or if you have questions combat the disease, was the hero for April. On Monday, April 23rd, Borough President cleanroom; he allotted $1 million to this outreach campaign across the borough on his personal funds to the reward for information about topics such as alternate side parking, Adams and dozens of local cyclists took part in first-in-the-borough facility that will be used to Monday, April 9th, telling morning commuters that brings Odom’s murderer to justice. If you sidewalk pickup, or other community matters, As a former New York City Police Department his annual Bike-to-Work ride, which started at fabricate advanced devices and materials on the at the Myrtle-Wycko Avenues subway have any information, please call (800) including the topics in this month’s update, call the (NYPD) transit o cer, and an early champion the Willink entrance to Prospect Park. The route micro- and nano-scale. station in Bushwick and other highly-tra cked 577-TIPS. Center at (718) 802-3700.
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