40th Council District

Central Brooklyn

40th City Council Debate This Monday at 7pm – Submit Your Questions

This coming Monday night, June 5, between 7pm and 9pm atBKLYN Commons [http://bklyncommons.com/]there will be a debate among the candidates for the 40th City Council District seat to represent Flatbush (including Ditmas Park and Prospect Lefferts Gardens). Submit your questions to 40debate@gmail.com and hear the

Central Brooklyn

Council Member Eugene Will Face Challenger In 2017

Councilmember Mathieu Eugene, at microphone, speaking at a press conference in 2015. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)Mathieu Eugene, who has represented the Flatbush area in the New York City Council since 2007, will have some competition next year. Brian-Christopher Antonio Cunningham [http://www.briancunninghamnyc.com/about/brian/] has filed paperwork

40th Council District

Listen Up, Councilman Eugene! Neighbors Call On Lawmaker To Change Stance On Participatory Budgeting

Neighbors are now joining forces to call on Councilman Mathieu Eugene to become involved in participatory budgeting.A group of neighbors have a message for Councilman Mathieu Eugene [http://council.nyc.gov/d40/html/members/home.shtml]: it’s time to change your stance on participatory budgeting [http://pbnyc.org/

40th Council District

Tonight: Attend A Participatory Budgeting Meeting With Councilman Jumaane Williams

While neighbors have been disappointed [/blog/news/notes-mondays-community-board-14-meeting] that Councilman Mathieu Eugene isn’t involved in the city’s participatory budgeting program [http://pbnyc.org/], which allows constituents to directly vote on projects they’d like funded, community members will still get a chance to have a say on what