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Carlos Menchaca

Feb
19
Sunset Park Street Vendors Say They Are Forced To Black Market For Permits

Sunset Park Street Vendors Say They Are Forced To Black Market For Permits

Vendors Heleodora Vivar-flores and Polcarpo Cortes pleaded their case before CB 7. (Photo by Logan Frazier/Bensonhurst Bean)Sunset Park
2 min read
Feb
17
BP Adams Pledges $1 Million In Participatory Budgeting Funds To 10 Council Districts

BP Adams Pledges $1 Million In Participatory Budgeting Funds To 10 Council Districts

Courtesy of Councilman Treyger’s OfficeGood news for participatory budgeting (PBNYC) fans: An extra $100,000 could be coming your
2 min read
Feb
08
City Council Bill Proposes Allowing Cyclists To Cross With The Pedestrian Light

City Council Bill Proposes Allowing Cyclists To Cross With The Pedestrian Light

Photo via lottaluggage_grace [https://www.instagram.com/p/6usYOGR-b8/?tagged=brooklynbike]A new City Council bill [http://legistar.council.
2 min read
Sep
23

Help Decide How Millions Of Dollars Will Be Spent On Local Projects At Upcoming Participatory Budgeting Neighborhood Assemblies

Photo by South Slope NewsIt’s that time of year again, where local residents are given a voice in how
1 min read
Aug
05

City Council Makes Historic Investment Into Local Day Laborer Centers

Photo by Worker’s Justice Project [http://workersjustice.org/2015/08/03/victory-new-york-city-council-make-historic-investment-in-day-labor-centers/] City Council will inject $500,000 into
2 min read
Jun
10
Have Your Say At The Citi Bike Community Planning Workshop

Have Your Say At The Citi Bike Community Planning Workshop

Citi Bike [https://www.citibikenyc.com/] is expanding into Community Board 6 [http://www.brooklyncb6.org/] and wants your feedback
1 min read
Apr
08
Cast Your District 38 Participatory Budgeting Vote Starting Saturday

Cast Your District 38 Participatory Budgeting Vote Starting Saturday

If you’re 14 or older and live in District 38, you can vote in Councilmember Carlos Menchaca [http://council.
1 min read
Jan
12
Registration Now Open For IDNYC

Registration Now Open For IDNYC

Photo via IDNYC [https://www.facebook.com/332355410282669/photos/pb.332355410282669.-2207520000.1421086229./338113149706895/?type=3&theaterg] Mayor Bill
3 min read
Nov
03
Help Decide How $2M Will Be Spent In Disctrict 38 At Upcoming Participatory Budgeting Neighborhood Assemblies

Help Decide How $2M Will Be Spent In Disctrict 38 At Upcoming Participatory Budgeting Neighborhood Assemblies

Following a kick-off meeting [/blog/politics/first-district-38-participatory-budgeting-meeting-of-2014-monday-night] last week, the participatory budgeting process is underway in District 38 [http://council.
1 min read
Apr
18
Participatory Budgeting Win Bringing Air Conditioning To PS 10

Participatory Budgeting Win Bringing Air Conditioning To PS 10

School will once again be cool, thanks to a big win for PS 10 [http://ps10.org/] (511 7th Avenue,
1 min read