Announcements
Participatory budgeting in action. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)The participatory budgeting process gives New Yorkers the power to decide [http://labs.council.nyc/pb/] how to spend tax dollars in our neighborhoods. Every year, the participatory budgeting (PB) process begins with an idea collection phase, which is facilitated by our
Animals
Photo: Ditmas Park CornerTwo additional projects chosen by our community via Participatory Budgeting (PB) have received the green light. The office of Council Member Mathieu Eugene has announced that out of the eleven projects on the PB ballot for the 40th District, nine now have funding to go forward — the
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Participatory Budgeting ProjectThe people have spoken — at least when it comes to participatory budgeting [/blog/news/get-ready-to-vote-in-participatory-budgeting/]. Tens of thousands of New Yorkers voted this Spring on how to spend public dollars via Participatory Budgeting — the highest turnout yet in five years. This year, 28 City Council districts
Arts & Culture
Shinbone Alley Stilt Band. (Photo: Anney Fresh)The wind was so strong it knocked the police barricades over, but it didn’t stop neighbors yesterday from celebrating what promises to be a beautiful new plaza at Avenue C and McDonald Avenue [/blog/events/meet-your-neighbors-who-are-creating-a-plaza-in-kensington-beautiful-plaza/] . Yesterday’s “one day plaza event”
Central Brooklyn
Screenshot of map showing some of the Participatory Budgeting projects on this year’s ballot in the 39th, 40th and 45th Councilmanic districts.Participatory Budgeting [http://council.nyc.gov/html/pb/faq.shtml#what-is-participatory-budgeting] (PB) Vote Week is March 26th to April 3rd! Residents of the 39th (Brad Lander), 40th
Central Brooklyn
Cafe Madeline on Cortelyou Road, one of many area establishments where freelancers work. Photo: crissachappellAre you a freelancer who is struggling to get paid in a timely fashion? New York City Councilmember Brad Lander wants the City to go to bat for you. The City Council’s Consumer Affairs committee
Central Brooklyn
DOT representatives discusses changes to Terrace Place. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)The NYC Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml]announced several changes to Terrace Place in Windsor Terrace in order to increase pedestrian safety in the area at a Community
Avenue C neighbors
The proposed plans and schedule for the forthcoming Avenue C/McDonald Avenue Plaza are up for public review at two meetings this Wednesday and Thursday. The Kensington Stewards and Neighborhood Plaza Partnership, the Plaza’s sponsors, are hosting a meeting on Thursday, October 22 meeting at PS 179, 202 Avenue
589 Prospect Avenue
Community leaders cut the ribbon on the new Windsor Farms Market.After about three years of advocacy from community members and local elected officials — including former Borough President Marty Markowitz, Councilman Brad Lander and Assemblyman Jim Brennan — the Windsor Farms Market [/business/hello-key-food-windsor-farms-market-officially-opens] (589 Prospect Avenue, by 11th Avenue) held
Councilman Brad Lander
Photo by Bernard Surulo [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=355377754671731&set=o.143224269148309&type=1] After this week’s rain caused familiar flooding at the south ramp of the Fort Hamilton Parkway subway station, forcing pedestrians to scale the guard rail if they didn’t want
accident
A pedestrian was struck on Cortelyou Road and Coney Island Avenue Wednesday afternoon, the FDNY told us. According to unconfirmed reports, the pedestrian was a child, but the FDNY and NYPD did not have the age of the person. The FDNY said the individual was transported to Methodist Hospital, but
Brad Lander
Councilman Jumaane Williams at the hearing he led Thursday on the 421-a property tax exemption program. Photo by William Alatriste/NYC Council [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nyccouncil/16398315345/]Local legislators slammed the city’s 421-a property tax exemption program [http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/developers/ahp.shtml]
bicyclist safety
As part of the city’s participatory budgeting program [http://pbnyc.org/] (a process that allows residents to have a direct say on what they’d like to see funded in their area), neighbor Amanda suggested a “pedestrian friendly intersection at Coney Island Avenue and Cortelyou Road,” [http://ideas.pbnyc.
convicts
Slamming current hiring practices as unjust, area leaders are pushing for new city laws that would prevent employers from immediately asking about an applicant’s arrest history, as well as ban employment credit checks. Prompted by the news that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill that prevents employers