Health
Councilmembers Reynoso and Menchaca at a press conference calling for reform to the private carting industry (Via Twitter)Yesterday, Brooklyn City Council Sanitation Committee Chair Antonio Reynoso (D-34), along with Brooklyn council colleagues Levin, Lander and Menchaca, joined with teamsters and community groups to both call out New York’s
Neighbors
Participatory budgeting in action. (Photo: Corner Media)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 participating City
News
New York City Council Member Carlos Menchaca at an immigration hearing at City Hall in 2014. (Credit: William Alatriste / New York City Council / via Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nyccouncil/15208342877/])After City Council Member Jumaane Williams, District 45, remained seated during the Council’s Pledge of Allegiance [/blog/
Events
(Courtesy: NYPD 72 Precinct / Twitter) [https://twitter.com/NYPD72Pct]Since 1984, National Night Out [https://natw.org/about], an event started by community members to call attention for better policing in neighborhoods, has evolved over the decades as a celebration of police-community relations that has helped reduce crime statistics in
Police & Fire
(Photo via Google Maps [https://goo.gl/maps/fvLZSc9jHjs])Local activists, lawyers, and Sunset Park Councilmember Carlos Menchaca will hold a press conference Friday at 10 a.m. outside of a building to end discrimination against Latino tenants and harassment from the homeowner. Attorneys with Neighbors Helping Neighbors [http://www.
Education
The old 68th precinct. (Source: wikimedia commons)Sunset Park might lose a piece of its history to make room for school children. As we reported [/education/historic-sunset-park-castle-eyed-department-education/] last week, the castle built in 1886 that once housed NYPD precincts, is being considered by the Department of Education [DOE] as a
Education
Image via Google Maps.The participatory budgeting (PBNYC) voting results are in and Sunset Park schools “won” three out of the five winning projects. Specifically, Sunset Park High School will be getting a library upgrade, MS 136 will get an auditorium upgrade, and PS 169 will get renovated bathrooms. Park
Arts & Culture
Photo by Will O’Hare.A new community theatre troupe is coming to Sunset Park and it aims to give voice to social and political issues of importance to our residents, while also bridging communication gaps between neighbors and neighbors, and neighbors and elected officials. Organized by the DUMBO-based arts
Education
Image via CM Menchaca’s office.We all know that Primary Day is coming up soon (Tuesday, April 19) as part of this big presidential election year, but what about super local politics? We can’t forget to #GetOutTheVote for participatory budgeting (PBNYC), too! In case you don’t already
Nonsponsored
A new City Council bill [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2564366&GUID=D4E7E09A-5B98-4C14-BAC8-A9D242408B26&Options=ID%7cText%7c&Search=menchaca] has been proposed that would allow a bicyclist to cross a street with the pedestrian light — instead of with the vehicle traffic lights, which they
fort greene
A new City Council bill [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2564366&GUID=D4E7E09A-5B98-4C14-BAC8-A9D242408B26&Options=ID%7cText%7c&Search=menchaca] has been proposed that would allow a bicyclist to cross a street with the pedestrian light — instead of with the vehicle traffic lights, which they