Thursday, August 6
Here are the latest press clips on Borough President Gale Brewer and the work of her office.
Thursday, July 30
This week is the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. My office released a study that finds serious shortcomings regarding pedestrian ramps that are located near accessible subway stations, leaving those stations effectively inaccessible to residents with impaired vision, and those who rely on wheelchairs, walkers and other aids. (We were assisted in the study by The Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York known as CIDNY.)… Read more 
Friends,
It’s Thursday, July 23, 2020. Welcome to the weekly edition of my COVID newsletter.
At press time, nonprofit news site TheCity.nyc’s COVID-19 tracker shows Manhattan has 29,943 confirmed cases and 3,138 deaths; New York City as a whole has 222,444 cases and 23,428 deaths. According to the NYC Dept. of Health, reporting delays are contributing to an unnatural drop in cases; for example, yesterday (7/22) only 11 cases were… Read more Visit to Fulton Stall Mkt, 91 South St. Aug 5 2020. Natl Farmers Mkt Wk with Bob Lewis; Steve Dima, Beth Linsky from Fulton Mkt Assn; Cheryl Rogowski, NY Vegetable Farmer; Annette Davis, baker; Michael Francoeur, CB1 & FSM staff Lisa Vasile, Emily Feeley. I bought peaches & pie!
4Absent a warrant, a show of force like this seems like overkill.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/nyregion/nypd-derrick-ingram-protester.html
