Everything I’ve Heard About: ARTS & CULTURE
March 31, 2020

Everything I’ve Heard About: ARTS & CULTURE

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Everything I’ve Heard About: FOOD
March 31, 2020

Everything I’ve Heard About: FOOD

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Everything I’ve Heard About: MONEY
March 31, 2020

Everything I’ve Heard About: MONEY

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Everything I’ve Heard About: EDUCATION
March 31, 2020

Everything I’ve Heard About: EDUCATION

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Everything I’ve Heard About: DONATIONS & VOLUNTEERING
March 31, 2020

Everything I’ve Heard About: DONATIONS & VOLUNTEERING

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Brewer appoints Athena Moore as Director of Northern Manhattan Office

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I am pleased to announce the appointment of Athena Moore as Northern Manhattan Director. Athena Moore brings a wealth of expertise in policy advocacy, health and human services, and strategic planning – as well as a deep commitment to public service and broad experience working collaboratively – and I’m very pleased that she is joining our team. Our goal is to strengthen our community partnerships, ramp up constituent services, and… Read more

Brewer steps up street-level analysis of traffic dangers to halt fatalities

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To help put an end to the city’s tragic traffic fatalities, I’ve called on Manhattan Community Boards to identify and submit lists of their top traffic hotspots. We’ll use the lists at my first meeting of the Borough Service Cabinet next week, to ensure specific problems get specific solutions. Citywide proposals such as lowering the speed limit will help, but a plan that will work has to be detailed and… Read more

NOTICE: Manhattan Borough Board meets Monday, January 27

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The Manhattan Borough Board will meet Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, at 9 a.m. in the Manhattan Borough President’s Office, 1 Centre Street, 19th Floor South, New York, N.Y. The Borough Board consists of the Borough President, Council Members representing the borough, and the chairs of all the community boards in the borough (who may vote only on matters directly affecting their community districts). The Borough Board has the power to… Read more

Laura Zingmond appointed B.P. representative to Panel for Educational Policy

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I’m proud to announce the appointment of Laura Zingmond as my representative to the Panel on Educational Policy (PEP). The first PEP meeting is being held tonight, at the High School of Fashion Industries. Laura is not just a public school parent; she’s been on the inside of hundreds of public schools in all five boroughs in her role as a researcher for InsideSchools.org, a project of the Center for… Read more

Become a Community Board Member!

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Submit your application by February 1st Manhattan’s 12 community boards are local organizations composed of 50 volunteer members serving staggered two-year terms.  Community boards are tasked with being the independent and representative voices of their communities—the most grass-roots form of local government. The boards are pivotal in shaping their communities and work to enhance and preserve the character of the city’s many unique neighborhoods. I’ve served on my Community Board… Read more

Capital funding grant applications available now!

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Each year, as part of the budget process, Borough Presidents are mandated by the City Charter to receive a portion of the city’s capital budget (under a formula that accounts for land area and population, which is why Brooklyn and Queens have larger capital budgets!) for capital funding– purchase or improvement of fixed assets such as buildings or other infrastructure. Each B.P. then allocates that funding within their borough to… Read more