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B.P. Brewer, Deputy B.P. Bonilla Announce ‘New York County Census 2020 Complete Count Outreach Grant’ Awardees
Today, Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer and Deputy Borough President Aldrin R. Bonilla announced that 15 organizations received outreach grants from Empire State Development to conduct census outreach for historically-undercounted communities. The organizations received a total of $215,000 to undertake work in Manhattan, providing a much-needed last-minute boost as the final days of the census response period shifts into high gear. The Census Bureau has unexpectedly reported that field… Read more
B.P. Brewer in the news:
August 8-14
Friday, August 14
- Next City, Economics in Brief: Cities Getting Creative With Census Campaigns
- THE CITY by Josefa Velasquez, Council Watchdog Calls for Close Look at NYPD Complaint Investigation Budget Cuts
- NBC4, NYC Extends Food Drive in Partnership With FreshDirect to Address Food Insecurity
- AMNY by Todd Maisel, Times Square rally seeks to expand street vendors – but can New York City take it?
- Our Town
Weekly COVID newsletter (8/13)
COMMENT // NEW FACTS // ANNOUNCEMENTS // EVENTS ) Friends, It’s Thursday, August 13, 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 31,217 confirmed cases and 3,157 deaths; New York City as a whole has 229,167 cases and 23,610 deaths. There were… Read more
B.P. Brewer in the news:
August 1-7
Friday, August 7
- THE CITY by Rachel Holliday Smith, NYC Scrambles to Find New School Space as Cuomo Gives Go-Ahead for Classes
- StreetsblogNYC by Julianne Cuba, Electeds to City Hall: Protect Cyclists on Fifth Avenue
- The New York Times by Alisha Haridasani Gupta, For Three Suffragists, a Monument Well Past Due
- Manhattan Times by Gregg McQueen, Barbot resigns as Health Commissioner
- The New York
Weekly COVID newsletter (8/6)
B.P. Brewer in the news:
July 22-31
Here are the latest press clips on Borough President Gale Brewer and the work of her office.
Thursday, July 30
- Patch by Brendan Krisel, Manhattan Lags Behind NY State In Census Response
- Telemundo, Manhattan tiene la tasa de respuesta del Censo más baja de NY
- Forbes by Lisette Voytko, Viral NYPD Arrest Video Alarms Officials, Citizens Fearing Repeat Of Portland Federal Agent Tactics
- The Washington Post
Weekly COVID Newsletter (7/30)
Current list of open streets in Manhattan.
On ADA’s 30th anniversary, my report finds few curb cuts are in compliance with ADA standards
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 
