«Our office is scheduling additional ethics and conflict - of - interest
trainings for community board staff, and will be re-sending clear guidance to each community board on what should and shouldn't be included in emails like this one.»
The Working Families Party announced today its support
for community board member Diana Richardson in the four - way contest for a vacant Brooklyn Assembly seat — a race that, thanks to a bizarre paperwork snafu, has no Democratic candidate.
As the Chair of the Health, Human Services, Immigration and Seniors
Committee for Community Board 11, Rahman said he is aware of past occurrences when the Board would approach NYCHA with the tenants» complaints and ask for changes to be done.
«We support a significant
role for community boards in general and the Battery Park City community in the governance of BPCA in particular,» the letter read.
In that same press release, State Sen. Daniel Squadron added, «I've long supported a key role
for community boards in the liquor application process — it doesn't make sense that community boards weren't given a meaningful role in developing proposed changes to the liquor law... Provisions that impact our communities and raise real concerns should not be pushed forward without engaging those communities.»
Carmen Rosa, district
manager for Community Board 12, where the Muller Center is located, said she and many other community leaders oppose the plan because that immediate area is already the site of two major homeless housing projects — one on nearby White Plains Road and another on Bronxwood Avenue a few blocks away.
A recent meeting
planned for Community Board 12 — where questions were expected to be submitted ahead of time — was canceled at the last minute.
«They play a significant role in helping City government address the needs of its residents, so I encourage all civic - minded Queens residents to consider
applying for community board membership.
«Allowing just 60
days for our community boards to weigh in on these proposals is disrespectful to the boards, their members and the neighborhoods they serve, and goes against the spirit of progressive, inclusionary and transparent government.»
As Director of Community Boards, Casella serves as Borough President Katz's chief adviser on all matters relating to the 14 Queens Community Boards, including the annual screening
process for Community Board membership applications, and facilitates the Borough Board and Borough Cabinet on behalf of the Borough President.
Represented the Innu Nation before the Newfoundland and Labrador Public Utilities Board to ensure fair electricity rates for their communities
At 6:30 p.m., Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and BetaNYC host open data
training for community boards, Borough President's Office, 1 Centre St., 19th floor, Manhattan.
«It took more than ten years, and a lot of community effort to get to this day,» commented Frances Mastrota, head of the Parks
Committee for Community Board 11.
In attendance were Councilman Rory Lancman (D - Hillcrest); Frank Guilluscio, district
manager for Community Board 6; Adrienne Adam, chair of Community Board 12; state Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D - Howard Beach); and state Assemblyman William Scarborough (D - Jamaica).
When he
ran for Community Board 10 chair in June 2016 he was asked directly by the Community Board 10 Nominating Committee Chair, Stanley Gleaton, if he would serve his full two year term, to which he replied that he would.
At 6:30 p.m. Monday, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and BetaNYC will host Open Data Training
for Community Boards, at the Borough President's Office.
«This is an incredible step forward,» said Raju Mann, chairman of the Transportation and Environment Committee
for Community Board 5, which has been among the most vocal groups calling for the arena to relocate.
For a community board that balked at the initial redesign of Fourth Avenue a few years ago, it was a remarkably strong statement of support.