Dear Neighbor,
Happy New Year!
Please join me for our annual State of the District for our volunteer fair, reflecting on our accomplishments over the past 6 years and set our goals for 2020.
We secured an additional 184 K-8 public school seats for the Upper East Side as a result of a law I authored to make the seat planning process more transparent. With one in five disabled students not getting the services they need, I carried legislation authored by former Public Advocate now Attorney General Tish James that passed and will hold the Department of Education more accountable. Legislation I authored to require stop-arm camera on public school buses to automatically ticket drivers who put our children in danger as they get on and off also received a hearing and you can sign our petition to keep our children safe. With school ending so many hours before most parents get home to care for their children, I have proposed Universal After School and ask you to come testify in support.
As chair of the Committee on Contracts, I questioned Department of Homeless Services officials regarding alleged self-dealing by homeless service providers that made headlines in the Wall Street Journal.
If you or your children love books as much as I do please join us to celebrate the reopening of the East 67th Street Library.
Sincerely, Ben Kallos
Council Member
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