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December News: Breaking Ground on East River Greenway, New School Seats, Fighting Development with No Limit, Helping the Homeless, and ❄Holiday Party❄
| Dear Neighbor, This Thanksgiving and holiday season, I am most thankful for you, my constituents, and our partnership as we work together to make our city great. Please join us for some cheer at a new location for our annual Holiday Party. In November we broke ground on the $100 million East River Greenway to extend the East River Esplanade south from 61st to 53rd Street. With the $275 million in funding we've secured, a frequent complaint has been how long these projects take, which is why I chaired a hearing on parks projects delays and was flabbergasted by one answer. We opened 50 new K-12 school seats at Children's Academy and remain focused on getting GPS trackers on school buses before the next winter storm. We joined advocates throughout the borough to stand up to Albany Assembly Members proposing buildings in Manhattan with no limits on height or density. We continued investigating how to limit supertalls for billionaires with a tour of mechanical voids in commercial districts, which are still unprotected. As it gets cold outside and we enter the giving season, it is only natural to think of what we can do for more than 60,000 homeless in our city which is why I've backed a proposal to set aside 24,000 new units for the homeless. I will also be holding an oversight hearing on homeless service contracts and invite anyone who has experience with our city's homeless shelters. Happy Holidays! Sincerely,
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SPECIAL EVENTS Tuesday, December 17, 6pm – 8pm SAVE THE DATE Sunday, January 26, 1pm – 3pm
First Friday with Free Fire Alarms and Go Bags |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EVENT INVITES
- Holiday Party (New Location)
- Save the Date: State of the District
- First Friday: Free Fire Alarms and Free Go Bags
PARKS PROJECTS
- Construction Begins on $100 Million East River Greenway
- Parks Department Answers Questions on Stalled and Slow Projects
EDUCATION
HELPING THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST
- Hearing on Acacia Network and Homelessness Service Contracts
- Serving Our Veterans Who Served Our City
- Nonprofit Power 100
ELECTIONS
- Charter Revision 2019: All Five Questions Pass
- Discussing Voting and Elections with the American Institute of Architects
HOUSING AND OVERDEVELOPMENT
- Fighting Albany Proposal for Building with No Limits
- Council of NY Co-ops and Condos
- Rallying with NYCHA Residents
- Peering into the Void: A Visit to the Museum of Modern Art Tower
- Housing Our Future: Building 24,000 Units For Homeless
- Met Council on Housing 60th Anniversary Proclamation
COMMUNITY
- Apply to be on Your Community Board
- Working to Keep Subway Cars Clean and Standing up for Transit Workers
- Anime NYC 2019
- Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway
- Love Your Neighborhood Day
- It's My Park Day at Sutton Place Park
- Food Tank Summit: Better Food for New Yorkers
- Blockchain Panel on the Future of Voting and Potential for Local Government Use
- Roosevelt Island Residents Association President Awarded Citation
- Turtle Bay Holiday Party
- Soles4Souls Shoe Drive
WORKING FAMILIES AND JOBS
- Fighting Wage Theft: Standing up for Construction Workers
- 32BJ Building Services Awards
- Meet the Women Who Build New York City
- Carpenters Union 2019 Construction Summit
- Bricklayers Masonry Institute
RESOURCES
- ETHOS: Homeless Persons' Memorial Day Invite
- Free Flu Shots at Lenox Hill Hospital
- Citizens Committee for New York City Neighborhood Grants Program
- ActionNYC RFP: Now Available
- Child Mind Institute: Helping Children Cope with Traumatic Events
- Bike Safety
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