Statement on New York Methodist Hospital and Preserve Park Slope Settlement
I am pleased that Methodist Hospital and Preserve Park Slope have reached a settlement that enables the expansion project to move forward and responds to community concerns by lowering the height,...
View ArticleSafer Streets in Kensington & Windsor Terrace
Last Thursday night, our community came together for a well-attended meeting on long-standing concerns about pedestrian safety in Windsor Terrace and Kensington – concerns made all-the-more pressing by...
View ArticleCouncil Member Brad Lander, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson and...
Council Member Brad Lander, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson and Street Safety Advocates Announce Driver Accountability Task ForceElected Officials Partner with Transportation Alternatives and...
View ArticleHolding Reckless Drivers Accountable
Across our neighborhoods, we’ve witnessed too many tragedies where reckless drivers have killed or seriously injured neighbors and loved ones. The three young teens who were students at MS 51 (Sammy...
View ArticleParticipatory Budgeting – Our Biggest Year Yet
If your neighbors gave you $1.5 million dollars, what would you change about your neighborhood? Safer streets and sidewalks? Subway station upgrades? Improvements to one of our much-loved parks or...
View ArticleConnecting Brooklyn to Governors Island
Governors Island has become a great NYC destination – with magnificent parks, historic forts and buildings, a vibrant arts and culture scene, the Harbor School (a NYC public high school), and some...
View ArticleElected Officials, Advocates Demand Increased Funding for School Crossing...
Improved Working Conditions Necessary to Achieve City’s Vision Zero Goals and Safer Pre-K ExpansionToday on the steps of City Hall, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, City Council Member Brad...
View ArticleMore crossing guards, less testing, and hordes of runners!
All year parents at the new pre-K program at Bishop Ford have been concerned about the dangerous intersection at 10th Avenue & 19th Street – where hundreds of 4 year-olds cross every day with no...
View ArticleAnother Plaza in the Works for Kensington
Kensington Plaza (at Church Avenue and Beverley Road) has been an important addition to a neighborhood with limited public space. It’s a space that our community members take pride in, where we can...
View ArticleBreaking Ground at Dome Playground
The kids of Borough Park and Kensington need more room to play – so I’m very pleased that our renovation of Dome Playground (at Dahill Road and 38th Street) will double the size of the children’s play...
View ArticleTalk Kensington’s parks, plazas, streets—and more
There are some great projects in the works for Kensington this summer – improved parks, plazas, streets and more. I’m writing with updates on a few of these projects, as well as an invitation to join...
View ArticleWhat’s next for the LICH site?
Together with so many of you, I fought hard against the closure and sell-off of Long Island College Hospital. We protested together in snow, heat, and rain, took over SUNY board meetings, engaged in...
View Article2014 Year-End Updates
As the year closes, I wanted to update you on a few things I’ve been working on in recent weeks.read more
View ArticleDark days, and brighter ones
The waning days of 2014 have been dark ones for New York City. The killing of Detectives Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu made real the worst imaginable fears for those who put their safety on the line to...
View ArticleStatement on New York Methodist Hospital and Preserve Park Slope Settlement
I am pleased that Methodist Hospital and Preserve Park Slope have reached a settlement that enables the expansion project to move forward and responds to community concerns by lowering the height,...
View ArticleSafer Streets in Kensington & Windsor Terrace
Last Thursday night, our community came together for a well-attended meeting on long-standing concerns about pedestrian safety in Windsor Terrace and Kensington – concerns made all-the-more pressing by...
View ArticleCouncil Member Brad Lander, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson and...
Council Member Brad Lander, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson and Street Safety Advocates Announce Driver Accountability Task ForceElected Officials Partner with Transportation Alternatives and...
View ArticleHolding Reckless Drivers Accountable
Across our neighborhoods, we’ve witnessed too many tragedies where reckless drivers have killed or seriously injured neighbors and loved ones. The three young teens who were students at MS 51 (Sammy...
View ArticleParticipatory Budgeting – Our Biggest Year Yet
If your neighbors gave you $1.5 million dollars, what would you change about your neighborhood? Safer streets and sidewalks? Subway station upgrades? Improvements to one of our much-loved parks or...
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