**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
April 28, 2011
Contact Amyre Loomis at (718) 260-9191
Council Member James, Chair of the Council’s Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Supports Legislation to Ease Alternate Side Parking Burden on Brooklyn Residents
New law reduces alt-side requirements for areas that meet cleanliness standards
(Brooklyn, NY) A proposed law, (Int 287-A) addresses the Mayor’s Office of Operation’s Scorecard Cleanliness Report, which determines street cleanliness. In March 2010, my office sent a letter to the department requesting to be included in any updates on the scorecard methodology, specifically any streets chosen to be “representative” streets for the purposes of the report.
This bill, sponsored by Council Member Brad Lander empowers community boards with an average cleanliness rating of 90%, over 2 consecutive years, to submit a request to the department to receive reduced street cleaning by one day (for a qualifying district). All community boards located within the 35th CD: 2, 3, 8, and 9 are eligible for this reduction. The department would have the option to resume the original street cleaning schedule if the sanitation district receives an average score of less than 90% under the Mayor's office of operations scorecard program for any period of three consecutive months, or if the average score of the sanitation district falls below 90% over a period of two consecutive fiscal years.
“After working with the Mayor’s Office of Operations regarding their scorecard cleanliness methodology, I am pleased with the legislation being put forth. The quality of life will be better for everyone in New York City when parking becomes easier and more available,” said Council Member James. “This is good news and should decrease the amount of expensive tickets given to drivers, as well as the hassle of moving cars. Also, I believe that through giving community boards with high cleanliness ratings the option to reduce street cleaning, we are empowering communities to make independent decisions in the best interest of local residents.”
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
ATTENTION: American Federation of Teachers Black Caucus Scholarship Available
The American Federation of Teachers Black Caucus Scholarship is available for high school seniors who are currently applying for admission to an accredited college or university in the United States for Fall 2011. Scholarship recipients will receive a certificate of merit and a financial award of $1,500.
To be eligible for the American Federation of Teachers Black Caucus Scholarship:
- You must be a resident of New York City;
- You must be a high school senior of a New York State public school with a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent);
- You must be in pursuit of a career in education/public service;
- You must be able to demonstrate improvement in your academic performance and personal achievement.
The applicant must submit a completed application packet (including attached essay response) postmarked no later than April 29, 2011 to:
AFT Black Caucus Scholarship Trust
P.O. Box 636
Westchester Square Station
BRONX, NY 10461
Those interested may email a request to The Office of Council Member Letitia James at teamtish@gmail.com.
To be eligible for the American Federation of Teachers Black Caucus Scholarship:
- You must be a resident of New York City;
- You must be a high school senior of a New York State public school with a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent);
- You must be in pursuit of a career in education/public service;
- You must be able to demonstrate improvement in your academic performance and personal achievement.
The applicant must submit a completed application packet (including attached essay response) postmarked no later than April 29, 2011 to:
AFT Black Caucus Scholarship Trust
P.O. Box 636
Westchester Square Station
BRONX, NY 10461
Those interested may email a request to The Office of Council Member Letitia James at teamtish@gmail.com.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
ATTENTION: Society for Clinton Hill 2011 House Tour
The Society For Clinton Hill will soon be hosting their 2011 House Tour.
Details:
Queen of All Saints Church
300 Vanderbilt Avenue
Sunday May 1, 2011
12noon- 5PM
(Rain or Shine)
For both a tour and audio ticket - $25.00
12noon- 5PM
(Rain or Shine)
For both a tour and audio ticket - $25.00
Four tickets available/for $90.00)
Available at:
· Pillow Cafe
· Outpost Cafe/ Lounge
· Sister's Hardware
· Still-Hip Maternity
· Root Stock
· Urban Vintage
· Aguayo & Huebener Realty
· Polish Bar of Brooklyn
· Olivino Wine shop
· YU Interiors
· Greenlight Bookstore
· Brooklyn Flea
· Fort Greene Farmers Market
· Pillow Cafe
· Outpost Cafe/ Lounge
· Sister's Hardware
· Still-Hip Maternity
· Root Stock
· Urban Vintage
· Aguayo & Huebener Realty
· Polish Bar of Brooklyn
· Olivino Wine shop
· YU Interiors
· Greenlight Bookstore
· Brooklyn Flea
· Fort Greene Farmers Market
You can also buy tickets online here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/162663. Please contact clintonhillhousetour@yahoo.com for more information.
ATTENTION: BK Navy Yard Development Corporation Internship Available
Navy Yard Young Adult Summer Program
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation is again planning its summer program for college-age young adults. The goal of the Summer Young Adult Skills Introduction Program is to place young people directly in private sector work environments and give them the opportunity to learn about the work-place and specific skills needed for certain industries. The program will be for eight weeks, beginning in late June.
Under the program, BNYDC will hire up to 30 qualified college-aged youth to assist with operations, and to provide administrative and clerical help in the offices. Students must be at least 18 years old.
The application may be found here: http://www.brooklynnavyyard.org/jobopp/2010EmploymentApp.pdf. Completed applications may be mailed to summeryouth@brooklynnavyyard.com. THE DEADLINE FOR ALL APPLICATIONS IS JUNE 3, 2011.
For more information, you may contact (718) 907-5924.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation is again planning its summer program for college-age young adults. The goal of the Summer Young Adult Skills Introduction Program is to place young people directly in private sector work environments and give them the opportunity to learn about the work-place and specific skills needed for certain industries. The program will be for eight weeks, beginning in late June.
Under the program, BNYDC will hire up to 30 qualified college-aged youth to assist with operations, and to provide administrative and clerical help in the offices. Students must be at least 18 years old.
The application may be found here: http://www.brooklynnavyyard.org/jobopp/2010EmploymentApp.pdf. Completed applications may be mailed to summeryouth@brooklynnavyyard.com. THE DEADLINE FOR ALL APPLICATIONS IS JUNE 3, 2011.
For more information, you may contact (718) 907-5924.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
CM James Commends City Council Restoration of Funds for SWMP Implementation
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
April 26, 2011
Contact: Aja Worthy-Davis at (212) 788-7081
Council Member Letitia James Commends City Council Restoration of Funds for SWMP Implementation
Important Plan Addresses Borough Equity and Environmental Responsibility In Waste Handling
“Last week, the New York City Council restored important capital funding for the implementation of the 2006 Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP). During recent Preliminary Budget discussions, the administration proposed a budget that all but gutted SWMP by eliminating funding for critical infrastructure, and delaying that funding as far into the future as Fiscal Year 2019.
As the Chairperson of the New York City Council’s Committee on Sanitation and Waste, I believe that SWMP is both timely and integral to achieving the City's vital goal of diminishing the impact of exporting our waste outside of the City, and addressing the injustice of siting solid waste infrastructure in low-income communities.
For over ten years since the premature closure of the Fresh Kills landfill, New York City has operated under an ‘Interim Plan’ for handling waste. This system relies on privately-owned waste transfer stations concentrated in low-income communities that unfairly bear the brunt of waste-handling. In addition, the system depends heavily on long-haul trucks to export waste out of the City. In 2006, SWMP was passed in an effort to serve the critical goals of equity and environmental responsibility for the City of New York. Central to this Plan was a system of marine- and rail-based transfer stations located throughout the City that would eliminate millions of miles of truck traffic each year, as well as advance borough equity.
The Department of Sanitation’s Preliminary Budget would have effectively eliminated funding for four Marine Transfer Stations (MTSs), including all three MTSs to be sited in Manhattan (approximately 40% of the new waste-handling capacity envisioned in the SWMP plan). If this proposed budget had been implemented, this would have cut borough equity out of the SWMP, dramatically reduced its environmental benefits, and betrayed commitments made by the administration to both the City Council and the stakeholders that worked to pass the Plan. In fact, the proposal would have effectively undermined the Plan under the guise of delaying capital funding beyond the current administration. Waste and recyclables that would otherwise go to these facilities would instead be trucked to overburdened communities, and back out of the City.
I have stood by my colleagues in the New York City Council— some of whom represent districts overburdened with waste-handling facilities— to support SWMP and its important goals. In the coming years, City Council oversight will be integral as the administration and the department move forward with the construction of these facilities.”
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April 26, 2011
Contact: Aja Worthy-Davis at (212) 788-7081
Council Member Letitia James Commends City Council Restoration of Funds for SWMP Implementation
Important Plan Addresses Borough Equity and Environmental Responsibility In Waste Handling
“Last week, the New York City Council restored important capital funding for the implementation of the 2006 Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP). During recent Preliminary Budget discussions, the administration proposed a budget that all but gutted SWMP by eliminating funding for critical infrastructure, and delaying that funding as far into the future as Fiscal Year 2019.
As the Chairperson of the New York City Council’s Committee on Sanitation and Waste, I believe that SWMP is both timely and integral to achieving the City's vital goal of diminishing the impact of exporting our waste outside of the City, and addressing the injustice of siting solid waste infrastructure in low-income communities.
For over ten years since the premature closure of the Fresh Kills landfill, New York City has operated under an ‘Interim Plan’ for handling waste. This system relies on privately-owned waste transfer stations concentrated in low-income communities that unfairly bear the brunt of waste-handling. In addition, the system depends heavily on long-haul trucks to export waste out of the City. In 2006, SWMP was passed in an effort to serve the critical goals of equity and environmental responsibility for the City of New York. Central to this Plan was a system of marine- and rail-based transfer stations located throughout the City that would eliminate millions of miles of truck traffic each year, as well as advance borough equity.
The Department of Sanitation’s Preliminary Budget would have effectively eliminated funding for four Marine Transfer Stations (MTSs), including all three MTSs to be sited in Manhattan (approximately 40% of the new waste-handling capacity envisioned in the SWMP plan). If this proposed budget had been implemented, this would have cut borough equity out of the SWMP, dramatically reduced its environmental benefits, and betrayed commitments made by the administration to both the City Council and the stakeholders that worked to pass the Plan. In fact, the proposal would have effectively undermined the Plan under the guise of delaying capital funding beyond the current administration. Waste and recyclables that would otherwise go to these facilities would instead be trucked to overburdened communities, and back out of the City.
I have stood by my colleagues in the New York City Council— some of whom represent districts overburdened with waste-handling facilities— to support SWMP and its important goals. In the coming years, City Council oversight will be integral as the administration and the department move forward with the construction of these facilities.”
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ATTENTION: NYC Water Board Proposes Rate Increase, Offers Improved Billing Options
There is a proposed alteration of the New York City Water Board's water and sewer rates and billing policies for FY12, which would take effect July 1, 2011.
An increase of 7.5% has been proposed. This would raise the annual water-and-sewer charge for an average single-family home from approximately $816 in FY 2011 to $877 in FY 2012, an increase of $61 per year or $5 per month. However, the FY12 proposal also includes a one-year, 2% discount for metered customers who subscribe to receive their water bills via email, and have their billed charges automatically debited from their checking accounts or paid via credit card. For customers who participate in both the paperless billing and direct debit programs, the net rate increase is reduced to 5.4%, which equates to $44 per year for the average single-family homeowner.
In addition to the general 7.5% increase and the 2% discount for meter-billed customers who participate in the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) direct debit and paperless billing programs, the Board is considering the following changes:
(1) Installment payment agreement terms will be revised to include options for no down payment, a repayment period of up to ten years, and new default provisions;
(2) Customers subject to a denial of access proceeding currently receive all three required notices by both first-class and certified mail. The Board proposes to change the delivery of the first required notice, which has no concurrent financial impact on the customer, to first-class mail only; the final two required notices will continue to be sent by both first-class and certified mail;
(3) The maximum fixture flow-rates to qualify for a reduced water rate pursuant to the Board’s Comprehensive Water Reuse program will be conformed to recent changes to the NYC Plumbing Code;
(4) For registered participants in the lead and copper monitoring program, a new credit of $25 will be applied to a customer’s water bill upon successful completion of a lead and copper monitoring test.
In accordance with the Public Authorities Law, the Water Board will hold public hearings in each borough of the City on the proposed FY 2012 rates and charges for water and sewer service--
Brooklyn
Public School 102
211 72nd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11209
Wednesday
May 4, 2011
7:00 P.M.
Please call the Office of Council Member Letitia James at (212) 788-7081 if you have any further questions, or would like to testify at the public hearing.
Traffic Signal Being Placed In FG
The New York City Department of Transportation has completed an analysis of the intersection of Hanson Place and St. Felix Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn in March 2011. A traffic signal has been approved at this location. Installation will be performed by contract and the work is tentatively scheduled to be completed by July 31, 2011.
ATTENTION: SYEP Application Available
The Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) provides New York City youth between the ages of 14 and 24 with summer employment and educational opportunities. In 2010, the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) employed 35,725 participants and placed them at 5,800 worksites. Participants work in a variety of entry-level jobs at government agencies, hospitals, summer camps, nonprofits, small businesses, law firms, museums, sports enterprises, and retail organizations.The Summer Youth Employment Program is designed to:
-Emphasize real-world labor expectations;
-Increase awareness of services offered by local community-based organizations;
-Provide opportunities for career instruction, financial literacy training, academic improvement, and social growth.
Those interested may apply here: https://application.nycsyep.com/
Deconstructing the Steel Band Panorama at Medgar Evers College
PANEL DISCUSSION TO ADDRESS STEEL BAND PANORAMA
http://events.cuny.edu/EventDetail.asp?EventId=32378
"Deconstructing the Steel Band Panorama"
WHEN: Thursday, April 28
7:00-10:00 PM.
http://events.cuny.edu/EventDetail.asp?EventId=32378
"Deconstructing the Steel Band Panorama"
WHEN: Thursday, April 28
7:00-10:00 PM.
WHERE: Mary Pinkett Lecture Hall
Medgar Evers College
Medgar Evers College
1637 Bedford Avenue
Admission is free.
Admission is free.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
This Weekend: New York City Transit Service Changes
Selected Weekend Service Advisories:
New York City Transit (NYCT) has scheduled planned service changes for April 23-25, including these changes locally:
No. 4 train — 12:01 am Saturday to 5:00 am Monday: No service between Utica Av and Brooklyn Bridge.
NYCT recommends the 3 train and special J shuttle trains for alternate service.
Brooklyn-bound R trains — 6:30 am to midnight, Saturday and Sunday: Trains will run over the Manhattan Bridge from Canal St to DeKalb Av. There will be no Brooklyn-bound trains at City Hall, Rector St, Whitehall St, Court St and Jay St MetroTech. Have a great Holiday Weekend.
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