ATTENTION: AT&T Street Charge Brings Solar-Powered Chargers To Brooklyn

AT&T Street Charge is a pilot program bringing solar-powered mobile charging stations to NYC. All station visitors will be able to charge their phones, tablets and other devices, regardless of their carrier, for free using these energy-efficient units. Several charging units will be deployed to locations throughout Brooklyn this summer, including in Fort Greene Park, Metrotech Center, and Brooklyn Bridge Park. See more here.

ATTENTION: Stars of NY Dance; 12/18; 7PM; LIU

For tickets, visit kumbletheater.org at (718) 488-1624.

UPDATE: Lien Sale Outreach Session In Brooklyn; 5/9

A quick update on the lien sale outreach session at Brooklyn's Borough Hall-- the session date has been changed to Wednesday, MAY 9, 2012, from 12PM- 4PM.

WHERE: Brooklyn Borough Hall (Rotunda)
210 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, N.Y.

ATTENTION: TWO Lien Sale Outreach Sessions In Brooklyn

It's lien sale season again! (You can read more about what a lien sale is here). There are two upcoming lien sale outreach sessions taking place at Brooklyn's Borough Hall:

April 4, 2012-
Join Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, the New York City Council Brooklyn Delegation, and representatives from New York City Department of Finance, Department of Environmental Protection, and Housing Preservation and Development for a Lien Outreach Session to assist Brooklyn residents in saving their homes from Tax Liens.

WHEN: Wednesday, APRIL 4, 2012
4PM- 7PM
WHERE: Brooklyn Borough Hall
210 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, N.Y.

April 26, 2012-
(same details as above)

WHEN: Thursday, April 26, 2012
5PM- 7PM
WHERE: Brooklyn Borough Hall
210 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, N.Y.

ATTENTION: Elected Officials Join Finance Dept. and NYC Tax Commission to Host Outreach Session on Property Taxes; 2/27; BK Boro Hall

Council Member Letitia James and Council Member Brad Lander, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Council Members Vincent Gentile, Sara M. González, Steve Levin, Al Vann, and Jumaane D. Williams- along with The NYC Department of Finance (Finance Department) and the NYC Tax Commission- are hosting a Joint Outreach Session on Property Taxes. The Finance Department recently announced the publication of the tentative property assessment roll for FY2013. The annual sets taxable property values for all City properties.

Many homeowners have seen a change in how their property has been valued, and are encouraged to attend the outreach session to learn more.

WHEN: Monday, February 27, 2012
6PM- 8PM

WHERE: Brooklyn Borough Hall (Courtroom)
209 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY

Please call the Office of Council Member Lander at (212) 788-6969 for more information.

ATTENTION: Community Discussion on Bedford-Union Armory; 1/9

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz invites the community to attend a discussion on the Bedford-Union armory. We invite the community to work with elected officials to turn the former military installation into a world-class community facility! Participants will also get a chance early in the day to view the armory.

WHEN: Monday, January 9, 2012
8:00AM- 5:00PM
WHERE: Bedford-Union Armory (on Union Street)
(between Bedford and Rogers)

Discussion taking place in the evening at CUNY's Medgar Evers College at 1638 Bedford Avenue from 6PM- 9PM.

For more information, please contact Borough President Markowitz's office at (718) 802-3875 or bkarmoryproject@gmail.com.

ATTENTION: ART/NY Holiday Toy Drive!

The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (ART/NY) is participating in the Brooklyn Borough President's Office Best of Brooklyn Toy Drive.

The organization is accepting donations at their South Oxford Space. They will collect new unwrapped toys suitable for children ages 3 to 10 years of age. There is a box in the first floor lobby for collection. The toys will be picked up on December 5, 2011, and donated to more than 2,500 children from public housing developments, congregations, and social service organizations at the “Best of Brooklyn Holiday Program”.

South Oxford Space is located at 138 S. Oxford Street between Hanson Place and Atlantic Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. If you come to drop off donations, use buzzer number 1.

For more info, you may call 718-398-3078.

Boro Pres Markowitz and SUNY Downstate Offer FREE Flu Shots; 11/2

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz in conjunction with SUNY Downstate Medical Center is offering FREE Flu Shots.

WHEN: Wednesday, November 2, 2011
11:00AM- 2:00PM
WHERE: Brooklyn Borough Hall, Grand Rotunda
209 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11209

You must schedule an appointment- please do so at (718) 802-3831 or email iguerrero@brooklynbp.nyc.gov.

Boro Pres Markowitz Hosts Digital Learning Town Hall; 10/27; BK Boro Hall

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz in conjunction with Rosen Publishing is hosting 21st Century Digital Learning Tools for Brooklyn Families, Educators, and Community Leaders: A Town Hall Meeting--

WHEN: October 27, 2011
6:00PM
WHERE: Brooklyn Borough Hall, Community Room
209 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11209

Attendees will enhance digital learning with online educational resources, and learn to use technology to become more effective in school and in the workplace. For more information, please contact Borough President Markowitz's office at (718) 802-3700.

ATTENTION: Rally To Stop School Budget Cuts; 3/17; BK Boro Hall

On Thursday, March 17, 2011, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will join New York Communities for Change, Alliance for Quality Education, and New York Charter Parents Association at "A Rally To Organize: No Budget Cuts to Our Schools" at Brooklyn Borough Hall. All Brooklyn parents (and advocates) are invited.

Brooklyn Borough Hall is located at 209 Joralemon Street in Brooklyn, NY.

Please call (347) 410-6919 x240 for more information.

ATTENTION: BK Boro President Markowitz Hosts Summer Employment Program!

Brooklyn Summer HEAT (Help Employ Ambitious Teens) is the Borough President’s summer youth employment program, which encourages Brooklyn businesses to invest in our youth through employment. In the last few years, hundreds of teens between the ages of 16 and 18 have been hired through HEAT.

Applicants must be 16-18 years of age, and reside in Brooklyn. Application due March 15, 2011. For more information, contact the Borough President Marty Markowitz's office at summerheat@brooklynbp.nyc.gov

ATTENTION: NYCC and BK Borough Pres Markowitz Host Adult Education Fair; 2/2; Downtown BK

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Borough President Marty Markowitz invite New Yorkers to attend an Adult Education Fair. The fair will provide free classes for GED Prep, Literacy, and English Language Skills.

WHEN: Wednesday, February 2, 2011
4:00PM- 8:00PM
WHERE: Brooklyn Borough Hall
209 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Early registration for GED Classes will be available and Pre-GED test screening will be offered at 4:30PM and 6:30PM. For more information, call 212-788-9221 or email events@council.nyc.gov.

Free Event at Borough Hall on 11/16, 2:30pm: Brooklyn Celebrates FELA - It's Brooklyn Day!

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - Fela Brooklyn DAY!
Join the Office of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and the Office of City Council Member Letitia James as they honor the many Brooklyn residents who are members of the cast and band of the award winning musical FELA! on Broadway.

Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - Time: 2:30pm
Place: Brooklyn Borough Hall Rotunda, 209 Joralemon Street

Meet and greet Brooklyn-based FELA! cast and musicians. Special performance by Jamel Gaines' Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn (Master dancer, teacher and choreographer Jamel Gaines has trained many of the FELA! performers) Reception follows the ceremony.

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

CM James Questions FCR At AY District Service Cabinet Meeting

On November 4, 2010, Council Member James co-sponsored a meeting (with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz) of the Atlantic Yards District Service Cabinet to discuss the development as well as ongoing traffic concerns.

Below is Council Member James' questioning FCR on their affordable housing promise, community involvement, and involvement of small/local businesses at Barclay's Center. She also addresses FCR's proposal to limit access to its developments, and ongoing parking concerns.



Read more info here.

*Video borrowed from the Atlantic Yards Report.

REMINDER: BBP Markowitz and CM James Host School District 13 Town Hall Meeting TONIGHT

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Council Member Letitia James, and the Brooklyn Parent Academy urge all school district 13 parents to attend a comprehensive town hall meeting to discuss the welfare of school district 13.

Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Time: 6:00PM
Venue: Brooklyn Borough Hall Court Room - 209 Joralemon Street

For a comprehensive list of the District 13 schools, see here.

BBP Markowitz and CM James Host School District 13 Town Hall Meeting

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Council Member Letitia James, and the Brooklyn Parent Academy urge all school district 13 parents to attend a comprehensive town hall meeting to discuss the welfare of school district 13.

Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Time: 6:00pm

Venue: Brooklyn Borough Hall Court Room - 209 Joralemon Street
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List of DOE district 13 schools:

P.S. 003 The Bedford Village
P.S. 008 Robert Fulton
P.S. 009 Teunis G. Bergen
P.S. 011 Purvis J. Behan
P.S. 020 Clinton Hill
P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey
P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum
P.S. 054 Samuel C. Barnes
P.S. 056 Lewis H. Latimer
P.S. 067 Charles A. Dorsey
P.S. 093 William H. Prescott
Satellite Three
M.S. 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center
P.S. 133 William A. Butler
P.S. 256 Benjamin Banneker
Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts
M.S. K266 - Park Place Community Middle School
P.S. 270 Johann DeKalb
P.S. 282 Park Slope
P.S. 287 Bailey K. Ashford
Satellite East Middle School
P.S. 305 Dr. Peter Ray
P.S. 307 Daniel Hale Williams
Satellite West Middle School
Academy of Business and Community Development
Urban Assembly Academy of Arts and Letters
Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women
M.S. 571
Khalil Gibran International Academy
Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy VII Middle School
Achievement First Endeavor Charter School (84K508)
Leadership Prep Charter School (84K517)
Community Roots Charter School (84K536)
Community Partnership Charter (84K702)
Academy for Health Careers (K751)
Academy of Business and Community Development (K336)
Adult and Continuing Education (K755)
Bedford Academy High School (K595)
Bedford Stuyvesant Preparatory High School (K575)
Benjamin Banneker Academy (K670)
Brooklyn Academy High School (K553)
Brooklyn Community High School of Communication, Arts and Media (K412)
Brooklyn High School for Leadership and Community Service (K616)
Brooklyn International High School at Water's Edge: Brooklyn International Campus (K439)
Brooklyn Technical High School (K430)
City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology (K674)
Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts (K265)
Freedom Academy High School (K509)
George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School (K605)
P.S. K077 (K077)
P.S. K753 - School for Career Development (K753)
Science Skills Center High School at Water's Edge: Brooklyn International Campus (K419)
The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice (K483)
Urban Assembly High School of Music and Art at Water's Edge: Brooklyn International Campus (K350)

CM James, BK BP Markowitz, and AM Camara Host Premier of Hip-Hop Music Video Entitled "Harmony"

Twenty Years After the Crown Heights Riots, Black and Jewish Community Leaders Endorse DeScribe’s “Harmony” Hip Hop Music Video as a Groundbreaking Tool for Unity and Racial Harmony in Brooklyn

DeScribe (born Shneur HaSofer), Crown Heights’ Hasidic Hip Hop and R&B artist, held a press conference at Borough Hall on August 2nd, 2010 at 1:00 pm with NYS Senator Eric Adams and Borough President Marty Markowitz, Council Member Letitia James and Assembly Member Karim Camara to premier his revolutionary “Harmony” music video, which celebrates diversity, understanding and harmony amongst the Crown Heights’ Black and Jewish communities.

This event was presented in collaboration with heads of the Crown Heights community and Shemspeed, an independent recording label and artists’ promotional agency based in Crown Heights. The event was sponsored by COLlive.com, one of the most prominent Chabad Hasidic media outlets, and Marley Coffee, owned by Bob Marley’s son Rohan Marley. Marley Coffee helps promote and support environmental and social justice causes, including aiding Jamaica’s poor communities and “going green.”

Things We May Have Neglected To Mention: The Missions

Prostate Cancer Screening

According to a recent article the NY Daily News, "African-American men are twice as likely to die from prostate cancer as white men. And Caribbean-born men in Brooklyn are three times as likely to die from the disease as U.S.-born men." What could be a better gift to a man in your life than the constant nagging to get a prostate screenning? More info here.

Save The Double D Pool

On June 20th, Council Members James and Levin joined Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz (who apparently donned his swimming trunks) and State Senator Velmanette Montgomery at a demonstration protesting the City's decision to close of one Brooklyn's most popular outdoor swimming pools- The Double D Pool. It is located at the Thomas Greene Park in Brooklyn, and provides free services (lunches, training, etc.) for residents of Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, and Carroll Gardens. There's a petition here.

Applebees Dining to Donate

On Thursday June 24, 2010, you can make a difference in the life of graduating high school senior by dining at the Applebee's Restaurant, located at Fulton Street & Marcy Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant's Restoration Plaza. Ten percent of your bill will be donated to the scholarship fund for the Restoration Dance Theatre Company. Present this flyer to your server, and become an individual donor of Restoration's youth scholarship program.

The Art, Soul, Future of Brooklyn

I See Promotions, LLC, in association with the Ajile L. Turner Scholarship Fund, present a Fort Greene Festival featuring Common and other performing artists and vendors. For more information you may call (718) 902-9641 or visit http://www.fortgreenefest.com/.

Saturday, June 26, 2010
Fort Greene Park
12noon- 10pm

BK Boro President Markowitz Presents 9th Annual Assembly of the Fed. of BK Block Assns. 4/22; BK Boro Hall; 5:30PM

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz invites you to the Ninth Annual Assembly of the Federation of Brooklyn Block Associations at Brooklyn Borough Hall on Thursday, April 22nd from 5:30pm- 8:30pm.

Keynote Speaker

Caswell F. Hollaway (Commisioner, New York City Department of Environment Protection)

Presentations
Assistance for Community Building Projects (Citizens Committee for NYC)

Postal Service and Solutions for Residents (United States Postal Service)

Volunteer Services and Skills Exchange (TimeBanks, Department for the Aging)

Census 2010 (U.S Census Bureau & Brooklyn Borough Presidents Office)

Workshop
Social Security Online Pension Services (Social Security Administration)

This is a chance for you to talk with agencies, organizations and company representatives about issues and concerns facing our blocks and communities.

Please RSVP 718-802-4042 by April 14th, 2010

Any Excuse To Post This Picture: BBP Marty Markowitz Presents Program On Personal Budgeting!

MANAGING YOUR MONEY WISELY

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz presents a FREE four week program on ‘Managing your money wisely’. This program is in collaboration with the New York Urban League--

WHEN:
Wednesdays on October 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
6:00PM -8:30PM

SCHEDULE:
5:30pm– Refreshments served

WHERE:
Brooklyn Borough Hall
The Court Room
209 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

TO REGISTER:
Email: dcolemant@nyul.org
Tel: (212) 926-8000 ext. 147