It is my pleasure to introduce myself as Councilmember Brad Lander’s new District Director. I am your contact for constituent concerns and community issues across the 39th District and the point person for many of Councilmember Lander’s neighborhood initiatives. I look forward to meeting our constituents in Kensington and hearing from you which resources are needed so we can work together to address issues in the community. I am excited to work with Councilmember Lander and our neighbors to keep our communities safe, inclusive, and sustainable.
Prior to joining Councilmember Lander’s team, I served as a New York City Urban Fellow at the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), where I coordinated the development of new public and affordable housing. I earned my Bachelor’s degree from Hunter College at CUNY, and I had the opportunity to study city planning in South Africa, India, and Brazil. A Levittown native, I now live in Carroll Gardens. You can reach me in Councilmember Lander’s District Office at 456 Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, or call me at (718) 499-1090. I look forward to meeting you!
Catherine
- Scream first. "Stand up for yourself. Yell. Aim to use your voice as a weapon instead of being physical."
- If the creep doesn't leave, get ready to fight using closed fists to block your face and an open palm to strike.- When hitting, aim for the eyes, nose or throat - places on the body that are soft and easy to hurt.- When kicking, target the knees with a swift kick using the heel of the shoe.
The southern part of Windsor Terrace doesn't have any signs (NYPD wanted fliers) either."I live in Kensington, and until I heard it on NYC, and now I've looked on the blogs, I hadn't heard about this. There aren't signs up in my neighborhood, in my part of the neighborhood. In Park Slope, I've seen signs, but not in this end."
By now, you’ve probably heard a lot about participatory budgeting, the exciting new initiative that lets you decide how tax dollars are spent in our neighborhood. Over the next several months, we will start to put budgeting decisions directly in the hands of the people those decisions will impact most – that means you.
The process starts tomorrow with a Neighborhood Assembly in Kensington, where you can join other residents to learn more about your new role in setting our budgeting priorities … and then offer your ideas for projects that could be built in our neighborhood. Over 50 of your Kensington neighbors have already registered to attend this important event. Please join us and make sure your voice is heard.
Here are the details:
Participatory Budgeting Neighborhood Assembly
Monday, October 17th, 6:30 PM
PS 230, at 1 Albemarle Road (between McDonald Avenue and Dahill Road)
RSVP here
Also, we still need volunteers to help at this historic assembly (and similar meetings in other neighborhoods). If you would like to volunteer, either to help spread the word about the assembly or to work at the assembly itself, please email me at lander [at] council.nyc.gov.
Can you be there tomorrow? You can RSVP here.
Please join us – we want to hear about the issues that matter most to you. You’ve probably heard politicians say that before, but this time, your ideas will be turned into real project proposals, and next spring, you and your neighbors will go to the ballot box to decide which projects will be funded. This is real money. I’ve allocated $1 million in capital funding to these projects, and it’s up to you to decide how it gets spent. Just like democracy, this process will only work if you participate.
For additional meeting dates, and for updates on the participatory budgeting process, please visit BradLander.com/PB. I hope you’ll join us to make this process a success.
Brad
Serving the neighborhoods of Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope,
Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, and Kensington456 5th Avenue, 3rd Floor * Brooklyn, NY 11215 * 718-499-1090
