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District 34

Jennifer Gutiérrez

Williamsburg, Bushwick, Ridgewood

Brooklyn, NY (August 21, 2023) –  Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez, BetaNYC, and North Brooklyn Parks Alliance teamed up to host a first-of-its-kind, innovative event, “Mapping the Public Realm,” which took place on Monday, August 21, in the Cooper Park area of East Williamsburg. The event engaged the community in an insightful exploration of urban spaces and public areas, while also fostering a sense of empowerment among residents, creating tangible and quantitative data that will be used to advocate for more investments in the North Brooklyn community. 

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NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HOST FIRST COLOMBIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION AT CITY HALL

New York, NY (July 18, 2023) – The New York City Council Speaker, Adrienne E. Adams, and Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez, the first Colombian-American elected to the City Council, along with Council Members Alexa Avilés, Eric Dinowitz, and Shekar Krishnan, invite members of the public and media to attend the Colombian Independence Day celebration on Thursday, July 20, 2023.

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New York, New York (June 30) – Council Member and Vice-Chair of the Progressive Caucus Jennifer Gutiérrez released the following statement on her “No” Vote for the FY24 New York City Budget:

“I want to thank the Speaker for standing strong and not allowing services and institutions that have been a part of our City’s very fabric for over a century to be cut like our libraries, cultural institutions, and CUNY programs.

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COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIÉRREZ INTRODUCES BILL TO REINSTATE BIOTECHNOLOGY TAX CREDIT 

New York (June 9, 2023) – Today, Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez announced the introduction of legislation to reignite the growth of the biotechnology sector and foster innovation in New York City. The bill would reinstate the biotechnology tax credit that lapsed in 2019, reauthorized by New York State, that would enable investors and owners of qualified emerging technology companies (QETCs) focused on biotechnology to claim a tax credit, thereby encouraging the manufacturing of emerging technology to flourish within the city.

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NEW YORK (June 8, 2023) – The NYC Council Committee on Technology, chaired by Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez, held a hearing yesterday to comprehensively discuss the implementation of LinkNYC and the deployment of 5G towers across the city. The hearing brought together over 100 individuals to testify, representing a diverse range of perspectives and insights, both in favor and against the initiative. 

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NEW YORK (February 16, 2022)  – New York City Council Member and Chair of the Technology Committee Jennifer Gutiérrez held the NYC Council’s first-ever oversight hearing yesterday on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.  

The hearing provided New York City agencies an opportunity to share their work in this space and efforts to implement blockchain technology, which has been repeatedly championed by Mayor Eric Adams.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK (October 12, 2022) – On Wednesday, October 12, the New York City Council voted in the affirmative on a package of child care related bills, including critically important legislation from Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez, the Marshall Plan for Moms Taskforce (Int-242). The taskforce will develop and issue recommendations on how New York City can support working mothers, parents, and caregivers, and is based on the Marshall Plan for Moms movement, founded by Reshma Saujani.

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NEW YORK (September 30, 2022) – On Wednesday, September 28th, Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez, in partnership with Woodhull Hospital, held a resource fair for new asylum seekers in response to a lack of supportive services provided by the City to many of the migrants. The resource fair included over 30 community organizations and City agencies, and multiple elected representatives’ offices. 

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We write to express our very serious concerns regarding the exclusion of North Brooklyn in any of the immediate hurricane emergency planning initiatives announced by the Mayor’s Office and the NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on September 1st. While we were pleased to see the thoughtful and impactful resiliency strategies and investments that are planned or in progress across our city, we cannot ignore the blatant exclusion of North Brooklyn neighborhoods, primarily Greenpoint, Williamsburg, and Bushwick.

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NEW YORK (September 20, 2022) – The Committee on Technology held an oversight hearing on Monday, September 19th jointly with the Committee on Zoning and Franchises on the status of the indefinitely-paused Internet Master Plan, the temporary program that the Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) is relying on as a substitute, and other plans and funding to connect more New Yorkers to internet and broadband services. 

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