BROOKLYN, NEW YORK (August 8, 2022) – For decades, the area near Cooper Park and Cooper Park Houses has experienced violence, unhoused individuals, and substance abuse on its streets. In the past several years, these issues have become more acute citywide from the stresses of the pandemic, with a commensurate rise in the Cooper Park area.
This is unacceptable.
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NEW YORK (July 14, 2022) – City Council Member and Chair of the Technology Committee Jennifer Gutiérrez and Health Chair Lynn Schulman are calling for an emergency Oversight Hearing to address the failure of the recent monkeypox vaccine rollout, raising concerns about Mayor Adams’ administration’s emergency preparedness, and the capability of New York City’s technology infrastructure to address another pandemic and any other immediate issues of public health.
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WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — Two Queens schools, one Brooklyn school, Maria Hernandez Park Dog Run and North Brooklyn to receive a combined almost $1 million from Council Member Jennifer Gutierrez’s office to fund projects this year.
The vote was the 7th time that the Participatory Budget (PBNYC) program has been used in District 34, which includes parts of Bushwick and Williamsburg in Brooklyn, and Ridgewood in Queens.
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