Health, Environment and Social Services was the last of the six Community Board 2 Committees to brainstorm for the 2011 Statement of District Needs. Ms. Galin Brooks, the Graduate Planning Fellow working with Community Board 2, solicited feedback from the committee...

*The first item on the agenda of last night’s Transportation and Public Safety Committee meeting was a presentation by Aqualis Grill at 773 Fulton Street. Representatives were there requesting a sidewalk café license for five tables outside the...

Mr. Lincoln Restler, Interim Economic Development and Job Creation Committee Chair, reported on the possibility of the committee sponsoring a workforce development job fair at the Ingersoll Community Center. The idea is to have 8 to 10 community based organizations...

In addition to the economic challenges facing New York State; affordable housing and police brutality are primary issues that will be tackled by 57th District State Assemblymember Hakeem Jeffries in 2010. In a standing room only State of the District Address at...