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January 10, 2022
Friends:
Welcome to our third newsletter! I will be sending it out regularly. We are open in the District Office at 563 Columbus Avenue at 87 Street, NY NY 10024. Contact us at 212-873-0282 or 917-685-8657. The official website is www.council.nyc.gov/district-6 and we are on these social media platforms:
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Gale A. Brewer, Council Member gbrewer@council.nyc.gov
Shulamit Warren Puder, Chief of Staff spuder@council.nyc.gov
Rosalba Rodriguez, Director, District Office rorodriguez@council.nyc.gov
Jack Wild, Director of Special Projects and Scheduling jwild@council.nyc.gov
For all scheduling requests, please email d06scheduling@council.nyc.gov
For general inquiries, please email district6@council.nyc.gov
If you want to apply for an internship, please contact Shula Warren Puder. Interns must be able to obtain credit for their internship or be paid by their school or university.
COVID:
We are working to distribute masks, face shields, sanitizer, and a limited number of test kits. Nonprofits should reach out to our office with any of these needs.
Governor Kathy Hochul released her January 10, 2022 briefing on COVID in NYS. There were 135 COVID-19 deaths in the State on 1.9.2022 (49,620 in total since COVID was first identified in NY); 12 were in Manhattan. Of the 62 counties, only Brooklyn and Queens had more deaths. In NYS, on 1.9.2022, of the 282,961 Test Results Reported, 54,749 were positive, for a Percent Positive of 19.35%. Data today in the GISAID database, the largest repository of SARS-CoV-2 sequences in the world, show the Omicron variant comprised 95.9% of uploaded sequences from NYS between 12/27/21 and 1/9/22. This indicates that Omicron continues to circulate at an extremely high level across the state although there may be regional differences.
Fiscal Year ’23 Budget:
Because budget issues are so important, we are repeating information that has been shared in the past.
Fiscal Year ’23 Expense Budget applications for non-profit organizations are available here and are due on Tuesday, February 22, 2022.
Fiscal Year ’23 Capital Budget applications are due Thursday, March 24, 2022 and the application details can be viewed here.
Council Members and Community Education Councils (CECs) may recommend school capital projects to the School Construction Authority (SCA) and the Department of Education for inclusion in the Five-Year Education Capital Plan. I as your Council Member must recommend projects by the Close of Business on Friday, January 14, 2022. Capital projects must cost a minimum of $50,000 and have a useful life of five years. Capital project requests should bring to SCA and DOE’s attention critical infrastructure needs that are not currently funded but should be included in the Five-Year Plan (i.e. upgrades to bathrooms, specialty instruction spaces, or critical building components). You can find the latest version of the Proposed Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2020-2024 Five Year Capital Plan, on SCA’s website.
We are conducting Participatory Budgeting (PBNYC Cycle 11) for the next Fiscal Year. The submission link is open now through January 23rd. Submit a proposal here.
What is Participatory Budgeting?
It is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of the public budget. PB gives people real power to make real decisions over real money. The process was first developed in Brazil in 1989. There are now over 3,000 participatory budgets around the world, most at the municipal level. It enables New York City residents to propose, evaluate, and vote on projects in their City Council districts. Successful projects will be funded by Council Member discretionary funds. Discretionary funds are monetary resources Council Members typically allocate based on their local priorities.
Good Stuff to Know:
Here is an updated list of who Mayor Adams is appointing in City Hall.
Thanks to City and State you can meet the giant class of 35 incoming City Council members with big ambitions. Read here.
Applications are now open for Citizens Committee for New York’s 2022 “All In” Neighborhood Grants and Neighborhood Business Grants. A total of $1 million is available and each grantee is awarded up to $10,000. Apply early but applications will be accepted until summer 2022.
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) has an application for SU-CASA, which is a City Council initiated community arts program that places artists and organizations at senior centers. LMCC will administer 30 residencies for individual artists in Manhattan from March-June 2022. Application deadline: January 28, 2022 at 5PM.
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On January 9, 2022 we partnered with the United Bodegas of America at Stop 1 Deli at 122 Suffolk Street to support the owners of bodegas, delis, and small restaurants in their struggle to survive in a world in which “dark stores” such as Gorilla, Jokr, GoPuff, Fridge No More, etc. have rented spaces as large as 20,000 square feet and with their apps are competing against the mom-and-pop owned backbone enterprises in our neighborhoods. I was delighted to be joined by NYC Comptroller Brad Lander and Council Members Christopher Marte, Carlina Rivera and Lincoln Restler. Read about it in West Side Rag.
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Many of you have asked how to support the victims of the horrific fire in the Bronx. The Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City is raising money to support victims of this tragic event. Make A Donation.
A few events that I know are happening this week (or a bit later):
Tuesday, January 11, 2022 from 12:30 PM to 6:30 PM - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is hosting a Community Blood Drive in the David Rubenstein Atrium (1887 Broadway, NY NY 10023). Pre-registration is required.
Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 6 PM, Good Cause Now! is hosting a town hall on the eviction moratorium set to expire on January 15. Participants include Comptroller Brad Lander, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, State Senator Julia Salazar, Housing Justice For All, and Greenbrook Tenants. Register here.
Wednesday, January 12, 2022, at 6 PM, my office is hosting our monthly tenant assistance clinic with the Goddard Riverside Law Project and TakeRoot Justice. This month’s meeting will take place on Zoom and feature a discussion on the statewide eviction moratorium set to expire on January 15, 2022. Email district6@council.nyc.gov or call 212-873-0282 to sign up for the Zoom link.
Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 6:30 PM - Working Group Meeting on School Governance. Register in advance.
Friday, January 14, 2022 from 10 AM to 3 PM - COVID Vaccine Pop-Up with Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and Boosters at A. Philip Randolph Square, 117 St. btwn Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. and St. Nicholas Ave. Sponsored by A. Philip Randolph Neighborhood Alliance and Community Board 10.
January 18, 2022 - Teach In. Carrie Tracy from CSS-NY will discuss findings from their study on hospital liens on patients and what can be done to stop these practices. New York Statewide Senior Action Council, Inc. (www.nysenior.org) (518) 928-7525 email address: patientsrights@nysenior.org Patients Rights Helpline number: 800-333-4374.
For Faith-Based institutions that are considering developing affordable housing: A free online workshop is taking place on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 3:30 PM about ways Houses of Worship can more fully utilize their property and resources to develop affordable housing, as well as for other purposes - and at the same time strengthen and stabilize their congregation and their community. You can register here. Please also contact us at district6@council.nyc.gov for a Manhattan Borough President guide on the same topic.
Thursday, February 17, 2022 - New-York Historical Society and NYC Landmarks50+Alliance: The winter 2022 convening will feature Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America; Chung Seto, Founder and Principal, Seto Group; Judith Martin, journalist and advice columnist “Miss Manners;” Shanta Thake, Chief Artistic Officer for Lincoln Center; and David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and co-executive chairman of the Carlyle Group and philanthropist. The virtual discussion will be moderated by Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel.
From February-April 2022, the Latino Leadership Institute is hosting its free Spring Academy in collaboration with Columbia University.
Here’s the 2022 lineup of street fairs taking place in Community Board 7 (thank you to Bobby Panza, I Love The Upper West Side.com for compiling):
Sunday, April 17
Broadway, West 96th – 106th (east side of street)
Sponsored by Samaritan Daytop Village
Sunday, April 17
Broadway, West 102nd – 106th (east side of street)
Sponsored by Duke Ellington Blvd. Neighborhood Association and 24th Precinct Community Council
Sunday, May 1
Columbus, West 66th – 72nd
Sponsored by Goddard Riverside – Lincoln Square Neighborhood Ctr.
Sunday, May 8
Broadway, West 73rd – 79th (west side of street)
Sponsored by Committee for Environmentally Sound Development
Sunday, May 22
Broadway, West 73rd – 82nd (east side of street)
Sponsored by West Side Federation of Neighborhood @ Block Assoc.
Sunday, June 5
Amsterdam, West 73rd – 79th (west side of street)
Sponsored by Safe Haven West Side Basketball League and Mitchell-Lama Residents Coalition
Sunday, June 26
Amsterdam, West 79th – 86th
Sponsored by Goddard Riverside – Community Center
Sunday, July 17
Broadway, West 65th – 72nd (west side of street)
Sponsored by Project Open at Lincoln Center Towers
Sunday, August 21
Broadway, West 86th – 93rd (east side of street)
Sponsored by Broadway Mall Center
Saturday, September 10
Columbus, West 79th – 82nd (west side of street)
Sponsored by Valley Restoration, LDC*
Sunday, September 25
Broadway, West 86th – 96th (west side of street)
Sponsored by Symphony Space
Sunday, October 9
Broadway, West 72nd – 82nd (west side of street)
Sponsored by The Broadway Mall Association
Sunday, October 23
Broadway, West 96th – 106th (west side of street)
Sponsored by Bloomingdale Area Coalition
All street fairs are being produced by Clearview Festival except for the Valley Restoration, LDC event, which is being produced by Mardi Gras Festival.
Stay Safe,
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P.S. If you have a problem or concern going forward, please contact me at gbrewer@council.nyc.gov, or call (917) 685-8657, or contact my Council district office at (212) 873-0282 and District6@council.nyc.gov (it's located at 563 Columbus Ave., NY, NY 10024, but we're limiting in-person visits during COVID.)
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