| Greetings everyone! Shop Brooklyn officially launched yesterday!!! Here is NY1's coverage! Many of our Franklin Avenue merchants are participating!!! |
| Council Member Letitia James, Crown Heights Mediation Center, along with churches, and residents of Crown Heights invite you to a Re-Entry Resource Fair, for formerly incarcerated individuals and their families Saturday, Nov. 22nd, from 1 pm – 3 pm The goal of the Re-Entry Resource Fair is to assist formerly incarcerated people with rehabilitation for successful integration into society, the community, and the workforce Re-adjusting within the community for formerly incarcerated individuals is often a difficult experience. It has been argued that incarcerated persons do not receive adequate resources during their time in prison to equip them upon their release. Within the employment environment, the formerly incarcerated face limited opportunities, as well as discrimination from potential employers. The U.S. Department of Justice states that, in 2007, 30% of people released from prison are rearrested in the first six months following release, 44% in the first year, and 67.5% in the first three years. This can partly be explained by inappropriate planning at the end of an inmate’s jail or prison term as well as a lack of employment opportunities and affordable housing upon release. The Independent Committee on Reentry and Employment reports that up to 60% of formerly incarcerated individuals are unemployed, as are 89% of those who violate parole or probation. Yet, if an individual has a job at the start and end of a supervised release from jail or prison, federal court statistics show that the success rate is 85%. Finding housing for formerly incarcerated individuals is also a difficulty. Private property owners typically inquire into the background of individuals and often deny housing to anyone with a criminal background. Before1988, public housing was a solution to this issue. Ex-offenders were placed on a list like all other public housing applicants and considered based on a number of factors, including age, marital and parental status. However, Congress removed this through an amendment to the public housing statute, adopting a one-strike eviction policy for tenants in federal public housing who engage in certain types of criminal behavior. It has become virtually impossible for formerly incarcerated individuals to find stable and suitable housing. The Re Entry Resource Fair is an opportunity for formerly incarcerated individuals, and their families, to gain professional and unbiased information on many issues that affect their everyday lives. The fair will contain information on Housing, Legal Advocacy, Counseling, Family Services, Education, Employment and Career Development, Medical Services, Substance Abuse Treatment, and Spiritual Resources. What: Re-Entry Resource Fair for formerly incarcerated individuals and their families Who: The Formerly Incarcerated, Churches and Residents When: Saturday, November 22nd, from 1:00 pm until 3:00 pm Where: Calvary Community Church, 1575 St Johns Place (at the corner of Buffalo Avenue), Brooklyn For information about the CROWN HEIGHTS COMMUNITY MEDIATION CENTER REENTRY RESOURCE DIRECTORY 2008-2009, please contact CHCMC at: 718-773-6886, fax: 718-774-5349, www.crownheights.org, 256 Kingston Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11213 |
Neighborhood Housing Services of East
will be hosting a Home Maintenance Workshop.
The focus will be on Energy Savings and Winter Preparation.
Thursday October 16th, 6pm.
Location: 2806 Church Ave.
(bet. Nostrand & Rogers Aves.) Brooklyn, NY.
To RSVP, call Tyrone McDonald at 718.469.4679.
NHS of East Flatbush
2806 Church Ave.Brooklyn, NY 11226
tel: 718.469.4679 ext. 8014
fax:718.469.4743
The Energy Crisis Creates Green Jobs
On September 12 in lower Manhattan the Center for Working Families (CWF) conducted a two hour policy briefing entitled Green Jobs/Green Homes. At the briefing, speakers from a variety of agencies presented to a crowd of over 100 of elected officials and their staffs a proposal to create jobs by greening the homes of New York City. Emmaia Gelman, senior policy organizer for the CWF stated that retrofitting a single family house in New York could cost approximately $3,000 and yield annual energy savings of $750. Thus the cost of the retrofit could be paid back in 5 years.
It is this reality that drives the CWF proposal to retrofit 1,000,000 homes and create 30,000 green jobs in five years. CWF is a policy institute created in 2006 by a consortium of local unions and non-profit activists to provide elected officials with broad-based and innovative proposals addressing important local issues. To achieve its green job goal CWF proposes using the resources of various New York State agencies such as the New York State Energy Research and Development Agency (NYSERDA), NYS Dept. of Labor, NYS Power Authority, NYS Dormitory Authority, Long Island Power Authority and other agencies.
Under the CWF proposal, a New York state retrofit program would relieve home owners of the
up-front cost by creating an investment pool to fund retrofits. The savings on the retrofits would be used to repay the investment fund for the costs of the work. Key components of the proposal include:
NYS utilities Con Ed and National Grid would collect the monies to repay the fund as part of their monthly utility bills to home owners, relieving the investment fund of billing and collection obligations. It is well-known that utility bills are among the first bills home owners pay each month and that utilities experience very low default rates.
All retrofits would be conducted by NYSERDA trained and approved energy contractors, guaranteeing a high quality of workmanship and ensuring that the energy savings would occur.
Labor union tradesmen would work with contractors in the field to ensure that workers were properly trained and the work properly performed.
Savings would be under-estimated to ensure that repayment monies were available. For
example, if a home owner’s utility bills were $300 per month before the retrofit, he would only be asked for pay $290 per month after the retrofit. Part of this monthly payment would cover the cost of gas and electric charges and part would repay the retrofit loan.
Around Thanksgiving the CFW plans to issue a White Paper that will provide more details about how the proposed plan would work. Ms. Gelman hopes that when the State legislature reconvenes in January, this White Paper will form the basis of enabling legislation to make this proposal a reality.
Be sure to tell your elected officials to support this exciting project.
NYS Assemblyman Karim Camara - 718-756-1776. central Crown Heights
NYS Assemblywoman Annette Robinson - 718-399-7630 East Crown Heights
NYS Assemblyman Hakim Jeffries - 718-596-0100 west Crown Heights
NYS Senator Eric Adams - (718) 284-4700.
Give them a call today!
October 1: Citywide Tenant Demonstration
Next Wednesday, October 1st, the Real Rent Reform Campaign and hundreds of tenants will rally on the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building Plaza, starting at 5:30 pm, to protest attacks on affordable housing and demand real improvements to New York housing. I strongly encourage you to attend!
October 1st is the day the unjust rent increases approved by the Rent Guidelines Board take effect. If you represent rent-regulated tenants or are yourself a rent-regulated tenant and are worried about what high rents will mean for you and your community, please join tenants from across New York for a massive demonstration against these unfair increases. In addition to protesting the hikes we are calling for a legislative reform of the RGB. The rally will be held in the plaza in front of the Harlem State Office Building at 163 W. 125th Street (at Adam Clayton Powell Blvd) at 5:30 p.m. For more information or to officially endorse the rally, email me at the NYIC or contact Andrés Mares-Muro at Andres@tandn.org or call at 212-608-4320 ext. 316.
How can you get involved?
■ Join R3 for a press conference on 10/1 at Noon on City Hall Steps
■ Attend the rally and bring your friends, kids, coworkers and neighbors!
■ Spread the word: Forward information to everyone you know and join us for a phone-banking
and poster making party on Sunday September 28th starting at 5pm at Housing Conservation
Coordinators, 777 10th Ave. Please RSVP to Lucas Shapiro at (212) 716-1664 or
LShapiro@hcc-nyc.org
■ Buy an R3 T-shirt and help defray the cost of this effort. For more information about T-shirts,
the rally or the campaign email me at the NYIC or Andres at Tenants and Neighbors
Andres@tandn.org.
To support the New York Immigration Coalition, please visit http://www.thenyic.org/ (or click here).
137-139 West 25th. St., 12th Floor
New York, New York 10001
212-627-2227
http://www.thenyic.org/
ATTENTION: CROWN HEIGHTS RESIDENTS
Then let's get organized !!! COALITION MEETING: SATURDAY Sept. 27, 2008 For more information contact: |
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES AND ADDITIONS The hearing for the committee on General Welfare has been postponed until TUESDAY, Sept 23, 2008 at 10AM City Hall in the committee room.
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 Frequently Asked Questions: HOW DO I BRING A GUN TO THE DROP OFF SITE? CAN I TRANSPORT THE GUN IN A CAR? WHEN DO I GET THE CASH CARD? CAN I SURRENDER A RIFLE OR SHOTGUN? CAN I SURRENDER A BB GUN OR AIR PISTOL? HOW MANY GUNS CAN I SURRENDER? IS THERE A PHONE NUMBER I CAN CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION? CAN ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SURRENDER A GUN? The Shrine Church of Our Lady of Solace/1717 Mermaid Avenue/Brooklyn, NY 11224 Saint Anthony Baptist Church/425 Utica Avenue/Brooklyn, NY 11213 Restoration Temple Assembly of God/4606-10 Church Avenue/Brooklyn, NY 11203 Our Lady of Refuge R.C. Church/2020 Foster Avenue/Brooklyn, NY 11210 Immanuel & First Spanish Methodist Church/424 Dean Street/Brooklyn, NY 11217 Saint Albans Episcopal Anglican Church/9408 Farragut Road/Brooklyn, NY 11236 Saint Anthony Baptist Church/425 Utica Avenue/Brooklyn, NY 11213 Restoration Temple Assembly of God/4606-10 Church Avenue/Brooklyn, NY 11203 Our Lady of Refuge R.C. Church/2020 Foster Avenue/Brooklyn, NY 11210 Immanuel & First Spanish Methodist Church/424 Dean Street/Brooklyn, NY 11217 Saint Albans Episcopal Anglican Church/9408 Farragut Road/Brooklyn, NY 11236 Saint Anthony Baptist Church/425 Utica Avenue/Brooklyn, NY 11213 Restoration Temple Assembly of God/4606-10 Church Avenue/Brooklyn, NY 11203 Our Lady of Refuge R.C. Church/2020 Foster Avenue/Brooklyn, NY 11210 Immanuel & First Spanish Methodist Church/424 Dean Street/Brooklyn, NY 11217 Saint Albans Episcopal Anglican Church/9408 Farragut Road/Brooklyn, NY 11236 |
| Please click to download this information sheet from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania regarding the 12th Annual New Venture Competition. First prize is $10,000, there are smaller second and third prizes. Additional information about the competition may be found at www.wmyconference.com. |
September 04, 2008 6:00pm to 8:00pm "A Sip and Shop: Let's Talk Business" at Calabar Imports every first Thursday of each month. Join us for a unique networking event for Brooklynites who work, design and do business, and would like to talk with one another. We recommend you bring a friend and be ready to chat and network. To RSVP send an email to info@calabar-imports.com or call 718-638-4288 by Wednesday Sept 3. Location: Calabar Imports, 820 Washington Avenue, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn between St John's Place and Lincoln Place Subway: 2, 3 to Eastern Parkway |
| The New York City Hall of Fame, a 501 ( c ) 3 non-profit organization who “honors remarkable New Yorkers who have contributed to the betterment of our city and will in turn serve as role models for our children” is in need of temporary space until the completion of its museum. The NYC Hall of Fame is looking for someone to donate or rent at a very discounted rate approx. 2000-3000 sq. ft. of space. Please pass this along to anyone who may be able to help and contact the NYC Hall of Fame President Albert Stern at 718.359.4564 or astern@infonychalloffame.org. |
Brooklyn Workforce Innovations (BWI) –a nonprofit organization– and The New York City Mayor’s office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting present the "Made in NY" Production Assistant Training Program. This FREE skills training and job placement program aims to promote diversity in NYC’s production industry and create new career opportunities for young adults who are unemployed or low-income. "Made in NY PAs are now working throughout NYC’s production sector, on everything from feature films to commercials to reality TV, episodic TV, music videos, film festivals, and more. Our employers include productions of FOX Searchlight, MTV, Showtime, CW Network, A&E and HBO and other major studios and networks. Our participants come from every borough; most had never worked on set before joining the program. p>BWI is now accepting applications for the twelfth cycle of the “Made in NY” PA Training Program beginning in mid September 2008! We offer:
Click here for more information |
| The Brooklyn Queens Land Trust seeks an experienced and entrepreneurial-minded individual to manage and grow this recently formed non-profit corporation which is an association of urban community gardeners as it transitions from its first three years of start-up activity. Download this document for more information |
Join us as we explore what landmarking entails
Our distinguished panel will include:
This is an important meeting that will effect the growth of Crow Hill and Crown Heights as a whole
Please bring your questions, concerns and your neighbors
Tuesday August 19, 7:00 - 9 PM
Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation
727 Classon Avenue (between Park & Prospect)
Download our flier
Presentation by Mr. George Nashak, Deputy Commissioner of Adult Services with the NYC Dept. of Homeless Services
Tuesday August 12, 6:30 - 8 PM
Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation
727 Classon Avenue (between Park & Prospect)
Paricipate in our letter writing campaign 
(Visit CHRM's web site for more information)
Neighborhood Housing Services will provide: |
Market Manager Position (part time) The East New York Farms Project seeks a market manager for our bustling Saturday market. The market manager is an employee of the United CommunityCenters and is supervised by the East New York Farms! Project Director. Responsibilities: Create a friendly, welcoming, and productive environment for both vendors and customers at the East New York Farmers Market. To achieve this, the market manager will:
Schedule: 15 hours per week during the spring, 20 – 25 hours per week during the summerand fall. This is a part-time position and does not include benefits. Hourly wage is determined by experience Please send resume and cover letter with subject ‘MARKET MANAGER’ to:Sarita Daftary, info@eastnewyorkfarms.org or to United Community Centers/613 New Lots Avenue/Brooklyn, NY 11207 |
