Around Brooklyn: BP Eric Adams asks residents to join community boards
BP Eric Adams asks residents to join community boards
Applications are open to join Brooklyn’s 18 local community boards, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has announced. The boards are tasked with dealing with land use issues, permits such as liquor licenses, neighborhood needs and community concerns. Applications for this year are available until Feb. 12, Anyone age 16 or older can serve on the community board. “This past year has been extremely challenging for our borough and city, but our community boards were able to adapt and continue serving their neighborhoods,” Adams said.
Tenants rally to stop renovation
Residents of Brooklyn’s Independent Towers apartment complex and political candidates held a rally on Monday to demand a temporary stop to ongoing renovation work because of heat loss, elevator breakdowns lack of hot water, and discoveries of old and asbestos. The tenants say that living conditions at the NYCHA development are becoming unbearable. The residents reached out to Victoria Cambranes, a candidate for City Council in the 33rd District. When tenants call 311, they are told to talk to the management company, but the management company is usually unavailable, according to published reports.