Good Morning, Brooklyn: Friday, May 20, 2022
TRAINING FOR VOTERS ON REDISTRICTING PROCESS: A free online training session aims to explain how all New Yorkers can be involved in the New York City Council redistricting process, thanks to a partnership between the Brooklyn Heights Association and the Citizen’s Union Foundation. A Zoom session (RSVP via [email protected] on Tuesday, May 24, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. will focus specifically on the City Council level, though there will be a general Q&A at the end of the meeting on impacts of redistricting and how to make one’s voice heard.
The meeting will also examine the possibility that the 33rd Council district (which includes Brooklyn Heights and Downtown Brooklyn) will have new boundaries in the coming years due to the large growth in population.
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NEW RECORD HIGH IN SUBWAY RIDERSHIP: Subway ridership on Wednesday topped 3.6 million, breaking a previous record set just the day before on May 17, of 3.535 million, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced yesterday. Additionally, on Tuesday, May 17, pandemic-era ridership records were set on both the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad with Long Island Rail Road recording 182,700 rides, and Metro-North recording 162,100 rides.